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Welcome to
Curriculum Night!
The Basics• School phone number:
860-663-1121• School Starts: 8:40• School Ends: 3:25• Tardy students must go to
the office to get a pass• Visitors must check in at
office for a Visitor’s Pass• If there are any changes in
your child’s transportation plans, please write a note
Be sure to . . .
• Label everything you send in
• Return your child’s Communication Folder to school every school day
• Send your child to school with a snack or two
• Send your child to school with a water bottle
• Send in an extra change of clothes (your child can keep them in their cubby)
First 6 Weeks of School
• The establishment of expectations and classroom routines are my primary focus for first six weeks. Getting to know your child and building classroom community is very important to me.
Time
8:40-9:00 Unpack/Morning Meeting9:00-9:50 Reader’s Workshop9:50-10:00 SNACK
10:00-10:25 Word Work10:25-11:00 LA Group Work / Read Aloud11:00-11:45 Writer’s Workshop11:50-12:15 Recess12:15-12:40 Lunch12:45-1:45 Math1:50- 2:35 Gym/ROTATE/Library/Music/Art2:40-3:05 Science / Social Studies3:05-3:15 Pack Up / Afternoon Snack
3:15 Dismissal
Our Daily Schedule
Lunch and Snacks
• Children have lunch in the Cafeteria from 12:15-12:40
• Children are responsible for carrying their own money and making their own lunch choices
• We have snack at 10:00 everyday. We also have a snack time in the afternoon around 3pm for children who are hungry. It might be best to pack two snacks in the beginning of the year.
First Grade Homework• Take-Home Reading Bags - Return
when completed. Remember, it is okay to have your children reread the same books. Your child should read for at least 20 minutes each night.
• Sight Word Practice - Please practice and return when mastered. Your child should be able to read the words in a ‘snap’!
• Math Facts – Please practice and return when mastered. Your child should be able to solve in 3 seconds.
Conferences Wednesday, October 28th
and Thursday, October 29th
Please be sure to sign up
If you would like a conference before then, let me know!
Conferences will be scheduled in March as well (2nd and 3rd)
Volunteer Opportunities• Writing Volunteers (5 people): To facilitate
writing and conference with children• Monthly Crafts (1-2 people): To plan and
prepare themed crafts. Will be done once a month in the afternoon
• Library Organizer (1 person): To help level books, repair books and organize classroom library
• At home helpers / supplies (2 people): to make/create charts and/or activities or possibly purchase inexpensive supplies
Please email me if you are interested
Birthday CelebrationsIf you would like to bring one relatively healthy snack item to celebrate your child’s birthday, please send in a note/or email me prior to notify me of your plans.
• 10:00am or 3:00pm would be the most appropriate times for a special birthday treat. You are welcome to stay and be a part of the celebration.
NEEDS TO BE APPROVED by NURSE NANCY!
• A phonological/phonemic awareness, phonics and spelling program
• Carefully sequenced skills that include
print knowledge, alphabet awareness, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary, fluency, and spelling
Reader’s Workshop• authentic reading experiences that focus
on the strengths and needs of each individual student
• mini-lesson, shared reading, read aloud, conferencing, independent reading, paired reading, and literature response
• basic philosophy - allow students to spend an extended amount of time reading authentic texts that interest them on a daily basis and to provide opportunities to talk about literature
The ultimate goal of a Reading Workshop is always to develop life-long passionate
readers
Writer’s Workshop• students will write about their own
lives, they will use a consistent writing process, they will work in authentic ways and it will foster independence.
• the teacher acts as a mentor author, modeling writing techniques and conferring with students as they move through the writing process.
• direct writing instruction takes place in the form of a mini-lesson, followed by an extended amount of active writing time. Each workshop ends with a sharing of student work.
Math• Support students to make sense of mathematics
and learn that they can be mathematical thinkers• Focus on computational fluency (addition and
subtraction up to 10)• Provide substantive work in important areas of
mathematics—rational numbers, geometry, measurement, data, and early algebra—and connections among them
• Emphasize reasoning about mathematical ideas• Communicate mathematics content and pedagogy
to teachers• Engage the range of learners in understanding
mathematics.
Science Concepts Plants and
animals
Rocks and Soil
Solids and Liquids
Balance and Motion
Integrated into daily reading and writing activities.
Social Studies
• Maps, neighborhoods, communities, presidents/historical figures, holiday traditions
A Look Ahead . . .• Halloween Parade• Colonial Day• Polar Express• Holiday Rotations• Flat Stanley• Author’s Tea • Field Trip to Peabody
Museum• Hatching Ducklings• Hatching Butterflies• Planting
The Best Ways to Reach Me
• Email me at [email protected] or at [email protected]
• Send in a note• Call the School: 663-1121• Contact me through my Teaching
Webpage:
www.laurenroby.weebly.com
Questions?
