Welcome to First Grade! Miss Matan’s Class
Your Teacher… • Valerie Matan • 6th year of teaching • Eager to begin a new and exciting year
Our Daily Schedule 8:30 8:55 9:15 10:45 11:45 12:15 12:30 1:10 1:40 2:30 3:30
Breakfast Calendar Math Encore Day 1 PE Reading Day 2 Art Math Day 3 Music Lunch Day 4 PE Recess Day 5 Media Writing Core Extension Encore Science / Social Studies Dismissal
Arrival and Breakfast… • Doors open at 8:30 • After 8:55 students are marked late and must sign in at the office. • All students receive a free breakfast each morning. Students eat breakfast from 8:308:55.
Dismissal
• Dismissal is at 3:30 • Walkers are dismissed from classroom doors • Students are dismissed after announced over intercom • Car riders are taken to the gym • Parents follow the traffic loop to front door Please be sure your child knows how they will go home from school. A written note must be sent in for dismissal changes.
School Supplies • All school supplies have been purchased • Book bags have also been provided for each child this year.
Ride the Wave‌ To Awesome Behavior! All students start on 4 each day 5- caught showing outstanding behavior 3- warning 2- loose part of recess 1- loose all recess and note sent home
Bounce-Back Binders
Bounce it Home, It Bounces back • • • • • •
Travel to and from school each day Reviewed each morning Please review each night Best form of communication HW sheet – sign and return All homework is kept inside this binder at all times
Homework… • See the HW sheet in folder each night • Spelling – First week done in class
• Math
– Fact practice
• Poems
– Read 2-3 poems and complete activity
• Reading
– Guided reading books
Homework Chart
Monday Sept. 27
Spelling
Math Facts Book
Picture Boxes
Complete tonight’s facts
Tuesday Sept. 28
3 times each
Wednesd ay Sept. 29
Word Sort
Thursday Sept. 30 Friday Oct. 1 Things to Rememb er Coming Up…
Week of September 27 Poems
Reading Envelope
Notes
Parent Signature
Read poems and complete activity Complete tonight’s facts Read Guided reading books
Sentences
Enjoy your weekend!!
Early Dismissal
* Homework should take less than 20 minutes. If it is lasting longer, please let me know!
* No School Friday, October 15th * Early Dismissal Friday, October 29th
Notes
Curriculum What will we learn? • • • • • •
Math Patterns Addition / Subtraction Measurement Geometry Money Fractions
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Reading Word families Word wall words Reading strategies Fluency Comprehension
Curriculum What will we learn? Science • Solids and liquids • Sand, silt, pebbles • Insects
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Social Studies Community helpers Maps and geography People around the world Past and present
Before you leave… • Fill out information card • Sign behavior tracking sheet • leave a message on the sandcastle
Questions?? Do you have any other questions about this school year?
Thank You! Thanks for coming to meet me and see the classroom. • Remember- school begins Wednesday at 8:30!