Back to School Night Agenda
 Welcome
A Little About Myself
Our Website
Daily Schedule/Routines
Common Core
Reading in First Grade
Spelling
Math
Volunteers
Folders
Homework Policy
Student Behavior Expectations
Field Trips
Parent-teacher Communication
Helping your student at home
Read, Sight Words, Word Reading, Math Flashcards
 A Few More Things
 Time for questions
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About Me
 I’m married
 I have three children
 Sean is 22
 Brian is 20
 Megan is 18
 Eighth year in first grade at TBE
 K, 1st and 4th at Carlin C. Coppin
WEBSITE
Our Classroom Website
http://www.teacherweb.com/CA/TwelveBridgesElementarySchool/mrsevangelisti
 Forms
 Discipline Policy
 Movie List
 Classroom Directory
 Homework
 Word Study
 Sight Words
 Tell Me About Yourself
DAILY SCHEDULE/ROUTINES
 Literacy Block (Daily 5/CAFÉ)
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Recess
Literacy Block (Daily 5/CAFÉ)
Lunch
Math Block (Daily 3)
Music, Library, Science, Computer Lab
Recess
Social Studies, Science, Art, P.E.
Read Aloud (Magic Tree House)
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
 Less standards covered, more depth
 Depth of knowledge (DOK)
 Dig deeper
 Less “paper work”
 Student-driven
 Informational text
 Testing begins in third grade
READING IN FIRST GRADE
 Goals:
 Decode words
 Increase fluency
 Comprehend what is being read
 Book choice
 Interesting
 Appropriate level
 Listening to reading
 Read to your child as often as possible
DAILY 5/CAFE
 Daily 5:
 Read to Self (increase “stamina”)
 Read to Someone
 Listen to Reading**
 Work on Writing
 Word Work
 CAFÉ
 Comprehension/Acccuracy/Fluency/Expanded Vocabulary
 Independent learners (student driven)
 Skills-based
** Need portable CD players/headsets
SPELLING
 NO SPELLING TESTS (monthly assessment)
 Goals:
 Phonetically
 Put individual sounds together to make a
word (stretch it out)
 Understand difference between long and short
vowels
 Understand consonant/vowel digraphs, final e,
r-controlled vowels, etc.
 Don’t panic!
MATH
 Daily 3
 Math Fact Practice/Math Journals
 Facts by sight
 Word Problems (articulate answers in writing)
 Sam said that 32 < 31. Is he right? Why
or why not?
 Group work
 Worksheet from HSP Math curriculum
 Centers/Manipulatives
 Individual and partner work
VOLUNTEERS
 Room Parent/Event Coordinator
 Daily Classroom Helper--facilitate small group work
 Reading Groups
 Math Groups
 Art Docent
 P.E. Facilitator
 Scholastic Book Club coordinator
MUST HAVE TB TEST/FINGERPRINTS
FOLDERS
Green Folder-Weekly homework
Home Mondays/Return Fridays
 Polymer Folder—Completed work
Home Mondays/Return Tuesdays
Red Folder—Update/Important docs
Home Mondays/Return Tuesdays
HOMEWORK
 Math
 Fact practice
 Number representation activities (2 can be shown by two people,
two on a dice, two pennies, two tally marks, etc.)
 Word problem
 Articulate learning/helps with sentence writing
 Weekly
 Word Reading/Other activities
 Spelling practice
 Read for 15 minutes
 Poem (included in 15 minutes)
 Optional
 Sight Words
**EACH 1ST GRADE CLASS DOES HOMEWORK DIFFERENTLY
BEHAVIOR EXPECTIONS
Our Primary Class Rules:
 Always raise your hand. No shouting out.
 Keep hands and feet to yourself.
 Be kind to everyone.
 Raise your hand if you have a question. Do not interrupt the teacher
when she is working with students.
 Always do YOUR best. Be proud of yourself!
HAVE FUN!
Rewards for following Class Rules:
 Positive notes/calls home (student update)
 Praise/special privileges
 Amazing Student Awards (money!!)
 Marbles in the jar
 Tiger Paws
Consequences for not following Class Rules:
 GREEN—Go! Keep up the great behavior!
 ORANGE—Caution! Get back on the right road!
 YELLOW—Consequence! 5 minute time out!
 RED—Stop! Could lose Fun Friday/call home!
FIELD TRIPS/ASSEMBLIES
 Wild Things (on campus)
 Roseville Utility Center/Library
 Other
(TBD)
(April)
COMMUNICATION
 Website
 Newsletter
 E-mail
HELPING YOUR CHILD AT HOME
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Read, read, read
Sight Words
Word Reading
Math Flashcards
Vocabulary
Writing
A FEW MORE THINGS
 We are a work in progress
 Homework is differentiated by skill (not ability)
 First Grade team works together
 Meeting/assessing/discussing ALL students in
first grade and how best to meet students’ needs.
 We do not always present material the same
 Classroom dynamics are different
 Student needs are different
 Teaching styles are different
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Personal
QUESTIONS