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2014-2015
Mrs. Wong
Room 102
Grew up in North Carolina
Live in Huntington Beach with husband
and 14 month old daughter
Bachelors degree and Credential
at CSULB
BTSA through an extensive program with
Long Beach Unified School District
Experience in Kindergarten, 1
st
, 2
nd
, 3
rd
,
and 6
th
grades


Daily (except Wednesdays) from
3:20 4:00 pm

*Please email to schedule an appointment*

[email protected]

I will respond to emails as soon as I am able. Most
of the time this will be late at night.
Weekly Conference Times
8:25-8:30am Arrival (Early arrival care provided beginning at
7:45am)
8:30-8:55am 1
st
Grade Elective (Science, Writing, etc)
8:55-9:15am Art (Grade level team collaboration time)
9:20-9:40am Spanish (Grade level team collaboration time)
9:45-10:05am P.E. (Grade level team collaboration time)
10:10-10:25am Recess
10:25-10:50am Lunch
10:50am-12:45pm Math or Language Arts
12:45-1:00pm Recess
1:00-2:40pm Math or Language Arts
2:45pm Dismissal (Late dismissal care provided until 3:05pm)

PLEASE remember we are a NUT FREE
school!! No nuts at all!

Please read ALL labels and make sure there are
no nut products in any food item your child
brings to school.

Please note that your child has the option to
eat his/her lunch at our later recess time and to
have a snack at the earlier time if he/she is
not able to eat lunch at the earlier time.


1. Respect everyone and everything.
2. Follow directions quickly the first time.
3. Keep your hands and feet to yourself.
4. Raise your hand for permission to
speak or to leave your seat.
5. Make smart choices!
Rewards
Lots of verbal praise
Stickers
Clip up (5 blues or 10 greens
earns a reward choice of
reward from treasure chest,
lunch with teacher, or using the
super comfortable leather
recliner chair)
Warm fuzzies class can earn
Friday Fun Day, time to play
educational games

Consequences
Clip down
Parent contact
Communication Folder
Communication folder is sent home every day and
should be returned every morning
Please check these every day as you may find
paperwork in the Return to School or Keep at
Home sections
Weekly behavior report will be sent home EVERY
Monday, please sign these and return them on
Tuesday
Please feel free to send me notes and place them in
the Return to School section as I will be checking
folders every morning


Homework will begin on
Monday, September 22.

15 minutes of reading every night
15 minutes of additional homework
(math, science, writing)
Please check your childs
communication folder every night.
Baseline Assessment
In the beginning of the school year it is
necessary to create a baseline of
knowledge for each child.

We need to establish:
*what they know
*still need to work on
*how to challenge them to achieve beyond
the level they are at now

Results of Testing
Children will be placed into flexible groups that are brought together on a
short term basis to target areas of academic weakness and challenge
students who are working at or above average grade level.

A students reading level will not be the only way students are grouped.
Students will be placed together to help them work on specific needs.

All baseline assessments are done with the purpose of differentiating
instruction to better meet the needs of all students.

Differentiated instruction will take place through grouping done
collaboratively among all three First Grade teachers. Each teacher will
instruct a group of students with a specific academic need.

Electives
20 minutes of each
of these every day!
*Art
*PE
*Spanish
Core Subjects
*Language Arts
*Mathematics
*Science
*Social Studies




Common Core
Pearson Reading Street
-Reading
-Writing
-Language

Reading: Foundational Skills

Understand the organization and basic features of print
-Left to right
-Top to bottom
-Page by page
Recognize features of a sentence
-Capitalization
-Ending punctuation
Understand spoken words, syllables, and sounds
Understand phonics and word analysis
-Know that every syllable must have a vowel sound
Read regularly spelled one-and two-syllable words
Read aloud with accuracy and expression



Opinion pieces that include an opinion
and the reason for the opinion

Informative pieces that name a topic,
supply facts, and provide closure

Narratives about two or more events


Language
Use correct grammar
Print all uppercase and lowercase letters
Use correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
Determine meaning of unknown words by looking at
parts of the word and other words in the sentence
Sort words into categories and define words by key
attributes
Common Core
Pearson enVision MATH
-Addition & Subtraction
-Place Value
-Measurement
-Time
-Graphing
-2D & 3D Shapes
-Patterns


Math Standards
Solve addition and subtraction word problems within 20
Understand the relationship between addition and subtraction
Apply the properties of operations
-Commutative property of addition:
If you know 8 + 3 = 11, then you know 3 + 8 = 11.
-Associative property of addition:
To add 2 + 6 + 4, the second two numbers can be added to
make a ten, so 2 +6 + 4 = 2 + 10 = 12.
Add and subtract within 20
Count to 120, starting at any number
Understand the meaning of the equal sign
Understand place value: ones, tens
Use place value to add and subtract within 100
Measure lengths and tell the measurement in units
Tell and write time
Relate time to events (before/after, shorter/longer, etc.)
Build and talk about a graph
Build, describe, extend, and explain a simple pattern.
Compare shapes by talking about sides, vertices, etc.
Compare two-dimensional shapes to three-dimensional
shapes

Studies Weekly
and
Reading Street connects literature
to Social Studies also

Next Generation Science Standards

Same ideas as Common Core
(easy integration with Math and Language Arts)
Hands-on approach
(performance expectations)
Want students to think like a scientist and an
engineer
High level thinking
Science notebooks

Life Science
From molecules to organisms: structures and
processes
Heredity: Inheritance and variation of traits

Students will develop an understanding of how plants and
animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow,
and meet their needs as well as how behaviors of parents and
offspring help the offspring survive.
The understanding is developed that young plants and
animals are like, but not exactly the same as, their parents.


Physical Science Waves and their
applications in technologies for information
transfer

Students will develop an understanding of
the relationship between sound and
vibrating materials as well as between the
availability of light and ability to see objects.
Earth & Space Science Earths place
in the universe

Students are able to observe, describe,
and predict some patterns of the
movement of objects in the sky.

Engineering & Technology

Integrated within different lessons and
projects

Science
Technology
Engineering
Arts
Math

STEAM will be integrated within
lessons and projects.
STEAM
Project-based learning

In-depth learning, not just a project
Will take place initially in the classroom and some
work will need to be done outside of the classroom
also (minimum day/conference and home
study/conference days)
Will involve communication, collaboration,
creativity, and critical thinking
Will involve STEAM
Will try to do 2 this year one after winter break
and another around March or April

PBL
Classroom help
Take home help
Field Trips (2)
Class parties (2)
Lunch & Recess
Dismissal

Our grade level website

http://eehb1stgrade.weebly.com/

Access to daily schedules, class
newsletters (monthly), homework, and
events!

Thank you for coming tonight
and for all of your help in
making this school year a
wonderful one for your children
and for me! I absolutely love
your children and I promise
that I will take very good care
of them!
THANK YOU