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Welcome. Take a look around the room Find your child’s seat and read their letter Help yourself to lemonade and cookies. Introduction. About Mrs. Hugo Education Experience. Who is Your First Grader?. Physical Characteristics Full of energy Enjoys boisterous play
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Welcome • Take a look around the room • Find your child’s seat and read their letter • Help yourself to lemonade and cookies
Introduction • About Mrs. Hugo • Education • Experience
Who is Your First Grader? Physical Characteristics • Full of energy • Enjoys boisterous play • Enjoys manipulating things • May be easily distracted • Often forgets to raise hand • Needs physical release • Needs consistent rules and structure
Who is Your First Grader? Relationships • May have difficulty waiting turn • Thinks teacher is always right • Teacher dependent • Often plays best with friends in pairs • Friendships may be stormy and competitive
Who is Your First Grader? Cognitive/Learning Skills • Loves school! • Enthusiastic about learning • Loves listening to stories • Visual learners • Learn best through hands-on • Increased ability to sequence things in time • Enjoys learning about people and places • Reading skills are emerging • Asks lots of questions • Loves to share • Needs lots of praise and encouragement • Easily forgets, frequent repetition
My Goals • Build a caring, inclusive, and welcoming community • Students feel safe to take risks • Experience a sense of success and accomplishment • Develop integrity, self discipline, and respect • Develop a love of learning • Ensure all students achieve, taking away failure as an option
Our Daily Schedule Morning: 8.0-11.20 • Morning Work • Calendar • Morning meeting • Phonics and phonemic awareness • Readers Workshop (1 hour) • Writers Workshop (1 hour) Afternoon 12.00-3.00 • Chapter book read aloud • Math Workshop (1 hour) • Social studies/science/computers • Snack & recess • Gym, Art, library, or Music • Dismissal
Readers Workshop Balanced Literacy Program • Read Alouds • Shared Reading • Guided Reading • Independent Reading • Listening Center • Word Study • Response Journals • Computer Center
Writing in First Grade Focus on the craft and conventions of writing • Reflect, learn, discover, and explore the world • Independent: monthly journals • Interactive: teacher led • Shared pen: morning message, class books • Writers workshop: • Creating young writers • 10 minute mini-lesson direct and explicit • Work independently on drafting, editing, and publishing their writing • Regular conferences with teacher • Whole class discussion and share • Handwriting: Zaner Bloser
Math Workshop Growing with Math • Spiral Program • Emphasis on Problem solving • Actively involved through hands-on activities • Real world connection • Self-discovery • Show and explain mathematical thinking • Develop math language • Fun!
Social Studies • Geography and map skills • Our community • Time For Kids • Holidays and celebrations • Current events Science • Forces and motion • Living organisms • Life cycles • Standard measure
Extra Special Activities • Class picture book • Roar the Lion • Show and tell • Mystery readers • S.T.A.R. • Fifty nifty United States • Poetry workshop • Weekly math games • Boston pen pals • Field Trips: Norwalk Hospital (Jan/Feb), Bronx Zoo (June), and Beach Picnic (June)
Homework • Pencil only please • Review your child’s work • Discuss and fix mistakes • Send a note if your child is having difficulty • Have your child put folder in own backpack • Send a note with excuse • Reading logs: beginning late Fall • Weekly Schedule (may vary): Mon: math and word work Tues: math and sight words Wed: math and poetry Thurs: math and sight words Fri: no homework • Please help your child read every night, help them with handwriting and ask them how they got their answers? in math
Remember • Snack, no nuts! • Water bottles • Art smock • Sneakers (Mon. & Thurs.) • Notes for change of dismissal plans
If You Need Me! • Email: LHugo@darienps.org • Call: 655 0044 ext. 8178 • Send a note with your child • Please allow time to respond. • In an emergency contact the main office
Sign Ups • December Conferences • Wednesday Mystery Reader??? • Thursday Math games • Class Parties Room Moms Lisa Grant: logrant@aol.com Carol Zho: zhoufamily99@yahoo.com
Thank You for Coming! I look forward to a rewarding year together. Please write a letter back to your child before you go!