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School Hours and Attendance 7:30 Active Start

7:45 Students Sent to Classrooms

8:05 Tardy Bell Rings

9:00 Attendance Taken

2:55 Dismissal Begins

Please have your child ALWAYS be in class! Much of what is taught is done hands on and can not be made up.

If your child has a fever or vomiting, please keep him or her home for 24 hours. This is requested by most doctors.

TransportationThis must be done through the front office (fax) or a hand written note to the teacher by 2:00pm.

We can NOT accept transportation changes via email.

If your child would like to have a snack during the day, please make sure to remember: a healthy snack that does NOT need to be eaten with a spoon or fork.

Water bottles may also be brought to school. Please send in a spill proof water bottle. Spills happen very easily!

Lunch: 11:15-11:45 and Recess: 10:45-11:00Checks/Cash can be sent to school with child’s name and ID number. Money can also be added to account online using a credit card.When visiting your child for lunch, there is a parent table for YOU and YOUR CHILD to sit at. You may not invite other students to eat with you.

Snacks, Lunch, and Recess

Shoes and ClothingThe kids have recess everyday! We will go outside on days the weather permits. Your child will also need tennis shoes on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday when they go to P.E.

Do they need help tying their shoes? Check out this video on how to teach your child.

Pack an extra set of clothes in their backpack. Not all accidents are bathroom related. Spills happen at lunch or sometimes puddles are hiding at recess.

Birthdays and InvitationsPlease provide two days notice of a birthday treat being brought to school. The teacher will arrange a time with you that treats are handed out in class.

Invitations must be sent for the entire class if handed out at school.

Homework (45 minutes)Homework page will be found on the classroom website.

Each week, your child will have a math page, reading comprehension page and will need to complete a word study activity.

Read 20 minutes EVERY night.

GradesLanguage Arts 50% is DRA, 25% daily, 25% major

DRA grade is NOT included in the average for progress reports!

Math, Science, Social Studies—40% daily, 60% major

Literacy Assessements and Conferences

DRA— Developed Reading Assessment (Assessed each marking period)

50% of L.A. Grade

Beginning of the year: Level 4 (Level 3 is At-Risk)

Middle of the year: Level 10

End of the year: Level 16

PAPI- Phonics Assessment (Assessed 3x a year)

Beginning of the year conferences will take place once all assessments have been completed. I will be sending a link to sign-up online.

What will my child learn in reading?

Recognize and use individual sounds to create words, or phonemic awareness.

Understand the relationships between written letters and spoken sounds, or phonics. This allows children to recognize familiar words accurately and automatically, and "decode" new words.

Develop the ability to read a text accurately and quickly, or reading fluency.

Learn the meaning and pronunciation of words, or vocabulary development.

Acquire strategies to understand, remember and communicate what is read, or reading comprehension strategies.

How can I help my childat home with reading?

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U can hlp ur child bi incoruging thim at eech divelupmentil stag. Axk ur child to reed and esplane thair riting to u. Az ur child lerns about the inglish langwij tha wil mak the tranzishun to “adult writing.”Thank u 4 ur saport!

What will my child learn in writing?

Create IDEAS to write about

ORGANIZING writing to show a beginning, middle, and end

Making decisions about WORD CHOICE

Using CONVENTIONS

Let me hear VOICE

SENTENCE FLUENCY

PRESENTATION of writing

How can I help my childat home with writing?

Encourage writing at homeAllow children to sound out a word and spell it the best they can

Encourage writing using different genres:Nonfiction and FictionMaking Lists and LettersFantasy

What will my child learn in math?Addition/Subtraction to 18 including missing addends

Patterns in numbers: odd/even, skip count by 2s, 5s, 10s (forwards/backwards and starting from any number up to 120)

Place Value: compare and order numbers

Number Sense: order of numbers, greater than/less than, locate on hundreds chart

Measurement: length, area, weight/mass, temperature, capacity

Coins: name and value

Shapes: 2D (plane) and 3D (space)

Story Problems

How can I help my childat home with math?

Weekly homework

Encourage your child to identify math in everyday situations.

Name 3D shapes while in the grocery store.

Practice adding or subtracting groups of objects.

Math Facts - We want your child to know those math facts in a snap.

Flashcards

Practice counting a large group of objects by skip counting.

Encourage your child to sort loose change by coin. Then, identify the coin and how much it is worth.

What will my child learn in science?

properties of matter

heat energy

sound energy

light energy

motion

magnetism

weather (clouds)

seasons

moon and stars

soil and rocks

living vs. non-living

water

food chain

natural resources

pet care

life cycle of frog

life cycle of chicken

How can I help my childat home with science?

Incorporate the use of non-fiction text as part of your child's reading practice.

Visit your local library to supplement non-fiction reading material.

Keep a science fact journal or poster of science topics. Your child may draw a picture of new found learning and record facts learned.

Visit Brain Pop Jr., accessed through the Deretchin's website to reinforce key topics studied at school.

What will my child learn in social studies?

Citizenship: What is a good citizen

Geography: Landforms

Economics: Needs/Wants & Goods/Services

Government: Who are our public officials and what do they do? What is voting?

Culture: How are people alike and different?

History: How have things changed over time? Texas/U.S. Symbols, Aesop’s Fables

Resources

How can I help my childat home with social studies?

Practice reciting the U.S pledge and Texas Pledge

Expose your child to different Texas Symbols

Talk with your child about community helpers and their roles

Talk with your child about what country, state, city, street they live in/on

Practice reading a calendar and time line

Read about the contributions of important people

Talk with your child about changes in technology

Discuss Needs and Wants

Discuss Goods and Services

D3: Dragons Digging Deeper Students will participate in "D3 Time" (Dragons

Digging Deeper) for 45 minutes per day. During this time, students will enrich the learning from their classrooms by working on targeted areas based on the child's needs. Through data from common assessments and benchmarks, we are able to identify areas that the children need to fill in gaps, as well as, areas that the children need to extend their learning to a higher level. All students will participate in D3 time in order to advance their learning.

What does reading look like in D3?Students will read and respond to level appropriate text based on students' individual DRA score.

Students will strengthen skills by reading poetry, acting out reader's theaters, responding to literature, and increasing fluency. Fluency is the speed and accuracy at which your child reads out loud. An exiting first grader should read at least 60 words per minute.

What does language look like in D3?Examples:

Students will create words in word family. Generate words in the -at family.

Students will make new words using letters in one longer word. Make as many new words as you can with the letters in president.

Students will be engaged in activities based on word ladders, word sorts, word wall games, making big words, unscrambling words, word crosswords, vocabulary application

What does math look like in D3?Example One:

Students will review value and identification of each coin.

Students will find value of coin amounts including combinations with pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.

Example Two:

Students will demonstrate mastery of basic addition and subtraction facts up to 18 with missing addends.

Genius Hour Genius Hour is a time each week for students to participate in projects that reflect personal choices, interests, and passions.

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