Welcome to Miss Kern’s First Grade Classroom!

• Please find your child’s desk• If you need additional chairs for family members feel

free to grab some• If you have children with you they are able to look

through books in the Book Nook• Please take a minute to look through the agenda and

materials provided for tonight. • I only have a half an hour with you so I apologize if we

don’t make it through all the material.

Materials• Agenda• My schedule (week-at-a-glance)• Information on my Behavior System• Important Horizon Phone Numbers• Blue Reading Folder

-materials that go along with our new reading program• Your child’s book bag

-each bag contains 1 book at your child’s current reading level

Curriculum• Common Core State Standards- Math and ELA• Math standards are broken into the strands of:

Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Numbers and Operations in Base Ten, Measurement and Data, as well as Geometry• ELA standards are broken into the strands of:

Literature, Informational Text, Foundational Skills, Writing, as well as Speaking and Listening• If you are interested in looking at these in more depth

please visit http://www.k12.wa.us and look for the 1st grade Common Core State Standards

Websites• Visit our Horizon website for:• http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/Page/4426

- information on school events-online resources for games in reading, writing, and math

• Visit my classroom website for: • http://teacher.kent.k12.wa.us/horizon/kkern/index.php

- close reading articles (align with comprehension skills)- how to level books at home-announcements-math games-ELA games

Goal Setting Conferences• Will be held October 19-25th

• I will have a conference with each family for 30 minutes• Students are expected to come• We will set academic goals and behavior goals • Students will share goals with you and talk about the

steps they will take to achieve those goals

Communication• Weekly newsletters• Hawk Express Folders

-sent home every Thursday, please bring them back the next morning• E-mail• Phone

Horizon ElementaryCurriculum Night

K-2 IRLA American Reading Company

Step Up To Reading!

What does this mean for you at home?

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUmfXgXSEhU#t=104

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

“Books That Fit” “Ten Minutes a Day “One Skill at a Time“

What does this look like at home? • Each student will be provided with a book bag that they

will be bringing to and from school.

• In each book bag: • 1-10 books “At your child’s reading level” • A folder with a reading log• A skills card in the folder with the power words and skills your child is working on

Step 1- Books That Fit Students will be assessed by their teacher and given a color level that will on their level.Each night students will be bringing home books on their level and skill cards with skills they need to work on to get to the next level.

Step 2- Ten Minutes a DayOur program asks parents to spend just 10 minutes a day listening to their child read from “Books That Fit.” With just 10 minutes a day, your child will progress steadily and naturally to become an independent reader. As the parent, your active role will bring you perfectly in tune to the individual needs of your child.

Horizon’s goal: • 30 minutes at school• 30 minutes at home

Together, you are creating a nurturing environment to support your child in becoming

a successful avid reader—for life.

Step 3- One Skill at a Time• With American Reading at Home, children learn to master

just one new skill at a time—we call each skill a “Power Goal”—which accelerates learning.

• At each reading level, there are 1-3 Power Goals that your child will master while reading books designed to help them with these specific skills.

What are the steps?

•1 step = 15 minutes of reading•Every students daily goal: • 2 steps= 30 minutes of reading at school• 2 steps = 30 minutes of reading at home

Step Up To Reading!

School wide bulletin board in the front hallway

To build a community of readers we have a school wide K-2 CELEBRATIONSbulletin board.

When students read 100 steps (1,500 minutes):

• they will get their picture on the bulletin board• They will be celebrated on the morning announcements• They will get to wear a COOL cape all day at school

6 Free eBooks

Start Reading with BookshelfNow you can read all your American Reading at Home titles right in your browser or on your devices! Specially designed for successful reading practice before a child can even read words, our books also foster mastery of the first 120 sight words.

Visit: http://www.americanreadingathome.com/

Close Reading• The process we teach students to achieve deep

comprehension• Close reading allows us to utilize a variety of Common

Core Standards• Students read a variety of short reading passages• Reading passages are a variety of fiction and non-fiction• Reading passages often align with our Science and

Social Studies content• We spend two weeks on each article to give students

the time necessary to build deeper understanding of content

Close Reading• There are 3 steps: Read for flow

-Circle words to be clarified-Use context clues to clarify the meaning of unknown words

Read for purpose-Students will apply different comprehension strategies to make sense of

text-Students will find evidence within text to answer questions about key

detailsCreate something new

-Students will demonstrate their comprehension of text in different forms-Students will demonstrate comprehension through writing, art, and

sometimes drama/theatre

At Horizon we are building a community of readers

Reader Are Leaders!