Welcome to Back to School Night - Kutztown Area School District

Welcome to
Back to School
    Night

Mission Statement
Kutztown Area School District
      Maximize potential.
       Embrace change.
       Create the future.

First Grade Team
Ms. Debra Kenney

   Room / dkenney@kasd.org / Extension

Mrs. Kylie Hand [please note email is currently maiden name]

   Room 206 / klasota@kasd.org / Extension 7417

Mrs. Leslee Saylor

   Room / lsaylor@kasd.org / Extension

Mrs. Kylie Hand

Mrs. Kylie Hand

Mrs. Kylie Hand

Mrs. Kylie Hand

1 year: Quaker Valley School District - 3rd Grade Teacher
4 years: Chartiers Valley School District - 2nd Grade Teacher
1 year: Brentwood Borough School District - Coordinator of Technology (*Met Dr. Hand)
1 year: Kutztown Area School District - 1st Grade Teacher

Dr. Hand: Director of Instructional
            Technology

Stay Connected
Email: klasota@kasd.org [please note email is currently maiden name]

Twitter: @mrskyliehand

School / District: Twitter l Facebook l Website

Apps:

   -Remind: Text Message Reminders

   -Seesaw: Digital Learning Journal

Parent Handbook

One Additional Supply
Change Clothes … Accidents happen

School Day
Arrival

   -Drop off: 8:30-8:45am

    -In seats: 9:00am

    -If tardy: parent signs into school

Dismissal :

    -School concludes: 3:30
    -Dismissal: 3:35
    -Parent Pick Up: 3:35
          Must provide note by 3:00pm

Daily Schedule
8:45-9:00     Homeroom
9:00-9:20     Rise and Read
9:20-9:35     Morning Meeting
9:35-10:20    Writing
10:20-11:20   Reading
11:25-11:55   Lunch
12:00-12:30   Recess
12:30-1:30    Math
1:30-2:10     Special / Encore
              Class
2:10-2:20     Math
2:20-2:50     Reading
2:50-3:25     Science
3:25-3:45     Dismissal

Daily Student Responsibilities
Arrival

    Unpack book bag

   Place take home folder & snack in desk

   Hand in homework and important notes

   Sign up for lunch choice

Dismissal :

    Listen to afternoon announcements.
    Check homework assignments.
    Pack book bag.
    Listen to changes in dismissal

Morning Student Responsibilities

Students are responsible to order
lunch upon arrival in the morning.
When going through the lunch line,
they must take the lunch they
ordered.

They also need to know their student
number to enter on the keypad to pay
for their lunch. Please be sure to help
them learn their student number.

Arrival / Dismissal Parent Responsibilities

Notify the school office and/or teacher if your child will:
• Be absent
• Arrive late
• Leave early for an appointment
• Have a change in transportation

Send a note with your child or call the school office.

If you plan to join your child for school lunch, be sure to order your lunch
by 9:00 a.m.
Please sign in at the office when
you arrive.

Ongoing Parents as Partners

Opportunities for involvement
      • PTG
      • Parent / Teacher Conferences
      • School Garden Committee
      • Donations

Volunteering
      • Please see District policy on website:
          • https://www.kasd.org/Page/322
      • Mrs. Hand’s: Helping Hand Team
          • Looking for consistent parent volunteers

How to Help Your Child

• At home resources
       • More will be coming home as the year progresses

• Register with PowerSchool to keep updated on progress

• Communicate with the teacher
       • Apps to use: Seesaw, Remind

• Encourage Productive Struggle
       • Keep trying
       • Don’t always have to finish or “get the answer” right away
       • Mistakes are how we learn how to improve
       • “I can’t do that …yet”

Parent and Student Homework
              Responsibilities
Ways HW Helps:
  • Used to practice, reinforce and extend skills
  • Instills responsibility and good work habits
  • Not all students receive the same HW

Each Night:
  • Check “Take Home Folder”
  • Create a quiet, organized work area
  • Make sure HW / HW charts are signed and work is placed back in fold
  • HW should take about 10-15 minutes
  • Reading should take about 10 minutes; sometimes the only homework i

Weekly News & Homework

Weekly News & Homework

Homework
Homework assignments
are due on Friday
unless otherwise
noted.

Homework should be
completed in pencil in
NEAT handwriting.

If your child is
struggling with
homework, please
contact us.

What do I teach?

           Habits of Mind/

Reading and Language Arts
Areas of focus:
   • Language
   • Writing
   • Spelling
   • Handwriting
   • Listening and Speaking

Progressive skills in 5 big areas of Reading:
   • Phonics
   • Phonemic Awareness
   • Vocabulary
   • Fluency
   • Comprehension

Reading and Language Arts

Decoding Skills                 Reading Workshop
Reading Strategies              Small Group Instruction
Vocabulary                      Literature Circles
Comprehension                   Readers’ Theater
Fluency                         Daily At-home Reading

        At the start of the year decoding skills and sight word
        vocabulary are emphasized. As the year progresses,
        the emphasis moves to comprehension and fluency.

        Fountas & Pinnell reading assessments will be
        administered throughout the year to monitor progress.

Writing

Writing Process
Prewriting         Journals
Drafting           Writing Workshop
Revising           Poetry
Editing            Reports
Publishing         Multi-genre

Spelling

Word lists are based on high frequency
 words.

Unit lists are sent home weekly in binder.

Unit tests are given on a weekly basis.
  Tests include sentence dictation.

Handwriting

Zaner-Bloser handwriting

Assessment:
Correct letter formation
Line placement
Appropriate spacing
Overall neatness.

Eureka Math
• Module 1: Sums and Differences to 10
• Module 2: Introduction to Place Value Through Addition and
  Subtraction Within 20
• Module 3: Ordering and Comparing Length Measurements as
  Numbers
• Module 4: Place Value, Comparison, Addition and Subtraction
  to 40
• Module 5: Identifying, Composing, and Partitioning Shapes
• Module 6: Place Value, Comparison, Addition and Subtraction
  to 100

Sprints

Timed fluency practice

Eureka Math
Problem Set - Students do their personal best to complete the Problem Set within
the allotted 10 minutes.

Eureka Math
Exit Ticket - Completed at the end of lesson to demonstrate
              understanding.

Meeting the Needs of All:
Language Arts / Math:
    • Leveled Materials
    • Fluency Passages
    • AimsWeb Diagnostics three times
        per year
    • Interventions / Extensions
       • PAWs Time
       • BONUS Time
       • Extra Staff Support
    • Progress Reports

Online Resources

First Grade Tech Tools:
    www.tinyurl.com/kasd12

What do I teach?

           Habits of Mind/

Our Construction Site

-“Together Time” / Independent time
-Autonomy through flexible seating:
-Collaboration
-We are all always “under construction”
                         Habits of Mind/
-Solutions are not always apparent and
  it’s ok to not know right away

Habits of Mind

Habits of Mind

Habits of Mind - Focus on Curiosity

Character Virtues

Report Card Updates
-Trimester System

-Mastery Based

-Updated “Characteristics of a Successful Learner”
  = Habits of Mind

-Parent-Teacher conferences will be held in
   November and again on an as needed basis in
   February.

-A conference may be arranged at any time
  throughout the year.