IMPORTANT SCHOOL INFORMATION
School Address: VenetianHillsElementary School
1910 Venetian Drive SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30311
School Website:
Principal: Ms. D. Jack
Instructional Support Specialist: Ms. S. Thrash
First Grade Teachers:
Mrs. Jones (101)
Ms. Norwood (102)
Mrs. Barnes (206)
Ms. Cornell (205)
UNIFORMS
Venetian Hills is a uniform school. The school uniform is as follows:
Monday-Thursday: White or Green Top, Khaki or Green Bottoms
Friday (Spirit Day):Venetian Hills Tee or Uniform Top and Jeans
*Please also note that although the weather is still warm as the school year starts Flip Flops with no back are not allowed as they are a safety hazard.
FIRST GRADE SUPPLY LIST
2 black and white composition notebooks
#2 pencils-1 pack per month
3 large pink erasers
2 first grade writing tablets
1 box of 24 ct. crayons/colored pencils
6 glue sticks
1 pair of safety scissors
3 colored folders w/ prongs
1 box of Ziploc bags (Medium/Large)
small pencil box/organizer or bag
paper bags
**These additional items are also needed to ensure a healthy learning environment for your child:
-3 large boxes of Kleenex
-2 large bottles of hand sanitizer
-2 bottles of liquid soap
**Please note that if your child comes to school with a special pencil or eraser (Sponge Bob, High School Musical, etc) please remind them that it is their responsibility to keep up with their own materials. This can sometimes be challenging with them moving to other classrooms for SFA (Reading). As teachers, we will do our best to make sure that students leave school with the same materials they came in with, but our primary responsibility is the care and education of your children, so again please encourage them to keep up with their own supplies or use those special items at home for home work.
HOMEWORK POLICY
Homework is a very important part of a child’s learning process as it reinforces what is learned in school each day. Please be certain that your child is completing all of his/her homework correctly. Homework is checked every day and recorded as a grade.
Homework will be assigned Monday through Thursday. Students are responsible for completing their homework each night, which is listed on the Homework Sheet provided weekly. The Homework Folder will be sent home daily, and any make-up homework/work should be handed in with the folder. Please check the homework folder on a daily basis for updates and other information sent home from the school.
When assisting your children with homework please remember to let them do it themselves and that when you are helping you are not actually doing it for them; they will mostly need help with reading the directions. In addition to homework, each child is asked to read for at least 20 minutes each night and get their Read and Respond form signed. This will also be a part of your child’s SFA (Success For All Reading Program) grade.
***No Homework= No Recess***
BEHAVIOR POLICY
Proper behavior in school is absolutely essential for academic success. We as the teachers rely heavily on parents for support if and when any behavior challenges arise. Please let us know of any specific personality traits or strategies that work well with your child. Teachers will send you specific information on their class rules and behavior policy.
First Grade Lesson Plan
August 08, 2011-August 12, 2011
MondaySFA: Getting Along Together: A Rainbow of Friends
CMCD: Teaching Rules, Procedures, and Consequences, and Rewards
Reading First: Comprehension (Whole Group)
Other: Social Studies Assessment
Math:Warm Up, Problem of the Day, Graphing How Many Boys and Girls In Class
Tuesday SFA: Getting Along Together: Just Because I Am: A Child’s Book of Affirmation
CMCD: Reviewing Rules, Procedures, Consequences, and Rewards
Reading First: Spelling (Whole Group)
Other: Language Arts Assessment
Math: Warm Up, Problem of the Day, Graphing How We Get To School
WednesdaySFA: Getting Along Together: Curious George Rides A Bike (1-11)
CMCD: Teamwork Activity
Reading First: Vocabulary (Individual)-other children will be in centers
Other: Math Assessment
Math: Warm Up, Problem of the Day, Graphing Birthdays
ThursdaySFA: Getting Along Together: Curious George Rides A Bike (12-29)
CMCD: Teamwork Activity
Reading First: Word Recognition (Individual)-other children will be in centers
Other: Science Assessment
Math: Warm Up, Problem of the Day, Graphing Favorite Subject
FridaySFA: Getting Along Together: Curious George Rides A Bike (30-44)
CMCD: Teamwork Activity
Reading First: Assessment
Other: Finish Any Assessments
Math: Warm Up, Problem of the Day, Graphing Favorite Snack
FIRST GRADE SCHEDULE
7:30-7:50Breakfast
7:50-8:15Unpack and Complete Morning Work
8:15-9:45Success For All Reading Program (SFA)
9:45-10:00Restroom Break/Transition
10:OO-10:30Need Based Instruction (Read Aloud or
Reading Centers
10:30 LunchLanguage Arts
10:45-11:15 Norwood
10:50-11:20 Jones
10:55-11:25 Cornell
11:00-11:30 Barnes
11:45-12:15Science
12:15-12:45Social Studies
12:45-2:00Math
2:00-2:30Exit Ticket Journal and Pack Up
*PE, Art, and Music also each take place once a week.
