Back to School Night Presentation 2019-2020

1. Welcome Back to School!
2019-2020
Maestra Silk
First Grade DLIP
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Jackson STEM Dual Language Magnet Academy

2. Questions
Write questions or comments
on post-its and post to white board
Sign in
Conference – sign up
Folder – Take home

3. Introduction
• About me
– Born in Sacramento, CA
– Credentials
– BA and multiple subject
credential~Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
– Master’s Degree~CSULA in curriculum and instruction
– Bilingual credential
– 15 additional post-graduate units
– Love traveling, husband, cats Paz and Alegría, and 28
month old son Mattias (favorites on website)

5. Teaching Experience
•Founded, taught and administrated girls’ school in
Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala (3 years)
•Pasadena USD-4 schools-16 yrs.
•1 year-5th/6th grade-Webster
•4 years-4th grade-Jefferson
•1 year-1st/2nd grade dual language in Denver, CO
•6 years-1st grade dual language at San Rafael
•5 years-1st grade dual language at Jackson

6. What our parents should know
From the students of C102~We……
• Have a birthday graph
• Made fall trees and leaves
• Like making equations for the # of the day
• Made self-portraits and described ourselves
• Work with words and syllables
• Have a dolphin puppet
• Take turns leading the calendar
• Are learning about animal structures
• Made books shaped like schools and kimonos
• Made flags about ourselves
• Learn a poem every week
• Write daily and publish our writing on the wall
• Like going to science lab
• Have a library in our school and classroom
• All have jobs because we are all important
• Are stars
• Are all friends
• Read alone or in small groups with the teacher
• Listen to our teacher read books to us
• Earn marbles to have free choice time
• Use computers for math
• Made tens and ones with pumpkins, beans, and
pasta
• Like our teacher
• Sing an alphabet song
• Do dictations
• Sing “We wish you well” to end each day
• Exercise
• Made invitations and folders for you
• Like school

7. What will my child learn?
Universal Themes/BIG Ideas
Structures-Structures are made up of parts that work together
for a purpose.
Relationships- Relationships are purposeful. Everything is
related in some way.
Patterns-Patterns repeat and help us make predictions.

8. Spanish Language Arts
Balanced Literacy
•Reading-narrative/informational
-Guided reading groups/independent reading
-learn at level
-Key details/retelling
-Comparing texts
-Text features
–Blending syllables/reading fluently
•Writing-Narrative (personal/realistic fiction), informational, opinion

9. Spanish Language Arts cont…
•Language
–Types of words (Nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.)
–Capitalization, punctuation, commas
•Vocabulary
–Determine meaning based on context
–Define and sort words
•Speaking & Listening
–Follow directions, take turns, complete sentences
–Presentations

10. Spanish Language Proficiency
•Develop skills in the following areas:
–Interpersonal communication
–Interpretive listening
–Presentational speaking
–Interpretive reading
–Presentational writing
•Scale: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced (low, medium, high within each
of those)
•Grade level targets & progress on report card

11. Math Standards
• Practice
- Make sense of problems, reason, demonstrate understanding,
explain thinking
• Operations and algebraic thinking
– + and – to 20
– Relationship between addition and subtraction
– Add 3 numbers
– Find missing number in equations
• Number and Operations in Base Ten
– Count, read and write numbers to 120
– Place value
– Add within 100, 10 more/10 less
– Compare numbers

12. Math Standards continued…
• Measurement and Data
– Represent and compare data using tally charts, picture graphs,
bar graphs
– Tell time to hour and half hour
– Ask and answer questions about data
– Measure and compare lengths
• Geometry
– Distinguish, build, and draw shapes according to their attributes
– Compose shapes using other shapes
– Partition shapes into equal parts

13. Social Sciences
• Citizenship-rules & respect
• Maps and globes-making maps,
reading maps, where we live
• Our country-honoring our country and heroes,
national symbols, holidays
• Changes over time-compare & contrast past and present
• Cultures-similarities, diversity, traditions, immigrant influences
• Goods and services-how people use money,
how goods get to people

14. Natural Sciences
– Structure, Function, and Information Processing (How plants
and animals use parts to survive, grow, and meet their needs)
– Waves: Light and Sound (Effects of light on different materials;
causes and effects of sound)
– Space Systems: Patterns and Cycles (Seasonal patterns of
sunrise/sunset, patterns of sun, moon, and stars)
– Engineering Design (Define simple problems, draw/model
solution, compare 2 solutions)

15. English
• 20% of 1st grade (1 hr/day)
• spelling patterns (long/short vowels)
• sight words
• sounds/decoding/reading fluency
• ELD for English learners
• integrated-science,
cooking, library

16. “Specials”
•Music-Thursdays
•Arts (Visual, performing)-integrated
•PE-Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
mornings (exceptions-assemblies,
field trips, rainy days)
•Cooking/Gardening-alternate Fridays
with science lab
•Library-alternate Wednesdays

17. Formal Assessments
• Language Arts
– Informal Reading Inventory-3 x/year-to determine independent
and instructional reading levels
• Math
-iready diagnostic 3x/year
• Dictations
– Fridays
– Includes words using learned syllables
– Sent home Mondays
– Sign and return to school by Friday

18. Homework
PUSD Policy-1st grade
• 20 minutes/day
• 15 minutes of reading
Daily:
• Reading-MOST IMPORTANT-3 days Spanish, 1 day English OR
80% Spanish/20%-write book titles
• Math or Language Arts
Weekly:
• Packets sent Mondays and due Fridays-PARENT SIGN
• Poem of the week
• Words of the week (sight words, vocabulary)
• Syllable game (optional, but very helpful!)

