First Grade Curriculum Night
September 29, 2014
Mrs. Weinert, Mrs. Steele, and Mrs. LeBlanc
Classroom & School Rules
*Be Safe
*Be Respectful
*Be Responsible
*Everyone makes mistakes: When
you do, make it right.
*Try your best.
*Ask for help when you need it.
*Take care of eachother.
Behavior Management & Consequences
Less Serious or First Time:
Gentle reminder
Firm reminder
Practice doing it right
Lose a privilege
More Serious:
Lose a privilege (bigger)
Time Out?
Minor or Major
Reading Homework or not???
Let's figure it out-mathematically!
Student A reads 20 minutes, five nights of every week;
Student B reads only 4 minutes a night…or not at all!
Step 1 : Multiply minutes a night X 5 times each week.
Student A reads 20 min. X 5 times a week = 100 minutes a week;
Student B reads 4 min. X 5 times a week = 20 minutes.
Step 2: Multiply minutes a week X 4 weeks each month.
Student A reads 400 minutes a month;
Student B reads 80 minutes a month.
Step 3: Multiply minutes a month X 9 months.
Student A reads 3600 min. in a school year;
Student B reads 720 min. in a school year.
By the end of the 6th grade Student A and Student B maintain these same reading habits, Student
A will have read the equivalent of 60 whole schools days, while Student B will have read the
equivalent of only 12 schools days. One would expect the gaps of information retained will have
widened considerably and so, undoubtedly, will school performance.
Please support your child's reading habits by
providing opportunities for your child to read nightly.
Common Core Standards
Common Core Standards are…
*More challenging than previous standards!
*Nationwide
*Focused on skills students need to learn in order to progress
*Report Card Aligned
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What if my child doesn’t know how to… We’ll work on it!
What if my child already knows how to… We’ll do some
challenge work!
Curriculum in David Douglas
*It’s called Forward!
*It is aligned with the rigorous standards of the Common
Core
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*In some ways similar to past curriculums
with traditional
lessons
*It also has online animations, digital readers in
addition to real books, and links to other
opportunities for learning
Daily Schedule
8:45-9:15 Check in, Morning Work, Learning Centers
9:15-9:40 Calendar Math Lesson & Morning Meeting
9:40-11:10 90 Minute Reading Block
11:15-12:00 Recess & Lunch
12:00-12:20 Social Studies, Science, Health, Art
12:20-1:00 Writing
1:00-1:45 Math
1:45-2:25 Specials (Music, P.E., Library & Computer)
2:30-3:00 ELD (Oral Language Lessons)
3:00-3:15 End of Day Routines
3:15 Dismiss
1:45-2:25 Specials
*Rotating Schedule (A day, B day, C day)
*Music with Ms. Wray
*P.E. with Mr. Muldoon
Shoes for running and playing
*Library and Computer Lab with Ms. Mackris and
Ms. Patton
Bring your library books on this day
Arrival Time
8:30 Breakfast (no earlier please)
8:45 Come down to class when the bell rings (if you are
earlier than 8:45, you must wait in cafeteria or front office
lobby)
*Bus riders will go to breakfast when the buses arrive, then
come down to class.
*Tardy bell rings at 9:00. All students should be in the
classroom and ready to learn on time. When kids come to
class tardy, they often miss the beginning of the day directions
or first lesson of the day. Please make sure your child is on
time.
Parental Involvement is a vital part of a smooth running
classroom. School safety is a priority at Cherry Park.
Adults in the School: (Safety Protocal)
*Adults must go to office first and sign in, get
visitor badge
*Parents who are volunteering are required to fill
out a new background check form EACH year
before being able to volunteer at school. Fill out
now, even if you aren’t planning to volunteer
until later… (this is also required if you want to
chaperone a field trip later in the year).
Homework Expectations
We all require family participation in homework routines.
Reading practice is a big part of homework in first grade.
We all structure it a little bit differently, but still with the same
reading expectation. Each teacher will provide you with
homework structure for your child’s class.
Please let us know if you have questions. We want homework to
be a positive experience for your child.
First Grade Field Trip!
Apple Festival at Portland Nursery
When: October 17th in the afternoon
*Usual morning schedule in the classrooms, usual
recess and lunch that day at school
*We will leave by school bus after we’ve eaten lunch
and had a restroom break that day. We will be back
at school by 2:30pm.
*Field Trip Permission Slips will be coming home.
Each student must have a signed slip in order to go
on the field trip.
Contacting Your Teacher
Email: jan_leblanc@ddouglas.k12.or.us,
julieann_weinert@ddouglas.k12.or.us,
linda_steele@ddouglas.k12.or.us
Note: sent with your child
Phone: 503 256 6500
(We only answer the phone and check voicemail when students are not in
the classroom). The phone, however, is not a good way to let us know that
you are changing your end of school dismissal plan. Please send a note
with your child in the morning (or email us the day before) letting us know if
the dismissal routine is changing. This helps make sure your child gets to
the right place! 