Back to School Night

2019-2020

First Grade

Introduction

• Sra. Dominguez

• Mrs. Beal

• Mrs. Hyland

• Mrs. Prosser

• Ms. Okafor

• Mrs. Twomey

• Miss Yost

Relationships/Connections

• Parents -----------Teacher----------Students

• School begins at 9:10 A.M.

• Dismissal at 3:55—please email teachers and the office early in the morning with any changes

Academic Plans

• Language Arts - Phonics, Reading

comprehension and fluency, sounding

out words, invented spelling

• Math - place value, fractions, addition,

subtraction, measurement, time,

money, geometry, patterns

*Stations with differentiated groups

Academic Plans

• Science - birds, animals, plants,

seasons, weather, classifying,

observing

• Social Studies - Virginia History,

studying famous people such as

George Washington and Thomas

Jefferson, learning about maps and

economics

iReady Universal Screener

• Provides teachers with information about

student needs in foundational skills in

reading and math.

• Gaps in foundational skills may indicate

later learning difficulties.

• Early detection and intervention can help

students reach their potential.

What is Portrait of a Graduate? (POG)

Who do we want our students to be?• Communicators

• Collaborators

• Ethical and Global Citizens

• Critical and Creative Thinkers

• Goal-Directed and Resilient Individuals

Parent Resources available FCPS website

Grading & Reporting• Classwork

• (√ +) without errors

• (√ ) some errors

• (√ - ) many errors

Progress Reports

4 – Consistently

3 – Usually

2 - Sometimes

1 - Seldom

1 2 3 4

Frequency Seldom Some of the time Most of the time Nearly all the time

Support Considerable Moderate Limited No support

Understand

-ingLimited Partial General Thorough

Errors Frequent Some Few None

Numbers on the progress report

Homework

• Reading 20 minutes each day followed by

brief discussion of characters, favorite

part, etc.

• We will email a weekly update to keep you

informed about what we are learning.

• Occasionally assignments will be sent

home.

Wednesday Folders

• School information and classwork will be sent home

• Review contents

• Occasional Homework

• Return on Thursday

24/7 “Blackboard” Site

• Log on to www.fcps.edu and click on

the 24/7 icon

• The site contains our weekly update,

grade level activities and upcoming

events

• Up and running soon

Lunch Schedule

•Monday-Friday

11:30-12:00pm – non immersion

11:35-12:05pm – immersion

• Please send a healthy, daily

snack

Specials

• P.E.

• Music

• Art

• Library/Guidance

• STEAM

• Healthy Habits

BirthdaysNon-edible celebration held in the classroom

– Special chair

– Birthday pencil

– Teacher reads child’s favorite story

– Name on WLRS Morning Show

– Sing “Happy Birthday”

– Birthday crown or sticker

Star of the Week

• Sign up for a date in classrooms

• The week before your date, a reminder will

come home in the Wednesday folder.

• Child brings 3 small items and pictures

and fills in the information sheet.

Volunteers Needed

• Room Parent

• Volunteers needed for Wednesday.

Folders (stuff folders at school)

• Clerical work

• Projects at home (cutting, folding, etc.)

Communication

• Weekly Wednesday folders

• Email – Please allow at least 24

hours for teachers to respond

• Weekly update

• Notes/Phone Calls

Parent-Teacher

Conferences

Please remember to sign up for

parent teacher conferences

Sign-up sheets are available

upstairs at the teacher presentations

Immersion classes will use SignUp

Genius coming soon

Questions will be

answered upstairs

Please meet in your child’s classroom.

Prosser – Room 200

Beal – Room 206

Okafor – Room 203

Yost – Room 3

Immersion (Hyland and Dominguez) – Meet

in the library.