•Please write your hopes and dreams for your child in first

grade.

•Please take a minute to look through the books your child is

reading!

•Signed papers go in the Take Home Folder Bin

First Grade Curriculum Night

• Introduction

• Expectations (in your packet)

• Overview of the First Grade Curriculum

• Extras

Mission Statement

ReadingThe Students will:

Read independently daily

Read to someone daily

Listen to someone read daily

Respond to reading daily

Read

Think

Discuss

The Teacher will:

Guide reading groups •(fiction and non-fiction) •level & strategy

Facilitate shared reading

Read aloud

Explicitly teach reading strategies

Assess reading to monitor progress and growth

Reading Year at a Glance

Phonics:Early Literacy

ConceptsPhonological Awareness

Phonemic AwarenessShort vowelsLong vowels

Blending soundsHigh Frequency Words

Spelling PatternsWord MeaningWord Structure

Comprehension Skills:

RetellingSequencing

Story ElementsVocabulary

Making ConnectionsQuestioningPredictingVisualizing

Finding EvidenceText FeaturesPoint of ViewCompare & Contrast

Reading CurriculumMaking Meaning- Strategies that

Build Comprehension and Community

Fountas and Pinnell- Letters, Words, & How They Work- NEW

•Follow pacing of grammar, phonics, vocabulary, writing. •Spelling: Linked with Phonics, High Frequency Words, Embedded in writing.

Writer’s Workshop: Write, Revise, Edit, and Publish

•More directed writing: narrative, descriptive, short stories, poems, non-fiction, procedural.

Math

•Realistic approach to problem solving•Practice through games•Spiral curriculum

Emphasis is on these content strands:• -Number and numeration• -Operations and Computation• -Data and Chance• -Measurement and reference frames• -Geometry• -Patterns, Functions, and Algebra

Problem Solving and Precision

Explain reasoning Look for a patternUse a math tool

• Guess, check, revise

• Write a number sentence

• Act out a problem

• Draw a picture

• Use objects

• Make an organized list

• Make a table or a chart

• Solve a simple problem first

Science•Collecting and Examining Life•Sun, Moon, & Stars•Magnets & Motion•Habitats

•Inquiry, systems, and application skills are embedded in the science curriculum.

National GeographicScience Companion

Social Studies• Home and school rules - Rights and responsibilities (Citizenship)

• Families Near and Far

• Map and globe skills

• Families and Groups Meet Needs• Junior Achievement

•Exploring Where and Why

Health

•Being Safe: School, Home, Outside•Allergies•Eating healthy food•Emotions: Knowing your feelings•Healthy Teeth•Heart, lungs•Making friends•Emergencies•Making good decisions

Technology

•Materials & Equipment iPad, Computer lab, ActivBoard, ActiVote, Headphones

•Basic operations and concepts

•Word processing & curriculum related software.

•Web page navigating

•Technology ethics

“What a computer is to me is the most remarkable tool that we have ever come up with. It’s the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.”

• Changes in schedules or Absences SHAttendance@issaquah.wednet.edu

• Discipline Policy

• Homework and Monthly Reading Log

• Birthdays and Friend List

• Volunteers for Art/Library/Photographer