BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT

Mrs. Cohenour

Room 16

CREDENTIALS• Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies (CSUSM)• Multiple Subject Teaching Credential (CSUSM)

• Teaching 1st Grade at Knob Hill for 11 years

• 1st Grade Team Leader for 7 Years (Knob Hill)• Math Adoption Committee (District Office)• District Math Assessment Team (District

Office)• PLC Team for Knob Hill (District Office)• F&P assessment Team Leader (District Office)• Common Core Standards Team Leader (DO)

• Master Teacher for Student Teachers• BTSA Support Provider for New Teachers

SCHOOL SCHEDULE 8:45 School Begins ~ Attendance & Math Talk 9:00 Reading Groups, Centers, Seatwork, AR 10:20 Word Work, Writing/ELD

*Fridays Only (Library 11:00-11:35) 11:35 Lunch 12:20 Writing

* M/Th & Every other Wed (PE 1:05-1:45) 1:45 Recess 2:05 Math (Common Core) 3:10 Dismissal

* EVERY WEDNESDAY 2:10 DISMISSAL*

HOME / SCHOOLCOMMUNICATION

All communication and student work for the week will be sent home in the Wednesday Hawk Envelopes.

Wednesday envelopes need to be returned the next day (Thursday).

Please take the time to review the papers in the envelope to see how your child is doing in class and also to see what is going on at school and in the community.

HOMEWORK• Given out every Monday• Due back every Friday

• Mon-Thurs work includes Reading, Writing, Math &

Word Club Words

• Each day’s worth of work should not take more than 20 mins. If your child is frustrated, have him/her come back to that assignment at a later time.

• All homework assignments are a review of what has already been taught in class.

THE GREAT READING RACE

• Movement in the reading race is based on AR (Accelerated Reading) points

• Students must read an AR book twice before taking a test. Students may receive help reading the story with an adult but must take the actual quiz ON THEIR OWN.

• Students will earn prizes in 5 point increments.

• (5, 10, 15, 20…)

• Students can only take quizzes at school. The district doesn’t allow quizzes to be taken at home. (You will not be able to log on)

CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS

• Always raise your hand for comments and questions.

• Finish your work ON TIME.

• Treat others as you want to be treated.

• Use your quiet voice.

• Stay focused.

• Always give your best effort.

• Have a great time!

CLASSROOM EXPECTATION

Charger Box Ms Geldard’s Prizes Lunch Bunch Stickers Encouraging Words Free Choice Hawk High Flyer Bug Award Class Party

Sign in the behavior book

Note home Loss of recess Phone call home Parent meeting Ms Geldard’s Office Referral

Rewards Consequences

WELLNESS PLAN

• District Policy• No Food will be Allowed

that is Not Healthy• No Cupcakes or Cakes

for Birthdays

KEY LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS

Distinguish long-and short-vowel sounds in orally stated single-syllable words (e.g., bit/bite).

Add, delete, or change target sounds to change words (e.g., change cow to how; pan to can).

Blend and segment words (e.g., /c/ a/ t/ = cat; /f/ l/ a/ t/ = flat).

Read common and irregular sight words (WCW)

Read compound words and contractions Read word families (e.g., __ag: bag, rag, flag) Spell three and four letter short vowel words

correctly

LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS CONTINUED

Respond to who, what, where, when, why & how questions (before, during & after reading)

Retell passages from a story (beg, mid, end) Identify and describe plot, setting, and

characters Compare two different books (alike &

differences) Read fiction and non-fiction books Identify different parts of a text (title page,

author, illustrator, index, glossary).

WRITING STANDARDS

Students will be writing 3 different types of writing every trimester

Every trimester students will be writing: • Descriptive Stories• Narrative Stories• Opinion Stories

In each type of writing, students will be graded on capitals/punctuations, grammar, details and spelling.

KEY MATH STANDARDS

• Common Core Standards: critical thinking skills, explaining how they solved each problem and how/why they chose the strategy used to solve that problem

• Count, read, and write whole numbers to 120• Compare and order whole numbers to 120• Know by memory the addition and

corresponding subtraction problems to 20• Solve one and two digit addition and

subtraction problems• Describe, extend, and explain repeating

patterns• Count by 2s, 5s and 10s to 120

* IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING A VOLUNTEER PLEASE FILL OUT YOUR

INFORMATION AND AVAILABILITY BEFORE YOU LEAVE. I WILL NEED AT LEAST TWO VOLUNTEERS PER WEEK SPECIFICALLY ONE ON WEDNESDAYS

AND ONE ON FRIDAYS. VOLUNTEER TIME IS FROM 10:00-11:30.

WISH LIST

Xerox Paper Ticonderoga Pencils Clorox Wipes (district only allows clorox brand) Kleenex Hand Sanitizer Staples, Wal-Mart, Target Gift Cards for supplies Barnes & Nobles gift cards for classroom library

THANK YOU FOR COMING TO BACK TO

SCHOOL NIGHT

LETS MAKE THIS AN AMAZING YEAR!

Miwa Cohenour

Room 16

760-290-2080 (3016)

miwa.cohenour@smusd.org

*The best way to get in contact with me is via e-mail*