Mrs. Claycomb’s
First Grade Orientation
•Two Sculptors—Unknown Author
•Claycomb Charms
• Lunch Money: $2.25 Milk:$.50 Pin#
Checks: Spring Grove Area School District or Debit System (Pre-pay online)
Breakfast: $1.20
• Needs: bookbag, lunch box, pencil box,
pencils, magnet
(NO pencil sharpeners)
• Homework Folder:
take home/bring back
• Emergency Information Forms
return ASAP (Hand in tonight!)
• First three days of school
name/bus tag
• Letters/Updates
Sent home on Fridays/Mondays
• School Phone Number
225-4731
office ext. 2000
my ext. 2121
• School E-mail
claycome@sgasd.org
• School Website
http://www.sgasd.org
• Our Five Classroom Rules
Speak and act kindly
Make our school neat and clean
Always listen with respect
Respect each others space
Take time to walk quietly in the hall
• Classroom Discipline Plan
Four Fish
Letter to sign
• Positive Guidance (individual and class)
• Review School Handbook
• 10/15 Minutes a Day:
Homework Folder
Mon.,Tues., Wed., and Thurs.
Worksheet, flashcards, word ring
Paperbooks—put in a shoebox
• Due the next school day. (unless a note)
• Homework Sheet: Please sign!
Day 1: Library
Day 2: Music
Day 3: Physical Education (sneakers, please!)
Day 4: Art
Day 5: Library Enrichment
Day 6: Wellness
-Writing
-Bookshelf items and pictures
-Secret Reader (clearances)
EXTRAS:
-Excuse Cards
-Medication:Dr.’s note and adult handling
-SAVE Box Tops and Campbell labels
-Donations: snacks, hand sanitizers/
wipes, zip lock baggies, prize box items,
tissues (Wish Fish?)
-Book orders: checks made payable to
Scholastic Book Club or online
-Custody Orders (hand in to office)
Phonics: -Practice sounds of letters (beg./end.)
-Vowels (short vowels, then long vowels)
-Digraphs (ch, sh, th, wh)/ Blends (st, bl, tr…)
-Phonics Dance -Rhyming
Reading: -Word Rings (sight words)
-READ to and with your child
-Comprehension: Retelling (story elements)
-Point to words
- Reading Series
-Reading Groups
Writing: Write a story with a beginning and
ending sentences supported with
(4) details. (narrative, persuasive,
informational)
Handwriting: -Practice forming small and upper case letters
FIRST GRADE STYLE (see attached)
-Topsy Top, Mopsy Middle, Bottom Baseline
Spelling: -Rebecca Sitton Words
-Word Lists (September)
-Inventive Spelling
Math: Number Identification (1-120)
Counting/Writing/Sequencing to 120
Data and Graphing
Place Value: Tens and Ones (21= 2 tens and 1 one)
Addition/Subtraction (1 to 20)
Money and Telling Time (to hour and half hour)
Problem Solving (Why and How)
Measurement and Geometry
Fractions
Science: Making Changes
Inventors to Inventions
Animals and their Habitats
Materials and Tools
Aquatic Pennsylvania
The Scientific Method
Social Studies: Going to School
Good Citizens
The Land Around Us
Looking Back
Learning Centers: Hands-on learning!
Important Dates:
Reading, writing, math, science/social studies
-Week of September 15th-Have lunch with your 1st grader!
-September 24th- School Pictures
-Math Night in Oct. ?????
(go over progress reports and assessments, too)
-Parent Conferences-OCT /First Report Card in Nov
-3 Report Cards (Nov, March, June)/ Trimesters
Wanted:
parent Volunteers
volunteer packets, clearances, TB test
Thank you for showing that
you care about your child’s
education!
You are “the
sculptor”, too!!