Please put the following information on the index card on your childs desk'

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Please put the following information on the index
card on your childs desk.

• Your childs name
• Your name
• Daytime phone (Mom and Dad)
• Night phone
• Times you are available to volunteer in the
  classroom, if any
• Email address
• Pictures?

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Mrs. Traczykiewiczs Class(pronounced
Truskevitch)
First Grade

• Room 223

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Back to School Night
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Welcome!

• Thank you for coming tonight. I am looking
  forward to a wonderful year in first grade!
• Tonight we will discuss
• Homework Guidelines
• Classroom Rules and Consequences
• Positive Reinforcement
• First Grade Schedule
• First Grade Curriculum
• Lunch, Volunteers, Jerry, Conference Times

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Who is Mrs. Traczykiewicz?

• Staff member at CB 6 years going into 7th year
• Earned Masters degree in Elem. Education in
  June, 2007.
• Youngest of three with two older brothers
• Likes Purple, Starbucks, Barnes and Noble,
  Cooking/Baking, Family Outings, Watching football
  with my dad, Exercising
• Dislikes Really spicy food, cats, clutter

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Contact me

• School Voice Mail call back within 24 hours,
  but usually much faster.
• Home number urgent only!
• Email etraczyk_at_hatboro-horsham.org
• Web-site important information

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Miss Kilroy Student Teacher

• Student from West Chester University
• August 29th December 14th
• Graduate of Council Rock High School

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Homework

• Homework is an integral part of a school day. As
  a first grader, your child will be responsible to
  complete homework assignments Monday-Thursday.
  Homework will always be sent home in your childs
  homework folder. In addition to the nights
  written assignment, students are expected to read
  or to be read to for 15 minutes every night.
  Students should also complete at least 15
  calendar assignments from the EDM calendar sent
  home at the beginning of each month. Please go
  over the homework with your child each night and
  have them correct any mistakes. Parents should
  also sign the homework/calendar every night to
  indicate it has been reviewed and checked.

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Homework Tips

• A routine
• A quiet area to work with adequate lighting
• A desk, table, or hard surface to write on
• Supply of pencils, crayons, and erasers

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Homework Incentive

• Starting in October, your child will have the
  opportunity to earn a homework pass. Each
  morning, your child will be responsible to put
  their homework on their desk. If all of their
  homework has been completed, your child will
  receive a star for that day. If an assignment has
  not been completed, the missing assignment will
  be recorded and your child will be responsible to
  complete the missing assignment the following
  evening. At the end of each month, those students
  who have completed all homework assignments for
  the month will be awarded a homework pass to be
  used at their leisure.

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Show and Tell

• Mandatory
• Theme check calendar
• Homework Star
• Benefits

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Classroom Rules

• Walk quietly in a straight line
• Raise your hand before you speak
• Use kind words
• Look at and listen to the teachers
• Keep your hands and feet to yourself
• Be polite use your manners

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Classroom Consequences

• Warning
• Loss of recess time
• Time out The student will leave the group
  setting to think about what they have done and
  what they can do to improve. The student will
  return to the group when they feel they are ready
  or when the teacher feels it is appropriate.
• Phone call home to students parents.
• Student will write an apology letter to the
  student or to the adult to whom they offended.
• If severe discipline action is required, the
  student will be sent to the office to meet with
  Mrs. Taylor.

Each case will be handled on an individual
basis to meet each students needs.
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• Throughout the school year, I will emphasize the
  importance of manners, following directions, and
  respecting the needs and feelings of others. The
  students will be working in group settings
  throughout the year, and they will become
  knowledgeable about working with each other in a
  cooperative manner.
• I hope you will help me reach out to the students
  to make them aware of the importance of all of
  the above. Working together, we can make this
  happen!

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Positive Reinforcement

• Effort Slips!!
• Throughout each day, the students will have
  opportunities to earn effort slips.
• Display of Crooked Billet character
• Display of extra effort during independent work
  time.
• Going above and beyond
• Completing quality work
• Assisting a classmate/staff member
• The students will be responsible to collect and
  keep their slips in a safe place.
• On designated trade-in days (Tuesday), students
  will have the opportunity to trade in their
  effort slips for prizes. The prizes can be
  redeemed at the students leisure, unless there
  is scheduling involved.

