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Welcome to First Grade
Miss NovorroRoom 5
2014-2015
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My
Background
• Childhood-attended elementary, middle and high school in Scotch Plains
• Education-Montclair State University. Graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2012 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Family and Child Studies concentrating in Elementary Education
• Second year teaching first grade at West End
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L.E.A.P(Learning Equally and Peacefully)
Rules! Rules! Rules!
**Sign Homework Journal daily
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We Will Be Learning Many Wonderful Things this Year
We will cover all of the subjects and topics that our state and school district believe are
important for your child tolearn during first grade.
We will be using several new programs this year to address the Common Core
State Standards.*Play video*
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CurriculumWriting
Program: Good Habits Great Readers
Teach: Organization Ideas/Content Grammar Word Choice Sentence Fluency
MathProgram: Everyday Math• Spiral approach • Hands-on learning• Games• Explorations• Differentiated Instruction(readiness, reinforcement, enrichment)
• Keep parent letters for support
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CurriculumReading
Shared ReadingProgram: Good Habits, Great Readers;
Trade books Whole group instruction
Guided ReadingProgram: Daily 5, DRA, Leveled Readers Small group instruction
Both teach self-help strategiesBuild stamina
PhonicsProgram: Good Habits,
Great Readers and Words Their Way
Phonetic approach to word building and decoding
Word Sorts
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CurriculumScience
Physical Science: matter, motion and energy
Earth Science: earth, weather and sky
Life Science: plants and animals
Social Studieso My Class, My
Communityo Character Educationo Cultural Traditionso Making Changes; past
and presento Our Place in the Worldo Students receive an
effort grade
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HomeworkMath home-linkRead Each Night
Practice Math Facts Phonics Sheets
*Weekly spelling lists will begin in late November
Should take about 20 minutes Sign homework journal
each night
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Organiza
tion
School Materials• Take Home Folders• Homework Journals
(check them daily)
Suggested Home Materials• pencils• glue stick• Eraser• crayons • scissors
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Specials
Physical Education: Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri
Music: Friday Art: Tuesday Health: Tuesday Library: Wednesday Book Exchange: Wednesday
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Grading• Performance Assessments • Progress Checks• Tests• Effort
*Report Cards are sent home 4 times a year- November, January, April and June
Report Card Grades4 Meeting or exceeding expectations3 Progressing toward meeting expectations2 Progressing toward meeting expectations with some support1 Not meeting expectations at this time
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Parent/Teacher Conferences
Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held November 19th- 25th
**Please be sure to sign up for your conference at your earliest convenience
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Important Reminders
•Breakfast Club starts at 7:30 Dropping off too early is unsafe
• The school day starts at 8:25 am
•Visit our website at www.nplainfield.org
•Please join the PTA
•Don’t forget to sign up for conferences
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Reminders Snack• 10 minutes daily• Should be small & healthy• Send them with spoons, forks
and napkins necessary to eat the snack Lunch Money
• $2.35• Label envelope with child’s
name, 1N and Room 5• Please review lunch choices
daily
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Reminders
• *Each week your child has the opportunity to bring home a book from the West End Library. Please listen to and support your child when he or she reads the book. Finished books can be returned the next day so that your child can take home a new one.
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Things to Work on With Your Child
• Tying shoes• Making a lunch choice• Knowing what is snack and what is lunch• Knowing addresses and phone numbers• Knowing and spelling first and last names• Knowing his/her birthday
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Ways to support learning at home Reading• Practice upper and
lower case alphabet• Practice the sounds of
the alphabet• Read to your child• Have him/her read to
you• Have him/her retell the
story
Math• Have him/her count to you• Practice counting objects• Count loose change/coins• Practice number
recognition• Have him/her write the
numbers 1 to 110• Practice math facts
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Let’s work together to have a great school year!