WELCOME TO FIRST GRADE CURRICULUM

NIGHT!

Monday, July 27, 2015

Jann Johnson, Valerie Nikolaus, Lori-Jo Peters, Alicia Tunstall

Procedures• Drop Off and Pick Up• Emails (change in pick up plans no

later than 12:00)• Students being checked out early.• Things being dropped off in the office• Parent Portal/Infinite Campus• Conferences (August 26th & 27th and

February 10th & 11th)

Volunteers• All adults welcome

(parents/grandparents/aunts/uncles)• Check/Sign in • Training• Privacy Policy• No younger siblings…thanks for

understanding

Field Trips Tax Credit

• All field trips are dependent upon tax credit donations

• All donations are made online through Infinite Campus Parent Portal

• Extended family or friends may still make tax credit donations using the web address: https://chandlerdonations.org/

• Tempe Center for the Arts

• IMAX Theater• Phoenix Zoo• Environmental

Education Exploration (?)

Birthdays• No sugary treats allowed• Healthy treats OK – Frozen Go-Gurts– Sugar free/fruit popsicles– Granola Bars

• Non-food items are encouraged– Bouncy balls– Pencils– Bubbles– Play-doh

Homework• Expectations• Monthly Math Calendar– Initial Completed Tasks– Turn in every Friday

• Weekly Spelling List– Sent home Mondays – Due Fridays

• Nightly Reading Bags– Initial Reading Log Nightly

Sample Homework Calendar

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

            1

2 3 LABOR DAY

No School

 

4 Use cereal or small

snacks to represent the number

26. Separate and identify

groups of ten with some left

over...then EAT!

5

Count orally to a

family member from 1

to 120.

6 Parents: Choose 5 numbers

between 11 and 99. Have your

child tell you the number that

is 10 more and 10 less than

that number.

7 Write the following

numbers from least to

greatest: 52, 15, 9, 25,

13, 57, 6, 39, 46

8

9 10

Write your numbers to

120 starting at 83.

11 Student: Draw the greater than

sign (>) on a piece of paper. Parent:

Give your child 2 numbers to

compare and write. Student: Read

your equations aloud. Repeat 5X.

12 Parents: Choose 5

numbers between 11 and 99.

Have your child tell you the

number that is 10 more and 10

less than that number.

13 Write the following

numbers from greatest to

least: 16, 29, 44, 72, 65,

4, 19, 46, 22, 99, 1.

14 Write the following numbers

on a piece of paper: 12, 57, 98, 2, 33,

134, 81, 25, 19, 276, 53. Circle the

digit in the tens place, underline the

digit in the ones place.

15

16 17 Parents: Choose 5

numbers between 11 and 99.

Have your child WRITE the

number that is 10 more and 10

less than that number.

18

Count backwards

(orally) from 57 to 0.

19 Parents: Give your child 5

numbers. Have them represent that

number in as many different ways as

they can (ex: 53 = 50+3 OR 53 = 5

tens and 3 ones).

20 Write your

numbers (in ascending

order) by tens starting

at 16. Stop at 106.

21 Student: Draw the less than

sign (<) on a piece of paper. Parent:

Give your child 2 numbers to

compare and write. Student: Read

your equations aloud. Repeat 5X.

22

23 24 Use objects from around

your house to create an art

project that represents the

following equation:

21 > 14. Be creative!

25 Practice comparing

numbers by playing the

card game WAR with a

family member.

26 Write your

numbers (in

descending order) by

tens starting at 109.

Stop at 9.

27 Parents: Choose 5

numbers between 11 and 99.

Have your child WRITE the

number that is 10 more and 10

less than that number.

28Write your numbers in

descending order starting at 76

and ending at 20.

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Classroom Behavior and Management

• Positive reinforcement is our approach to promote respectful behavior inside and outside the classroom.

• Individual Behavior Charts– Each student will receive a daily self-assessment sheet

at the beginning of the week, called their Jacobson Jets Chart. Their behavior will be recorded on this sheet and go home each night and must be brought back the next day with parents’ initials!

– Help make the connection between school and home and talk about your child’s behavior that particular day with them.

JETS Choices• Check and initial your child’s chart

daily• Stamp or Sticker = Soaring day!!!

×J = Loss of recess×E = Loss of Fun Friday×T = Office Referral×S = Communique (3 communiques

= after school detention)

Language Arts• Reading: Informational and Literature, Foundations

- Key Ideas & Details

- Craft & Structure- Integration of Knowledge & Ideas- Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity- Print Concepts, Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Word

Recognition, Fluency

• Writing• Speaking and Listening

- Comprehension & Collaboration, Presentation of Knowledge & Ideas

• Language(grammar)- Conventions, Vocabulary Acquisition & Use

Reading• 90 minute Literacy Block• 30 minutes of whole-group on grade level

instruction • 60 minutes of guided reading groups–Ability level (assessments/running record)–Reading strategies–Comprehension–Vocabulary– Language/grammar skills– Phonics– Fluency

Writing• Daily Writing

- “Learn to love” writing- Inventive spelling (developmentally appropriate)

- Using a “Writers Eye” (conventions)

- Modeled writing/read alouds• Types of Writing

- Journal Writing- Personal Narratives- Friendly Letters- Imaginative Stories- Informative Writing (reports, how to books)

- Functional Writing (list, posters, recipes, diagrams)

Math Domains• Numerical Operations in Base Ten– Using two digit numbers (ten more, ten less)– Comparing two digit numbers – Counting and writing numbers to 120– Using and constructing a number line– Understanding ones and tens (place value)

• Measurement and Data– Measure, order and compare three objects by

length– Interpret and organize data with up to three

categories – Formulate and answer questions

Math Domains• Operations and Algebraic Thinking– Use addition and subtraction to solve word

problems– Understand true and false equations– Add and subtract numbers within twenty– Understand the associative, commutative and

identity properties– Math fluency within twenty (math facts)– Determine unknown whole numbers in addition or

subtraction equations (8 +_ =11)– Adding three numbers

• Geometry– Identify shapes by defining attributes– Compose/decompose two dimensional shapes

Social Studies•American History•World History•Economics•Civics/Government•Geography

Social Studies Projects and Activities• Family Tree • Famous American/ Hero Timelines

• American Symbols• State Symbols

Science• Inquiry Process• Science Content:

life science, physical science, earth and space science

• Health Content: health promotion, human body, environmental health

• Space• Living/nonliving

things• Life cycles• Matter (solid,

liquid, and gas)• Animal and Plant

Relationships• Habitats• Rocks• Inventions/ Inventors• Scientific Method/ experiments

Science Projects and Activities• Inventor Reports• Animals/Habitats –Written & Oral Research Reports

• Rotations (Team Teaching)

–Human Body Systems–Habitats

Grading/Report Cards• Grading– Assessments

• Formal/Informal

– Assignments– Teacher Observable– Participation grades

for Social Studies/Science

• Report Cards– Percentage Grades

• Cumulative Score per subject– Quarterly Grades

• Grades not cumulative• Check Infinite Campus for

assessment/assignment description

– Behavior/Participation Indicators• E = Excellent• S = Satisfactory• I = Improving• N = Needs Improvement

Thank You!• Thank you so much for attending

tonight!• If you have questions, please fill

out the question/comment paper and return it to your child’s teacher.