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EFFORT SLIP REWARDS

• 5 tickets
• Read a book with a buddy during self-selected
  reading.
• 10 tickets
• Soft pretzel
• Pick from the prize box

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EFFORT SLIP REWARDS

• 15 tickets
• Homework Pass
• Read with an older student
• Job of Choice
• 20 tickets
• Computer time
• Jerry for the day

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EFFORT SLIP REWARDS

• 30 tickets
• Teachers Helper
• Read with Mrs. Taylor
• 40 tickets
• Sit at Mrs. Traczykiewiczs desk
• Scholastic Book purchase (2.95 or less)
• 50 tickets
• Lunch with Mrs. Traczykiewicz
• Lunch with Mrs. Taylor

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Class Mascot Jerry!

• Our Class Mascot, Jerry, will play an important
  role in our classroom. He not only will assist
  Mrs. Traczykiewicz in picking role model
  students, but he will also help the students
  improve their writing and speaking skills.
• Every Friday, a child will be chosen to take
  Jerry home for the weekend! This student will
  have the opportunity to care for and share Jerry
  with their family for the entire weekend. The
  student will be responsible to record in the
  notebook provided what they did with Jerry for
  the weekend. Family involvement is highly
  encouraged with this project. The student will
  come back to school on Monday and share with the
  class what he/she did with Jerry. My goal is the
  students will be able to write a few sentences on
  their own about their experiences, and they will
  be able to speak in front of their peers, with
  ease.

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Star Tally

• Each week the students will be given five stars.
• Our class goal is to have all five stars on
  Friday afternoon.
• Throughout the week, Mrs. Traczykiewicz or Miss
  Kilroy will add or erase stars when appropriate.
• If the students have five stars on Friday
  afternoon they will receive a special treat such
  as candy, stickers, cookies, homework passes, or
  extra recess.

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First Grade Schedule

• 850-900 Attendance, Lunch count, Morning
  Paper, Announcements, and Business
• 900-930 Working with Words
• 930-950 Shared Reading
• 950-1030 Writing
• 1030-1130 Guided Reading/Centers - Title 1
  group leaves from 1030-1100 and 1100-1130.
• 1125-1215 Lunch/Recess
• 1215-1240 Self-Selected Reading/Accelerated
  Reader
• 1240-140 Math/Games/Calendar
• 140-210 Social Studies/Science
• 210-220 Pack-up
• 224-314 Special classes
• 315 Dismissal

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First Grade Curriculum

• Reading
• Shared Reading
• Guided Reading/Centers
• Writing Block
• Working with Words Spelling (test)
• Self-Selected Reading leveled books, conference
  1x a week - AR

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Everyday Math

• NUMBER AND NUMERATION
• Understanding the meanings, uses, and
  representations of numbers.
• Understand equivalent names for numbers
• Understand common numerical relations
• OPERATIONS AND COMPUTATION
• Compute accurately
• Make reasonable estimates
• Understand meanings of operations
• DATA AND CHANCE
• Select and create appropriate graphical
  representations of collected or given data.
• Analyze and interpret data
• Understand and apply basic concepts of
  probability
• MEARUREMENT AND REFERENCE FRAMES
• Understand the systems and processes of
  measurement use appropriate techniques, tools,
  units, and formulas in making measurements
• Use and understand reference frames
• GEOMETRY
• Investigate characteristics and properties of 2-
  and 3-dimensionsal geometric shapes
• Apply transformations s symmetry to geometric
  situations
• PATTERNS, FUNCTIONS, AND ALGEBRA

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Lunch Accounts

• Lunch costs - 2.00
• Send money in an envelope or bag LABELED with
  childs name and Mrs. Traczykiewicz!

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Pretzels are BACK!

• Starting Wednesday, September 12th, soft pretzels
  will be on sale in the morning at 900 AM.
• Pretzels are .50
• This is our ONLY snack during the week.

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Conference Times

• Conference dates and times
• Monday, November 19th -Wednesday, November 21st
• Morning/Evening times are available
• Sign-up TONIGHT on the back table!

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Other Important Items

• Book orders Scholastic/Highlights
• Volunteers NO PERFUME/COLOGNE
• Test Envelopes
• Birthday treats
• Dismissal Changes notes please!
• 6-day special schedule
• Wednesday envelopes
• Homework Folders

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Sign-ups to complete

• Conference Time
• Jerry weekend
• Please complete the index card on your childs
  desk and return it to the basket on the back
  table.
• Volunteer