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CURRICULUM NIGHT

First Grade 2010-2011

Boals Elementary

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A Day in the Life A Day in the Life of Your First Grader…of Your First Grader…

7:50 Morning Pick Up from gym7:50 Morning Pick Up from gym 8:00 - 8:158:00 - 8:15 Calendar/Morning Message Calendar/Morning Message 8:15 - 9:308:15 - 9:30 Math Math 9:30 - 9:45 Spelling/Poetry9:30 - 9:45 Spelling/Poetry 9:45 - 10:30 Enrich & Extend9:45 - 10:30 Enrich & Extend 10:30 - 11:00 Recess10:30 - 11:00 Recess 11:00 - 11:30 Lunch11:00 - 11:30 Lunch 11:30 - 1:00 Reader’s/Writer’s Workshop11:30 - 1:00 Reader’s/Writer’s Workshop 1:00 - 1:15 10 Minute Walk (not daily)1:00 - 1:15 10 Minute Walk (not daily) 1:15 – 2:00 C.A.M.P.1:15 – 2:00 C.A.M.P. 2:00 – 2:45 Science2:00 – 2:45 Science 2:45 - 3:00 Wrap Up / Pack Up2:45 - 3:00 Wrap Up / Pack Up

Note: Schedule may vary slightly from class to classNote: Schedule may vary slightly from class to class

Working With Words

Writer’s Workshop

Guided ReadingReader’s Workshop

Readers’ Response

Independent Reading from

Classroom Books

Re-reading

Reading @ home from books on INDEPENDENT LEVEL

Good Readers…

• Flexible grouping based on instructional level to meet individual needs of students

• Reading strategies taught (such as phonemic awareness, context clues, word structure, comprehension, etc.) and practiced

• Writing incorporated• Teacher assessment• Goal is to produce fluent readers that move

from an instructional level to independent

Tips for Helping your Child READREADGive your child 5-10 seconds…sometimes longer to make an attempt at the unknown word. Instead of telling him or her the word or saying “sound it out”, ask questions or make statements such as:

•“What would make sense here?”

•What do you think that word could be?”

•“Use the picture to help you figure out what it could be.”

•“Go back to the beginning and try that again.”

•“Skip over it and read to the end of the sentence (or paragraph). Now what do you think?”

•“Put in a word that would make sense there.”

•“Look at how that word begins. Get your mouth ready to say the word. Start it out and keep reading.”

•Finally, tell the child the word if he still doesn’t know it.

Tips for Helping your Child UNDERSTANDUNDERSTAND

To build comprehensioncomprehension, ask questions that you don’t know the answers to…

•“What did that story remind you of?

•What was your favorite part? Why?

•Was the character brave? smart? friendly?

•What would you have done in that situation?

•What was the problem? What was the solution?

You can also ask them to retell the story and listen for Beginning, Middle, End

To build FluencyFluency…

•Read it with / to them

•Alternate pages (you read/I read).

•Echo read

Phonics/Spelling Patterns-Making Words

High Frequency Words

Frequently Misspelled Words from

student’s writing.

Often taught through Morning

Message

• Formally begins second nine weeks• Lists will be 2 rimes (“chunks”) and 4 high

frequency words• Will stress making connections through rimes

In Writer’s Workshop we encourage INVENTIVE spelling. Students are held responsible for a word only after we have discussed it in class (ie—spelling words) and the word is developmentally appropriate.

Writer’s Workshop:

Students write on self selected topics at an individual pace.

Components:• Mini-Lessons: Teacher models various skills based on

student’s needs.

• Drafting

• Individual writing conferences for editing and revising

• Student’s writing is published

• Students share published pieces of writing as well as initial drafts with others.

A Balanced

MATH Program

•Problem Solving

• Computation Games (dice, dominoes, flash card games, etc. -Anything to build basic math facts in a hands on way)

• Math Journals/Reflections

• Small Groups

•Home

•Families

•American symbols, leaders

& citizenship

•Holiday customsHoliday customs

•Environment

•Maps & Globes

•Technology

•Communication

•Patterns

•Organisms

•Scientific Process

•Senses

•Weather

•Matter & Energy

•Rocks, soil & water

•Self/nutrition

•Plants

•Life cycleLife cycle

•Oceans

Homework

Boals ExpectationsBoals Expectations

1. Do what’s right.2. Do your best.3. Be responsible4. Respect self and others

Incentives

*verbal praise

*stickers/stamps in daily folder

*MVP cards

*whole class motivators *TICKETS/PUNCHES/COINS ETC.

