SNEAK PEEK AT FIRST GRADE

Crestview Preparatory SchoolMs. Deac and Mrs. Adams

Ms. Deac

•Multiple Subject Teaching Credential

A•Graduate

d from the College of Education at the University of Iowa, B.F.A in Studio Art

J

•6 years teaching experience in First Grade

•4th year at Crestview

D

Mrs. Adams

•Multiple Subject Teaching Credential

C•Graduated

from Occidental College, B.A. in Psychology

•Masters of Arts in Teaching

B

•7 years teaching experience

•4th year at Crestview

A

CHANGES IN FIRST GRADE

CHANGES

•Big transition from small group oral directions to whole group written, multi-step directions

•Our goal is to teach them to become independent workers and problem solvers

First Grade vs. Kindergarten

•Dismissal at 3:15

•Recess from 10:30-10:50

•Lunch from 11:55-12:35

•More structure, less free time

•Individual classes do not combine, but do share resources and collaborate

Classroom schedule

•Independent desks vs. tables

•Transition to own space

•Access to personal supplies

•Responsible for organization

Desks

CHANGES – PART 2

•Weekly Friday spelling

•Math chapter tests

•Reading fluency

•Informal assessments in Science, Social Studies

•Writing prompts

Tests

•Focus on legibility

•Correct spacing of letters and words

Printing

•The goal of homework is to review skills learned in class and establish a nightly routine.

•10 – 15 minutes of math and spelling nightly

•20 minutes of reading nightly

Homework

Changes – Part 3

•No longer located in class

•Buddy system (students go in pairs)

Restrooms

•Music, Art, P.E., Library, Spanish, Computer

•Same teachers

•Different time blocks

Special Subjects

•All field trips held together – L.A. Zoo, playhouse, Albertsons, Petco

•Separate classroom parties organized by room parents

Parties and field trips

SUBJECTS

READING & LANGUAGE ARTS

•Reading -Harcourt Brace

•Jr. Great Books

•Small guided reading groups

•Book clubs

•Spelling

•Phonics

•Grammar

•Writer’s Workshop

MATH

•Houghton Mifflin California Mathematics

•Hands on instruction and use of manipulatives

•Supplemental problem-solving activities and real- world application

•Memorization of basic addition and subtraction facts

SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES

Investigations and Experiments

Field tripsand

Current Events

Arts and crafts projects

THINGS TO DO THIS SUMMER

SUMMER HOMEWORK

READ

Summer Blast