Mrs. Sharp

Elk Ridge Elementary

School

Open House 2014-2015

Welcome to 1st Grade!

Mrs. Sharp

• 7th year of teaching

• Master’s Degree in Education

• Reading Specialist Certification

• Member, Kappa Delta Pi –

National Honor Society in Education

• Building Leadership Team

Agenda

Behavior Logs

Snack

Star of the Week

Curriculum

New Policies

Home Reading

Homework

Scholastic Book Orders

Miscellaneous

Behavior Management

Each child starts the day on Green.

Please check and initial each night.

Students with green or better at

the end of the month get to pick

form the prize box.Disrupting learning is cause for moving your

clip down.

Working quietly, staying on task, and being kind is cause for moving your clip

up.

Snack Please send a healthy snack with your

child each day. Due to food allergies, myself included, I do not provide snack.

(Healthy snacks are listed on the ER website.)

Star of the Week

• Each student gets a full week to be “Star of the Week”. This comes with special privileges:• Monday- Bring your favorite toy.

• Wednesday- Bring your favorite book to read to the class.

• Friday- Bring a healthy snack to share with the class.

Changes

• Move to PA Core Standards

• New materials

• New scheduling

• No 100 Book Challenge

• New groupings

• Marking periods

Math Curriculum• Number Sense• Addition & Subtraction• Data & Graphing• Telling Time• Place Value• Measurement• Geometry• Fractions• Math Facts

NEW Literacy Curriculum

• Phonemic Awareness

• Phonics

• Vocabulary (HFW and Amazing Words)

• Reading Strategies and Skills

• Comprehension

• Writing Workshop and Journaling

• Small Group Instruction

Science and Social Studies Curriculum

• Foss - Solids and liquids, new plants

• Holidays, current events and community helpers

Student Evaluation

Math- unit assessments

Reading- pretests, weekly tests and unit tests

Individual & Group assessments

Anecdotal Records

Journals

Teacher Observations

Grading

System

New Policies

Visitor Management System

Volunteer Policy 4410

Car rider drop off

Home Reading

• No 100 Book Challenge, but students should still be reading each night.

• 100 Book Challenge books will not go home. If you need books, please let me know and I will lend you my classroom library books.

Homework

Homework for the 1st Trimester

• Nightly Reading – 15 minutes each night

• Math Homelinks

• Based on student needs

(This will change as the year progresses.)

Find a

quite place.

Scholastic Book Orders

• Ordering online is quick and easy!

• Go to Scholastic Book Clubs!

• We earn free books each time you place an order.

Miscellaneous

• Specials are always on behavior calendar.

• Class website - mrssharp201@wikispaces.com

• Remind 101:

Text (484) 842-4196

with this message @mrssharp1

MAP Testing!!!

Measures of

Academic Progress