General Information•Red Folder: Please initial Behavior sheet daily. Please place notes that need to be given to the teacher in the Red Daily Folder.

•Thursday folder: Look for this on Thursdays & send back signed (graded work)

•Guests: Please know that signing in is for the safety of your child. You must sign in and PRESENT YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE to check in with our “Raptor”

system. You must also sign out.

•Dismissal: Please send a note if your schedule changes before 2:00. Make sure your child’s teacher knows when you take your child.

•Birthdays: Store bought cupcakes. Please no juice boxes, balloons, etc. We can pass out cupcakes in our room after 1:30. They can be left in the

front office.

Facebook: We cannot be your “friend” on Facebook. :o)

Reminder: FISD does not allow ANY pets on campus.

Don’t forget to join PTA!!

•Meet us in the cafeteria at 11:00•Feel free to “Cut in line” to allow for maximum time with your child•To ensure student safety, please sit at the designated “parent tables” on the west end•Say good-bye in the cafeteria•Set limits on the FISD website

•We allow parents and students to “cut in line” so that you can enjoy maximum time together.

Attendance

• Under Texas Education Code 25.094 a student is in violation of the Compulsory Attendance law if the student is absent (unexcused) 3 days or parts of day in a four-week period or 10 days or parts of days in a six-month period. Tardiness and leaving early is considered part of a school day.

• Children can copy notes or make up assignments, but they can never get back what’s most important; the discussions, the questions, the explanations by the teacher, and the thinking that makes learning come alive.

Attendance Procedure

• If your child is absent, you can email Lori Cochrane-Nunes at CochranL@friscoisd.org or click on the “Report an Absence” link on our Boals Website.

• A note or email regarding the absence should be sent to Lori Cochrane-Nunes within 3 school days of returning. After 3 school days without a note or doctor’s documentation, the absence(s) will be considered unexcused and automatically coded in the computer system.

• By law, we have to notify you when your child has accumulated a combination of 5 tardies, unexcused absences, or early dismissals (leave early). A letter will be generated by the computer system when your child has missed 5, 8, and 10 combinations of any of the above absences. At 10, our district Truancy Specialist will contact the parent(s).

Frisco ISD Tardy Policy

3 Tardies- Teacher will make a phone call to parents to discuss the tardy policy. 5 Tardies- Letter sent to parents from the office8 Tardies- Letter sent from the office and phone call from Mrs. Beran10 Tardies- Letter sent from the office and parent conference with Mrs. Beran

Next tardy will result in failure to attend school charges being filed against parent.

After 8:00 the student is counted as tardy.

Vacations• We strongly discourage students being absent for the purpose of vacations.

However, if your child is going to be absent due to a vacation, the school board policy now states:1. The parent shall submit a written request, in advance, stating

that the vacation or trip cannot be taken at another time. These absences will be considered unexcused. The vacation form is loaded on our school website and can also be obtained in the front office.

2. Only one such trip or vacation per family, per year, can be requested.

3. No more than five consecutive days of absence shall occur, except in extenuating circumstances as determined by the Superintendent or designee.

4. No such trips shall be taken during the last two weeks of a semester.

5. If a student is going to be absent more than 10 consecutive days, the student will be withdrawn on the 10th day. 6. For further questions about vacations, please contact the assistant principal.

Attendance Questions

• If you have further questions about attendance, please contact the Assistant Principal, Christina Beran. She will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.

• You may also contact Boals’ Truancy Specialist, Gary Brazil at BrazilG@friscoisd.org

Jaguar DrivePick up lane for

grades K & 1

Please enter Jaguar from the west. We are asking parents not to make a left turn into car pool lane.

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• Fill out a background check.

• Set lunch limits. Please!

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