First Grade Curriculum Night Braeburn School 2015-2016 Get Ready To Watch Us GROW!
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First Grade Curriculum Night
Braeburn School 2015-2016
Get Ready To Watch UsGROW!
Curriculum Night Agenda
• Typical Day in First Grade• Morning Meeting• Literacy• Writers’ Workshop• Math• Social Studies/Science/Health• Expectations• Homework• Birthdays• Healthy Snack
Typical Day in First Grade
• Morning Work/Wake up Work• Morning Meeting• Literacy Block (Whole Group,
Stations/Centers, Guided Reading, Spelling & Independent Reading)
• Math• Writers’ Workshop• Social Studies/Science/Health• Specials (Art, Music, PE,
Library/Computer Lab)
Morning Meeting
• Greeting• Teacher message to students
(editing/revising, schedule)• Morning Math (calendar, place
value, equations, number sense, etc.)
First Grade Literacy Block90 minutes of instruction
whole/small groups, independent practice/reading, stations/centers, guided
readingStoryTown & additional resources
Students will be exposed to:• Phonics- relationship between letters and sounds• Phonemic Awareness- working with sounds
(phonemes):blending, segmenting, and substituting• Fluency - reading accurately and smoothly with expression• Spelling - StoryTown patterns• Robust Vocabulary- introduced through StoryTown stories• High Frequency Words- Bedrock• Strategies for Reading Unfamiliar Words- picture clues, mouth
ready to make sound, stretch it out, look for chunks, reread, skip the word, etc.
• Skills- summarize (brief recap of story) and retell (story elements, details)
• Strategies of Strong Readers- questioning, making predictions, connections & inferences, etc.
Guided Reading differentiated small group instruction
Guided Reading provides opportunities to:
• Closely match students with appropriate texts• Devote time to each student• Teach/observe the reading strategies of each
student• Monitor accuracy and fluency of reading• Focus on individual skills and strategies within
a meaningful context• Be exposed to a variety of books (StoryTown,
Rigby, etc.)
Writers’ Workshop“No matter what, just let them write every day.”
Lisa ClevelandWriters’ Workshop provides opportunities
for:• Handwriting (letter formation and placement)
• Community of Writers
• Prewriting (listing, brainstorming, graphic organizers)
• Writing 1) Narrative
- stories about your life/experiences- imaginative stories with story elements
2) Informative/Explanatory- topic, facts and closure- beginning aspects of research- procedural writing/“how to...”
3) Opinion - how we feel and think with reasons to support our opinions
• Editing (fixing mistakes) and Revising (rewriting parts of text)
Math
Our curriculum provides students with a solid foundation in:•Operations & Algebraic Thinking•Numbers & Operations in Base Ten•Measurement and Data•Geometry•Mathematical Practices•Fluency (add/subtract within 10)
Students have experiences with varied mathematical “ways of thinking” which they apply to complex problems.
*Students are expected to be able to explain their thinking.*
Social Studies/Science/Health
• Social Studies– Government and Civics– Geography– History
• Science– Living Things and Their Needs– Push and Pull
• Health– Second Step– Healthy Living – Safe Choices
School Expectations• Code of Conduct
Be respectful Be responsible Be safe
• Love and Logic• Responsive Classroom• Balanced approach to discipline• PBIS
District-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
Homework The ultimate goal is to foster responsibility
and a sense of accountability.
IXL.com Daily Reading
•To review and reinforce skills presented in class •Will follow the learning objectives•Differentiated based on students’ needs•Cross-curricular activities will be assigned as needed
Birthdays
• Parent or special person invited to read a child’s favorite picture book and share two or three of his/her baby photos.
• Arrange date/time with teacher
Healthy Snacks
• 15 minutes per day • Only one or two healthy food items and one
drink• NUT FREE – Alternative snack will be offered if there is a
question about the contents of a snack– Snack can be eaten at lunch
We truly appreciate your cooperation!
Thanks for Coming!!!
Please take a look at our learning materials!