Back to School Night!Dan, Josie and Christophe
http://www.tokyois.com/main/
Grade 1 Routines● Shared Mini-
lessons● Separate classes
for work in all areas
● Allows for differentiation as year progress
● Incorporates the Learning Support Team
Reading Program and Homework
• Reader's Workshop• Guided Reading• Independent
Reading• Home Reading is
important• Conferring
Reading Units
• Readers Build Good Habits• Non-fiction -Readers Learn about the World• Word detectives use all they know to solve
word problems • Dramatizing Characters and Deepening our
Comprehension in Reading Clubs• Reading Across Genres • Readers can read about Science Topics to
become Experts.
Writing• Writing Workshop• Conferring• Spelling• Moving towards
Words our Way
Writing Units
• Launching Small Moments
• Non-Fiction chapter books
• Authors as Mentors• Opinion Writing and
Reviews
• Narrative: The scenes to series
• Poetry• Procedural Writing
(How to Books)• Informational
Writing about Scientific method
Speaking and Listening• Develops
grammatically correct formal communication
• Confidence• Projection• Focusing on the
audience• Active listening
Math • Work towards
outcomes in math• Cover number,
measurement data-handling, space, pattern and functions
• Game-based learning
IB PYP Program• Works across 6 main
themes• Transdisciplinary• Focus on approaches
to learning• Focus on the learner
profile• Learner Profile brings
the school mission statement to life!
Units in Order:• The Interconnected School (Aug-Sept) • Senses: Discovery and Safety (Oct-Nov)• Relationships and Causation (Nov-Jan)• The Elements of Drama (Jan-Feb)• Maps: What They Tell Us (Mar-April)• The Needs of Weeds(and other plants) (April
–June)
Technology supporting learning
Specialist lessons
• Art, Music (Michael)• PE (Malgorzata)• Japanese (Miho,
Yuichiro, Yuko, Sayaka)
• Library (John K.)• Social Thinking
Support
• Full-time teacher aide- grade 1(Christophe)
• EAL Team (Kristen)• Learning Support
(Lisa)• Counselor (Ed)• Nurse (Megumi)
RemindersAny questions? • School outfits
• Label all items• Get a blue/green
book bag• Home Readers-Daily
change• Newsletter• Nut-free school• Emails
Wanted: Parent
Rep.