Welcome to Back to School Night

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Welcome toBack to School Night

• Mrs. Burger
• First Grade
• Southeast Elementary

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• Homeroom Coordinators
• Amy Smith
• Michele Eagle

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Student Goals

• Love of Learning School
• Independent
• Responsible
• Compassionate
• Resourceful
• Flexible
• Inspired
• Knowledgeable

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Teacher Goals

• Support and Nurture
• Develop Talents
• Meet Individual Needs
• Integrate Learning Styles
• Challenge and/or Restructure
• Stay Connected to Home
• Make learning and school a positive and enjoyable
  experience.
• Build a sense of community belonging

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Curriculum- Where does it come from?
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Reading

• The Comprehension Toolkit
• Focuses on reading as thinking
• Builds skills and ability to use thinking
  strategies for increased comprehension
• Supports time for shared reading, guided reading
  (small groups), independent reading, and
  collaborative discussion and sharing
• Provides opportunities for students to read in a
  variety of genres including nonfiction.
• 6 units of study
• - Monitor Comprehension
• -Activate Connect
• -Ask Questions
• -Infer Visualize
• -Determine Importance
• -Summarize Synthesize

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Reading Homework

• Students will begin bringing home a Home Reader
  and Reading Log every Tuesday and Thursday in
  about 3 weeks.
• Students are to sit down with mom, dad,
  grandparents, older siblings, etc. with their
  Home Reader and read it by themselves or read it
  with you and then fill out the Reading Log. Then
  they are to return it the next day.
• On the days that they dont come home with
  Reader, please just spend 10-15 minutes reading
  with your child a book from home, library, etc.
• The best way to become a better reader, is to
  practice!
• Show YOUR love for reading as well!

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Word Study

• Fountas Pinnell
• Words Their Way
• Builds students word knowledge through
  instruction in phonics, spelling patterns, high
  frequency word knowledge, vocabulary development,
  and word-solving actions.
• I will get back to you with more details! ?

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Reading

• Daily Five
• ? A series of literacy tasks which students
  complete daily while the teacher meets with small
  groups or confers with individuals.

• CAFÉ
• To help students understand and master different
  strategies used by successful readers.
• Acronym for
• Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and
  Expanding Vocabulary.

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Language Arts

• Write Source
• Process of writing
• Forms of writing
• Word study

• Additional Resources and Experiences
• Making LOTS of their own books!
• Personal narratives
• Descriptive writing
• Poetry
• Journal writing
• Story writing
• Friendly letters

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Everyday Mathematics

• Program Highlights
• Problem solving for everyday situations
• Developing readiness through hands-on activities
• Links between past experiences and new concepts
• Sharing ideas through discussion
• Cooperative learning through partner and
  small-group activities
• Practice through games
• On-going review throughout the year
• Daily routines
• Informal assessment
• Home and school partnership

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Math Homework

• Students will bring a Homelink home in their Take
  Home Folder every day Monday-Thursday.
• This is a great way to see what we did in math
  that day at school and to see how well your child
  understands.
• Please help your child complete and return the
  next day for a homework check- when they have
  filled their chart, they will get a pencil!

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• Everyday Math Online
• Students and parents can access games,
  Interactive MRB (Math Reference Book) and family
  resources at
• www.everydaymathonline.com
• Username and password cards are at students
  desk- please take home!

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• Math Reference Book (MRB)
• You can check out MRB books only on a limited
  basis so we can keep better track of them. Of
  course if someone does not have internet access,
  going on a trip, etc you would be a great
  candidate for checkout. Please just let me know!
  ?

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Science

• Science and Technology for Children (STC KITS)
• Students make their own discoveries
• Knowledge is actively constructed by the learner
• Hands-on experimental environment
• Scientific reasoning skills
• Units of Study
• Weather
• Changes

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Social Studies and Geography

• Harcourt
• Integrated Units of Study
• All About Me
• Cultures
• Economics
• School Helpers
• Neighborhoods
• Past, Present, and Future

• Five Themes of Geography
• Location
• Human and Physical Characteristics
• Relationships Within Places
• Movement
• Regions

See Jenks website for more details about these
Units of Study http//jenksps.org/Main.pages/Dist
rict/Curriculum.Instruction/social.studies/First.h
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Character Education and Tribes

• Tribes-
• Ways of operating with each other
• Attentive Listening
• Appreciation/No Put-Downs
• The Right to Pass
• Mutual Respect

• Character Education
• Compassion
• Honesty/Integrity
• Respect
• Self-Discipline
• Courage
• Perseverance
• Responsibility/Accountability
• Teamwork

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Specials

• Art
• Music
• Physical Education- wear tennis shoes!

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• Our Days Together
• 850-910 Thinking Journal / Read to Self
• 910-930 Morning Meeting / Calendar
• 930-1130 Literacy Block Shared Reading,
  Guided
• Reading, Individual Conferences/Daily 5
• 1130-1210 Specials
• 1210-1250 Lunch / Recess
• 100-140 Writers Workshop
• 140-200 Social Studies/Science
• 200-220 Afternoon Recess snack
• 220-310 Everyday Math
• 310-315 Pack Up
• 315-330 Teacher Read Aloud / Dismissal

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• Homework
• Marvelous Me
• Friday Mystery Readers
• Computer Lab / Library
• Show and Tell
• Snacks
• Conferences
• Dress
• Lost Found
• Toys
• Behavior
• Field Trip
• Class T-Shirt

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• BIRTHDAYS
• We will discuss birthdays with Mrs. Smith.

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• Important Dates
• Professional Development Day September 2nd 6th
  
• Labor Day September 5th
• Fall Conferences week of October 17th
• Fall Break October 19-21
• Thanksgiving Break November 23-25
• Winter Break December 19-Janurary 3
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 16th
• Professional Day February 20th
• Spring Conferences week of March 5th
• Spring Break March 19-23
• Last Day of School June 1st (includes 5 weather
  days)

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• I am looking forward to a wonderful year!
• -Mrs. Burger
• Please remember to
• Take EDM sign-in card
• Sign up for Fall Conferences
• Sign-Ups
• T-Shirt Money Order