Huddle Newsletter
First Grade Edition 2014-15
LMSVSD - Welcome Back First Grade Teachers!
District Resource Teacher Directory:
Assessment - Tracy Olander x6370
BTSA (Regular Ed) - Leah Saunders x6403
BTSA (Special Ed) - Brooke Noble x6420
Cross Curricular CCSS - Ani Asaro x6427
Cross Curricular CCSS - Kristin Gentile x6398
English Learners - Linda Michaud x6306
Language Arts (Elementary) - Tammie Babbitt x6357
Math Resource - Beth Rackliffe x6304
Media Services - Janice Gilmore x6465
Technology - Noelle Suffield x6359
If you need Focus wall materials - contact Nancy Steiger x6387
Everyday Math has a Common Core bridge - the password is CCSS
Instructional Materials Guide
Did you know? The replacement cost of one complete set of First Grade teaching materials for the four core subjects is $18,457.93!
- teacher editions
- supplemental materials
- manipulatives
- student textbooks
- workbooks
Not sure what something is called or wondering what you're supposed to have? Here are the answers:
California Model School Library Standards
(pages 4-6 of linked document)
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/librarystandards.pdf
Library Time: Minimum - 20 mins.; Average - 30 mins.; Optimal - 40 mins.
Library Tech introduces a poem, chant, or song (3 min.)
- Library Tech reads a selection
- chosen to capture the imagination, connect to lives, or provide background information
- or to support the themes in HM or Everyday Math
- from exemplary authors
5. Students choose 1-2 books to check out
Core Literature for First Grade
1. User name is firstname.lastname
2. Password is teach411
TIPS:
- Make sure you select your school before logging in.
- Make sure you select District Media Services (check the box) instead of your own school library.
- Core literature can be found by entering the keyword search corelit1
Here is the list of First Grade titles. Each one has a Teacher's Literature Guide that is available for checkout.
Reading Level Assessments and other helpful reading suggestions
- Reading Level Assessment
- District Website Resources for First Grade (don't forget you'll need to login as staff with the password info411
Online curriculum resources, logins & passwords
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com
user name: firstnamelastname
password: teach 411
username: your old email address (it will still work)
password: you set it yourself, we commended using info411
Have you transferred to a new school? You can change your school yourself from the Games menu
If you need to or want to re-register using your new email address, you can do that by using the registration code 8332E0A6
Science AND History/Social Science
Pearson's new Online Learning Exchange (OLE) was launched this Fall. This is the new digital path to access all of your Scott Foresman programs. You can activate your account here
Your school code is:49-51-90
Fill in your information and click on Subscriptions to see your resources.
Find time for these five lessons for 2014-15
Staying Safe Online Students understand that they should stay safe online by choosing websites that are good for them to visit, and avoid sites that are not appropriate for them.
Screen Out the Mean Students learn that children sometimes can act like bullies when they are online. They explore what cyberbullying means and what they can do when they encounter it.
Using Keywords Students understand that keyword searching is an effective way to locate information on the Internet. They learn how to select keywords to produce the best search results.
Sites I Like Students discuss criteria for rating informational websites and apply them to an assigned site. Students learn that all websites are not equally good sources of information.
Assess their learning with this online tool: UNIT 2 ASSESSMENT
Quick Print Form
Use this form to order stand print jobs. No need to send blackline masters, we have them on file. Please order for only 1 trimester on one sheet. Your School Office Manager will need to issue a standard print requisition.
Is VHS dead?
Here are the top circulations to First Grade teachers in 2013-14:
- Caps for sale
- Cat in the hat
- The caterpillar and the polliwog
- Chicken Little
- Corduroy
- Diary of a worm
- Harold and the purple crayon
- How do dinosaurs say goodnight?
- In the tall, tall grass
- Max's chocolate chicken
- The napping house
- Pet show
- Stellaluna
- Weekend with Wendell
- Where the wild things are
Teaching Assignments 2014-15
How to use Destiny
https://destiny.lmsvsd.k12.ca.us
Three resources for you
Read Works
- author's purpose
- cause and effect
- compare and contrast
- fact and opinion
- figurative language
- point of view
- sequence
- vocabulary in context
- voice
- ... and more
Achieve 3000
Username: commoncore.teacher
Password: commoncore.teacher
Benchmark Universe E-Book Library Subscription
Login: new district email address
Password: welcome
- ebooks can be opened on computers or iPads
- you can assign titles to students to read
- lesson plans are available for these titles
- use the books whole class with your projector or on the big screen
- books can be printed for student use
Janice Gilmore-See
Email: janice.gilmoresee@lmsvsd.k12.ca.us
Website: http://www.lmsvsd.org
Location: 4750 Date Avenue, La Mesa, CA, United States
Phone: (619) 668-5700 6465
Twitter: @janiceairplane