Welcome to First Grade

Tammy ReardonRoom D101

reardont@edmonds.wednet.edu

(425) 431-3709

A Little About Me

This is my 9th year at Terrace Park and my 10th year with the Edmonds School District.

I’ve taught 1st - 5th grades in:

Alberta British Columbia North Carolina Washington

I have 3 amazing children who keep me busy when I’m not here at school.

I love teaching 1st Grade!

DAILY SCHEDULE

8:50 First Bell Rings

9:00 Tardy Bell rings

- Morning Work

- Attendance and Lunch Count

9:10 Walk to Read

10:00 Literacy Block

11:05 Lunch / Recess

11:45 Calendar and Math

1:35 Afternoon recess

1:55 Snack and Read-Aloud

2:10 Social Studies / Science

3:00 Specialists (Library, Phys-Ed, Music)

3:30 Dismissal

Specialist Schedule

Library with Ms. Smith Monday at 3:00

Phys-Ed with Mr. Smithers Tuesday and Thursday at 3:00 Remember to wear good shoes for Phys-

Ed

• Music with Mrs. Larson• Wednesday and Friday at 3:00

Literacy Instruction We have daily Reader’s Workshop, Writer’s Workshop

and Word Study Lessons

Students participate in short, whole group, mini-lessons which focus on a particular skill/strategy

Students are given time to practice the skill and then are asked to reflect on learning by completing a written response or sharing their thinking and learning with classmates orally.

During individual practice time, I will work with individuals and small groups based on their particular reading, writing needs.

READING INSTRUCTION

Foundational Skills Understanding how print is organized Understanding of spoken words, syllables

and sounds (phonemes) Know and apply grade level phonics and

word analysis skills in decoding words Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency

to support comprehension

Reading

Read and comprehend fiction and informational text Ask questions that lead to deeper understanding Make inferences and predictions Cite evidence Determine central ideas Summarize key details Evaluate arguments and specific claims Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes

WritingNarratives: To develop real or imagined experiences or events

Informational/Expository: To examine and convey complex ideas

Opinion: Write arguments to support claims

Language

Punctuation CapitalizationGrammar Usage

Math Instruction

 Work with addition and subtraction equations

Understand the meaning of the equal sign, and determine if equations involving addition and

subtraction are true or false

Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation relating three

whole numbers

Operations and Algebraic ThinkingRepresent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction  Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving: adding to, taking

from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing with unknowns in all position

Solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20

 

Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction  Apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract (e.g. If 8+3=11 is known, then 3+8=11 is known)

Understand subtraction as an unknown addend problem  Add and subtract within 20

Relate counting to addition and subtraction

Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making a 10; decomposing a number; using the relationship between addition and subtraction; and creating equivalent but easier or known sums.

Number and Operations in Base Ten

Extend the counting sequence◦ Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and

write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral

Understand place value

Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones.

Understand that:

10 can be thought of as a bundle of 10 ones

The numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a ten and a one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones

The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine tens ( and 0 ones).

Compare two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits, recording the results of comparison with the symbols >, <, and = Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract

Add within 100, including:

Adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number

Adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10

Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones; sometimes it is necessary to compose a 10

Given a two-digit number , mentally find 10 more or 10 less than the number, without having to count. Subtract multiples of 10 in the range 10-90.

Measurement and Data

Measure lengths indirectly

Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object

Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units

Tell and write time

Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks

Represent and interpret data

Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to 3 categories

Ask and answer questions about how many more or how many less in one category than in another

Geometry

Reason with shapes and their attributes

Distinguish between defining attributes vs non-defining attributes; build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes

Compose two-dimensional shapes or three-dimensional shapes

Partition circles and rectangles into two and four equal shares, describe the shares using tie words halves, fourths, and quarters, and use the phrases half of, fourth of, and quarter of.

Social Studies

Families in Our Community

• How do families change over time?

• Why do families live where they do?

• What are the roles and responsibilities that families have?

• How do families meet their needs and wants?

Families in Other Places

• How are families alike and different?

National Symbols

Science Instruction

Students will explore science topics through hands on activities.

• Air and Weather

• States of matter: Solids and Liquids

Math Homework

The purpose of math homework is to provide students with the opportunity to practice the skills learned in class.

Students should try to turn in math homework daily.

READING HOMEWORK

Books are assigned according to your student’s individual instructional reading level.

A student will be assigned more difficult reading material when he/she has demonstrated ACCURACY, COMPREHENSION AND FLUENCY at a particular level.

Individualized Practice

Students will be assigned no more than can be read in approximately 15 minutes.

Passages/pages will be assigned multiple times in order to build fluency.

MORE ABOUT READING HOMEWORK

Reading homework will be sent home on a daily basis, unless the reading volunteer calls in sick.

Homework should be completed and returned to school on a daily basis.

Please take the time to write “did not read” on your student’s homework log if he/she was unable to read on a particular night.

Student of the Week

One student will be selected randomly to be “Student of the Week’

The SOTW will fill out a poster to be placed on our calendar wall.

The student of the week will get to take home Howler,

Our Adventures With Howler

Each week student will get to take home Howler, our class mascot.

Howler loves adventure and is happy to travel back and forth to ballet, soccer games, gymnastics, etc. He gets scared when he’s left behind so it’s important to keep track of him.

A journal will be provided in Howler’s bag. I encourage your student to write about his/her adventures together. Feel free to add photographs, student drawn art, ticket stubs, etc. in the journal. Students love to share their adventures with classmates.

Be aware that Howler is afraid of fire, aggressive family pets and younger siblings yielding markers, scissors, etc. Please do your very best to keep Howler safe when he is visiting you and your family.

Volunteer OpportunitiesReading Volunteers

Volunteers are needed daily for the success of the individualized reading program.

Usually I have several volunteers who are able to commit to coming on a particular day and time for the remainder of the school year.

Ideally, every student gets to read with a volunteer every day

Enrichment Activities

Celebrations

Help out at celebrations such as Apple Day, Dr. Seuss Day our 100th Day Celebration.

Chaperone a Field Trip

We’d love to have you join us.

ClericalAssemble materialsMount art workManage Book Orders

Please remember to sign up for parent conferences.

The sign up sheet is located on a table in the pod.