First Grade Orientation

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Welcome
to the
First Grade Orientation
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Mrs. Nickolai
FROM
Mrs. Kohl
Mrs. Claerbout
Ms. Willadsen
(Loop Teachers)
Mrs. Pieters
Mr. Schneider
Mrs. Williams,
Mr. Schwab
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First Grade Reading Curriculum

• Balanced Literacy Program with a blending of
  shared and guided reading
• Real literature anthologies6 books

• Blending of phonetic reinforcement, phonemic
  awareness, and whole language

• Journal writing

• Supplemental and integrated reading

• Reading reinforcement at home with the reading
  books and paper controlled vocabulary Take-Home
  books (start with the second reading bookabout
  the first week in October)

• Word card vocabulary reinforcement at home
  (start with the second book)

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First Grade Spelling Curriculum

• Sitton Spelling Series
• Based on using/applying spelling, instead of just
  rote memorization.
• Phonics and phonemic awareness

• Reinforcement activities throughout the week
• Reinforcement at home for words not mastered
• No excuses list of words at each grade
  level.These are words that are expected to be
  mastered at the grade level. These words must
  be spelled correctly in daily writing!
• First Grade No-Excuses List
• (the, of, and, a, to, in, is, you, that, it, he,
  for, was, on, are)

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First Grade Science and Social Studies
Curriculum

• Integrated with our reading series

• Themes include Insects, frogs, bears, birds,
  sea life, animal habitats, animal
  characteristics, plants, science in the toy box,
  families, homes, friendship Native Americans,
  and historical people.

• Supplemented by trade books, Reading Rainbow, and
  Kratts Creatures.

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First Grade Penmanship Curriculum

• Correct size and shape of upper and lower case
  letters

• Application of upper and lower case letters

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First Grade Everyday Math Curriculum

• Takes advantage of childrens rich store of
  mathematical understanding, information, and
  creativity

• Spiraling curriculum teaches concepts at least 5
  times in two yearsallows children the
  opportunity to grasp concepts when
  developmentally ready

• Spiraling curriculum teaches concepts at least 5
  times in two yearsallows children the
  opportunity to grasp concepts when
  developmentally ready

• Your child is INVOLVED in real-life activities
  in number sense, counting, operations,
  relations, problem solving, mental math, data
  collection and analysis, geometry, measurement,
  reference frames, money, time, rules, and
  patterns.

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First Grade Everyday Math Curriculum

• Numeration and Counting saying, reading, and
  writing numbers place value whole numbers
  fractions, and decimals

• Operations and Relations facts (1 to 10
  assessed) and operation families (fact families
  538, 358, 8-35, 8-53)

• Problem Solving and Number Models mental and
  written math, along with puzzles, brain teasers,
  and real-life problems

• Measures and Reference Frames measures of
  length, width, area, weight, capacity,
  temperature, and time clocks calendars
  timelines thermometers and ordinal numbers

• Exploring Data collecting and ordering data
  tables, charts, and graphs exploring
  uncertainty fairness making predictions

• Geometry exploring two-and three-dimensional
  shapes

• Rules and Patterns functions, relations,
  attributes, patterns, and sequences

• Algebra generalizing patterns, exploring
  variables, and solving equations

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Numeration and Counting

• Number Line Activities

• Name Collection Boxes
• 8 35
• a spiders legs
• llll lll eight

• Place ValueMilk Rings (1s, 10s, 100s, 1000s)

• Number Grids 5
• 12 14

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Operations and Relations

• Basic Factsbuilding blocks of many operations
• Built through fun and interest instead of
  anxiety and frustration

• Fact TrianglesFact Families

• Fridge FactsAt home practice

• Number CardsAddition and Subtraction Top-It
  game

• Dominoes

• Everything Math DeckAddition and Subtraction
  Top- It gameName That Number game

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What's up in Math?

• Home Links
• Important connection between home and school
• Most require interaction with family members
• Essential for introduction, follow-up, or review
  of concepts
• Return the following day

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Assessment and Standards

• Portfolio Assessment
• Parent Assessment
• Holistic Reading Assessment
• Guided Reading Level Testing
• Report Cards
• All assessments are aligned with the State and
  National Standards