Welcome to Open
School Night
First Grade
2016 – 2017
INTRODUCTION
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Ms. Scobie
11TH year teaching
Tonight- Overview
No conferencing tonight (sign up for a
conference on the back table)
CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL:
[email protected]
Breakfast
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Breakfast will be served in the cafeteria
beginning at 8:05 a.m.
Students eat in cafeteria- allow plenty of time
to get breakfast and eat it
Students sent to classrooms by 8:30 a.m.
SNACK
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HEALTHY
Daily/Morning- around 9:40 or 10:40
NO SHARE RULE
Drinks are OK-water can stay on the desk
Encourage hand washing
Bathroom use is encouraged at this time
NO PEANUTS
DISMISSAL
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Note required for any changes in how your
child will be going home
Send note if different person will be picking
your child up
Front door dismissal daily
NEWSLETTERS
Posted each Monday on our website.
 Lists events, skills being covered, Sight
Words for the week
 http://www.hicksvillepublicschools.org//
site/Default.aspx?PageID=2003
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SIGHT WORDS
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Important part of reading program is students
knowing Sight Words ON SIGHT
Sight words are assigned at the start of each 5day cycle. This WON’T always be on a Monday.
Practice throughout the week
If your child can read the word by sight, practice
having him or her spell the word
Students will be assessed on their sight words
before and after each Unit – available on our
website
HOMEWORK
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Contract on back of folder
Homework assigned on Monday for the week
Each night: Math pages or worksheet, sight word
practice, read for 15 minutes and talk, optional
workbook pages
5 missed or incomplete homeworks = detention after
school on Friday
Please return text books and readers next day
FRIDAY FOLDERS
Sent home most Fridays (if there are
tests to be reviewed and returned)
 There will be a section dedicated to
correspondence
 Sign folder – review tests with your
child
 Sign and return tests
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EXTRA HELP
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Offered TUESDAY and THURSDAY
mornings at 8:05am
Will send a note home letting you know if
your child should attend
Tutoring assigned based on MAP scores and
beginning of year tests
5 student maximum
Curriculum
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Guide is on our website (Your Child in First
Grade)
Parent Friendly Common Core Standards
http://www.hicksvillepublicschools.org/cms/lib
2/NY01001760/Centricity/Domain/1287/1Your%20Child%20in%20First%20Grade%20
2014.pdf
MATH
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Go Math! – Links on my website
https://wwwk6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/viewResources.do?method
=retrieveResources&pageName=resourcepage
Common Core State Standards
Refer to child friendly standards on my webpage
Go Math! Practice workbook stays at home
Homework pages assigned on homework worksheet
Tear out and send in the next day
SCIENCE
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Some concepts being covered in our Science
program are: Life (plants and animals)
Physical (sound, light, heat)
Earth (weather, sky, rocks)
Human Body (health, growing)
READING
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Reading Street (accessible online)
New sight words each week
Words Their Way assessments
Reading Inventory
Columbia Teachers College Writing Project
MAP Tests determine placement (Remedial
Reading)
Accessing Reading Street
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Hicksvillepublicschools.org
Parent links- PowerSchool
Log In
Pearson Courses on the left side
Use special username and password
Online Support for Home
RAZ-KIDS
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Online reading program
Leveled books
Levels can change
Will receive username
and password soon (it
should still be the same
from last year)
GO MATH!
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Online math support
Printable workbook pages
Math readers
Math concept videos
See username and
password on the desk
REPORT CARDS
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3 times a year
Not all concepts covered in first Trimester –
will be indicated with an X
Keep the report card
Sign and return the envelope
Behavior Modification
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Positive Reinforcement: Table Races,
Shining Stars, Class Dojo
10 points on Class Dojo = Prize
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
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Small treat (cupcakes, munchkins, cookies)
Must be store bought and PEANUT FREE
Usually celebrate in the afternoon – drop off
at front desk
PLEASE do not hand out invitations to a
party UNLESS the whole class is invited (25
students)
See FRIENDSHIP LIST
HOW YOU CAN HELP
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Keep in touch (Friday folders, call office, note in
homework folder)
Check and sign homework daily
Check website each Monday
Practice Sight Words
SLEEP!
Less TV, more reading
Volunteer for trips
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Encourage speaking in full sentences
Set up a quiet Homework space with supplies
ONLY for homework
Bring your child to school ON TIME – 5 times
late is mandatory detention for your child. Drop
off begins at 8:15am. Your child is marked late if
they arrive after 8:30am.
Sign up for a conference (in hall)
Sign up for Parent Portal (Comp Lab)
QUESTIONS???