Do Now• Please look for your child’s chair and

your folder.

• Write your name on the name tag provided.

• Please write your child a note using the “pants” paper on your child’s desk. Please include your hopes and dreams for your child for first grade.

• Fill out the paper on your child’s desk. Please print neatly.

Welcome to Back to School Night!

September 11, 2013

What are the purposes of this evening?

• Experience your child’s learning environment.

• Gain an understanding of our mutual expectations as partners in your child’s education.

• To meet one another in a non-conference atmosphere.

Building Our Classroom Community

• Morning Meeting– Greeting– Share– Activity– News and Announcements

Your Turn… Please join us in one component of

our morning meeting.

Taking Care of Business

• Please always contact both of us : – jsantoro@mtsd.us – jdavison@mtsd.us

• Parent pick-up notes• After School Activities• Early Dismissal

Birthday Books!

• Preferably a new book• Whole class signs it• Return at the end of the year• Summer Birthdays• We do not celebrate with food

Related Arts Schedule

• Day 1   Gym/Health with Mr. Sullivan• Day 2  Library with Mrs. Share & Spanish with Mrs. Stuart• Day 3   Art with Mrs. Diatlo • Day 4   Music with Mr. Violette & Spanish with Mrs. Stuart• Day 5 Gym/Health with Mr. Sullivan   

• Day 6   Gym/Health with Mr. Sullivan & Technology with Mrs.

Magalio        

Web Site

• Go to: http://www.mtsd.k12.nj.us/montgomerytsd/site/default.asp

• Click on ‘Select a school’• Choose ‘Orchard Hill’• Click on ‘Faculty Webpages’• Find ‘Santoro/Davison’ • Click and enjoy!

Co-Teaching

• Dual planning, instruction, & assessment

• Student- Teacher ratio is lower• Differentiated instruction even

more!• Dual communication with

students and parents • 2 pairs of extra hands

A Day in First Grade

• 9:30-9:40 Morning Routine/ Do Now• 9:40-10:10 Morning Meeting/ Calendar• 10:10-11:00 Writer’s Workshop • 11:00-11:10 Snack• 11:10-11:55 Math• 12:00-12:40 Special• 12:45-1:00 Talk Time

• 1:00-1:50 Lunch/Recess• 1:50-2:00 Word Work• 2:00-3:00 Guided Reading• 3:00-3:40 Science/SS/Special• 3:40 Pack up/Dismissal

Balanced Language Arts Program

Writing• Focus on writing instruction at all grade levels through

Writing Workshop• Writing Workshop Daily Format

– Mini-lesson (Whole Class Direct Instruction)– Independent Writing– Individual Writing Conferences – Strategy Groups – Share

• Partnership with Teachers College

Reading • Reading Workshop Daily Format

– Mini-lesson (Whole Class Direct Instruction)– Independent Reading – Individual Reading Conferences – Reading Partnerships/Daily 5 – Guided Reading

• Word Journeys (Developmental Spelling Program)

Math in Focus: Math Workshop Approach

Mini-lesson - Whole Class Direct Instruction using

Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract progression

Practice-Games, Activities, & Written Practice

Small Group Instruction

Infused Technology

Goal Based Fact Fluency Practice

Problem Solving Experiences

COME TO OUR FAMILY INFORMATION SESSION

ON SEPTEMBER 30th at 7:00 PM at OHES.

Read the e-blast for more information!

K-4 Science and Social Studies

Students will learn about their communities and the world around them through:

Social Studies• Culture and Diversity• Geography and map skills• American symbols and history

Science• Scientific investigations in Life, Earth, and Physical Sciences • Developing Science Process Skills, such as Observation,

Hypothesis, Scientific Drawing, Measurement and Collecting Data

• Engineering projects embedded within units of study

At all grade levels, there is an increased focus on non-fiction and informational texts in both

Science and Social Studies.

Promoting Responsibility & Creating a Learning

Environment

Elements of a Responsive Classroom– Caring for ourselves, each other, & our

materials– Logical Consequences– Reflective Questioning– Think Time Form

Conferences and Report Cards

• Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled twice a year. (Fall and Spring)

- Fall Conferences: November 21st, 22nd, 25th, 26th

– Morning conferences are available as well

• Report cards are issued twice a year

Parent Volunteers

• VIP guests…send in forms• Many Other Opportunities• Our room parents this year are…

* The district is obligated to provide all necessary items for student learning. If you would like to supply “nice to haves” for our classroom, then it would be greatly appreciated , but completely voluntary.

Interactive Read Aloud!

• The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds

Before Ending the Evening

Please take a few minutes to write your child a note using the “pants” paper in your folder. Please tell them your hopes and dreams for them for this year.

Thank you for coming and have a

great night! “We have one very important thing in common…your

child”