Welcome to First Grade 2019 2020 Also known

Welcome to First Grade! 2019 -2020

� Also known as ELA � Writing � FUNdations/Word Study � Wonders - Read Aloud/Literature Discussion � Guided Reading Instruction � Poetry � Sight words and Vocabulary � Daily 5

� Social Studies � Me and My Neighborhood � Rules and Responsibilities � Past and Present � Science � Out of this World Space Systems � It’s Alive - Life Science � Best of Bugs

Fact Fluency � Math Units � �Operations and Algebraic Thinking— Fluency with Addition and Subtraction �Number and Operations in Base Ten— Place Value �Number and Operations in Base Ten— Addition and Subtraction �Geometry �Measurement

� Kindergarten Facts �Plus � 0, Minus 0 1, Minus 1 First Grade Facts �Plus 2, Minus 2 �Doubles + �Make 10, Take from 10

� Tentatively… � Pumpkin Farm – Science – It’s Alive � Rose Hill Manor – Social Studies - Past and Present � Cultural Arts Program – Live Performance

� PBIS � Students earn STAR coupons � Star. Mart � Stars in agenda book 4 stars can be earned in one day � Class Rewards

� Agenda Book � PLEASE � initial DAILY Take Home Folder � Find notes from school � Send notes/permission slips to school � Check and clean out DAILY � Resource Binder � Comes home daily with agenda inside � Pouch for sight words, reading strategy strip, math fact cards, dot cards, and other resources

� Classroom News � Periodic email updates: What’s happening in our classroom, tips for home practice, dates to remember, and other classroom information � Contacting Your Child’s Teacher � Notes placed in take-home folder or agenda book � Phone calls � Email

� � Sight Words - Sight word cards sent home and folder in binder, sight words and Fundations words in agendas Math Facts and Dot cards – in pouch in binder Read with your child. Help them learn to love reading. Raz Kids, Star. Fall, ABCya, Greg. Tangmath. com, Discovery Ed

� Birthdays � Classroom recognition � Non-food goodies � Invitations cannot be distributed at school � Supply Donations � Tissues � Paper Towels � Baggies Art Shirts � Scholastic Book Clubs � � Optional � Please consider helping us expand our classroom and listening library

We’re glad you came this evening! Feel free to visit your child’s classroom.