Welcome to First Grade Orientation 2013 2014 First

Welcome to First Grade Orientation 2013 -2014

First Grade Team l Melissa Crain l Rachel Rice l Debbie Hunt l Pamela Slote l Sarah Genao

Parent Communication l School and Teacher Email l Phone Calls l School, Team and Teacher Websites l Parent/Teacher Conferences

Healthy Snacks Keep it neat! l Pretzels l Goldfish Crackers l Fruit l Water only (sport lids)

Homework l Green homework folder l Homework sent home on Monday- due back on Friday (10 minutes per night) l Poetry notebook sent home on Friday- due back on Monday l Take home readers

Behavior, dress code and birthdays l Conduct sheets: Weekly behavior sheets will come home each Friday in the red folder. l Positive reinforcement systems. Students earn “warm fuzzies” to trade in for valuable rewards! We will introduce earning coins very soon. l Dress code: No flip flops on PE days. Shorts must be mid-thigh and no spaghetti strap tops. l Birthdays: Birthday treats may be ordered from the cafeteria.

Writing Workshop Units Studied: l Launching writing workshop l Personal narratives l Poetry l Non-fiction writing l Daily Journals

What is the Daily 4? l Students will engage in literacy rotations consisting of: Listening to reading, reading to self, partner reading and journal writing. l Students will receive small group reading instruction. Look for books to come home soon!

Word Study l Focus on spelling patterns and rules l Understand how words work l High frequency sight words l Dictation spelling tests will begin mid-year

Math First Grade Concepts Include: l l l l l Addition/subtraction Problem Solving Estimation Graphing Geometry Measurement Place Value Money Time Wow!!!

Science l Weather l Seasons l Life cycles l Gardening l Hands-on Science Experiments

Social Studies l Community l Citizenship l Culture l Famous People l Geography

Thanks for coming!