Welcome to Curriculum Night Thank you for coming

Welcome to Curriculum Night! Thank you for coming tonight! Mountain View/2011 -2012

• Sixth year teaching • Graduated from Kennesaw State University with a masters in Educational Leadership/Bachelors from University of South Florida • Married to my wonderful wife and blessed with two boys, Kellen and Chad

Attendance- If your child is absent please send a note stating the reason. No A. R. this year Birthdays- Special snack at lunch.

BLOG- Updated at least monthly, sign up to receive e-mail updates www. cobbk 12. org/mtview -click on teachers, first grade, and my name

Conferences- October 24 – 28 * Conference week, students will be dismissed 2 hours early Cog. AT (Cognitive Abilities Test) – October 5 th – 7 th.

Dismissal- Please send a written note for any transportation change and place in your child’s daily folder. Envelopes- Please send all money in a labeled envelope.

Homework- Packets will be sent home beginning Monday August 22 nd. Packets will be sent home on the first school day of each month and due at the end of the month. Optional math homework will be available on my blog. Lunch- 10: 42 -11: 12

• Daily Morning Work • Daily Journal • Silent Reading

Guided Math- Focus on one skill a week, small group instruction, learning centers. Math Rap-Daily Review of Calendar Skills using Smart Board

First Nine Weeks • Review of counting, number patterns • Skip counting-2’s, 5’s, and 10’s • Even and Odd Numbers • Addition and Subtraction facts • Place Value • Greater Than/Less Than • Tallies and Graphing

Guided Reading- Small group instruction using leveled books A to Z Literacy Centers- Learning centers where students practice skills being taught in class

First Nine Weeks • Parts of a Book • ABC Order • Syllables • Setting, Making Predictions • Text-to-Text/Text-to-Self Connections • Short Vowel Sounds • Consonant Blends

We write everyday! Mini Lesson, Writing Time, Share Time First Nine Weeks • Capitalization and Puntuation • Spacing between words • Nouns, Proper Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Complete and Incomplete Sentences

First Nine Weeks • Weather-Seasons, types of weather, weather instruments • Water Cycle- changes in water

First Nine Weeks • Local Community- locate city and state on map and globe • Benjamin Franklin

Our Mystery Reader time is every other Thursday afternoon at 1: 00. You can sign up in the front of the classroom for a time slot or email me later in the year. I will keep an updated sign-up sheet available on my blog for you to view.

• Positive Reinforcement/Discipline • Whole Group/Individual/Small Group Rewards • Take a Break Chair • Weekly planner allows for us to communicate your child’s behavior throughout the year.

for taking the time to attend Curriculum Night! I look forward to working with you and your child this year. It is going to be a wonderful year filled with exciting learning activities!