Welcome to Open House

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Welcome

• Welcome to Open House
• Please come in and sign your name and e-mail
  address on table
• Look over papers on desks (PTA stuff, student
  work)
• Make sure you checked out your childs work
  hanging in the hallway

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Who is your childs teacher?

• Mrs. Lane- Masters degree in E.C.E from KSU, 7
  years teaching
• Grew up in East Cobb
• Cobb County GPs writing committee
• Quarterly training representative for grade level

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What are my overall goals for your children?

• To provide your child with a supportive learning
  environment
• Differentiate the curriculum to individual needs
• To have fun while we learn
• To give your child the academic tools they need
  to progress to 2th grade
• To make new friends and discover new interests

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Daily Schedule

• 725-750 Morning Journal/ Turn in papers/
  Attendance/ASP
• 750-805 Music and Announcements
• 805-830 Words Their Way
• 830-850 Shared Reading, Mini lesson and Focus
• 850-930 Centers and Guided Reading Groups
• 930-1000 Writing
• 1000-1050 Math Instruction
• 1053-1123 Lunch- table 9
• 1130-1155 Calendar Math/ RAP- Smartboard
• 1155-1220 Read Aloud/ Independent reading
  (D.E.A.R.)
• 1220-1235 Recess 1235- Restroom and water
• 1240-115 Science/ Social Studies/ Health
• 115- 120 Pack up/ Restrooms and Water
• 120-205 Specials
• 205-220 Stack and Pack/ Island Talk

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Language Arts Curriculum

• Our new adoption is a product of Pearson
• Publishing
• Consists of high frequency words, blending,
  choral reading, and partner talk
• Sight word recognition included in teaching- no
  weekly spelling test
• Begin next week

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First Grade Curriculum

• Language Arts short/long vowels, syllables,
  word blending/chunking, word families, decoding,
  spelling patterns, fluency, expression, voice,
  vocabulary, reading and comprehending a variety
  of texts and genres
• Handwriting- Manuscript (see card on desk)
• Writing writers workshop, writing process,
  narrative writing, informational writing, author
  study
• Math number facts to 20, data and graphing,
  representing and comparing numbers to 100,
  geometric figures, fractions, counting money,
  time, measurement, double digit addition and
  subtraction
• Science types of weather, seasonal changes,
  weather data and instruments, changes in water,
  forms of precipitation, water cycle, magnets,
  sound/pitch/volume, sources of light and shadows,
  basic needs of plants and animals, parts of a
  plant, animal classifications
• Social Studies continents, oceans, landforms,
  maps and globes, cardinal and intermediate
  directions, location of city/state/country,
  American historical figures, goods and services,
  producers and consumers, personal spending and
  saving
• Health friendship and cooperation, conflict
  resolution, personal health and safety, germs,
  good hygiene practices, nutrition

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Cobb County Websites

• Picasso- curriculum information for parents
• Lunch menus
• Mealpay
• Cobb calendar
• http//www.cobbk12.org

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Safety

• Sign in at front office even if you are coming in
  for 5 minutes
• Sit at guest table when eating lunch with your
  child, other children are not allowed
• Send notes regarding afternoon schedule changes
• Students cannot return to the room after 245
  p.m.

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Behavior Plan

• Students will have the opportunity for positive
  reinforcement on a daily basis.
• The Oh No! book will be signed when a behavior
  needs to be addressed (2 times in a week is a
  phone call home and a on the weekly report)
• A treasure box will be implemented after the
  first week
• (We will always need treats to fill the box?)
• Daily behavior plans will be implemented on an as
  needed basis

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Emergency Information

• Allergies, Please verbally let me know of any
  allergies your child may have
• Medication (must be bought to school by the
  parents and kept in the clinic)
• Fevers free for 48 hours prior to returning to
  school

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Tardiness and Absences

• Maximum instructional time
• Interrupts instruction
• Student misses valuable instruction
• Excuse absence- doctor, dentist, etc.
• Try to schedule doctors appointments after
  school hours.
• Refer to Cobb calendar for dates to schedule appt.

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Grading

• 4 ½ week progress reports only go out if there is
  a need
• 9 week report cards
• 3,2,1 standards based report card
• O, S, N (Outstanding, Satisfactory, Needs
  Improvement) Science, S.S. and Health

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How do I access the Blog?

• Murdock homepage
• http//murdock10.typepad.com/mrs_lanes_island_of_l
  earn/
• What is there?
• Curriculum map for year, newsletters, class
  info., Murdock happenings, Box tops, pictures,
  work samples
• How often should I check it? 2x week

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Thank you

• I appreciate your dedication to your childs
  learning, and thank you for allowing me the
  opportunity to be their teacher.
• Our room parent will begin to contact you if you
  signed up to assist this year.