WHAT DO WE LEARN IN FIRST GRADE?
READING: Venetian Hills used the Success For All Reading Program. This program tests each student and assigns them to a class based on their reading level. A typical first grader is placed in a Roots class, which begins with book 1 and goes through book 48. After reaching book 48 students’ move to a Wings class which begins with level 2.1, (Grade 2 Semester 1).
Each day your child should bring home their SFA book and their Read and Respond form. Your child needs to read to an adult for at least 20 minutes each night and have the form signed and returned the next day. The only way your child will become a better reader is practice, practice, practice!!! By the end of first grade children, should be reading a grade level text at 60 words per minutes and know their Dolch/Fry High Frequency Words (see documents at the end of this packet).
LANGUAGE ARTS: *Writing Complete Sentence *Nouns * Declarative (Telling) Sentence (.) *Interrogative (Asking) Sentence (?) *Imperative (Command) Sentence (.)*Exclamatory (Excitement) Sentence (!) *Verbs *Adjectives *Contractions *Compounds Words* *Synonyms *Antonyms *Pronouns *Comma Usage *ABC Order *Research Skills (Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Internet) *Subject-Verb-Agreement
MATH: *Addition and Subtraction facts to 18 (FLUENTLY) *Telling Tome (To the hour and half-hour) *Counting Money *Double Digit Addition and Subtraction Without Regrouping *Even and Odd Numbers *Greater Than and Less Than () *Fractions *Measurement *Graphing (bar and picture graph) *Word Problems *Skip Counting *3-D Shapes
*Please Visit for a full list of first grade standards
KEYS TO SUCCESS
- Make sure your child gets enough rest…they can’t learn if they are sleeping in class!
- Make sure your child eats breakfast at home or that they get to school by 7:30 so they can eat before class!
- Make sure homework is completed every night! Please help with homework, but do NOT do their homework for them! Also, help them study their spelling words each week!
- Make sure that your child reads for 20 minutes each night!
- Make sure to reinforce behavior expectations. Talk with your children about the importance of following the rules at school, and check their folders each day to see what their behavior was for that day!
- Communicate with your child and your child’s teacher if you have any concerns!
FRY'S 300 INSTANT SIGHT WORDS
First Hundred
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me
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after
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so
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all
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down
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eat
if
not
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of
their which
are
from
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old
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it
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be
go
know
or
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our three you
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your
but
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by
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man said
up
Second Hundred
also
color home must
red
think
am
could house name right
too
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into
near
run
tree
away
each
kind never
saw
under
back
ear
last
next
say
until
ball
end
leave night school upon
because far left only
seem
use
best
find
let
open
shall
want
better
first
live
over should way
big
five
look
own
soon where
black found made people stand while
book
four
may
play
such white
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wish
box
girl
more present tell
why
bring
got morning pretty than
year
call
hand
most
ran
these
came
high mother read
thing
Third Hundred
along
didn't
food
keep
sat
though
always
does
full
letter
second
today
anything
dog
funny
longer
set
took
around
don't
gave
love
seven
town
ask
door
goes
might
show
try
ate
dress
green
money
sing
turn
bed
early
grow
myself
sister
walk
brown
eight
hat
now
sit
warm
buy
every
happy
o'clock
six
wash
car
eyes
hard
off
sleep
water
carry
face
head
once
small
woman
clean
fall
hear
order
start
write
close
fast
help
pair
stop
yellow
clothes
fat
hold
part
ten
yes
coat
fine
hope
ride
thank yesterday
cold
fire
hot
round
third
cut
fly
jump
same
those
Dolch Sight Word List
Preprimer / Primer / First / Second / Thirda / all / after / always / about
and / am / again / around / better
away / are / an / because / bring
big / at / any / been / carry
blue / ate / as / before / clean
can / be / ask / best / cut
come / black / by / both / done
down / brown / could / buy / draw
find / but / every / call / drink
for / came / fly / cold / eight
funny / did / from / does / fall
go / do / give / don't / far
help / eat / going / fast / full
hers / four / had / first / got
I / get / has / five / grow
in / good / her / found / hold
is / has / him / gave / hot
it / he / how / goes / hurt
jump / into / just / green / if
little / like / know / its / keep
look / must / let / made / kind
make / new / live / many / laugh
me / no / may / off / light
my / now / of / or / long
not / on / old / pull / much
one / our / once / read / myself
play / out / open / right / never
red / please / over / sing / only
run / pretty / put / sit / own
said / ran / round / sleep / pick
see / ride / some / tell / seven
the / saw / stop / their / shall
three / say / take / these / show
to / she / thank / those / six
two / so / them / upon / small
up / soon / then / us / start
we / that / think / use / ten
yellow / there / walk / very / today
you / they / where / wash / together
this / when / which / try
too / why / warm
under / wish
want / work
was / would
well / write
went / your
what
white
who
will
with
yes