The document provides information for parents of first grade students at Coachella Valley Unified School District. It includes details about the parent portal, school supplies needed, attendance policies, California state standards, adopted curriculum, important reading and math skills for first grade, and learning games to help children at home.

1. WELCOME
to 1st Grade

2. Agenda
• We will be going over some general
information here.
• Then you can go to your child’s
classroom for some more specific
information presented by their teacher.

3. Parent Portal
• http://www.coachella.k12.ca.us/
• Select parent portal under the
parents/students drop down menu.
• Get your password from the office
• Please regularly monitor your
child’s progress on parent portal.

4. School Fussion

5. Backpacks
• Please send your child to school
with a backpack.
• Please label everything your child
brings to school (backpack,
sweater, and/or lunch box) with
their name, so that if it is lost it
can be returned to them.

6. Toys
• Please do not allow your
child to bring toys to school.
• They may bring sporting
equipment like balls and
jump ropes to play with on
the playground.

7. Tardiness & Absences
• School starts at 8:05 A.M.
• If your child is not in the classroom by
8:05 A.M. , please check in at the
school office before coming to class.
• If your child feels ill do not send
him/her to school
• If your child is absent please call the
office (775-6888) or send in a note the
next day.

8. California State Standards
• The California state standards
can be found online at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/
• You can also type in California
First Grade content standards in
any search engine to find the
California grade 1 Standards.

9. C.V.U.S.D.’s Adopted Curriculum
• Language Arts
• Houghton Mifflin
• Math
• enVision Math
Scott Foresman * Addison Wesley
• English Language Development (E.L.D.)
• Elements of Vocabulary
• Writing
• Write From the Beginning

10. Important First Grade Reading
Skills Your Child Needs to Learn
• Your child needs to learn…..
• How to blend sounds to read and
write multi syllable words.
• 225 first grade high frequency
words
• Fluently read 60 words per minute

11. Math
• Your child needs to
learn…..
• Addition and subtraction
facts to 20.
• Read, write, recognize and
count number to 100.

12. Writing
• Your child needs to learn…..
• How to use phonetic sounds to
spell and how to spell high
frequency words
• They must include a character, a
setting, and an event in their writing
• To write three sentences related to
a given writing prompt.

13. What You Can Do To
Help Your Child at Home
• Read to your child daily.
• Help your child to learn the
numbers and high frequency
words by playing learning
games with them daily.
• Assist them with their
homework.

14. Learning Games
• A variety of games can be used to
help your first grader learn to read
fluently.
• Sight Word Games
• Spelling Games
• Homophone Games
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15. Language Arts Standards
First Grade
• R 1.11
• Read common, irregular sight
words [e.g., the, have, said, come,
give, of].
• R 1.16
• Read aloud with fluency in a
manner that sounds like natural
speech.
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16. First
Grade
Word
List 16

