Room 10
Lisa Wilson
WELCOME TO FIRST GRADE
Contact Information
 [email protected]
 233-5616 (phones do not ring during the
school day)
 Check out my website at www.npd117.net
 Choose school: Dorn
 Classroom: Wilson
 Things on my page: PICTURES! Weekly
Newsletter, Word Study List and worksheets,
great websites to try, and more!
Snack and Lunch
 Fresh fruit and vegetables only!!!!
 No dips, applesauce, yogurt, etc.
 Juice or water bottles
 Two lunch choices a day. Please go over the
menu with your child so they know what to
choose.
Homework Policy
 A weekly homework
packet will go home the
beginning of each week.
This will cover reading
and math skills.
Homework packets are
to be done by the
students and may need
some parent support.
They are to be returned
each Friday.
 There is a reading log
inside each homework
packet. Your CHILD is to
read to YOU each night.
Weekly Word Study Homework:
Sample Word Study Assessment
Grading:
*The FIVE words listed
on the word
study/spelling contract
will be graded as well as
five words that relate to
that weeks Word Study.
*In this example the
five words are: am, had,
can, will, and.
*The Word Study focus
was on short /a/ word
families. The words are:
last, rash, cab, pack, fat.
The graded words are
underlined if they are
correct and circled if
they are incorrect.
*The other words are
NOT graded.
English Language Arts
 Guided Reading
 Writing
 Word Study
 Self Selected Reading
(ELA)
ELA Units are…
 Quarter 1: Characters with Character &
Community Helpers
 Quarter 2: Space & A Great Big Word
 Quarter 3: Famous Authors & Animals
 Quarter 4: Plants & Mysteries
ELA:
Guided Reading
“The purposes of guided reading is to expose
children to a wide range of literature, teach
comprehension strategies, and teach children
how to read material that becomes
increasingly harder.”
-P.M. Cunningham
Some English Language Arts
Skills we will work on are..
 Identifying if a text is informational or a story for
fun.
 Ask and answer meaningful questions about a
text.
 Identify the meaning behind unfamiliar
vocabulary through the text.
 Identify the central message of a story using text
to support their answer.
 Identify and use text features such as bolded
words, labels and captions to answer questions
about a text.
ELA:
Picture walks
Predictions
Graphic Organizers
Choral, Echo , Shared
and Paired reading
Small group reading
ERT (everyone read
to…)
“Book Clubs:”
students are grouped
by ability and given text
to read at their level
Guided Reading
ELA:
Writing
“One way children learn to read is by writing.
Their own writing is sometimes the first thing
they can read!”
-P.M. Cunningham
ELA:
We will cover Narrative,
Informational, Opinion and
Letter Writing throughout
the year.
Most writing lessons are
tied to our Guided Reading
Lessons.
Lessons are modeled for
the students to teach a
variety of skills from how
to pick a topic, sentence
structure and editing work.
Children write daily!
Children will conference
with the teacher about
their own writing.
Children share their work
with their classmates.
Writing
ELA:
Writing
 Children are expected to write in complete sentences using correct
punctuation!
 As we move through our word study lessons children are expected to apply
the skills learned in their daily writing!
ELA:
Word Study
During Word Study,
children learn to read and spell high frequency
words and the patterns that allow them to
decode and spell lots of other words.
-P.M. Cunningham
ELA:
Word Study
Word families
Application of word
families
Making words
On the side
Decoding
Be a mind reader
Weekly Word Study
assessments
Weekly Word Study
homework
See my website for
the list or words and
families!
Self Selected Reading
“Self-Selected Reading is that part of a
balanced literacy program during which
children get to choose what they want to
read and to what parts of their reading they
want to respond. Opportunities are provided
for children to share and respond to what is
read. Teachers hold individual conferences
with children about their books.”
- P.M. Cunningham
Self Selected Reading
Teacher reads aloud
various stories for
enjoyment.
Variety of levels are
provided for students to
choose from.
Variety of fiction and
non-fiction are
provided.
Conferencing takes
place with teacher to
ensure comprehension
is taking place.
Students share what
they read about.
Self Selected Reading
Math:
Origo Stepping Stones
Our math program is called Origo. This program has a lot of hands on learning and
Smartboard activities to support the concepts taught. Homework will be sent home
in the weekly packet to support the skills we are working on in class.
 Number Sense
 Graphing and reading
data
 Problem Solving
 Skip Counting
 Fractions
 Addition and
Subtraction Fact
Fluency within 10
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Addition and subtraction within 100
Fractions
Time
Balancing equations
Word Problems
Money
Counting on and back
and much more!
Science and Social Studies
Science:
 Animals
 Plants
 Weather
 Solar System
 Nutrition
Social Studies
 Geography/Maps
 History and customs
 Families
 All about me
 Presidents
Thank You!
Thank you for coming tonight. I look forward to a
wonderful year with your children!