Welcome Parents to First Grade

Curriculum Night

Schedule Calendar Daily Five Spelling Guided Reading/Flex Groups Lunch 11:30-12:00 Recess 12:00-12:30 Writing PE 1:00-1:20 every day Music 1:30-1:55 Mondays Art 1:40-2:25 Wednesdays Library 2:45-3:15 Fridays Science/ Social Studies Tuesdays/Thursdays Math

Important Tips to Make Your Child Have a Successful Year…

Keep up to date on what is going on at school through Friday newsletters and the website.

If your child will be absent, please let the school know as soon as possible. › Short absences: I will send make-up work

when your child returns to school.› Extended absences: Please arrange to pick up

your child’s work at the school office.

Language Arts Flexible Grouping

› Monday through Wednesday Daily Five

› Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listen to Reading, Work on Writing, Word Work

› Read Level I/ J Read 227 High Frequency Words Write opinion, narrative, and

informative texts

Math Number Sense:

› Count to 120 starting at any number› Understand 10s and 1s› Recognize and use >,<, and =

Data Analysis and Probability› Interpret different types of graphs.› likely and less likely

Geometry› Rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-

circles› Cubes, rectangular prism, cones, cylinder

Algebra› Explore number patterns and missing addends

Measurement› Temperature, linear, volume and time

Computation› Add and subtract within 20 fluently

Fractions› Halves, fourths/quarter

Science Scientific Inquiry

› Questioning, investigating, drawing conclusions

› Encourage higher level processing and thinking skills

Physics› Properties of matter, balance, magnets,

sink and float, forces of matter Life Science

› Living things, functions, adaptions, habitats, food chains, categorizing animals by feature

Social Studies Communities

› school rules, economics (needs vs. wants) Neighborhoods

› our city Our Country

› heroes, elections, history Our World Geography

› maps, map keys, features of land

Homework Policy

Your child will bring home homework at the beginning of each week.

We encourage you to work with your child.

Packets are due every Friday or the last day of the week.

Completion grade

Classroom RulesGive Me Five

1. Listen to the teacher.2. Keep your hands to yourself.3. Say good words.4. Walk in the hallways and in class.5. Clean up your own messes.

Discipline Incentive Chart

› Sticker tokens earned for expected school and social behavior

› 10 stickers earns a prize Behavior Calendar

› Daily communication › Reflects the student’s daily behavior choices

How can you help at home?› Be consistent with school-to-home routines› Check folder every day › Up-to-date contact information

Home Folder Please return the home folder each day

emptied. Put any notes for me in the folder. If you send money, please label it with

your child’s name, teacher’s name and what the money is for.

Students are responsible for taking out notes when they return to school› They’ve been doing great with this!

Specials We have PE everyday.

› Please make sure your child has a separate pair of shoes that are left at school everyday.

› If your child can’t tie his/her own shoes please send them to school with Velcro shoes.

Music› Every Monday› Students perform at Holiday Program

Art› Every Wednesday› Cultural Arts Festival/Art to Remember

Library Day› Every Friday› Students will check out 2-3 books. Return by the following Friday.› Students may not be able to check out if books are not returned.

Birthdays Students’ birthdays will be

celebrated in the classroom Only non-edible treats (i.e. pencils,

erasers, small toys) may be sent All students receive a birthday book

from Mrs. DeMarzo

Snack We have snack after PE at 1:25

everyday. Snack lasts 10 minutes so please

make sure food can be eaten during this time.

Fresh fruits, veggies, crackers No juice boxes, but water bottles are

welcomed.

Field Trips We will be taking a few field trips this

year.› PTA Donations increased

Brookfield Zoo at the end of the year. More info to come as other trips are

planned

Mystery Reader Please sign up to be a mystery reader.

› Choose month Can be a parent or other family member Come to school dressed up as a

storybook character with your book› Students will guess character and true

identity. › Please keep it a secret when you come.

Tips for First Graders Talk to your child:

› Ask your child to talk about his/her day at school. Encourage him/her to explain thinking.

Say silly tongue twisters:› Sing songs, read rhyming books, and say tongue

twisters. This makes children sensitive to sound and will in turn help them be better writers and readers.

Connect books to experiences:› Making connections helps improve

comprehension. Write it down.

› Encourage your child to write down experiences that have happened

If you need to reach me… E-mail is the best:

› katherine.brown@cusd200.org Call

› 630-682-2075› Best time to call: 8:30am to 9:15am or 3:45 to

4:15 I have an open door policy but please

understand the school day is very busy and I may not have time to meet with you.› If you need to meet in person, please schedule in

advance.