19. Classroom Rules
for the first grade “stars”
• I shine.
• I respect.
• I make good decisions.
• I solve my problems.

20. Conscious Discipline
•What it is-comprehensive emotional intelligence and
classroom management system
•Goal-provide safe learning environment for all children
where they feel connected and learn to use problem-
solving skills
• https://www.hitinc.org/uploads/103/1HandoutWhatisConsciousDiscipline.pdf

21. Four components of
conscious discipline:
•Brain State Model-survival state (Am I safe?), emotional state
(Am I loved?), executive state (What can I learn from this?)-
through practical skills we can teach to manage thoughts,
feelings, and actions and learn to use problem-solving skills
•7 powers for conscious adults: perception, unity, attention, free
will, love, acceptance, intention

22. •Creating the school family: safe place, morning meetings,
meaningful jobs for all students, lunch with students, rule cards,
wish you well song and board, and times for celebration-individual
and group accomplishments (marble jar=free choice learning
activities)
•7 skills of discipline: composure, encouragement-building
school family, assertiveness-setting limits respectfully, choices-
building self esteem, positive intent-seeing the best in others,
empathy-identifying feelings of self and others, and
consequences-mistakes are opportunity to learn

23. Field Trips
• Los Angeles Zoo-Thurs., October 17
• Descanso Gardens-Tues., November 12
• Huntington Art Collections-Wed., Jan. 15
• The Getty-Friday, January 31
• Sierra Madre Playhouse-Charlotte’s Web-Thurs.,
April 9
• $30 donation for buses/entry fees

24. Special Events
School-wide
• Move-a-thon
• Picture Days
• Halloween/Costume Parade
• Winter Performance
• Winter Festival
• Astronomy/STEM night
• Restaurant Nights
• Open House
• Pumpkin Extravaganza
• Valentine’s Day Bags
• 100th Day
• Literacy Cafes
• Winter Lights
• Global
• End of Year ice cream party

25. Parent Volunteer Team
Room Parents-Matt Ima and Molly Fitzjarrald
Parent Information folders-Mylene Mesa and Molly F.
Translations-Brenda Gonzalez and Sara Blandzija
During class: Special events, field trips
After class: Prepping for projects, displaying student work,
cleaning, sharpening pencils

26. Volunteer Requirements
• TB Test and volunteer form (in office)
• Sign in and wear badge
• Confidentiality of students
• No drop-ins
• Use office restroom
• No younger siblings
• Fingerprinting to be alone with students

27. I don’t have time to come to school or
take home projects…
How else can I help?
• Join PTA
• Fundraisers
• Daily attendance (be on time)
• Talk to your child about their learning
• Healthy breakfast and snacks for recess (wash hands)
• Early bedtime (10-12 hrs.)
• Read weekly updates
• Donations (back table!)

28. AttendanceAbsences
• Call school 626-396-5700
• Provide note TO OFFICE for illness
• Keep your child home if he/she has a fever! (24 hrs. fever-free to return
to school)
Tardies
• Tardy after 7:50 am
• Late slips in the office after 8:15
• Tardies disrupt & affect instruction
Transportation
• Parent drop off/pick-up-playground (rainy days-class)
• For pick-up by non-parents-office list & tell me
• After school programs-notify me if starting or stopping

29. Miscellaneous
Uniforms
• Wear daily-other clothes distract
• Closed-toed shoes
• Label sweaters and jackets
Bathroom
• Before school, recess, lunch, and after school
• Medical exceptions
Snacks
• HEALTHY-no sweets, high protein
• NO NUTS
• NO SHARING
• Label containers and water bottles

30. Miscellaneous continued…
Medication
• Prescription, instructions, parent
note
• Health office administers
Headphones
• Needed for iready and
Raz-kids
Scholastic
• Order from catalogs sent home
every few months

31. Communication
Teacher
– maestrasilksclass.weebly.com
– Email: silk.julie@pusd.us
(before/after school, allow 24 hours to respond)
– Conferences-sign up-October 11 (most), 7, 21
– Handwritten notes
-Scheduled appointments
– Thursday folders-student work/feedback
School/district
– Phone calls
– Fliers in Thursday folders
– Jackson/PUSD websites
– Facebook

32. Important Dates
Minimum Days
• 11/22
• 12/19
• 3/27
• 4/10
• 4/30 (Open House)
• 5/28 (Last Day)
Student Free Days
10/11-Parent Conferences
11/11-Veteran’s Day
11/25-11/29-Thanksgiving
12/20-1/3-Winter Recess
1/20-Martin Luther King
2/10-Lincoln
2/17-Presidents
3/30-4/3-Spring Recess
3/20-Staff Development
5/25-Memorial Day

33. Thank you for coming!
It’s going to be a fantastic year!