17. First
Grade
Word
List 17

18. Connect Four
1. Make a Connect Four game board.
2. Write a sight word in each square.
3. The first player reads a word aloud and then uses it
in a sentence correctly. If the word was read correctly
the player may mark the square with their color tiles.
4. The second player reads a word aloud and then uses
it in a sentence correctly. If the word was read
correctly the player may put one of their color tiles on
the square.
5. The game continues until a player gets four in a row.
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19. Tic-Tac-Toe
1. Make a tic-tac-toe game board.
2. Write a sight word in each square
3. The first player reads a word aloud and then uses the word
correctly in a sentence. If the word was read correctly the
player may mark the square with an x.
4. The second player reads a word aloud and then uses it in a
sentence correctly. If the word was read correctly the player
may put an o on the square.
5. The game continues until one player gets three in a row.
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20. Bingo
1. Make a sight word bingo game board for each player.
2. Each player then writes a sight word in each square.
3. Write each sight word on a flash card.
4. Place flash cards face down in a stack.
5. Have the student pick up the top flash card and read
the word aloud.
6. Then the student uses the word in a sentence.
7. Players place a tile over the given word.
8. The first player to get five in a row (Bingo) is the
winner.
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21. Memory
1. Make two sets of sight words.
2. Mix word cards up.
3. Place all cards face down in the middle of the playing area in a
grid fashion (rows and columns).
4. Take turns selecting two cards and turning them over.
1. The words I choose are ___ and ___.
2. They are (not) a match.
5. The child collects the cards if they match.
6. If they don't match, the player must turn them back over and
play continues with the next player.
7. When a player makes a match, he or she gets to take another
turn.
8. Continue playing until all matches are made.
9. The player with the most matches wins
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22. Go Fish
1. Make two sets of sight words.
2. Mix word cards up.
3. Five cards are dealt to each player.
4. All remaining cards are placed face down in a draw pile.
5. On your turn, ask a player for a specific word card. For example: "Barb, do you
have the word where?"
6. If the player you ask has the card you requested, he or she must give that cards
to you.
7. If you get one or more cards from the player you ask, you get another turn.
8. If the person you ask has no relevant cards, they say, "Go fish" and you then draw
the top card from the draw pile.
9. If you happen to draw the card that you asked for, show it to the other players and
you get another turn. However, if you draw a card that you did not ask for, it
becomes the next player's turn. The "next player" is the one who said "Go fish."
10. Go Fish continues until either someone has no cards left in their hand or the draw
pile runs out.
11. The winner is the player who then has the most sets.
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23. Word Race
1. Make sight-word flashcards.
2. Place sight-word flashcards around the
room on the floor.
3. Say a word aloud.
4. Have the children race to stand by the
word and read it aloud.
5. Repeat step 3 and 4, having children run
from one word to the next word.
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24. Hide-and-Seek
1. Make sight word flash cards.
2. Hide sight-word flash cards around a
room.
3. Challenge the child to find and read
all of the words as fast as they can.
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25. Sorry
1. Make sight word flash cards.
2. Write “sorry” on a few cards.
3. Put all cards in a bag or can.
4. Players take turns drawing a card, reading the word,
and using the word in a sentence.
5. If a player reads a word and uses it in a sentence
correctly he or she may keep it.
6. Pass the bag or can to the next person even if they
get it right.
7. If a player draws a SORRY card, they must return all
of their cards to the bag or can.
8. At the end of the game the person with the most cards
wins.
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26. Super Words
1. Make sight word flash cards.
2. Assign each word a point value (1, 2, 3)
based on difficulty.
3. The first player draws a card.
4. The player must read the word and use it
correctly in a sentence.
5. If players get the words correct, they get that
number of points.
6. At the end of the game, the player with the
most points wins.
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27. Hangman
• Use sight words to play hangman.
• This will help your child with their
spelling skills
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28. Mystery Word
• Choose a spelling word.
• Give your child spelling clues.
• I am thinking of a word that is __ letters long.
• I am thinking of a word that starts with the letter __.
• I am thinking of a word that ends with the letter __.
• After each clue the child may make on guess.
• Is your word ___.
• When your child guesses the correct word, he or she
must also spell it correctly to win.
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29. Spelling Turns
• Write spelling words and flashcards.
• Place the spelling flashcards in the center of a table face down.
• A player picks up a card, reads the spelling word, and spells the
first letter of the word.
• The player to the right is the second player. The second student
spells the second letter.
• Play moves to the right or clockwise.
• The third student spells the third letter, and so on until the word is
spelled.
• The player who spells the last letter or the word, says the word
and wins.
• Player 1: Cat. C
• Player 2: A
• Player 3: T, cat!
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30. Spelling Squares
1. Draw a Tic-Tac-Toe board on a whiteboard or piece of paper.
2. Write spelling words on flashcards.
3. Lay the spelling cards in a pile.
4. The first player draws a card from the deck and reads the word
to the second player.
5. The second player must spell the word correctly. If he/she
does, then he/she puts an X in the space of his/her choice on
the Tic-Tac-Toe spelling game board.
6. If the second player reads the word incorrectly he/she losses
their turn and does not make a mark on the board. The first
player says, “Good try! The correct spelling is…”
7. Play continues until one player gets three in a row.
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31. Spelling Scramble
1. Choose a word from the spelling word
list.
2. Write the word with the letters
scrambled.
3. Challenge your child to figure out the
scrambled word as fast as he/she
can.
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32. Please proceed to your
child’s classroom
The teacher will provide you
with more information, pass out
math homework books, and
answer your questions.

33. Please proceed to your
child’s classroom
• Mrs. Henderson – room 301
• Miss Budd – room 303
• Mrs. Rushlow – room 304
• Ms. Rodriguez – room 305
Thank you for coming!