Welcome to 1st Grade!-Please sign up for a conference time-Please read over the PTA proposed budget and cast your vote-Please be sure and check out our volunteer opportunities if you did not get a chance to at open house

About Mrs. Newton..• Educational background• 5th year• First Grade learning:– Explorative– Independence– Home-to-School Connection

Curriculum

Pathways to Literacy

*Consistency in K-26 components:1)Shared Reading: daily routine, big poem, sight words2)Daily Literacy Centers: Students work in small

groups on independent activities to reinforce reading and writing skills

3)Writer’s Workshop: Students work on the elements of writing. They also learn about a variety of texts

4)Daily Read Alouds: listening to a story5) Word Study (spelling)6) Independent Reading: reading on level books

Word Study

• Word Study is Loudoun County’s spelling program. Words are sorted into groups based upon their features.

gr br plgreen brush placegrape broom playgrade breakfast plate

Mathematics• Continued spiral from K• Investigations• Student Discovery; Hands-on• Daily Math session, math games/ centers• Topics covered include:• Patterns -Addition• Money -Subtraction• Fractions -Place Value• Geometry -Probability and Statistics• Time• Measurement• Graphs/Charts• Problem Solving

Science

• Alternates with Social Studies• Units

Weather Seasons Matter Force, Energy, and Motion Habitats Cycles

• Scientific Process Asking Questions Communicating Gathering Data Making Sense of Data

Social Studies

Units1. Map and Globe Skills2. Communities/Citizenship3. Virginia4. Famous Americans5. Economics6. Australia 7. Alaska8. Hawaii9. Symbols

Assessments

• Frequently – more than what you may see coming home

• End of unit tests/ projects• In-class work• Please use them as information and to

target any work you may do at home• CLARITY

Grading Policies• The report card will have the following letters as indicators of development:

• 1/B Below• *With assistance, student struggles to demonstrate partial mastery of • current grade level expectations

• 2/P Progressing • *With assistance, student demonstrates partial mastery of • current grade level expectations

• 3/M Meets• *Student consistently meets and demonstrates mastery of • current grade level expectations

• 4/E Exceeds• *In addition to meeting the standard, the student makes application • beyond grade level expectations

• *If a • is placed in an area of the report card, • this means that the skill was not assessed during that particular quarter.

HomeworkHomework will be sent home every Monday and should be returned on Friday.

Homework is a nightly process– Reading is expected every night, it is part of your nightly routine.

Reading…Silently/Read Aloud- 10/15 minutes How can I help at home? – Flash cards

• +1,+0• Doubles• Then everything else• Sight words

– Asking questions while reading…• What is your favorite part?• What does this remind you of, or any connections you might have?• Tell me what happened in the story (Retelling with charters names and in

order)

*Starts in October

Behavior Management

All students start here!

Purple: King of the Jungle Reward jar!Light Blue: Flying High.1 round of OperationPink: Showing Pride. Earn a sticker!Ready to Learn!Yellow: I need to SLOW DOWN and focus on my workOrange: Logical Consequence/ kindness jarRed: Parent Contact-note home, sign and return the next day

*What if this doesn’t work for my child?

PBISR-respectful

O- on task

A- acting safely

R- responsible

Food

• Breakfast: students may eat breakfast at school in the morning when they first arrive

• Snack : Quick, HEALTHY and clean 5 minute snack– LOVE bananas, cereal, apple slices! – NO PEANUTS please!

• Lunch begins at 11:00 each day. *joining your child for lunch*adding money to their account*icecream on Thursdays

Housekeeping • Class celebrations

*three each year: winter, Valentine’s, EOY• Birthdays

*No food *Birthday ‘balloon’, sticker, pencil, singing, and read their favorite book (please no chapter books ;) !) *Can donate a book to class or to the library

• Field Trip * T-Shirts• Medication

*Nurse

Attendance

• I want to see your child’s smiling face!• Full day with LOTS of curriculum • Come every day!• Send a note, email, or call about absences– Absentee Number: 703.957.4391

Ellen Austin: ellen.austin@lcps.org (She needs to know too )

Specials

• Monday: Computer Lab, Music, P.E.• Tuesday: Library & Dreambox• Wednesday: Guidance & P.E.• Thursday: SEARCH & Art• Friday: P.E. & Music

**Please have your child wear tennis shoes on days that we have P.E.!!

Communication

• Email • Arcola Website• Monthly Newsletters; Weekly reminders in Thursday

folders– Paperless

• Take home folder• Black Thursday folder• Conferences • Phone calls and notes as necessary

Contacting Mrs. Newton

• Email: lindsey.newton@lcps.org *Please be patient with emails. I will reply to you

as soon as possible, but I rarely have an opportunity, if any, to check my email during the school day.

• Send in notes• School Phone:703-957-4390 Absentee Line: 703-957-4391

THANK YOU

• Thank you for your time tonight!• Our collaboration will be key in creating a

successful year.• Please remember to sign up for Fall

Parent/Teacher Conferences and any volunteer opportunities you are interested in!