Welcome to First Grade with Mrs. Arthur Room 3

1. Welcome to First Grade with Mrs. ArthurRoom 3

2. My Family Jacob (12), Dan, Tami, Joseph (14)

3. My Background • Berea High School Graduate • Master in Art of Teaching • Taught Private, Inner City and Berea • 10th Year in Berea • 17th Year of Teaching • Experience Teaching Kindergarten, First and Second Grade

4. Literacy By Design • Reading Program (Rigby) • Combines Whole Group, Small Group, Self-Select, Writing • 8 Different Levels for small group (B-I) • Overlaps Kindergarten and Second Grade • Students NOT Locked into the Same Group • Whole Group Story Lasts 2 Weeks • 10 Spelling Words Every Week • New Sight Words Every Week • Stories based on Science and Social Studies Standards • Links Writing to Reading

5. Everyday Mathematics Program • Math Boxes • Slate Routines • Hundred Grid • Number Line • Games • Home Links • Skills • Clocks (hour, half hour, quarter hour) • Count Money (bills and coins) • Place Value (ones, tens, hundreds) • Addition/Subtraction Fluency • 2 Digit Addition • Fractions • 3-D Shapes

6. ScienceHarcourt School Publishing • Animal Needs, Characteristics and Habitats • Observing Plants (basic needs) • Weather Patterns • Magnets • Participate in Hands on Experiments • Scientific Process (question, research, predict, experiment, conclusion)

7. Social StudiesMultiple Resources • Good Character Traits • Holidays • U.S. Symbols • Map Skills (direction, map key, land types) • Continents • Natural Resources • Lifestyles (past and present, how and why things change) • Timelines • Social Skills

8. Handwriting • Lined Paper (3 lines, middle dotted) • Form letters and numbers correctly • Reversals are very common ~Ask student if something is wrong with their letter ~Encourage to Self-Correct ~Use Visuals

9. WritingWe will complete a writing portfolio based on the themes covered in class. • Sentences • Capital letters, Punctuation, Spacing • Correct Spelling of Sight Words • Short Stories • Topic Sentence • Supporting Sentences (3) • Closing Sentence

10. Home “fun” • See First Grade Home fun Newsletter • Home fun Packet comes home each Friday • Home fun Packet is due on or before the following Friday • Keep Everyday Math Parent Newsletter (answers) • Math Home Links starting in September • Weekly Short Story Comprehension • Practice Weekly Spelling & Sight Words • Practice Reading 10 Minutes Daily • Homefun Folder (clean out daily)

11. How to Pick a “Just Right” Book • Five Finger Rule ~Zero or one mistake per page means book is too easy, however this book will help to build fluency (speed and flow of a sentence) ~2-4 mistakes per page means book is just right ~5 or more mistakes per page means book is too hard, child will concentrate on mistakes and miss the meaning of the sentences

12. Behavior Plan • Stop Light (Fun Friday 25 minutes recess) -Green ~ Good Behavior (Earn 5 minutes) -Green ~ Verbal Warning -Yellow ~ Need to Make Better Choices (Lose 5 minutes) -Red ~ Bad Choices (Lose 10 minutes) -The next day is a brand new day, start over on green! • Class Cubes -100 Cubes = Class Reward (Game Day, Movie, Ice Cream…) • Treasure Chest (Earn & Exchange Tickets) -Showing Good Citizenship -Spelling *80%=1, 90%=2, 100%=3 tickets -Homework turned in on time • Ice Cream Cone Tables -Each Table works together to earn cones (working together, organized tables, all names on green) 10 cones = lunch with Mrs. Arthur Change seats after first group reaches 10 cones Only one table earns a cone each day. Need to be outstanding!

13. Special Classes • Monday ~ Music & Phys. Ed (Gym Shoes) • Tuesday ~ Computer Lab • Wednesday ~ Music & Phys. Ed (Gym Shoes) • Thursday ~ Art • Friday ~ Library & Book Exchange

14. Special Activities • Brain Breaks • All About Me Poster • Take Home Teddy/Journal (October) • Share Bag (Show and Tell) • First Grade Authors • Fun Friday • Mystery Reader ~Each Friday (sign up) • Lucky Sticks • Birthday Treats/Bags Welcome

15. Typical Day • Bell Work • Calendar/Smartboard Activities • Reading & Literacy Centers • Lunch • Recess • Math • Special Class • Brain Break • Science or Social Studies • Story Time

16. Parent Volunteers Please sign up during Open House or email Mrs. Arthur tarthur@berea.k12.oh.us ~Weekly Mystery Reader (Parent, Grandparent, Other Relative) New Reader each Friday (will move to another day if not convenient) Choose own books or use mine, Parents read for ½ hour (2-3 books) Reader may bring a snack to share ~Help in the Classroom Volunteers needed for Reading Centers Mon-Thurs (Weekly or Bi-Weekly Preferred) Assist students during Centers Assist Struggling Students

17. Important Information You are the most important person in your child’s life. We are working together as a team. My goal is for your child to feel like he or she is in a warm, caring environment and is treated with respect. I want them to feel happy and excited about coming to class and I encourage them to ask questions when they do not understand. Please let me know if a problem or concern arises. Together we can help to make first grade a positive and rewarding year. tarthur@berea.k12.oh.us (216)898-8310 *This is a new phone number from last year.