Transcript Welcome to First Grade Curriculum Night!

Welcome Families!
Meet the First Grade Team
• Laura Martin
– [email protected]
– (817) 698-7248
– Room 514
• Christine Benson
– [email protected]
– (817) 698-7249
– Room 513
• Joanna Wilson
– [email protected]
– (817) 698-7247
– Room 515
Meet the Specials Team
Visit their Websites
Sarah Ascher, Art Teacher
[email protected]
Stacie Breckley, PE Teacher
[email protected]
Kayla Gentry, Music Teacher
[email protected]
Cox Elementary
Mission Statement
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Cox Elementary is committed
to creating
a culture of high achievement and
performance for all learners, both
students and staff, while fostering positive
relationships within our school community.
What is Love and Logic?
Love allows children to grow through their mistakes. Logic allows
children to live with the consequences of their choices.
The Love and Logic process is as follows:
•Shared control: Gain control by giving away the control you don’t need.
•Shared thinking and decision-making: Provide opportunities for the child
to do the greatest amount of thinking and decision-making.
•Equal shares of consequences with empathy: An absence of anger
causes a child to think and learn from his/her mistakes.
•Maintain the child’s self-concept: Increased self-concept leads to
improved behavior and improved achievement.
•To learn more about Love and Logic, please visit their website at:
www.loveandlogic.com.
Wayne A. Cox Elementary
Cougars’ Plan for Success
• We will treat each other with respect.
• If you have or create a problem, you will be asked to
solve it.
• If you have trouble solving the problem, or choose
not to, we will do something.
• What we do will depend on each person and the
unique situation.
Elementary Student Dress Code
According to the NISD 2013-14 Student Handbook and
Code of Conduct, students are required to have safe
shoes for physical education and recess every day.
Sandals must have a strap on the heel; flip flops do not
meet dress code. (Page 36)
Flip flops, open-toed shoes, platform shoes, crocks, and
boots are unsafe for PE and recess.
Elementary dress and grooming guidelines can be found
on pages 35-36 of the NISD Student Handbook and Code
of Conduct.
Grades Online
A letter will be mailed home for each student
with a Home Access Center (HAC) login and
password. Progress reports and report cards for
students in grades 1-5 are viewed online
through the HAC, unless requested by the
parent. If you have not received a HAC letter,
please email us at: [email protected].
Grades
The grading system for NISD is as follows:
100 – 90
89 – 80
79 – 70
69 – 0
A
B
C
F
Excellent Progress
Above Average Progress
Average Progress
Unsatisfactory Progress (Failing)
Other areas of study such as art, music, PE, work habits, social
behavior, and student progress are marked as follows:
E = Performs consistently at excellent/above standard expectations
S = Performs consistently at standard expectations
N = Performs slightly below standard expectations
U = Performs consistently below standard expectations
TEA Website
TEA website: www.tea.state.tx.us
- Select “T” from A-Z menu;
- Select “Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills”
- Scroll down to first grade
First Grade Schedule
Doors Open at 7:20
Tardy Bell: 7:45
Recess: 10:45-11:10
Lunch: 11:15-11:45
Specials/Conference: 11:55-12:50
Dismissal: 2:45
Communication
Student Handbook and Code of Conduct at
www.nisdtx.org/studenthandbook
Class websites at www.nisdtx.org
-Select Cox Elementary>Staff>Teacher Name
Pay lunch account online: Parents>Menus/Food
Services
Transportation changes must be emailed to the front
office at [email protected] by 2:00 p.m.
Parent/Teacher fall conferences
Writers’ Workshop
Teacher directed opening mini-lessons to model, encourage, and guide
children to become writers
Independent student writing related to topics of choice, retells,
expository, nonfiction, and a variety of genres
Student goal setting and guidance through individual conferring and
small group work
Students share work in response group and author’s chair
Student writing portfolios held at school
Readers’ Workshop
Teacher directed opening with mini-lessons that teach strategies for
becoming a better reader
Independent reading, partner reading, and readers’ theater that
include a variety of different genres and leveled books
Student goal setting and guidance through individual conferring and
small group work
Readers’ Response Notebooks
Guided Reading Books
Social Studies
Citizenship
Families
Communities
Laws and Rules
Historical Figures
Time Lines
Maps
Science
Students will explore:
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Food chains
Heat, light and sound
Plants
Force and motion
Weather
Living and Nonliving things
Magnetism
Rocks, soil, and water
Math Units
Patterns
Two and three dimensional shapes
Counting money
Telling time (hour and half hour)
Addition and Subtraction
Measuring
Fractions
Place value
Graphs
Problem solving strategies
We love
Math!
Make-Up Work
• Make-up work may be requested only if a child has been
absent for more than two days. Parents may email the
front office before 9:00 a.m. to request homework on the
second day of an absence. The make-up work will then
be available at the front desk at 3:20 p.m. on the second
day.
• Work will not be sent home with siblings, neighbors, or
friends.
Teachers often need to work with children
when they return to school, so not all work will
be sent home.
Birthday Celebrations
• Parents may provide a treat for a child’s birthday that will be served
during the last hour of the day. Please provide individual servings
for the celebration (i.e., cupcakes, cookies, etc.).
• Napkins must be provided.
• Treats are to be dropped off at the front office, or the student may
bring them to the classroom in the morning.
• Parents are not to be in attendance at this time, and we do not take
pictures of this celebration.
• Personal party invitations may not be handed out during the school
day. The child, however, may stand outside the classroom door as
students are leaving for the day to pass out party invitations.
Special Events
Boosterthon Fun Run
Field Trips
Winter Party
Valentine’s Party
Field Day (May)
Daily Folders
• Your child will take home a yellow daily
folder every day.
• Important information, homework, and
more will go home in this folder.
• If you have any notes for the teacher,
please place these in the folder in the
clear pouch (coming soon).
• Any notes regarding behavior will be noted
on the calendar.
Getting Involved at Cox Elementary
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Join the PTA
– Email: [email protected]
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Dads…Become a Watch DOGS Dad
– Program kicks-off in October. Information will be forthcoming.
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Volunteer in the Library
– Contact Ms. Savage at [email protected]
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Assist in the lunchroom
– Email: [email protected]
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Assist the Room Parents
To check the status of your background check, please email
[email protected].
Room Parents for First Grade
-Mrs. Martin’s
Erin Bellows
682-605-4254
[email protected]
-Miss Benson’s
Nichol Lippert
682-936-0112
[email protected]
-Mrs. Wilson’s
Mandy Knight Pate
817-914-4092
[email protected]
Thank You for Your Partnership!
• Remember to check district, school,
and teacher website for current
information.
• Be sure to keep your email, phone, and
address information updated with the
front office at Cox Elementary.
It will be an extraordinary year at
Cox Elementary!
Questions or Concerns?
Meet the First Grade Team
• Laura Martin
– [email protected]
– (817) 698-7248
– Room 514
• Christine Benson
– [email protected]
– (817) 698-7249
– Room 513
• Joanna Wilson
– [email protected]
– (817) 698-7247
– Room 515