Elementary School: First Grade: Mrs. Ewin

First Grade

by Sarah Ewin

First Grade

Mrs. Ewin’s Class

Daily Schedule:

8:15 Calendar

8:30 Phonics (M/F)&Morning Meeting Tu-Th)

9:00 Core Reading

9:45 Milk Break/Restroom

10:00 Guided Reading

10:30 Heggerty

11:30 Lunch

12:30 Recess

12:30 Everyday Math

1:15 Writing

1:55 Pull Out

2:15 PE

2:55 Dismissal

Specials:

Music = Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Library = Tuesday

Computer Lab = Wednesday

Big Red Way Rules:

Respectful

Responsible

Safe

Rewards:

* verbal praise

* X on chart = prizes when fill up chart

* stickers

* stamps

* prize

Consequences:

* first time = verbal warning

* removal from activity

* loss of recess/silent lunch = note will be sent home for parent(s) to sign

* visit Mrs. Raynor & note will be sent home for parent(s) to sign

Approved Snacks:

* Snacks may be sent in at any time. We will munch on these while drinking our milk. Please send enough snacks to accommodate 15 children.

*We do not celebrate birthdays with a party at school anymore. The office will recognize each “birthday student” on the morning announcements and award a little prize.

* No tree nuts, peanuts (item can‘t be produced in an area where peanuts are either), red dye, or strawberries are allowed in the classroom. Please check the label on each item before you buy it.

* No Little Debbie Snacks

Gold Fish Crackers

Crackers with Easy Cheese

Graham crackers

Pretzels

Veggies and dip

Celery with cream cheese

Chips and salsa

Raisins

Fresh Fruit: apples, bananas, orange slices

String cheese/cheese cubes

Applesauce - please send spoons as well

Cottage cheese with corn chips

Popcorn with cheese chunks

Pickles

Pudding/Jell-O (not red) - please send spoons as well

Dry cereals - make sure to check the labels

Go-Gurt

Yogurt - please send spoons as well

Ice Cream/Sherbet - please send spoons/bowls as well

Secure Skills:

The following is a list of Secure Exit Skills that your child will need to master before being promoted to Second Grade. These skills are worked on daily in the classroom and need to be reviewed at home as well.

Math Secure Skills

1. Read and write two digit numbers

2. Perform rationale counting (for example, look at a set of objects and know how many objects are in the set)

3. Identify place value in two digit numbers (for example, in the number 25, the 2 represents the number of tens and the 5 represents the number of ones)

4. Use cents notation

5. Show money amounts with coins

6. Recognize pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters

7. Understand the meaning of addition and subtraction

8. Solve addition and subtraction number stories

9. Add and subtract using the number grid

10. Find patterns in addition and subtraction facts

11. Use the symbols + - =

12. Write addition and subtraction sentences

13. Measure to the nearest inch

14. Tell time on the hour, half-hour, and quarter hour

Secure Reading Skills

1. Short vowel sounds (example=the /a/ sound as in hat)

2. Base words and endings -s, -ed, and -ing (example=picks, picked, and picking)

3. Diagraphs th, sh, wh, ch, tch (example=thin, she, when, chip, itch

4. Beginning and ending blends (example = /fl/ as in flood)

5. Long vowel with silent /e/ (example = bike)

6. Sequence of events (example = what happens first, next, and last in a story?)

7. Story Structure (example = characters, setting, problem, and solution)

8. Cause and effect (example = what would happen to a pig if he rolls in the mud? He will get dirty!)

9. Realism/Fantasy (real-life or make-believe)

10. Compare and contrast (example = big cats to pet cats)

11. Main idea and details (example = what is the story about?)

12. Making predictions (What do you think will happen next?)

13. High Frequency Words (sight words)

14. Fluency (40-60 words per minute)

Secure Writing Skills

1. Uses capital letters at the beginning of a sentence and with names.

2. Uses end punctuation.

3. Writes sentences that express a complete thought.

4. Writes legible sentences with appropriate spacing.

5. Writes a five sentence paragraph about one topic (in other words, all the sentences in the paragraph stay on the topic).

Report Cards

Report cards will be sent home at the end of every Quarter. They will need to be signed and returned. Here is a sample of the concepts that will be assessed on the report card. Please talk to your child about the importance of each target area.

Target Areas:

Reading Development

~Reads high frequency words (sight words)

~Comprehension skills

~Uses reading strategies (picture cues, letter sounds, etc.)

~Independently reads grade level material

Written Language Development

~Illustrates to convey meaning

~Writes a complete sentence

~Uses appropriate capitalization

~Uses appropriate punctuation

~Learns assigned spelling words