Welcome Parents to
First Grade
Curriculum Night
Daily Schedule
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Calendar
Daily Five
Spelling
Guided Reading/Flex Groups
Lunch 11:30-12:00
Recess 12:00-12:30
Math
PE 1:20-1:40 every day
Snack/Read Aloud
Specials
Social Studies/Science
Time to work with teacher
Important Tips to Make Your Child Have a
Successful Year
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Keep up to date on what is going on at school
through Friday newsletters and the website.
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If your child will be absent, please let the school
know as soon as possible.
› Short absences: I will send make-up work when your
child returns to school.
› Extended absences: Please arrange to pick up your
child’s work at the school office.
Language Arts
⦿ Flexible
Grouping
› Spelling/ Phonics
› Monday - Friday 10:00-10:25
⦿ Station
Work
› Read to Self, Read to Someone, Research
Station, Writing Station, Word Work Station
› Reading Levels: I J K
⦿ Read
150 High Frequency Words
Language Arts
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Core ELA
› Use rich literature to support development,
especially fairy tales and folktales, as well
as non-fiction text
› Write lists, letters, recipes, poems, stories,
postcards, greeting cards
› Write opinion, narrative, and informative
texts, including reading response
Math
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Number Sense:
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Data Analysis and Probability
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Temperature, linear, volume and time
Computation
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Explore number patterns and missing addends
Measurement
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Rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, circles
Cubes, rectangular prism, cones, cylinder
Algebra
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Interpret different types of graphs.
likely and less likely
Geometry
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Count to 120 starting at any number
Understand 10s and 1s
Recognize and use >,<, and =
Add and subtract within 20 fluently
Fractions
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Equal parts
Science
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Scientific Inquiry
› Questioning, investigating, drawing conclusions
› Encourage higher level processing and thinking
skills
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Physics
› Properties of matter, balance, magnets, sink and
float, forces of matter
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Life Science
› Living things, functions, adaptions, habitats, food
chains, categorizing animals by feature
Social Studies
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Communities
› school rules, economics (needs vs. wants)
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Neighborhoods
› our city
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Our Country
› heroes, elections, history
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Our World
› countries, continents, oceans
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Geography
› maps, map keys, features of land
Homework Policy
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child will bring home homework at the
END of each week.
⦿ We encourage you to work with your child.
⦿ Packets are due every Thursday.
⦿ Completion grade
Classroom Rules
Give Me Five
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Listen to the teacher.
Keep your hands to yourself.
Say good words.
Walk in the hallways and in class.
Clean up your own messes.
Discipline
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Incentive Chart
› Stars earned for expected school and social behavior
› 10 stickers earn a prize
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Behavior Calendar
› Daily communication
› Reflects the student’s daily behavior choices
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How can you help at home?
› Be consistent with school-to-home routines
› Check and empty folder every day
› Up-to-date contact information
Home Folder
Please return the home folder each day
emptied.
⦿ Put any notes for me in “RETURN TO
SCHOOL” pocket of the home folder.
⦿ If you send money, please label it with your
child’s name, teacher’s name and what the
money is for.
⦿ Students are responsible for taking out
notes when they return to school
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› They’ve been doing great with this!
Specials
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PE: Daily 1:20 -1:40
› Please make sure your child has a separate pair of shoes that fit
and are left at school everyday.
› If your child can’t tie his/her own shoes please send them to
school with Velcro shoes.
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Music: Monday 2:25 - 2:55
› Students perform at Holiday Program
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Art: Wednesday 1:50 - 2:35
› Cultural Arts Festival
› Art to Remember
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Library: Thursday 2:00 - 2:30
› Students will check out 2-3 books. Return by the following
Thursday.
› Students may not be able to check out if books more than 6
books are checked out or too many are overdue.
Birthdays
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birthdays will be celebrated in
the classroom
⦿ Only non-edible treats (i.e. pencils,
erasers, small toys) may be sent
⦿ All students receive a birthday book from
Mr. Mitchem
Snack
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have snack after PE at 1:45
everyday.
⦿ Snack lasts 10 minutes so please make
sure food can be eaten during this time.
⦿ Fresh fruits, veggies, crackers, cereal
⦿ No juice boxes, but water bottles are
welcomed.
Field Trips
⦿ Theatre Production
› Small fee for bussing
⦿ Brookfield
at North Central College.
Zoo?
› Small fee for bussing
⦿ Volunteer
Opportunity
Mystery Reader
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Please sign up to be a mystery reader.
› Choose month
Can be a parent or other family member
⦿ Come to school dressed up as a storybook
character with your book
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› Students will guess character and true identity.
› Please keep it a secret when you come.
Tips for First Graders
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Talk to your child:
› Ask your child to talk about his/her day at school.
Encourage him/her to explain thinking.
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Connect books to experiences:
› Making connections helps improve
comprehension.
› Use real-life example to support math
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Write it down:
› Encourage your child to write down experiences
that have happened
if you need to reach me…
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E-mail is the best:
› katherine.brown@cusd200.org
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Call
› 630-682-2075
› Best time to call: 8:30am to 9:15am or 3:30 to 4:00
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After school at Door 6
› If you need to meet in person, please schedule in
advance.