Welcome to “1Ge” Curriculum Night

1. Welcome to “1Ge” Curriculum Night • Please find your child’s desk and take a minute to browse through their journals and notebooks. • Please take the Curriculum Night packet home for your review. • If you have any questions please feel free to write them down on the white note card provided and place your card in the basket on the reading table before you leave tonight!

2. Welcome to Curriculum Night! Mrs. Gerike’s 1stGrade Class

3. Welcome Parents! • I look forward to each and every day with your children! It is a joy to come to work! • I will introduce you to 1st grade and our classroom. • Please write down any questions you may have during the presentation on your notecard!

4. All About Me • My background • I grew up in Downers Grove, IL. • I played volleyball, badminton, and sang in choir. • My education and experience • Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from Illinois State University • Master of Arts in Curriculum & Instruction from Illinois State University • 7 years in 2rd grade and first year in 1st grade • Personal • Married • 2 daughters one born in July and the other just turned 2 • Love watching sports and reading

5. Specials • Special Classes • Pe– Everyday for 25 minutes • Music – Twice a week for 25 minutes • Art – Once a week for 50 minutes • IMC – Once a week for 50 minutes

6. PBIS • Learn more about our expectations • Be Respectful • Be Responsible • Be Safe • Bear Growls • Bear Bucks

7. Classroom Behavior Management • Class Dojo • Earn Points • Trade Points in • Clip Chart • Earn Bear Growl • Consequences • Weekly Behavior Sheet • Secret Student • 7 Habits • Bucket Filling

8. DailySchedule 8:45-9:00 Calendar/ Announcements/Rusty 9:00-10:00 Reader’s Workshop 10:00-10:30 Intervention 10:30-10:55 Word Study 10:55-11:20 PE 11:20-11:50 Word Study 11:50-12:40 Lunch 12:40-1:25 Writer’s Workshop 1:25-1:50 Special 1:50-2:50 Math 2:50-3:20 Science/Social Studies

9. Reader’s Workshop • Begins with a mini-lesson • Students read books at their own level independently • Practice the strategies that I teach them • Reading Responses • Guided reading and strategy groups • Involves conferencing and goal setting • Assessments • End with share time

10. Writing • Writer’s Workshop • Begins with a mini-lesson • Students are given a genre to write about and move freely through the writing process • Many different genres • Narrative • Informational • Autobiography • Opinion • Book Review • Goals • Capitals and periods • Complete Sentences • Variety of sentences • Details • Main idea

11. Math • Math Workshop • Common Core • Mini-lessons • 3 Groups • Games • Sumdog • IXL • Everyday Math Online • Big Ideas • Time • Coins • Facts • Problem Solving • Rocket Math • Fastt Math • Math Leader • Calendar Math

12. Math • Operations and Computation • Solve single digit, addition and subtraction problems, using multiple strategies. • Make reasonable estimates of answers for addition and subtraction problems. • Identify change applied to numbers to represent concepts of more/less/part to totals. • Practice telling and solving number stories. • Numbers and Numeration • Count back from 120 with visuals (number grid, number lines, etc) • Count to 120 from a given number • Recognize numbers up to 120 • Count collections of objects to 20 • Estimate number of objects in collection • Place values to 3 digits • Identify 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 as part of a region • Identify odd and even numbers • Use tally marks to record and collect data • Count on by a multiple of 2,5,10 to 100 • Identify equivalent names for whole numbers

13. Math • Data and Chance • Read and interpret data using various tables and graphs. • Describe events using basic probability terms, such as probably, impossible. • Geometry • Identify and describe hexagon, rhombus, oval and trapezoid. • Identify, describe and compare solid figures. • Identify shapes that are symmetrical. • Complete symmetrical shapes and designs • Algebra • Extend, describe and create numeric, visual and concrete patterns. • Sort by multiple attributes. • Identify rules for patterns and use them to solve problems. • Use words and symbols to write rules for functions involving + or - and use these rules to solve problems. • Read, write and explain number sentences using mathematical symbols (+,-,=,<,>)

14. Math • 1st Grade Grade Level Goals for Pilot Group... • Everyday Mathematics third-edition Grade Level Goals have been revised to align with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M), which were widely adopted in 2010. Both versions of the curriculum's goals are available below. • http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/1st-grade/goals/

15. Social Studies & Science • Science • LIFE SCIENCE • Living and Nonliving • Habitats • How Plants and Animals live • Life Cycles • Food Chains • EARTH SCIENCE • Land, Water, Air • Weather • PHYSICAL SCIENCE • Observing Matter • Movement and Sound • Learning About Energy • SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY • Day and Night Sky • Science In Our World • Social Studies • Rules and Laws • Where People Live • Our Changing World • Meeting People • The Marketplace

16. Spelling • Words Their Way • Spelling Inventory • Analyze Spelling Features • “Just-Right” Groups • Weekly Sorts • Open Sort • Closed Sort • Speed Sort • Blind Sort • Spelling Test • Main Features • Long – Short Vowels • Syllables • Consonants & Vowels

17. Technology • Integrated throughout the curriculum • Skills • Log on • Math Websites • Smartboard • Age-appropriate software

18. Assessment • Map (Reading & Math) • Fountas & Pinnell • Benchmark Running Records • Writing Pieces • Reading Conferences & Letters • Running Records • Math Pre-tests

19. Homework • The same every week! • Homework Policy • If students turn in all of their homework they are then able to play homeworkopoly • If they are missing any homework for the week they will not be able to play • Should only take around 10-15 minutes • Skills should be review • Checked for Completion Stamp • Absent Student? Work can be sent home with a sibling or neighbor or picked up at the office. Please request the homework before noon.

20. Homework • Weekly homework will consist of: • Sight words • Reading • Writing • Math • In addition to the above items, your child may also have the following items for homework: • Study for an upcoming test • Unfinished work from class • Uh-oh Slips • Study basic math facts • Study Spelling

21. Grades • Skyward Family Access • Math • Social Studies • Science • Reading & Writing • Anecdotal Notes • Running Records • Individual Conferences

22. Ways to Support Your Child at Home • Read for 20 minutes everyday • Reread for fluency practice • Ask factual, evaluative, and inferential questions • Practice spelling • Play math games • Make a homework routine • Have them write their name on the paper • Encourage your child to check their work

23. Communication Between Home and School • Take Home Folder • Classroom Newsletters • Conferences • Progress Reports • Phone calls • Notes • Emails • Usually able to respond within 24 hours • Classroom Website: http://www.unit5.org//Domain/1646

24. Thank You! • Go to the IMC to sign up for a Parent-Teacher Conference preference time if you have not already done so. • Room parent and IMC sign-up are on the board. • Check out your child's "I fill a bucket.." writing on the wall near the first grade bathrooms and their "All about me Math" posters on the wall to the right as you walk out of the commons! • Please write a quick note back to your child! • Please write any questions you may have on the notecard and place in the basket on the table.

25. Questions? Comments? Please do not hesitate to contact me at any time. Check the classroom website- it has a lot of valuable information. E-mail: gerikear@unit5.org School Phone: (309) 557-4410

26. Let’s Have a Great Year!