Miss Roling’s First Grade Class!

2011-2012

About the Teacher• First year teaching • Graduated from Kennesaw State University• Grew up in Gwinnett county

Attendance• If your child is absent please send a

note stating the reason.• Cobb County Attendance Policy• 5 Absences/Tardies – A note will be

sent home from the teacher.• 10 Absences/Tardies – A letter will be

sent home from the principal.• 12 Absences/Tardies – A Social Worker

will contact the parents.

Behavior Management• Monthly chart sent home daily• Child will color the date the color

of the clip that they ended up on today

• Color explanations are found on the monthly chart

Birthdays• Parents may send in a special snack

(cupcakes, cookies, donuts, etc.) to be eaten at lunch.

• Party Invitations - To avoid hurt feelings, please do not send party invitations to school with your child unless you are inviting the whole class, or either all of the girls or all of the boys.

Communication• BLOG- Updated monthly, sign up

to receive e-mail updates• www.cobbk12.org/mtview• -click on teachers, first grade,

and my name• E-mail:

Katherine.Roling@cobbk12.org

Important Information• Conference Week – October 24-

28• Early release during conference

week• Dismissal- Please send a written

note for any transportation change and place in your child’s daily folder.

• Envelopes- Please send all money in a labeled envelope.

Homework• Homework Notebook-A monthly

calendar will be kept in your child’s take home folder. There is a short activity to complete each night. The notebook will be returned at the end of the month.

• Reading-Please read with your child for at least 20 minutes each night and initial on the homework calendar.

Morning Routine• Daily Morning Work• Daily Journal• Silent Reading• Morning Meeting

Math• Guided Math- Small group

differentiated instruction, math workstations

• Math Rap-Daily Review of Calendar Skills using Smart Board

Math• First Nine Weeks• Review of counting, number patterns• Skip counting-2’s, 5’s, and 10’s• Even and Odd Numbers• Addition and Subtraction facts• Place Value• Greater Than/Less Than• Tallies and Graphing

Reading Workshop• Reading Workshop/Daily 5• Read to Self• Read to Someone• Listen to Reading • Word Work• Work on Writing

Reading Workshop• Guided Reading- Small group

instruction using leveled books A to Z

• Flexible Skill Groups• Reading Level Groups

Reading Workshop• First Nine Weeks• Introduce Daily 5• Identifying story elements• Retelling a story• Making predictions• Schema• Text-to-Self/Text-to-Text/Text-to-World

Connections• Comparing and Contrasting Stories

Language Arts• First Nine Weeks• Parts of a Book• ABC Order • Syllables• Nouns• Proper Nouns• Verbs • Adjectives

Phonics and Spelling• Spelling words will go home on

Monday• Spelling tests will be on Friday • First Nine Weeks• Short Vowels Review • Short Vowel Word Families• Magic E with long vowels• Beginning Consonant Blends

Writer’s Workshop• We write everyday!• Mini Lesson, Writing Time, Share Time• First Nine Weeks• Drawing a detailed picture with labels• Writing a complete sentence• Editing Marks• Capitalization, punctuation, and spacing

between words• Bold Beginnings, Mighty Middle, and

Exciting Ending

Science• First Nine Weeks• Weather-Seasons, types of

weather, weather instruments• Water Cycle- changes in water

Social Studies• First Nine Weeks• Local Community- locate city and

state on map and globe• Benjamin Franklin

Mystery Reader• Our mystery reader time is every

other Thursday at 1:00. You can sign up to be a mystery reader tonight! You should be prepared with 1-2 books and expect to read for about 20 minutes.

Field Trips• Tellus Science Museum• High Touch, High Tech

Thank You…for taking the time to attend Curriculum Night!• I look forward to working with you

and your child this year. It is going to be a wonderful year filled with exciting learning activities!