Welcome to Back to School Night

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Greer Hanlon

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Vincent Pelino

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Kelly Armstrong

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Marcelle Danz

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Elliott Girouard

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Carley Burns

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Taylor Williams

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Jack Wade

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Angelo Greco

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Brecken Maras

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Siena Prevost

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Bennett Peterson

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Harper Miller

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Rana Sabri

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Luke Moga

Can you guess the 1st grader?

Ava Briese

Who is Ms. Bennett?

What skills do our children need to be “21st century

learners?”

A Day Year in the Life of a First Grader...

ScheduleClassroom Community

CurriculumSupporting your 1st Grader

(More Info in the folder)

Classroom Community• Morning Meeting and

Afternoon Meeting

• Positive learning community: Take risks, Mistakes are OK

• Children are involved in setting expectations,

self-monitoring behavior, and problem solving.

• Everyone contributes and has responsibilities.

Mindfulness + Mindset

First step in learning.

Play is still a BIG part of Grade 1.

CollaborateCreate/InnovateTake RisksProblem Solve

First GradeCurriculum

1st Grade is a BIG year for Reading!

• 3 teachers support literacy

• Individualized and based on on-going assessments

• Work on skills and strategies in isolation and within books.

Reading + Word WorkW

ord W

ork

Comprehension

Fluency and Expression

Whole Word Recognition

Phonics

Phonemic Awareness

ReadingComprehension

Fluency and Expression

Whole Word

PhonicsPhonemic

Awareness

Reading...it’s more that just the words!

• Schema/Background Knowledge• Questioning• Inferring• Visualizing• Vocabulary

What can you do to support Reading?

• Take-Home Book Bags• Encourage reading strategies• Share your own “reading life”• Celebrate a variety of interests in

reading• More info in blue section of packet.

Writer’s Workshop

• Familiar Structure:-Mini-Lesson-Independent Writing-Conferring/Small Group-Share

• Writing Partners

Units of StudyNarrative • Small Moments

• Realistic Fiction

Opinion • Writing Reviews

InformationalNon-Fiction

• How-To Books• All About Books

Other • Songs from the Heart: Music and Poetry

Publishing and Celebrating• At the end of each unit

• Preserves the child’s own writing

• Celebrates our growth as writers

We work on other writing skills, too!

• Handwriting• Spelling• Capitalization & Punctuation• Grammar (nouns, verbs...)

What Can You do to Support Writing?

• Admire what your child brings home (Take interest in the CONTENT of their writing.)• Make your child feel like a famous

author!• Acknowledge and encourage risk

taking• Tell Stories• More info on writing on PURPLE page.

Foundational Ideas of Singapore Mathematics: 

Focuses on “thinking” vs. “merely doing.” Students learn to persevere in problem solving.

Encourages flexible thinking and perspective taking.

   Learning progresses from:   

First Grade Math Topics:

Numbers and Operations (Addition and Subtraction to 100)Mental Math Strategies

Money, Calendar, and Telling Time

Geometry: 2-D and 3-D Shapes

Picture Graphs and Bar Graphs

Measurement: Length and Weight

Getting Ready for Multiplication and Division

What Can You do to Support Math?• Help to instill positive attitudes about math!

• Make math a part of your lives: play games, build, cook...

• Students should be able to do homework INDEPENDENTLY.

• Practice Math Facts (we’ll be providing more guidance on this).

• Try Problem of the Week!

• Attend Math Night on October 18th!

• More details on the YELLOW page in your packet.

1st Grade Science is all about the Earth!

• Practice being a scientist and following scientific process

• Recording in a science journal• Most field trips support science

Units of Study:RocksOceans and IslandsDinosaurs and Fossils

SOCIAL STUDIES• Community Building• Change Makers• Maps and Globes• C.A.R.E• Holiday and Birthday Traditions (pink paper)

Sneak Peek at Homework

HOMEWORK• Start in Oct.• T/W/Th• Primarily Literacy

and Math

Book Bags+Logs• All days of week• Please initial each

day• Feel free to write

comments or notes.

• Initial each day.

• Look for teacher feedback here.

• Main goal of homework: RESPONSIBILITY

Keep Connected to Room 26!

@Breck1B

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Any Questions?