Welcome to 1st Grade Curriculum Night!

Our Mission: “To Develop Global Leaders One Child at a Time.”

School Business

• Reach 2.0 Hours: 8:00 am-4:00 pm

• School Hours: 7:00 am-6:00 pm

• After 8:35 students are considered tardy

Communication

• Contact us via email to set up an appointment

• Email:

• Annika Jenson: ajenson@chestnuthillacademy.com

• Danielle Carver: dcarver@chestnuthillacademy.com

• Carmela Saccardo: csaccardo@chestnuthillacademy.com

• Veronica Luckey: vluckey@chestnuthillacademy.com

School Communications

• Please read Holly's Campus Updates emails every Friday for school wide information

• You should be receiving notifications of grade level group posts from the website – e.g. Week in Review and newsletters

• JupiterEd - attendance, report cards, school closure messages, etc. Please enable texting in your Jupiter account.

• Teams- assignments will be posted on your child's account

• Subscribe to the calendar - http://www.chestnuthillacademy.com/calendar

• Email support@chestnuthillacademy.com if you need help

Useful Websites

• CHA Website• http://www.chestnuthillacademy.com/

• Login: email address

• Password: request a password and create your own

• Renaissance Place• https://hosted26.renlearn.com/294214/HomeConnect/Login.aspx

• Login: first letter of child’s first name, first four letters of child’s last name

• Password: child’s first name

• Flickr• http://www.flickr.com/photos/34997242@N07/

• Login: chestnuthill@ymail.com

• Password: CHA98006

• IXL-Math• www.ixl.com/signin/chestnuthillacd

• Login: first letter of child’s first name, first four letters of child’s last name

• Password: child’s first name

Scope and Sequence Language Arts

September October November December January February March April May June

Language

Arts

1st Grade:

• Daily 5: Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listen to Reading,

Word Work, Work on Writing

• Into Reading: Reading Comprehension, Grammar

• Wired for Reading: Spelling Patterns

• Writer’s Workshop: Small Moments

• Handwriting Without Tears

1st Grade:

• Daily 5: Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listen to

Reading, Word Work, Work on Writing

• Into Reading: Reading Comprehension, Grammar

• Wired for Reading: Spelling Patterns

• Writer’s Workshop: Non-Fiction Chapter Books

• Handwriting Without Tears

1st Grade:

• Daily 5: Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listen to

Reading, Word Work, Work on Writing

• Into Reading: Reading Comprehension, Grammar

• Wired for Reading: Spelling Patterns

• Writer’s Workshop: Writing Reviews and From Scenes

to Series

• Handwriting Without Tears

Scope and Sequence Math

Math 1st Grade:

Dimensions Math

• Numbers 0 to 10

• Number Bonds

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Numbers to 20

• Addition to 20

• Subtraction within 20

2nd Grade:

Dimensions Math

• Numbers to 1000

• Addition and Subtraction

• Length

• Weight

• Multiplication and Division

1st Grade:

Dimensions Math

• Shapes

• Ordinal numbers

• Length

• Comparing Numbers

• Numbers to 40

• Addition and Subtraction within 40

2nd Grade:

Dimensions Math

• Multiplication and division of 2, 5, and 10

• Mental Calculation

• Multiplication and Division of 3 and 4

• Money

1st Grade:

Dimensions Math

• Grouping and sharing

• Fractions

• Numbers to 100

• Addition and subtraction within 100

• Time

• Money

2nd Grade:

Dimensions Math

• Fractions

• Time

• Capacity

• Graphs

• Shapes

September October November December January February March April May June

Scope and Sequence Science

September October November December January February March April May June

Highline Science Kit: Inheritance Highline Science Kit: Sound Waves Highline Science Kit: The Moon

Scope and Sequence Social Studies

September October November December January February March April May June

TCI: My School and Family TCI: My School and Family TCI: My School and Family

• AR

• Daily reading (100 minutes per week)

• Homework

• Reading log assigned weekly by Language Arts teacher

• Daily Optional (Monday-Thursday) math homework assigned by math teacher

• Planners

• During REACH: write daily objectives

• Friday Folders

• During REACH: Drop Friday folder with student work during Friday pick-up

1st Grade Routines

What to Bring Everyday

• Planner • AR book • Homework folder

• Include Reading Log in folder everyday for Language Arts teacher to check progress (completed Reading Log due the first day of the school week)

