Welcome to First Grade

• Please sign up for a conference time

• Please read over the PTA proposed budget and cast your vote

• Please be sure and check out our volunteer

opportunities

Introduction

Meet Miss Daisley

Goals

• Develop self-control and self discipline

• Develop good listening skills

• Develop independent working skills

• Develop responsible individuals

• Develop social skills

Good Morning!

• Students begin walking to class at 7:35am

• The late bell rings at 7:50am.

• At 7:55, the students begin DEAR time.

GradingThe report card will have the following letters as indicators of development:

B Below*With assistance, student struggles to demonstrate partial mastery of

current grade level expectations

P Progressing *With assistance, student demonstrates partial mastery of

current grade level expectations

M Meets*Student consistently meets and demonstrates mastery of

current grade level expectations

E Exceeds*In addition to meeting the standard, the student makes application

beyond grade level expectations

*If a • is placed in an area of the report card, this means that the skill was not assessed during that particular quarter.

Pathways• Word Work/Making Big Words

Students practice new vocabulary, spelling, and linking known words to new words

• Literacy CentersStudents work in small groups on independent activities to reinforce reading and writing skills

• Read AloudTeacher is reading text to students

• Shared Reading/PoemReading a poem and finding words with certain features

• Guided Reading/Literature CirclesTeacher assists and instructs as student reads

• Independent ReadingStudent reads without assistance while maintaining understanding

• Writing WorkshopStudents work on the elements of writing. They also learn about a variety of texts.

Word Study

• Word Study is Loudoun County’s spelling program. Words are sorted into groups based upon their features.

gr br pl

green brush place

grape broom play

grade breakfast plate

Mathematics• Patterns• Money• Fractions • Geometry• Time• Measurement• Graphs/

Charts• Problem

Solving

•Addition

•Subtraction

•Place Value

•Probability and Statistics

Science• Units

Weather Seasons Matter Force, Energy, and Motion Habitats Cycles

• Scientific Process Asking Questions Communicating Gathering Data Making Sense of Data

Social Studies

UnitsUnits1. Map and Globe Skills2. Communities/Citizenship3. Famous Americans4. Economics5. Australia 6. Alaska7. Hawaii

Homework Policy

• Homework is a nightly 25 minute process– Reading…Silently/Read Aloud- 15 minutes– Word Study (Spelling)– Math– Sight words

• Homework will be sent home every Monday and should be returned on Friday.

(begins the first week of October)

Expectations

• Respect self

• Respect others

• Respect Arcola

• Follow directions

• Raise your hand before talking

Behavior Management Plan

Food• Breakfast: students may eat breakfast at school in

the morning when they first arrive• Snack begins around 9:15 each day

*choose a healthy snack, make it peanut free

*water

• Lunch begins at 11:00 each day. *joining your child for lunch

*adding money to their account

*ice cream (Thurs.) and cookie day (Mon.)

Communication

• Email

• Arcola Website

• Weekly Newsletters

• Monthly Newsletters

• Take home folder

• Yellow Thursday folder

• Conferences

• Phone calls and notes as necessary

Volunteers

• Classroom

• Home

• Book orders

• Thursday Folders

• Room Parent(s)

• Bookroom Parent

• Grade Level Representative

Cardboard Challenge 

 Click on the cardboard box on the home page for information.

Housekeeping• Class celebrations

*three each year*1st Fall Harvest Party

• Birthdays *No food

*Goodie bags *Can donate a book to class or to the library

• Field Trips *October/Spring

*T-shirts *Volunteers

• Nurse *Medication/Fevers

Reminders*T-shirts

-Cost $6.25-Field trips/field day-Keep at the end of the year

*Re-link to our Harris Teeter program and others. This can be done online.

*Sign up for a family portrait.

*Join the PTA!

To Do List…

Conference Sheet

Volunteer Opportunities

PTA Information