WELCOME TO 1ST GRADE

Mrs. Kristine Amickkamick@ccs.k12.in.us

(317)848-1918 ext. 1626

OUR SCHEDULE

School Hours:

8:05am-2:35pm

Lunch: 10:50am-11:20am

Recess: 10:35am-10:50am

Specials 12:47pm-1:37pm

Monday – Art

Tuesday – P.E. and Music

Wednesday – Music and P.E.

Thursday – Library

Friday – Computer Lab

In the Classroom:

Language Arts 8:05-10:35

Recess/Lunch

Math 11:25-12:45

Social Studies/Science 1:40-2:10

Language Arts 2:10-2:30

LANGUAGE ARTS

Guided Reading

* Comprehension skills with a grade level text

* Teacher directed

Various Types of Reading

* Read to self * Shared

* Modeled * Interactive

Working with Words

* Breaking apart words

* Focusing on phonics

Writing

* Student creates work

* Ability to publish completed stories

EVERYDAY MATH

• Spiral Program – concepts constantly revisited

• Family Letter – purpose of unit and vocabulary

• Journal Pages – reinforce the lesson

• Home Links – homework, family note located on the top

• Games – essential to the program, reinforce skills learned

HOMEWORK

• Goes home on Monday return on Friday

• Located in zipper bags

• Examples: math home links, books, math facts

• Should not take a lot of time

CLASSROOM RULES

• ROAR (Respect others, Own your choices, Always be safe,

Responsibility)

Behavior ChartPurple – Super Student!!! Yellow – Think About ItBlue – Way to Go!! Orange – Teacher ChoiceGreen – Ready to Learn! Red – Parent Contact

COMMUNICATION HOME

* Weekly Newsletters

Every Friday or Monday(except on short weeks)

* Daily Chart

Language Arts, Math, Specials

How your child’s day went

REPORT CARDSEvidence

Scale

Theme/Unit Tests

Word List/Math

Test

Conference Notes

Reading/Writing Rubrics

Teacher Observatio

n

1No

Evidence

2Little

Evidence

3Some

Evidence

4Expandin

g Evidence

5Clear

Evidence

I don’t understand

, and I need more

help

I am starting to understand

I can do it with help

I can do it by myself,

but sometimes

I need a hint

I can do it by myself

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CHILD

“All About Me” posters(Speaking and Listening)

Stars and Wishes(Reading and Writing)

How are Families Special? What Are Family Traditions?

(Social Studies)

THANK YOU FOR COMING!

ANY QUESTIONS?