Welcome to 1st Grade!Gulf Shores Elementary School2013-2014

School-Parent Compact: School Responsibilities Provide high quality curriculum and instruction in a

supportive and effective learning environment that enables the participating children to meet the State's student academic achievement standards

Hold registration and parent-teacher conferences annually during which this compact will be discussed as it relates to the individual child's achievement

Provide parents with frequent reports on their children's progress

Provide parents reasonable access to staff

Provide parents opportunities to volunteer and participate in their child's class

School-Parent Compact: Parent's Role Make sure my child arrives on time every day and

limiting checkouts

Make sure homework is completed and signed by a guardian

Make sure my child is wearing the correct uniform

Listen to my child read 15 minutes every night

Make sure my child goes to bed at an appropriate time

Keep contact information updated with the school office and teacher when changes occur

Stay informed about my child's education and communicate with the school by promptly reading all notices from the school or school district and responding, as appropriate, and utilize the school website

Support my child by volunteering to serve on Title I advisory committees, parental involvement committees and school activities

School-Parent Compact: Student's Role

Always do my best

Complete weekly homework and return it on time

Wear my uniform correctly every day

Read an extra 15 minutes each day

Bring my "Home Folder" to school every day

Once at home, give my guardian all important papers from my "Home Folder"

Attend school regularly arriving on time unless I am sick

Follow the rules in my school and my classroom

Treat all electronic devices with care and respect and only as instructed

Homework• Homework packets will come home every

Monday.

• Packets include reading homework and math pages.

• Homework packets are due each Friday. Please make sure you sign the appropriate spots.

• Your child must complete and return the entire packet in order to participate in Fun Friday.

• Please make sure your child reads to you EVERY night!

Homework Bulletin

WeeklyTake

Home Reader

Example

WeeklyReading

HomeworkExample

Reading Goals

• Our goal in first grade is FLUENCY! That means we would like for the children to read smoothly, accurately and quickly with ease.

• Another big goal in first grade is COMPREHENSION! Comprehension is the ability to understand the meanings communicated in stories/texts.

• We measure and monitor reading progress using the DIBELS test. During the test, a student reads 3 passages they have not seen before. The middle score of the passages is recorded. The December goal for a first grader is to read at least 20 words per minute. The May goal is 40 words per minute.

• READ! READ! READ! Research proves that volume reading increases fluency and comprehension.

Math Goals

• Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction

• Fact Fluency: Add and subtract within 20

• Extend the counting sequence• Understand place value• Measure lengths • Tell and write time• Represent and interpret data• Reason with shapes and their

attributes

We use the Investigations program which involves hands on activities and the use of tools

(manipulatives).

GradesFirst graders earn letter/number grades for:

Reading

Spelling

Grammar/Language

Math

Science

Social Studies

First graders earn performance grades for:

Handwriting

Conduct

Health

Music

Art

PE

Grading ScaleA=100-90B= 80-89C = 70-79D = 60-69

F = 59 and below

G = GoodS = Satisfactory

N = Needs Improvement

U = Unsatisfactory

I-Now at HomeYou can monitor your child's grades from home via I-Now.

https://inow-baldwinco.asc.edu/

informationnow

Usernames and passwords will come home soon.

Positive Behavior Rewards

At least once a month, students who have stayed on green and have returned ALL homework, will be allowed to participate in Fun Friday.

In addition, if a student does not "strike out" (move to red 3 times) during each 20 day school period, he/she will get to participate in special event planned by the principal. (The strike outs include bus and PE referrals.)

Parents will be notified when a "strike" is earned.

Thank you for coming!!!1st GradeGulf Shores Elementary School2013-2014