Welcome to Curriculum Night

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Welcome to Curriculum Night
First Grade Presenters Aimee Carroll Jennifer
Gonzalez Lisa Johnson Krista McGrane Nancy
Nault Katie Olk Nedra Tharpe
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First Grade Reading ProgramPart
OneImagine It! Reading ProgramWhole class
direct instructionPhonemic awareness, phonics,
fluency (Decodable books) and comprehensionPart
TwoReading GroupsEach child is assessed to
determine their reading strengths and areas that
need improvement.Children are placed in reading
skill groups.  The groups provide basic skill
practice on-grade level practice to strengthen
and improve reading ability and fluency and
enrichment reading activities and literature
studies.FAIR Testing
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Writes Upon Request

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• 1.   What is Writes Upon Request?  Writes Upon
  Request is a Leon County writing assessment that
  is administered to all students in grades 1
  through 5.  This writing assessment program
  requires a student to produce a piece of writing
  in response to an assigned topic called a
  prompt.  The writing is then scored according
  to specific, predetermined criteria.
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• 2.   When and how is it administered?   First
  Graders take two WUR assessments, one in February
  and one in April.  In February they will be given
  an expository prompt and in April they will be
  given a narrative prompt.  After being read the
  prompt, the students will have 10 minutes to plan
  their writing and 20 minutes to write.
• 3.  What are we doing in school to prepare the
  students?   During the first nine weeks, we will
  spend time modeling the planning and writing
  process together as a class.  Then during the
  second nine weeks, the students will be given
  many opportunities to practice planning and
  writing about a given topic.  We will also
  practice scoring papers, so that the students
  know what makes up a good piece of writing.
• 4.   What can you do at home to prepare your
  child?  At this time, the best thing you can do
  to help your child at home is to provide plenty
  of opportunities to write.  We will be sending
  home a Writes Upon Request Writing Packet in
  December which will offer more detailed and
  specific information about what you can do.

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Math

• Harcourt Math
• Scientific Research Based
• Designed specifically for Florida Standards
• Heavy emphasis on
• Problem Solving
• Explaining thought processes
• Sunshine Math
• Real world problem solving
• Challenging at a variety of levels

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Topic Areas Taught

• 1. Number sense, patterns, and operations
• 2. Geometry
• 3. Algebra
• 4. Money
• 5. Fractions
• 6. Measurement
• Time
• Length
• Weight
• Capacity
• 7. Data collection and analysis
• 8. Probability

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First Grade Promotion Expectations

• Minimum First Grade Expectations
• Students are expected to master all of the 1st
  grade Benchmarks in Reading, Writing, Math,
  Social Studies, and Science. Mastery is defined
  as 70 proficiency on each Benchmark, 70 of the
  time. Benchmarks identify the essential
  knowledge and skills a student should learn in
  each subject area at each grade level.
• Students are expected to score a 3.5 or higher
  on the districts Writes Upon Request (the
  average scores of the 3rd 4th administrations)

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• Grading Policy
• Work that is done in class together or
  independently is graded on effort and quality.
  Here are some of the marks your childs teacher
  may use
• / ? Best effort/quality work/ mastery
  demonstrated
• ? Work completed satisfactorily
• ? - Incomplete/little effort put forth/mastery
  not shown
• TH student completed with the teachers help/
  mastery not shown
• I Incomplete work please complete at home and
  return
• Achievement Codes for the Pupil Progress Report
  Card are as follows
• On Grade Level Codes
• E   Extends/Applies Sunshine State Standard
  (SSS) Benchmarks
• S  Satisfactory Applies SSS Benchmarks
• N  Not meeting expectations on the SSS
  Benchmarks
• Below Grade Level Codes
• GP ( Good Progress)
  
• SP (Some Progress)
• NP (No Progress)

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Homework 

•   At the beginning of the year homework will
  consist of reading or being read to and an
  occasional math practice page.
• Sunshine Math pages will begin 2nd nine weeks.
  Remember these are meant to be challenging, not
  frustrating!
• We will start spelling tests during the 2nd nine
  weeks.  

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Behavior PlanAll first grade classes follow
the school rules.

• School Rules -The 3 Bs
• 1.Be safe.
• 2.Be respectful.
• 3.Be responsible

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Work Study and Behavior Grades

• Report card grades for behavior and work study
  skills
• E Very consistent demonstration of rules and
  procedures.
• S Demonstrates characteristics of rules and
  procedures.
• N- Inconsistent demonstration of rules and
  procedures.

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Volunteering in the Classroom

• A few requests
• Please let us know if you will not be able to
  come in on a scheduled day.
• Register in advance. Check in at the office to
  pick up your name tag. Remember to record your
  time in our volunteer log.
• Work with your childs teacher to arrange a
  procedure to follow when you arrive to volunteer
  (i.e. Where will projects be located, etc.)
• Confidentiality Remember that when you
  volunteer with us you will come in contact with
  your childs classmates. We ask that you keep
  things you observe about other childrens
  academic progress or behavior confidential. Feel
  free to discuss any concerns you have with your
  childs teacher, but not with others.
• When you are in the classroom volunteering please
  make sure your phone is on vibrate and if you
  need to take a call please go outside.
• Thank you for the time and energy you freely give
  to our classrooms! We appreciate you!!

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Time to Visit Your Childs Classroom!

• Mrs. Carroll- Room 522 (3rd Cottage)
• Mrs. Gonzalez- Room 105
• Mrs. Johnson-103
• McGrane- Room 108
• Mrs. Nault- 520 (1st Cottage)
• Ms. Olk-Room 102
• Ms. Tharpe- Room 106
• Mrs. Oole-525 (6th cottage)
• Mrs. Del-Room 123
• HAVE FUN!!! ?