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First Grade
Laniece Sharpe
E HANFORD DOLE ELEMENTARY
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News for the Month of December:
During the month of December, our class has been busy learning
about Christmas traditions. We constructed beautiful gingerbread houses.
To learn about families, we brought in pictures of our families and displayed
them in the hallway. On Wednesday, December 12, our letters to Santa were
featured in the Salisbury Post. We are counting down the days until Christmas on
the calendar, learning about the poinsettia plant, and reading Christmas stories and poems.

During this very important year of first grade, your child will experience many exciting learning experiences. We will learn to read and explore books. We will write our own sentences and stories using phonetic skills and our classroom word wall. Through discovery, critical thinking, and reasoning skills we will solve math and science problems. Art will be a major part of our curriculum, as we incorporate our creativity into each subject.

 
My Philosophy of Teaching 
Children deserve respect. A child's self esteem should be nurtured tenderly. My job is to work with a child until he/she learns. Your child should enjoy the learning process and I want to help them develop their own motivation for learning. I will do my best to encourage your child to be a successful learner. Modeling is the most powerful way to affect a child's learning. Please model the love of learning at home by reading to and in front of your child. -
Mrs. Laniece Sharpe 
 "The highest result of education is tolerance." -Helen Keller 

Discipline Plan 
Rewards
A happy teacher 
Verbal praise 
Extra free time
Good note sent home 
Consequences
Verbal warning 
Change ticket 
Thinking chair 
Loss of recess time
Parent Contact Principal
My First and Second Quarter Objectives
Language 
Listening/ Speaking Objectives:
  • Identify classmates by name
  • Introduce self by first and last name 
  • Participate in rhymes, songs, conversations and discussions
  • Orally complete predictable text and rhymes
  • Participate in rhymes, songs, conversations and discussions
Phonics: 
Identify and use in reading initial consonant sounds
Identify and use in decoding short vowel sounds of a and o Read and spell phonograms: 
-at
-an
-ot
-op
  • Identify and use in reading initial consonant sounds
  • Identify and use in decoding short vowel sounds of a,o and i
  • Read and spell phonograms: 
-ill
-op
-it
-ip
-ad
Reading: 
  • Identify characters and setting of story read 
  • Make predictions regarding story 
  • Use contextual clues to read (meaning, structure, visual) 
  • Read with fluency 
  • Identify problems and solutions of story real
  • Identify details in story read
  • Use contextual clues to read (meaning, structure, visual)
High Frequency Words 
but
looks
no
who
did
her
she
they
let's
have
here
there
he
out
that
with
for
this
down
over
Writing: 
  • Write first and last name using capital and lowercase letters. Capitalize pronoun "I" in writing. 
  • Write in daily journal
  • Identify and use word wall as a reference for high frequency words 
  • Identify a statement and a question, and be able to differentiate between the two.
  • Write upper and lower case letters of the alphabet
  • Write in daily journal
  • Identify and use word wall as a reference for high frequency words
    The Writer's Checklist:
    2. I used capital and lowercase letters correctly.
    3. I put a punctuation mark (.,?) at the end of each sentence.
    4. I have space between my words. 
    5. I used at least 1 describing word (adjective).
    Math 
    • Patterns - make predictions, identify and create patterns
    • Identify number concepts to 20
    • Use number lines 
    • Number words 1-5 
    • Daily calendar 
    • Beginning addition and subtraction 
    • Problem solving: making a picture, acting it out, looking for a pattern 
    · Add numbers to 12 using a number line or manipulatives if needed
    · Subtract numbers to 12 using a number line or manipulatives if needed
    · Recognize and apply terms more, less and same as
    · Recognize number words 6-12
    · Problem solving: making a picture, acting it out, looking for a pattern
    · Beginning addition and subtraction
    Problem solving: making a picture, acting it out, looking for a pattern
    Science
    • Five Senses
    • Safe Practices 
    • Safety and Healthy Habits
    • Make observations using senses 
    · Weather
    · Seasons
    · Exploring Color
    · Explore color and color mixtures
    · Make predictions and test using scientific experiments
    · Analyze and draw conclusions from experiments
    · Observe changes over time - changes in weather, seasons, organisms, matter
    Social Studies 
    1. Know and follow classroom rules 
    2. Identify authority figures and their responsibilities
    3. Understand that there are different kinds of families
    4. Friendship 
    5. Identify cardinal directions on a map - north, south, east, west
    6. Understand use of a map
    7. Create and use simple maps
    8. Historical figures
    9. Holidays and traditions
    Third Quarter Objectives 
     
    Language: 
    Listening/ Speaking:
    Retell a story
    Participate in rhymes, songs, conversations and discussions
    Phonics:
    Identify and use in reading consonant blends ( -l blends and -r blends )
    Plurals
    Identify and use in reading digraphs /ch/ ch and /wh/ wh
    Read and spell patterns: 
    a-e
    i-e
    o-e
    -l blends
    s- blends
    Reading:
    Draw conclusions from stories read
    Categorize information from text read
    Read and comprehend a familiar text
    Use contextual clues to read (meaning, structure, visual)
    Read with fluency
     
    High Frequency Words/Contractions 
    soon
    went
    some
    many
    look
    which
    make
    were
    way
    about
    don't
    I'll
    I'm
    I've
    it's
    who's
    you'll
     

     

     

    Writing:
    Write a story using a beginning, middle and ending
    Create lists, labels, and captions for illustrations
    Identify a noun in a sentence
    Identify and use word wall as a reference for high frequency words
     

			

			

	






        

        
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