Poem on Partnership An unknown poet once described the partnership between parents and teachers this

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Poem on PartnershipAn unknown poet once
described the partnership between parents and
teachers this way

• I dreamed I stood in a studio
• And watched two sculptors there.
• The clay they used was a young childs mind
• And they fashioned it with care.
• One was a teacher- the tools she used
• Were book, music, and art.
• The other, a parent, worked with a guiding hand
• And a gentle loving heart.
• Day after day, the teacher toiled with touch
• That was careful, deft, and sure.

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Wake Forest ElementaryFirst Grade Open House
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Tonights Agenda

• Welcome
• Reading
• Writing
• Math
• Homework
• Report Cards and Standards Based Grading
• Classroom Procedures
• Snack
• Dress Code
• Questions and Answers

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Ways to Model Reading

• Read to your child.
• Read with your child.
• Have your
• child read to you.
• Sign your childs reading log nightly
• READ, READ, READ!

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Please read the following passage and be prepared
to answer a few questions!

• Corandic is an emurient grof with many fribs it
  granks from corite, an olg which cargs like
  lange. Corite grinkles several other tarances,
  which garkers excarp by glarking the corite and
  starping it in trankerclarped storbs. The
  tarances starp a chark which is exparged with
  corusces. Finally frasting a pragety, blickant
  crankle coranda. Coranda is a cargut, grinkling
  corandic and borigen. The corandic os nacerated
  from the borigen by means of loracity. This
  garkers finally thrap a glick, bracht, flupous
  grapant, corandic, which granks in many starps.

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Corandic is an emurient grof with many fribs it
granks from corite, an olg which cargs like
lange. Corite grinkles several other tarances,
which garkers excarp by glarking the corite and
starping it in trankerclarped storbs. The
tarances starp a chark which is exparged with
corusces. Finally frasting a pragety, blickant
crankle coranda. Coranda is a cargut, grinkling
corandic and borigen. The corandic os nacerated
from the borigen by means of loracity. This
garkers finally thrap a glick, bracht, flupous
grapant, corandic, which granks in many starps.
READY FOR THE COMPREHENSION QUIZ????

• 1. What is a corandic?
• 2. From what does a corandic grank?
• 3. How is the corandic nacerated from the
  borigen?
• 4. What do the garkers fianally thrap?

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DONT COVER UP THAT PICTURE!
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What Good Readers Do

• USE the picture to help you read the unknown
  word.
• Look for little words or parts in an unknown
  word.
• Look at the first letter of a word and start to
  say the word.
• Does it sound right?
• Reread when it does not make sense so they can
  understand the story better.
• Skip a word, read on and THEN go back to figure
  out the word or word meaning.

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Running Records and Retellings

• Narrative Texts
• 2. Expository Texts

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• Students are assessed for word call with a
  running record
• Students are also assessed on their ability to
  comprehend the text
• Both components are used to determine the
  students level of reading

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• Expository text is used to determine word call
  and comprehension as well.
• Expository text are non-fiction selections.

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• Dear Parents,
• Sumtimz the wae werds sownd is not the saem az
  the way thay look. Your reeders and riters need
  time to fokus on the messige and will spel werds
  uzing the sownds tha heer. As thay becum awarye
  of conveshunul spelling, you wil beegin to see
  the chaynge.
• Be payshent!

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What A Good Writer Does

• Stretches out unknown words.
• Rereads (Does it make sense?)
• Pictures the word in his or her head.
• Thinks about where he or she can find the word.
• Takes risks!

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K-2 Writing Rubric
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Quarterly Expectations
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Math

• All Math objectives are covered using a variety
  of sources.
• Math is meant to be engaging and fun!

• Just a few Websites
• www.aaamath.com
• www.wfes.wcpss.net
• www.globalclassroom.org
• www.internet4classrooms.com
• www.suelebeau.com

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A Few of our frequently used tools

• 100 Chart Ten Frame

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Homework

• Homework should only take 10 minutes plus 15
  minutes of reading each night.
• Can be found on the inside cover of your childs
  homework journal.
• Changed each quarter

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• Homework is changed quarterly.
• One book will be sent home per week.
• The more children hear or read a story, the
  better they comprehend it and the more they love
  it. (Harvey Goudvis)
• Comprhension fluency building

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Report Card Levels
The students performance levels are determined
by achievement with quarterly objectives and
assessment data. Work habits and conduct grades
are separate from the students content
proficiency.
Please note First Grade has first quarter
conferences rather than report cards!
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Grading and Report Cards
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Morning Classroom Routine

• Unpack book bags in the morning.
• Turn in Daily Folder
• Eat Breakfast (if needed)
• Use the bathroom
• Morning Work
• To foster independence please allow students to
  walk into the classroom on their own.

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Snack

• Snacks must be in original containers and on the
  approved snack list to maintain a safe
  environment for all students.

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Dress Code

• Wear shoes appropriate for play
• Three finger rule
• Wear tennis shoes on P.E. day
• Room temperatures fluctuate please feel free to
  send a sweatshirt or sweater

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Parking Lot
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Other Resources for You!

• You can learn all about our state curriculum on
  the following website
• www.wcpss.net
• Follow the links to
• - Departments
• - Curriculum and Instruction
• - Elementary Programs
• - Most Requested Information
• - K-5 Connections
• - Click on first grade
• www.starfall.com
• www.pbskids.com
• www.funbrain.com