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Welcome to First Welcome to First Grade Grade
Welcome to First Welcome to First Grade Grade
Mrs. HeeneyMrs. HeeneyMrs. KorenkiewiczMrs. Korenkiewicz
Mrs. Kurtz –Literacy FirstMrs. Kurtz –Literacy FirstMiss Bucci – Learning SupportMiss Bucci – Learning Support
Contact Information• Mrs. Lauren Bucci
• Mrs. Polly Heeney [email protected]
• Mrs. Janette Korenkiewicz – [email protected]
• Mrs. Marcia Kurtz – [email protected]
What is Literacy First?• First Grade is the only grade level that
incorporates the Literacy First Program
• First Grade Team
• Allows for another professional educator to be involved in the learning process and assisting student achievement
Benefits of the Program• Two first grade homerooms each with
their own homeroom teacher• Literacy First Teacher available to push
in to assist students with instruction, pull students for individual help or instruction, and team teach with the two homeroom teachers
Co Teaching • Regular Education and Learning
Support teachers working hand in hand
• Two professionals instructing students together
• More opportunities for small group and individualized instruction
First Grade Curriculum • First grade demands are much
different now than in years’ past
• You will be amazed at what your first grader is learning and is able to do at the end of the school year
Literacy Block• Guided Reading • Reading Anthology• Writing Workshop• Phonics• Making Words• Reading Workshop
Guided Reading• Differentiated instruction in reading on a
student’s individual level in a small group setting
• Reviews past skills and builds upon them • Provides strategies for reading
unfamiliar text• Occurs daily with assignments sent
home to reread and review the text
• Reading fluency• Reading Comprehension • Vocabulary • Sight Words • Independent reading • Introduces students to a variety of
texts and genres
Reading Anthology • Scott Foresman Reading Street • 5 Themed Books – Each with 6 stories• Each story introduces phonics skills and
comprehension/story structure features• Phonics skills are revisited in additional
stories and build upon each other • Include Guided Reading texts that
connect to the week’s stories • Social Studies or Science relations
Writing Workshop• Follows Lucy Calkins • Builds upon Kid Writing from
Kindergarten • Journal Writing- “Small Moments” –
something that has happened in your own life
• Persuasive, Informative, and Narrative • Includes; Parts of Speech,
• Text to Picture Match • Handwriting (Start your letters at the top)• Spaghetti and Meatball Spaces (word/letter
spacing) • Good Beginning • Talk Across your Hand (planning thoughts)• Transition Words • Juicy Details (Hamburger)• Wrap it Up (Ending)• COPS (Editing; Capitals, Omissions,
Punctuation, Spelling)
Phonics• Instruction follows reading • Differentiated by students’ need level • Small Group Instruction• Skills include vowel sounds long and short• Blends, digraphs, diphthongs, onsets,
rimes, rhymes, word chunks, prefixes, suffixes, contractions, homophones, etc.
• Skills build upon each other and are applied in all other literacy areas
Making Words • Small Group Instruction • Word Making and Breaking • Onsets and rimes, rhymes, word
families• Differentiated to meet students’
needs
Reading Workshop • Independent reading on students’
own level• Conferences with teachers and
strategy lessons for specific skills• Reading Partners for book
discussions
Mathematics • Scott Foresman Investigations • Inquiry-based explorative math
curriculum • Topics spiral across lessons, units, and
grade levels• 80 Minute Math Period• Manipulatives• Open Ended Problems
Science • Kit-Based Inquiry
lessons • Scientific process• One kit per
quarter • Solids and Liquids• Weather
• Astronomy • Organisms
Social Studies • New Topics This Year• Traveling Passport• Studying Canada, Germany, and
China• Self-directed project on a country
Homework• Guided Reading Homework M-Thurs
– Reread story from class, discussion
• Making Words –twice a week, two sentences
• Word Book –vocabulary sight words • Math, Science, Social Studies –
Sparingly as needed• Parent Signature
Classroom Rules • We use language that is quiet, polite,
and not harmful• We keep hands, feet, body, and objects
to ourselves• We follow directions when given.• We care about others’ feelings. We
treat others the way we want to be treated
Behavior Incentive • Cards • Green, Orange, Yellow, Red, Blue • Students receive a stamp on their
daily calendar for keeping a green card for the day
• After 5 stamps, a student can move their token to the next level
• Play Football, Ski Race, and Baseball
• After all students have completed all levels, students vote on behavior incentive
Report Card • Math, Reading, and Writing aligned to
Pennsylvania State Standards• Math and Reading Proficient Skills • 4, 3, 2, 1, scale• Reading Requirement -10 Books • Conferences after First Quarter;
additional conferences available after successive quarters
Work Habits and Social Skills
• List included on Mrs. Korenkiewicz’s website through the BASD homepage
• Students assessed on each descriptor using the criteria listed
Interventions • Literacy First • Remediation• Title One • Speech Therapy • Occupational Therapy • RtI (Response to Intervention)
The First Grade Garden • “First Grade is very much like a
garden….some flowers will be blooming right away at the beginning of the school year and others will progress and bloom in the spring…”
Questions?• Parents are invited and
encouraged to come back to your child’s classroom and visit our learning space
• Teachers will be available to meet and discuss any other concerns