Welcome to Riverview Elementarys 1st Grade Curriculum Night

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Welcome to Riverview Elementarys 1st Grade
Curriculum Night!

• Presented by your 1st grade team Ms. Fisher,
  Mrs. Perzanowski, Mrs. Oliver and Mrs. Stroface

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Tonights Topics

• 1st grade curriculum with our grade level
  expectations handout
• District required assessments
• Physical education policy
• Title 1 compact
• Field trips and volunteering
• Procedures
• Homework policy
• Classroom management

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1st Grade Curriculum

• Grade level expectations (handout supplied)
• Language Arts includes the areas of reading,
  writing, listening, viewing, speaking, language
  and literature
• Math includes number sense concepts and
  operations, measurement, geometry and spatial
  sense, algebraic thinking, and data analysis and
  probability.
• Social Studies includes history, geography,
  civics and government, and economics.
• Science includes the nature of matter,
  energy, force and motion, process that shape the
  earth, earth and space, processes of life, and
  how living things interact with their
  environments.

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Curriculum Support

• Reading
• Basal reading series-McMillian/McGraw Hill,
  Reading for Florida.
• DIBELS
• Teaching Tools from Fountas and Pinnell
• Classroom libraries
• Writing (developing the craft, Mary Rose,
  Creative writing,
• journal writing and book making)

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Curriculum Support

• Math series is provided by MacMillan/McGraw-
  Hill.
• Hands on activities
• Problem solving skills
• Science series is provided by Scott Foresman
• Experiments
• Hands on learning whenever possible
• Social Studies series is provided by Houghton
  Mifflin
• Leveled readers
• Hands on activities when possible

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District required assessments

• Reading Placement, Unit 1 Benchmark
• Unit 3 Benchmark, Unit 5
• Benchmark and 3 DIBELS
• progress monitoring.
• Communication Four writing assessments
• during the school year.

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District required assessments cont..

• Math Four diagnostic assessments (Inventory,
  November, February, end of year).
• Science 1st semester assessment, 3rd
• grading period, and end of year.
• Social Studies 1st and 2nd semester
• assessments.
• 70 or higher is considered a passing score on
  each assessment.

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Physical Education Policy

• Physical Education means the development or
  maintenance of skills related to strength,
  agility, flexibility, movement, stamina,
  including dance the development of knowledge of
  skills requiring teamwork and fair play the
  development of knowledge and skills regarding
  nutrition and physical fitness as part of a
  healthy lifestyle and the development of
  knowledge of positive attitudes regarding sound
  nutrition and physical activity as a component of
  personal well-being.

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Physical Education Policy Continued.

• 150 minutes of physical education has been
  mandated for grades K-5 by the Florida Department
  of Education.
• Instruction may be provided by any instructional
  personnel designated by the school principal.
• Physical education should not be confused with
  physical activity such as recess or free play,
  intramurals, or recreational endeavors.
• Physical education curriculum complies with the
  Sunshine State Standards, which can be accessed
  at http//www.firn.edu/doe/curric/prek12/index.htm
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Title 1 Compact

• Part of our daily success as partners in
  education is to ensure that we work together to
  ensure our compact is honored.
• Signed upon registration by parent/guardian,
  student, teacher and principal.
• A copy of the compact that you signed will be
  given to you by your teacher as soon as it is
  signed by the teacher and principal.
• Please refer to the example we have provided for
  you to read over for specific information about
  the compact.

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Field Trips

• Field trips are planned to extend and enhance
  classroom experiences.
• In order for a student to be permitted on a field
  trip a signed permission form must be completed
  by a parent or guardian. Such forms are sent home
  by the teacher/teachers in charge of the field
  trip. A STUDENT MAY NOT ATTEND A FIELD TRIP
  WITHOUT A SIGNED PERMISSION FORM.

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Field Trips

• Payment for all field trips must be in cash or
  money orders. NO PERSONAL CHECKS WILL BE
  ACCEPTED.
• There are no refunds for field trips that require
  a pre-payment (such as the King Center).

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Field Trips

• In accordance with the 2008-2009 Elementary
  Handbook, students are required to follow school
  rules and guidelines while on a field trip, the
  same as in the classroom at school.
• Students shall at all times, follow the
  instructions and directions of teachers,
  sponsors, or chaperones in charge of the field
  trip.
• If a student misbehaves on a field trip,
  disciplinary action will be taken which may
  include a warning, phone call to a parent or
  administrator, and the possibility of suspension
  depending on the misbehavior.
• We want all students to be able to attend field
  trips as we do value them as a very important
  part of the learning experience.

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Volunteers Wanted!

• In order to attend field trips and volunteer at
  school you must be registered as a volunteer in
  the computer. This a very simple form to fill
  out, and the front office staff will be more than
  happy to help you. You will need a picture
  identification, such as a drivers license, in
  order to fill out the form.
• It takes from 3-8 weeks for a parent or guardian
  to get on the volunteer approval list, so we urge
  you to fill out the form and become a volunteer
  ASAP.
• If you already are a volunteer we ask that when
  you are helping your childs teacher, eating
  lunch with your child, or attending a class party
  that you sign into the computer system as a
  volunteer as this will help our school with
  volunteer hours.

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Procedures (example of folder provided)

• Morning Jobs
• Give Me Five
• Circle time
• Teaching Times
• Work Time
• Seatwork
• Center

• When Im done with my work..
• Line up
• Lunch Room
• Restroom
• Get Ready for Activity

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Homework Policies

• A packet goes home in the red folders on Monday.
• All homework packets should be returned in the
  red folder by Thursday, allowing Friday for any
  late work.
• Students should be reading 15-20 minutes a night
  in addition to their homework packets.
• Please contact your childs teacher if you have
  any concerns about your childs homework.

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A Big Thank You!!

• The first grade team would like to thank you all
  very much for attending our curriculum night.
• We look forward to working with you in making
  this a successful year for your child.
• Please dont ever hesitate to contact us at
  269-2326 for any reason regarding your child.

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Classroom Management

• We now ask you to enter your childs classroom
  and sit at their desk. Your childs teacher will
  now go over their individual management plans,
  and answer any questions you may have.
• Thank you!