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Back to School Night
2019-2020
First Grade
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Introduction
• Sra. Dominguez
• Mrs. Beal
• Mrs. Hyland
• Mrs. Prosser
• Ms. Okafor
• Mrs. Twomey
• Miss Yost
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Relationships/Connections
• Parents -----------Teacher----------Students
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• School begins at 9:10 A.M.
• Dismissal at 3:55—please email teachers and the office early in the morning with any changes
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Academic Plans
• Language Arts - Phonics, Reading
comprehension and fluency, sounding
out words, invented spelling
• Math - place value, fractions, addition,
subtraction, measurement, time,
money, geometry, patterns
*Stations with differentiated groups
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Academic Plans
• Science - birds, animals, plants,
seasons, weather, classifying,
observing
• Social Studies - Virginia History,
studying famous people such as
George Washington and Thomas
Jefferson, learning about maps and
economics
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iReady Universal Screener
• Provides teachers with information about
student needs in foundational skills in
reading and math.
• Gaps in foundational skills may indicate
later learning difficulties.
• Early detection and intervention can help
students reach their potential.
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What is Portrait of a Graduate? (POG)
Who do we want our students to be?• Communicators
• Collaborators
• Ethical and Global Citizens
• Critical and Creative Thinkers
• Goal-Directed and Resilient Individuals
Parent Resources available FCPS website
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Grading & Reporting• Classwork
• (√ +) without errors
• (√ ) some errors
• (√ - ) many errors
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Progress Reports
4 – Consistently
3 – Usually
2 - Sometimes
1 - Seldom
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1 2 3 4
Frequency Seldom Some of the time Most of the time Nearly all the time
Support Considerable Moderate Limited No support
Understand
-ingLimited Partial General Thorough
Errors Frequent Some Few None
Numbers on the progress report
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Homework
• Reading 20 minutes each day followed by
brief discussion of characters, favorite
part, etc.
• We will email a weekly update to keep you
informed about what we are learning.
• Occasionally assignments will be sent
home.
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Wednesday Folders
• School information and classwork will be sent home
• Review contents
• Occasional Homework
• Return on Thursday
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24/7 “Blackboard” Site
• Log on to www.fcps.edu and click on
the 24/7 icon
• The site contains our weekly update,
grade level activities and upcoming
events
• Up and running soon
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Lunch Schedule
•Monday-Friday
11:30-12:00pm – non immersion
11:35-12:05pm – immersion
• Please send a healthy, daily
snack
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Specials
• P.E.
• Music
• Art
• Library/Guidance
• STEAM
• Healthy Habits
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BirthdaysNon-edible celebration held in the classroom
– Special chair
– Birthday pencil
– Teacher reads child’s favorite story
– Name on WLRS Morning Show
– Sing “Happy Birthday”
– Birthday crown or sticker
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Star of the Week
• Sign up for a date in classrooms
• The week before your date, a reminder will
come home in the Wednesday folder.
• Child brings 3 small items and pictures
and fills in the information sheet.
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Volunteers Needed
• Room Parent
• Volunteers needed for Wednesday.
Folders (stuff folders at school)
• Clerical work
• Projects at home (cutting, folding, etc.)
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Communication
• Weekly Wednesday folders
• Email – Please allow at least 24
hours for teachers to respond
• Weekly update
• Notes/Phone Calls
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Parent-Teacher
Conferences
Please remember to sign up for
parent teacher conferences
Sign-up sheets are available
upstairs at the teacher presentations
Immersion classes will use SignUp
Genius coming soon
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Questions will be
answered upstairs
Please meet in your child’s classroom.
Prosser – Room 200
Beal – Room 206
Okafor – Room 203
Yost – Room 3
Immersion (Hyland and Dominguez) – Meet
in the library.