Ms. Belton welcomes the first graders to her class and looks forward to having a fun year where they will learn from each other. She outlines the classroom schedule which includes subjects like reading, spelling, math, science, art, music and physical education. She provides details on what will be covered in each subject such as counting, addition, shapes and spelling words. She notes special activities like the 100th day of school celebration and encourages parents to listen to their children read.

1. WELCOME FIRST GRADERS I am Ms. Belton. I’m glad you are here. I look forward to having a fun year. We will learn a lot from each other.

2. Classroom Schedule 8:40 - 9:00 Children arrive/put up lunch clip/put papers in baskets 9:00 - 9:10 Children say Pledge of Allegiance/School Pledge 9:10 – 9:40 Reading 9:40 – 10:00 Recess 10:00 – 10:30 Spelling 10:30 – 11:00 Math 11:00 – 11:30 Lunch 11:30 – 11:50 Recess 11:50 – 12:00 Bathroom Break 12:00 – 12:30 Science 12:30 – 1:00 Free Reading Time 1:00 – 2:00 Art, Music, or Physical Education 2:00 – 2:30 Afternoon Milk 2:30 – 3:00 Recess 3:00 – 3:30 Review 3:30 – 3:40 Get Ready to go Home

3. Math Concepts Count to 100 Count by 2’s/5’s/10’s Addition/Subtraction Shapes Graphing Sorting Patterns Money Time

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5. Art, Music, and Physical Education Your children will receive Physical Education on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Your children will receive Art Education on Tuesdays. Your children will receive Music Education on Thursdays . I will try to incorporate these subjects into your children’s classroom schedule on a daily basis.

6. Science Body Parts Bodies In Motion Solar System Weather Animals Colors Scientist of the Week Your children will have the chance to teach the class about science. More information will be sent home within the first two weeks of school.

7. Reading We will be reading from new readers this year. We will have workbooks to go along with them. The readers will come home once a week Have fun listening to your children as they open a whole new world.

8. 100th DAY OF SCHOOL We will have a special day on the 100 th day of school. More information will come home closer to the 100 th day. 1 0 0

9. Language Arts Handwriting Vocabulary Phonics Comprehension Sentence Structure

10. Thank You for coming to our FIRST GRADE OPEN-HOUSE Ms. Belton

11. SEE YOU ON AUGUST 16 TH