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Helpful Information
Responsive Classroom
It is important that students learn to control themselves in order to
be safe and create a positive learning environment. It is part of my
job as the teacher to teach those skills and help the students develop
self-control. As a school and district we have procedures and policies
to ensure all students are treated fairly and that hurtful behavior is
addressed with the goal of helping the child learn to control him/her
self. Webster is a Responsive Classroom School. Part of that
philosophy is a positive discipline model. Our goal is to teach the
students how to behave in school, practice and model those behaviors
and use a system of logical consequences rather that punishments to
help the students correct their behavior, learn from mistakes and move
on. These are some of the elements: When a student is off task or
disruptive to the group they will be asked to Take a Break in
the classroom.This is not meant as a punishment. It is taught as a
chance for the student to reflect on his/her behavior, regain
self-control and then rejoin the group. They may take several of these
short breaks (approx. 2 minutes each) during the day either directed by
the teacher or (eventually) as their own choice to regain control. The
goal is that the student is able to refocus and rejoin the group. If
a student continues to disrupt the class or refuses to follow
directions he/she will be directed to the Buddy Teacher (another first grade teacher). The student goes to the Buddy Room
for about 10 minutes to refocus and get back on track and then return
to class. If they disrupt in the Buddy Room they will then be sent to
the Focus Room. I will attempt to call you at that time to let
you know they are going to the Focus Room. Your child will also bring
home a written discipline slip about the incident. Please sign it and
return it to school. Behaviors such as fighting, deliberately injuring
another person, will result in being sent to the Focus Room immediately.
Home Phone Numbers and Addresses
If your phone number or
address changes during the year, please notify the school. We need
current information to keep in touch with you and contact you in case
of an emergency.
Communication Folder
Important
papers, which need to be signed and returned as soon as possible, will
come home in a red communication folder. Please return the papers in
the same folder so that it can be used all year. The red folder should
alert you to the urgent response that is needed.
Backpacks
Your
child needs to bring a backpack or school bag to school each day.
Notes, papers, and homework are often sent home. Papers are less likely
to be lost when small hands don’t have to carry them. It helps to keep
a folder in the backpack to carry the papers that are coming to or from
school. This keeps them from being wadded up at the bottom of the bag.
Homework
Homework
will be assigned on a weekly basis. Assignments will be sent home on
Tuesdays and be due the following Monday. Homework will not be the same
for every student. It will be assigned to meet the student’s present
level of learning and will be used for reinforcement or enrichment
purposes. Assessment will be done early in the year to determine each
student’s academic needs.
Morning Meeting
Everyday, our classroom schedule begins with a Morning Meeting.
Morning Meeting is a time where the whole class comes together in a
supportive environment in order to start the day with a soft landing.
It helps build a strong classroom community and strong relationships
between students and teachers.
Morning Meeting has four parts:
- Greeting--Students
learn different ways to greet one another. Sometimes the greetings are
done individually with each student acknowledging another member of the
class.
- Sharing--Students
have the opportunity to share parts of the life with the class in a
non-threatening way. Through sharing, students are able to build
connections between one another.
- Game/Activity--Games and
activities provides students with an opportunity to practice classroom
behaviors and academics in a fun and safe format.
- News and Announcements--A
morning message is written everyday for students to read and interact
with. The morning message provides an academic link into that day's
learning.
Reader's Workshop
Reader's workshop follows the Workshop Model presented by St. Paul School District. Reader's workshop has four components:
- Minilesson--a specific teaching point focusing a word-reading strategy or a comprehension strategy
- Academic Choice--
students make a choice to practice a skills that good readers do.
Choices include putting words in ABC order, browsing book boxes,
listening center, making words, and My Picture Dictionary.
- Independent Reading--students
read books at their reading level and record the books read in a
reading log. Students use post-it notes to record the strategies used
during independent reading.
Reading Expectations:
- Read 25 books, talk about them and retell them
- Follow simple directions
- Match sounds with letters and sound out words
- Correctly read and spell frequently used words
- Figure out new words’ meaning or pronunciation
- Recognize reading mistakes and attempt to correct them
- Write and tell about familiar stories, ideas and experiences using complete sentences
- Check written work for spelling, grammar, capitalization and punctuation
- Spell words by sound and use some spelling rules
Math Expectations:
- Count by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s to at least 100
- Add and subtract to 99
- Build number families to 18
- Read math symbols ( <, >, =, +, etc)
- Divide groups or objects into equal parts
- Name and draw shapes
- Count nickels, dimes and quarters and exchange coin values
- Read and use a calendar
- Write and tell time to the half hour
- Read and understand a graph
- Sort, count and classify objects
- Measure length, height, area and capacity
- Measure in inches and centimeters
- Use math to understand and solve problems
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