• Math homework completed daily, submitted Friday at pick up

Assignments Submission

• Paper assignments and student work can be put in the student’s Friday Folders, which can be dropped of during Friday Pick-up *Teachers will communicate the list of assignments to be submitted in the Friday Folder*

• Tests, Quizzes & Assessments can be submitted through Teams on the student “Assignments” tab

Homework Expectations

• Homework should be a review• Your child should be able to work independently on their homework• Encourage your child to come and talk to us if they have difficulty with

their homework• You can send an email if you feel your student needs to work on a

concept further• Please make sure your student writes their name on their homework

each day

Grading

• We use “Standards Based Grading” in 1st Grade• There will be no points or percentages on any schoolwork you see come home in

Friday Folders• All homework, classwork, and tests will be graded on a 4-3-2-1 scale• Report cards will also reflect this grading system

4 3 2 1

-work completed on time

-work completed on time

-work turned in late(and/or)

-incomplete

-work very neatly done with no errors

-work neatly done with no errors

-work has some errors

-work has many errors

-student went above and beyond expectations

-student met expectations

-student did not meet expectations

Math

• Our math curriculum is “Dimensions” and provides a comprehensive survey of concepts for students to learn.

• We will focus on fact practice with Singapore Sprints

• Each math group will have a half hour of Math IXL practice each week in the computer lab

• Feel free to have your student work on Math IXL at home as well

• We recommend you practice math facts at home with your student using any fun game or activity your family can think of!

Language Arts

• Handwriting Without Tears

• Into Reading

• I Read

• Amira

• Accelerated Reader

• Wired For Reading

• The Daily 5

• Writer’s Workshop

Birthday Celebrations

During REACH we will send home a birthday crown to celebrate student’s birthdays. This will be placed in

your child’s Friday Folders .

CHAPTER (Chestnut Hill Academy Parents and Teachers Ensuring Results)

CHAPTER aims to build a strong community and culture and helps provide a well-rounded and enriching experience for our children.

CHAPTER has three pillars that form its mission:

CHAPTER is the CHA P.T.A. that aims to provide the best possible educational experience for our children by organizing volunteer participation, fundraising and community service.

CHAPTER is a non-profit organization which relies on parent donations to fund the work that it does for the school community.

Enrich Education

Promote Child Development

Build Community

CHAPTER (Chestnut Hill Academy Parents and Teachers Ensuring Results)

Enrich Education Build CommunityPromote Child Development

Act

ivit

ies Multicultural Events*

Field Trips*Musicals

Spelling Bees

Ski ProgramParenting ClassesSuperFlex – Social Thinking Classes

Ice Cream Social*Rock the Walk

Auction*Moms and Dads Nights

CHAPTER (Chestnut Hill Academy Parents and Teachers Ensuring Results)

Enrich Education Build CommunityPromote Child Development

Act

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Inve

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ents

Multicultural Events*Field Trips*

MusicalsSpelling Bees

Ski ProgramParenting ClassesSuperFlex – Social Thinking Classes

Ice Cream Social*Rock the Walk

Auction*Moms and Dads Nights

Teacher LaptopsLaptops for Tech Lab

Boxlight Interactive PanelsNew Server

Upgraded iXL to include LA and SpanishNew Singapore Math Curriculum

Lang Arts curriculum w/ online component

Surfaces for 4th and 5th GradeStudent Laptops for 3rd Grade

Swivl Robots and iPads

YearbooksFaculty Appreciation Week

Family Math Night

2020-2021 Parent & Faculty Reps:

• Holly Senaga – Head of School

• Derek Heinz – Assistant Head of School

• Sarah Morlidge – Faculty Rep

• Marsha Setting – Faculty Rep

• Deanna Hobson– K Grade Rep

• Helen Chiang– Kindergarten Rep

• Ruchi Bhutani – 1st Grade Rep

• Allison Pan – 1st Grade Rep

• Karen La – 2nd Grade Rep

• Fatima Sebha – 2nd Grade Rep

• Zhiyan Cao – 3rd Grade Rep

• Breanna Yali Chen – 3rd Grade Rep

• Cindy Gallante – 4th Grade Rep

• Steven Daly – 5th Grade Rep

2020-2021 Elected Directors:• Maria Lau Hui (5th) – Co-President

• Ryan Setting (3rd) – Co-President

• Leo LaBranche (4th) – Co-Vice President

• Justin Saint Clair (1s t, 3rd) – Co-Vice President

• Sukriti Singhal (4th) – Secretary

• Grace Guan (3rd) - Co-Treasurer

• Tim Wissner (5th) – Co-Treasurer

• Victoria Hunter (3rd) – Volunteer Coordinator

Appointed Parent Positions:• Susan Archer (4th) – President Emerita

• Alissa Tsang (3rd, 5th) – Auction Co-Chair

• Lisa LaBranche (4th) - Auction Co-Chair http://www.chestnuthillacademy.com/groups/chapter

The PTA (CHAPTER) Board is made up of parent and faculty volunteers.

