Welcome to the WONDERFUL World of Fountain Elementary

Welcome to the WONDERFUL World of Fountain Elementary School Curriculum Night 2017 Principal: Mrs. Hud-Kirk Assistant Principal: Dr. Lawyer

Meet the First Grade Team • Ms. Foster for Ms. Linton • Ms. Martin • Mrs. Marshall • Mrs. Relerford • Mrs. Tidwell 2

The mission of Clayton County Public Schools is to be accountable to all stakeholders for providing a globally competitive education that empowers students to achieve academic and personal goals and to become college and career ready, productive, responsible citizens. 3

The vision of Clayton County Public Schools is to be a district of excellence preparing ALL students to live and compete successfully in a global society. 4

School Expectations • School-Wide Discipline Plan (Bear Paw Program) • Uniform Policy • Attendance Policy (attendance letters) • Daily Schedule 5

Attendance • Instructional school day begins at 7: 45 a. m. • Students should arrive each day on time • Doctors note or parent note required for all excused absences • Tardies effect achievement • Students must be checked out by 1: 45 p. m. for early checkout 6

School-wide Academic Focus • SIOP • Literacy across the curriculum • Numeracy across the curriculum • Integration of technology 7

Reading/ELA • Imagine It weekly assessments on Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Grammar • Reading Logs

Math • Math problem of the day • Mandatory interactive notebooks • Mountain Math Units *Creating Data • Fact fluency *Base Ten Number Sense *Addition and Subtraction Problems *Measuring *Place Value *Shapes and Fractions 9

Unit 1 Weather and Water Unit 2 Light Unit 3 Sound Unit 4 Magnets Unit 5 Plants and Plant Needs Unit 6 Animal Needs and Types of Animals • Mandatory interactive science notebooks • Science Fair • 450 minutes Hands on investigations 10

Social Studies • • • Units Where I Live Maps and Globe Skills Landfills Benjamin Franklin Children Around the World Document-based questions every 9 weeks 11

Assessments • Common Assessments • Unit Assessments Brains • DIBELS/MClass 12

Technology • Starfall • Edmodo • Brainpop • ABCya 13

Homework and Grading Policy Homework • Assigned Monday-Thursday • Please assist your child with their homework if needed and review for accuracy Grading Policy Classwork-50% Quiz-15% Tests-15% Projects-15% Homework-5% 14

Green – I am doing the right thing. Yellow – okay Red – Need to make better choices 15

SPECIALS • Art • Music • Physical Education • Arts Clayton 16

Afternoon Dismissal • School ends at 2: 15 p. m. • NO early check-outs after 1: 45 p. m. 17

Field Trips • Pumpkin Patch • Center for Puppetry Arts • Georgia Aquarium • Imagine It Children’s Museum • Fernbank Science Center 18

Volunteers We need Parent Volunteers for All Field Trips! Please see Ms. Quiroz for the required information. 19

THANK YOU… For taking the time to attend Fountain Elementary School’s Curriculum Night! We look forward to working with you to ensure your child achieves academic success!! 20