Welcome to First Grade

Miss NovorroRoom 5

2014-2015

My

Background

• Childhood-attended elementary, middle and high school in Scotch Plains

• Education-Montclair State University. Graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2012 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Family and Child Studies concentrating in Elementary Education

• Second year teaching first grade at West End

Contact Information Notes

Email heather_novorro@nplainfield.org

Voice Mail (908) 769-6083 Ext 7747

L.E.A.P(Learning Equally and Peacefully)

Rules! Rules! Rules!

**Sign Homework Journal daily

We Will Be Learning Many Wonderful Things this Year

We will cover all of the subjects and topics that our state and school district believe are

important for your child tolearn during first grade.

We will be using several new programs this year to address the Common Core

State Standards.*Play video*

CurriculumWriting

Program: Good Habits Great Readers

Teach: Organization Ideas/Content Grammar Word Choice Sentence Fluency

MathProgram: Everyday Math• Spiral approach • Hands-on learning• Games• Explorations• Differentiated Instruction(readiness, reinforcement, enrichment)

• Keep parent letters for support

CurriculumReading

Shared ReadingProgram: Good Habits, Great Readers;

Trade books Whole group instruction

Guided ReadingProgram: Daily 5, DRA, Leveled Readers Small group instruction

Both teach self-help strategiesBuild stamina

PhonicsProgram: Good Habits,

Great Readers and Words Their Way

Phonetic approach to word building and decoding

Word Sorts

CurriculumScience

Physical Science: matter, motion and energy

Earth Science: earth, weather and sky

Life Science: plants and animals

Social Studieso My Class, My

Communityo Character Educationo Cultural Traditionso Making Changes; past

and presento Our Place in the Worldo Students receive an

effort grade

HomeworkMath home-linkRead Each Night

Practice Math Facts Phonics Sheets

*Weekly spelling lists will begin in late November

Should take about 20 minutes Sign homework journal

each night

Organiza

tion

School Materials• Take Home Folders• Homework Journals

(check them daily)

Suggested Home Materials• pencils• glue stick• Eraser• crayons • scissors

Specials

Physical Education: Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri

Music: Friday Art: Tuesday Health: Tuesday Library: Wednesday Book Exchange: Wednesday

Grading• Performance Assessments • Progress Checks• Tests• Effort

*Report Cards are sent home 4 times a year- November, January, April and June

Report Card Grades4 Meeting or exceeding expectations3 Progressing toward meeting expectations2 Progressing toward meeting expectations with some support1 Not meeting expectations at this time

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held November 19th- 25th

**Please be sure to sign up for your conference at your earliest convenience

Important Reminders

•Breakfast Club starts at 7:30 Dropping off too early is unsafe

• The school day starts at 8:25 am

•Visit our website at www.nplainfield.org

•Please join the PTA

•Don’t forget to sign up for conferences

Reminders Snack• 10 minutes daily• Should be small & healthy• Send them with spoons, forks

and napkins necessary to eat the snack Lunch Money

• $2.35• Label envelope with child’s

name, 1N and Room 5• Please review lunch choices

daily

Reminders

• *Each week your child has the opportunity to bring home a book from the West End Library. Please listen to and support your child when he or she reads the book. Finished books can be returned the next day so that your child can take home a new one.

Things to Work on With Your Child

• Tying shoes• Making a lunch choice• Knowing what is snack and what is lunch• Knowing addresses and phone numbers• Knowing and spelling first and last names• Knowing his/her birthday

Ways to support learning at home Reading• Practice upper and

lower case alphabet• Practice the sounds of

the alphabet• Read to your child• Have him/her read to

you• Have him/her retell the

story

Math• Have him/her count to you• Practice counting objects• Count loose change/coins• Practice number

recognition• Have him/her write the

numbers 1 to 110• Practice math facts

Let’s work together to have a great school year!