Welcome

to

Ms. Pleasanton’s

First Grade Class

Reading Series (Wonders)

• Unit 1 Getting to Know Us

• Unit 2 Our Community

• Unit 3 Changes Over Time

• Unit 4 Animals Everywhere

• Unit 5 Figure It Out

• Unit 6 Together We Can

Learning-Focused

• A school reform model designed to assist systems, schools and teachers in using exemplary practices to increase learning and achievement.

• Student Learning Maps-Its an advanced organizer that outlines the unit. Based on state standards. Provides students with the “Big Idea”

Accelerated Reading• 0.3 – 0.9 Orange Dot • 1.0 – 1.6 Red Dot• 1.7 – 2.3 Black Dot• 2.4 - 3.0 Purple Dot• 3.1 – 3.7 Yellow Dot• 3.8 - 4.4 Dark Blue

****Quizzes

100% Gold Star

80% Silver Star

RTI(Response to Intervention)

• An education initiative that builds a foundation for good instruction for all children.

• Dibels- Individual test three times a year

• Student Groups- Thirty minutes everyday Students will switch to a teacher to have intensive instruction on reading skills.

Science Units

• Weather

• Catching the Wind

• Solids and Liquids

• Organisms

Envision MathCommon Core

enVisionMath Common Core organizes content using exactly the same structure as the Standards for Mathematical Content. Topics are organized by Domain, and all Topics for each Domain are grouped together. The focus and coherence provided by this structure allow enVisionMath Common Core to cultivate both procedures and the understanding called for in the Common Core State Standards.

• 16 Topics (Example: Topics 1-6) Domain Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• Visual Learning• Interventions• Enrichment• Math Centers• Student’s and Parents have access to website.

Social Studies

• Unit 1: Going to school

• Unit 2: Good Citizens

• Unit 3: The Land Around Us

• Unit 4: All About People

• Unit 5: Looking Back

• Unit 6: Jobs People Do

Related Arts

• Monday: Library

• Tuesday : Gym

• Wednesday: Art

• Thursday: Music

• Friday: Library

(Changes each MP)

Positive Behavior Support

• Students Earn North Star Tickets for good behavior

• Tickets are used to buy rewards

Example: Thirty tickets for the Monthly Reward- Fun time at the Park

Discipline Policy

1 stick: Warning

2 sticks: 5 minutes off

3 sticks: 10 minutes off

4 sticks: No Recess and Call Home

Important

Homework

• Monday –Thursday

• Homework Folder

• Spelling Book

Friday Folder

• Please empty out all papers.

• Some pages will not have grades.

• If a page is not complete work on it at home.