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Welcome to Ms. Best's Welcome to Ms. Best's First Grade Class First Grade Class
2013-2014 2013-2014
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To DoFind your child’s deskSign up for a conference timeTake conference reminder slip
Sign up to be a Mystery Reader or VolunteerSolve your child’s Family FeudWrite a message to your childLook through folder
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Day in the Life of a First Grade Student
Unpack/Opening/Calendar Word Work Reader’s Workshop Literacy Centers/Guided Reading Lunch/Recess Math Special Social Studies/ Science Pack Up/ Dismissal
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Special Schedule
Day 1- ArtDay 2- GymDay 3- MusicDay 4- Gym/LibraryDay 5- ComputersDay 6- Gym
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Opening/Calendar• Students
– Backpacks on Hook
• Attendance• Lunch Count• Do Now• Calendar• Day of the Week/Date• Today is . . . , Yesterday was . . ., Tomorrow will be . . .• Weather• Poems• Word Wall
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Word WorkFundationsSortsSmartboardSpelling/ Writing skill of weekIpadReading Eggs (Can do at home
too! )- www.readingeggs.com - Log in sent home from Ms. Tackvic
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Reader’s Workshop• Mini-Lesson Read A-Loud Turn and talk Independent reading books/ “Just Right Books” Independent reading
• Book Buddy Bags Shop every Monday Take home and read each night Bring back EVERY day Take care of books Independent level to practice strategies
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Literacy Centers and Guided Reading
• Centers- listening, word work, writing, write the room, reading, computers, ipad
• Teacher works with children in small reading groups at this time
• Center sheets- need to be signed and returned each week
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Writer’s Workshop• Interactive writing• Teacher modeling• Sketching• Pre-writing• Peer editing• Adding details• Conferencing • Sharing
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Integrated Literacy/Science and Social Studies
• Integrate various thematic science and social studies units through the use of literature
• Hands on learning• Centers• Writing• Math
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Math• Addition*- master facts• Subtraction*- master facts• Word Problems- critical thinking• Hands on learning using manipulatives,
Smartboard, computers, ipad, and centers• Go Math• Soar to Success- ww.thinkcentral.com
- Log information will be sent home
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Homework• Choice Board and Math every night• Needs to be turned in the next day• Will be different based upon child’s needs• Check for name!• Read 10-15 minutes Book Buddy Bag books Fill out reading log and sign-keep in book buddy bag
• Word Ring- sight words/differentiated for each student
Bring back every day! Only get new words if they master the previous week’s Practice each night!
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Word Work Choice Board• Chose one
activity to complete each night
• Cross it off• Rip off
completed sheet to turn in next day
• Parent signature required on some boxes
• New words each week
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Snack
• 10 minute snack break during literacy block
• Healthy Snack!• One snack during snack time• Can pack others for lunch• No peanuts for in-class snack (lunch
time is ok)
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Behavior
• Follow class and school rules
• Team Frog
• Stars (20 for prize by Friday)
• Frog Clip Chart/Super Star
• Bucket Filling
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Star of the Week!• Form will be sent home
• Please fill it out with your child
• Send in 2 pictures that your child likes
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Scholastic
• Order online or • By check and hand in to teacher• Online code for our class : HZC62• One free book for our classroom if you order
online!• Link on class website to access online order
form• http://www.somervillenjk12.org//Domain/195
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Class Parents
• Mrs. O’Neill
• Mrs. Mani
• Mrs. Warta
A big thank you!
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Communication• E-mail: [email protected]• Phone: 908-218-4105 ext. 1334• Note• Class website- check for updates!• Peek at Our Week- HW Sheet• Last minute changes for the day-please call the
office-they will let me know-example: change in how child is getting home, who is picking up . . .
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