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Welcome to Curriculum Night. We are glad you are here!. First Grade Teachers. Kelly Barnett, Tammy Davis, Erin Sorenson and Tracy Stevens. Quote from Yardsticks by Chip Wood.
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Welcome to Curriculum Night We are glad you are here!
First Grade Teachers Kelly Barnett, Tammy Davis, Erin Sorenson and Tracy Stevens
Quote from Yardsticksby Chip Wood • At six, the child is extremely open, receptive to all new learning. The eagerness, curiosity, imagination, drive, and enthusiasm of the six year old is perhaps never again matched in quantity or intensity during the life span.
Responsive Classroom Approach • A clear social curriculum can help build a classroom or school into a learning community where high social and academic goals are both attained. • We strive to develop and strengthen social skills, such as Cooperation, Assertion, Responsibility, Empathy and Self-control.
Morning Meeting • Greeting • Sharing • Group Activity • News and Announcements
GreetingThere is no shortage of creative ways to say good morning! Pancake Shoe Silly Voice High Five!
S.W.R. (Spelling, Writing, Reading)Word Study • Phonemic Awareness • Encoding (sounds to print) • Decoding (print to sounds) • Phonics Rules • Handwriting • Red Words
S.W.R./Word Study in Action! Word Families Red Words Click below to see a live word study practice!
Reading Workshop Units of study over the course of the year will include: • Readers Build Good Habits • Readers Use Strategies to Figure Out Words • Readers Think and Talk About Books to Grow Ideas • Readers Pursue Their Interests in Books and Other Texts
What does Reading Workshop Look Like in First Grade? Reading Workshop begins with a teacher- led mini-lesson (usually ten minutes or less).
Independent Reading Time The mini-lesson is followed by independent work time w/instruction: • Children are engaged in private reading time. • Teacher provides instruction during reading conferences and small group work.
Reading Share Session Reading Workshop ends with a teaching share time. The teaching share time may: • Reinforce the mini-lesson • Add-on to the mini-lesson • Preview an upcoming mini-lesson
Writing Workshop Units of study over the course of the year will include: • Personal Narrative/ “Small Moments” • Procedural/ “How-To” • Report/ “All About” • Poetry • Response to Literature
What does Writing Workshop Look Like in First Grade? Writing Workshop begins with a teacher- led mini-lesson (usually ten minutes or less). • Spaces between words • Stretching and writing words • Coming up with ideas for writing • Writing longer texts • How to do our best writing work Sample recent mini-lesson topics:
Independent Writing Practice The mini-lesson is followed by independent work time w/instruction: • Children are engaged in writing. • Teacher provides instruction during writing conferences and small group work.
Writing Share Session Writing Workshop ends with a teaching share time. The teaching share time may: • Reinforce the mini-lesson • Add-on to the mini-lesson • Preview an upcoming mini-lesson
Mathematics Our school district uses a standards-based program: Everyday Math. -
Everyday Mathematics is . . . • A comprehensive Pre-K through 6th grade mathematics curriculum. • Rigorous and balanced. • Consistent with how children actually learn mathematics: it builds on understanding over a period of time, first through informal exposure and then through more formal and directed instruction.
The “Spiral” Philosophy • Mathematical content is taught in a repeated fashion, beginning with concrete experiences. Children using EM are expected to master a variety of mathematical skills and concepts, but not the first time they are encountered. • Children need to revisit topics, concepts, and skills and then relate them to each other in new and different ways.
In first grade, the following are emphasized: • Investigating whole numbers (counting, reading and writing numbers). • Understanding addition and subtraction facts.
Exploring Data • Measurement
Geometry • Patterns and Relationships
What Does Math Time Look Like? • Math Meeting • Mini-Lesson • Math Stations—small groups rotate through structured games and activities related to lesson. One of the stations is teacher-led.
Science Topics • All About Me • Life Cycles—Animals and Chicks • Magnets • Sky and Weather • Solids and Liquids
Other Themes… • More life cycles: apples, pumpkins, penguins • Building Community: • First Six Weeks of School • All about Me • Friendship • Fire Safety • We are Thankful • Holidays Around the World • Animals in Winter • Seasons
Technology Through in-class and computer lab explorations, first graders will: • Identify basic computer parts • Navigate with a mouse • Recognize and use keys
Technology (continued . . .) • Students will also use paint tools to create a picture. • Their knowledge of word processing is further developed by learning how to enter, select and delete text.
