Welcome to Parent Night - First Grade 2021-2022 - Fort Thomas ...

Welcome to
Parent Night
   Mrs. Brady  J

   First Grade
    2021-2022

I’m a First-Grade teacher…
   not a public speaker!

          Thanks for understanding!

               (Jitter Glitter)

WHOSE CHILD IS THIS?
                 Author Unknown

        "Whose child is this?" I asked one day
            Seeing a little one out at play
     "Mine", said the parent with a tender smile
              "Mine to keep a little while
        To bathe his hands and comb his hair
            To tell him what he is to wear
     To prepare him that he may always be good
        And each day do the things he should"

         "Whose child is this?" I asked again
      As the door opened and someone came in
"Mine", said the teacher with the same tender smile
        "Mine, to keep just for a little while
       To teach him how to be gentle and kind
      To train and direct his dear little mind
            To help him live by every rule
        And get the best he can from school"

         "Whose child is this?" I ask once more
        Just as the little one entered the door
"Ours" said the parent and the teacher as they smiled
       And each took the hand of the little child
           "Ours to love and train together
           Ours this blessed task forever."

Welcome!

* Mother of two girls and one lovable pup
          * Wife of a techy husband
          * Sister of 9 siblings
      * First Grade Teacher of 23 years
         and I LOVE every minute of it!

Our Schedule:
         Lunch: 10:45 – 11:15
    Recess: 9:50 – 10:05, 2:15 – 2:30
SPECIALS: 12:15 – 1:00 (will rotate each quarter)
Monday: Music
Tuesday: World Language
Wednesday: Art
Thursday: Library
Friday: P.E.   (Remember to wear
                 gym shoes)

Typical Day:
• Morning Greeting/Check in
       • Calendar Math
  • Reading/Phonics/Daily 5
            • Recess
       • Reading/Writing
             • Lunch
   Science/Social Studies/Writing
           • Specials
              • Math
            • Recess
         • Read Aloud
          • Dismissal

Wonders               Reading Series
! Online features that work with iPads
! Guided Reading (reading aloud, shared reading, and
  independent reading)
! Small Groups (focus on reading skills
  phonics skills, fluency, and comprehension)
! Independent Work (while students are in small
  argroups with me, others are engaged in centers

!        Ask and answer questions       **Retell stories
!        Describe characters, settings and plot
!     Compare and contrast stories **Author’s Purpose
!     Use text features (heading and table of contents)
!        Parts of sentences and Types of sentences
!        Sounds (short, long, beginning, en, blens, etc.)
!                      Sight words
!                Grammar (nouns, verbs, adjectives)

Everyday Math
    • Mixture of whole group and small group instruction
               * Children work with manipulatives
    * Focus on strategies and ways to explain their thinking
                     • Have fun with numbers

•   Fluently add and subtract to 10     Fractions
•   Add and subtract within 20          Shape attributes
•   True and False Equations            Bar graphs
•   Finding the unknown numbers         Place value
•   Count to 120 (starting at any #)    Simple fractions
•   Tell time to the hour and ½ hour   2D and 3D shapes
•   True and False Equations

Science         Social Studies

Light and Sound      Map Skills
Plants and Animals Social skills
Space Systems      About our School
Engineering Design Community
                   Workers /Jobs

iPads:
*Please bring them to school every day
*Have headphones that are comfortable and durable
*Remember to charge them daily at home

We will use iPads to enhance learning and foster creativity.
They are a supplemental tool.

(Old :ady Brady still likes some things the
old-fashioned way! J)

Seesaw
I will communicate with you through Seesaw.

Homework
  First Week is Parent Homework! J
   A weekly packet will go home each
Monday and should be returned on Friday.

                  Assignments:
             *Daily reading (20 minutes)
                  *Spelling/Math
                  *Monthly Poem
               Special “fun” Projects
           (ME bag, mystery box, robots)
               *ROCK Star of the Week

Supplies:

Behavior

Leader
                                                                In
                                                                Me
•   Screen Shot 2021-08-10 at 7.48.55 AMThe Daily Five/CAFÉ

•   The Daily Five

    •        Read to Self

    •        Work on Writing

    •        Read to Someone

    •        Word Work

    •        Listen to Reading

•   CAFÉ

•   COMPREHENSION

•   ACCURRECY

•   FLUENCEY

•   EXPAND VOCABULARY

Birthdays
Birthdays are super special!
Non-edible birthday treats are Permitted.

          You may also donate a book or
           game to the class in your
             child’s birthday honor!

Drop off and
              Pick Up Procedures
  *If students arrive before 8:00 they should wait in the library
                        (it is open at 7:45)
*Front doors open at 8:00 and students may enter their classroom

                         *Tardy bell is 8:15

                         *Dismissal is at 3:00

                  Bike riders and walkers are dismissed at 2:55
               Students in car line and ASP are dismissed at 3:00

                           We will exit the side door
                              by the bike rack.

Student Information
• Any additional email addresses you would like me to add
  to 1st Grade contact list (other than the address you
  sent this from)
* Your child’s strengths
* Areas your child may need help with
* Goals for your child over this school year
* How your child will get home each day
(walker, carline, ASP, other)
* Any other information you would like me to
know about your child

High Five/CHoose JOy

Contact Information:
• Please feel free to contact me if you have
  any questions, concerns, or suggestions.
• becky.brady@fortthomas.kyschools.us
•
•           859*815*2328

Thanks so much for coming
          tonight!
 I am looking forward to a
     wonderful year.

          Mrs. Brady