First Grade Program Reading (Silver, Burdett, & Ginn - World of Reading) Literature Works, Books 1-4 All Through The Town - First Preprimer Out Came The Sun - Second Preprimer Morning Bells - Third Preprimer Make A Wish - Primer A New Day - First Reader

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Skills:

Beginning Reading Skills

• Recognizing letters and corresponding sounds of consonants and short and long vowels
• Decoding and word study
• Phonics
• Word structure skills
• Context clues

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  Vocabulary Word meaning Classification Synonyms/antonyms Comprehension Main idea Sequencing Predicting outcomes Cause/effect Drawing conclusions Retelling Story elements

  
  Literature
• Story structure
• Reality/fantasy

Oral Reading

• Fluency
• Expression

Phonics - Read Well Letter identification Consonant letter-sound associations Hard and soft C and G Consonant-vowel-consonant blending Short/long vowel and consonant letter-sound associations Consonant blends Y as a vowel Consonant diagraphs Contractions Inflectional endings -ed and -ing Fluency

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Mathematics (Scott Foresman/Addison Wesley Publishers)

• Ordering, comparing and graphing numbers to 12
• Addition and subtraction combinations (0 to 18)
• Two digit addition and subtraction (No Regrouping)
• Time (Hour, half hour, quarter hour)
• Money (Penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, dollar, and combinations)
• Measurement (Standard, metric)
• Fractions (1/2, 1/3, and 1/4)
• Graphing
• Place Value
• Estimation and logical reasoning

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INVESTIGATIONS (Scott Foresman Publishers) Patterning Number sense Visualizing numbers Counting and Comparing Addition and Subtraction Story Problems Number games Skip counting Geometry

Daily Oral Mathematics (McDougal, Littel)

• Problem solving

Music

• Students receive two, thirty minute sessions each week.

Language Arts Step Up to Writing Language Usage Composition Literature Write in complete sentences Write in complete sentences using capitalization and punctuation Develop presentation skills Listen and communicate effectively in group situations Use reading and language skills in projects and oral presentations

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Daily Oral Language (McDougal, Littel)

• Grammar and study skills
• Label papers with first and last names

D'nealian Manuscript (Scott Foresman & Co.) Handwriting

• Print upper and lower case letters in a legible and correct manner

Spelling - Sitton

• Learning how to spell words to communicate accurately and effectively in writing

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Health Great Body Shop Nutrition Dental Health HLAY 2000 Talk About Touching

Social Studies

Homes and Neighborhoods (D.C. Heath Co.)

Geography

• About the physical environment through use of maps and globes
• Landforms, bodies of water
• Weather and seasons

History

• Time is measured in weeks, months, years and seasons
• Holidays are a way of remembering the past
• Individuals and families change over time

Anthropology

• All people have similar needs and wants but meet them in different ways
• To show respect for other cultures and people of different ethnic backgrounds
• Every family is unique
• People communicate in various ways

Government How to follow rules: To identify classroom and playground problems There is more than one solution to a problem Individuals have rights and responsibilities Voting is a way to make a group decision Economics Communities offer different jobs and services Goods and services are produced and distributed to supply basic needs People are interdependent

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Science - Hands On Science (Federal Way School District)
Concept/Content Kits: Magnets· Identify the properties, kinds, uses and importance of magnets to man

Populations

• Recognize the types and characteristics of populations, as well as which populations are helpful and harmful to humans

Geologic Time

• Recognize how fossils are formed
• Use index fossils, such as dinosaurs to understand geologic timelines

Order

• Identify natural order such as cycles, and identify the human created orders of length, width, volume, alphabet, sequence and time

Physical Education

• Students receive two, thirty minute sessions each week. Skills include: Exercises, activities, skills, and games to benefit large and small motor development---traverse climbing wall, Scooter Town.
  
  

Art - Discover Art (Davis Publications, Inc.)

• Create art
• Use a variety of art tools
• Appreciate art
• Recognize design

Assessment Tools

• We will use a combination of these assessment tools in each subject area.

Tests · Observations

• Individual participation · Daily work
• Group participation · Journals
• Homework · Projects
• Reports · Attendance

I am very pleased to have your child in my class this year. I would like to take this opportunity to share with you my approach to classroom discipline. I feel it is vital and in the best interest of your child that there exist close home-school communication. You have the right to know how your child is doing at school. It is my responsibility to keep you informed as to the behavior of your child.

Good Citizenship Behaviors: Listed below are the 6 behaviors I expect from each child in my classroom. These behaviors are followed by the limit-setting and positive consequences I will use during the year.

1. Show respect to all people.

2. Raise your hand to speak.

3. Look and listen when someone is talking.

4. Keep hands and feet to yourself.

5. Follow directions carefully.

6. Keep your work area clean.

Limit-setting Consequences: I believe behavior is a choice that each child consciously makes every day. I encourage the children to make positive choices and empower them with the knowledge that they control their own choices and therefore are responsible for their consequences. I use a color chart to show the limit-setting consequences that will occur if the Good Citizenship Behaviors are not met. Your child will begin each day with the color green, and if necessary, will move to another color in the following order:

Green - Good Citizenship (Good Job!)

Yellow - Warning and 5 minute loss of recess (OOPS!)

Red - Miss whole recess and/or phone call home for serious infractions (YIKES!)

Positive Consequences: These consequences will occur when positive choices have been made and Good Citizen Behaviors are met.

Verbal praise

Stamps, stickers and awards

A happy note home

A special activity

Every day your child will receive a colored slip indicating his/her citizenship behavior for the day. Please take time to review your child's behavior for the day and praise him/her for his/her successes. If he/she had difficulties, discuss positive alternative behavior to correct the problem. Make sure you consistently take time to look at the Citizen Behavior slips, this helps make your child accountable for his/her actions which is the first step in learning to be responsible.