CHAPTER (Chestnut Hill Academy Parents and Teachers Ensuring Results)

We’re All In This Together!™

1. Join CHAPTER ($80 Family Membership Dues): https://cha-

chapter.org/

2. Energize our activities: Rock the Walk (9/18 – 9/28)

3. Engage your community: Socials coming soon!

Leader in Me School

The Leader in Me:

• Is a process of changing a ‘good’ school culture to a ‘great’ school culture.

• It will involve a common, school wide language.

• By infusing, weaving, and integrating this language into an already strong curriculum, the curriculum will become even stronger.

• By infusing this new language into already strong instructional practices, those practices will become stronger.

• Integrating this language into organizational structures (professional learning, communities, building leadership team, etc.) will strengthen them.

“The Leader in Me process helps develop the essential life skills and

characteristics students need in order to thrive in the 21st century.”

-Stephen Covey

Learn different culture as well as their own through artLearn about different artists and their art worksExperience with different art materials including watercolor, pencils, charcoals, acrylic

paint, clay and more.Use motor skills (e.g., pinching, pulling, squeezing, twisting, Pounding, rolling, folding,

cutting, modeling, stamping) to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art.

Identify and use colors, textures, line and line characteristics, shapes and patternsExpress ideas and feelings through the creation of works of art.Finds more than one artistic solution to a problem (rearranges and combines ideas)

Chestnut Hill Academy

Providing an environment where children become educated global citizens, problem solvers, and life-long learners.

Library with Ms. Whalen

• Library Procedures (checking out, using shelf markers, finding “just right”

books, taking care of books)

• Literary Genres (distinguishing between fiction & non-fiction)

• How Libraries are Organized (introducing the Dewey Decimal System)

• Reference Skills (using dictionaries and atlases)

• Sharing Award-Winning Books and Poetry

• Author & Illustrator Studies

Providing an environment where children become educated global citizens, problem solvers, and life-long learners.

Respect, unity, exploration, discovery, and self-expression

through music---------------------------------

Singing, Percussion Technique,Improvisation, Listening, Journaling, Steady Pulse,

Movement, and Quarter-Eighth Note Rhythms

First Grade Music with Mr. Rees

1st Grade PE with Coach Sturgess

• Respect• Sportsmanship• Creativity• Problem Solving• Healthy lifestyle• Can- do mindset

P.E Curriculum 2020 – 2021

1st Trimester2nd Trimester

• Agility , Balance and Coordination• Nutrition and Diet• Foot Dribbling and Passing

3rd Trimester

• Rhythm and Dance• Striking and Fielding• Cooperative games

· Locomotive Skills

Movement Patterns

· Health and Wellbeing

· Throwing and Catching

Providing an environment where children become educated global citizens, problem solvers, and life-long learners.

First Grade Spanish Chestnut Hill Academy

• Greetings

• Calendar and Feelings

• Fruits & Vegetables

• Numbers 0-30

• Farm Animals

• Family Members

• Holidays-Hispanic Heritage Month/Dia de los Muertos/Cinco de Mayo

• Extend Sentence formation

Spanish Teacher: Señora Suarez

First Grade Computer Science

Trimester 1 – Science Crossover

• Vocabulary with MS Word

• Making a diagram with Paint

Trimester 2 – Coding

• Tynker and Code.org

• LEGO WeDo 2.0 robotics

Trimester 3 – Our World

• Animals and habitats with PowerPoint

• Where am I? With Google Earth

• All trimesters include 1-3 lessons on Digital Citizenship

• All lessons include 15 minutes of keyboarding

Ms. Gorski

CHA Class Social

What:

CHAPTER is looking forward to hosting socials for both the Kindergarten and First grade classes next month.

When:October 19, 2019

Where:

Bellevue Pro Club

Times:

Kindergarten - 1:00pm - 3:00pm

1st Grade - 2:30pm - 4:00pm

An invite will be sent out soon.

Questions?