Welcome to
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1
Grade!
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conference time
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budget online this year !
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out our volunteer
opportunities if you did not
get a chance to at open
house
About Mrs. Newton..
• Educational background
• 6th year
• First Grade learning:
– Explorative
– Independence
– Home-to-School Connection
Curriculum
Pathways to Literacy
*Consistency in K-2
6 components:
1)Shared Reading: daily routine, big poem, sight words
2)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 story
5) 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
pl
green
brush
place
grape
broom
play
grade
breakfast
plate
Mathematics
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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
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Weather
Seasons
Matter
Force, Energy, and Motion
Habitats
Cycles
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Asking Questions
Communicating
Gathering Data
Making Sense of Data
• Scientific Process
Social Studies
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Units
Map and Globe Skills
Communities/Citizenship
Virginia
Famous Americans
Economics
Alaska
Hawaii
Symbols
Assessments
• Frequently – more than what you may see
coming home!
• End of unit tests/ projects (OTTW)
• In-class work
• Please use them as information and to target
any work you may do at home
• Phoenix
Grading Policies
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The report card will have the following letters as indicators of development:
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1/B
Below
*With assistance, student struggles to demonstrate partial mastery of
current grade level expectations
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2/P
Progressing
*With assistance, student demonstrates partial mastery of
current grade level expectations
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3/M
Meets
*Student consistently meets and demonstrates mastery of
current grade level expectations
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4/E Exceeds
*In addition to meeting the standard, the student makes application
beyond grade level expectations
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• *If a • is placed in an area of the report card,
this means that the skill was not assessed during that particular quarter.
Homework
Homework will be sent home every Monday and should be
returned on Friday. Check webpage for assigned
homework.
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
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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
Operation
Pink: Showing Pride. Earn a sticker!
Ready to Learn!
Yellow: I need to SLOW DOWN and
focus on my work
Orange: Logical Consequence/
kindness jar
Red: Parent Contact
-note home, sign and return the next
day
*What if this doesn’t work for my
child?
PBIS
R-respectful
O- on task
A- acting safely
R- responsible
Buy an iRoar shirt to support our PBIS incentives this year 
Available online for only $10
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 11:35 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’, special birthday seat, pencil,
singing, and read their favorite book (please no
chapter books ;) !)
*Can donate a book to class or to the library
• Medication
*Nurse
Attendance
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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
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Monday: Dreambox, P.E., Music
Tuesday: Computer Lab, P.E.
Wednesday: Library & Music
Thursday: Guidance/SEARCH & P.E.
Friday: Art
**Please have your child wear tennis shoes on
days that we have P.E.!!
Communication
• Email
• Arcola Website
• Reminders in Thursday folders
– Paperless
• Take home folder
• Notes on homework sheet
• 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!