Wilbur Elementary Back to School Night

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Wilbur ElementaryBack to School Night

• First Grade
• Miss McLaughlin
• Y6

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Get To Know The Teacher

• This is my 4th year of teaching First grade in
  Colonial School District.
• I have a degree in Elementary Ed. K-6 from
  Wilmington University.
• I am currently at Wilmington University working
  on my masters in Technology.

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Homework

• A weekly Homework Sheet will be sent home each
  Monday.
• Please make sure that your childs homework is
  complete and placed back in the folder to be
  returned to school.
• If you have a busy week please let me know and I
  will send the homework for the week home on
  Monday.

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Our Daily Schedule

• 820-900 Morning Work
• 900-915 Calendar
• 915-1015 Math
• 1015-1100 Special
• 1100-1130 Intervention Time / Bathrooms

• 1130- 1200 Lunch
• 1200-200 Language Arts / Writing
• 200- 215 Recess
• 215-300 Science / Social Studies
• 300- 314 Pack up/Dismissal

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Y6s Special Schedule

• Monday Gym (Mr. Safrit)
• Tuesday Music (Mrs. Acero)
• Wednesday Art (Mr. Wells)
• Thursday Gym (Mr. Hilovsky)
• Friday Library (Mrs. Barry)

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Behavior Plan

• Green Card On task
• Yellow Card 5 minutes of recess lost
• Red Card All of recess lost
• Please remember to sign and return behavior cards
  each Monday!

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June Bags

• Any toys brought into school that your child is
  playing with or is distracted by will be placed
  in their June Bag.
• Students will receive their June Bag and items on
  the last day of School.

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Birthdays

• Wilbur Elementary has a new policy on Birthday
  celebrations.
• You may not sent treats in for the students.
• You may however order a tray of treats to be
  delivered to your child's class during lunch.
• This is to eliminate reactions to allergies some
  students may have.

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Nurses Office

• This year the nurses office is requiring ALL
  students to keep a spare pair of clothes in their
  lockers.
• This is incase of an accident, spill, etc.
• Please make sure that if you did not send a bag
  of clothes in to do so by the end of the week.

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Student of the Week

• Each week I will choose a student to be our
  Student of the Week.
• They will fill in a form on Monday night and
  bring it back to school on Tuesday so that we can
  begin the bulletin board display.
• Pictures are welcome but not necessary!
• Any items brought in for the display will be
  returned by the following Monday!

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Book Orders

• Once a month I will send out a book order form.
• I try to attach a list of some titles that might
  relate to the curriculum or that the students
  might enjoy.
• Please do not feel obligated to purchase the
  books on my list.
• This is just an inexpensive way to expand your
  collection.

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Overview of Math

• We use the TERC math program.
• TERC is a hands on approach to learning math.
• Main Concepts we learn sorting, patterns,
  adding, subtracting,classifying etc.
• Towards the end of the year we learn about time
  and money but these are not part of the TERC
  curriculum.

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Language Arts / Reading

• This year we are using a new form of our reading
  series from Harcourt.
• Small group instruction is also part of our
  reading series.
• We will begin to learn and implement centers in
  the next couple of weeks.

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Science

• Science is a hands on learning experience.
• Throughout the year we will be learning about
• Weather
• Solids / Liquids
• Organisms

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Social Studies

• We also use a Harcourt series for Social Studies.
• In the winter we learn about holidays around the
  world.
• At the end of the year we participate in Wildcat
  World Cruise where students travel to different
  classrooms and learn about different countries!

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Contact Information

• Work 832-6300 ex. 4006
• Email EMcLaughlin_at_colonial.k12.de.us