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Dates to Remember

January 2010

Tuesday, January 12th--Barney the Bus

Monday, January 18th--Martin Luther King, Jr. Day--NO SCHOOL!

Tuesday, January 19th--WellStar Lessson (Germ Quest)

January 25th-29th--Conference Week  Early Release--Dismissal @ 12:15

Friday, January 29th---Spirit Wear Day

February 2010

Thursday, February 4th--PTSA meeting 6:30 PM

Friday, February 12th--Valentine Exchange

Monday, February 15th--Presidents' Day No School (Teacher Workday)

Friday, February 19th--Sock Hop

Friday, February 26th--Spirit Wear Day

March 2010

Tuesday, March 2nd--Read Across America

Wednesday, March 10th--Early Release--dismissal at 12:15

Thursday, March 11th--end of the 3rd nine weeks

March 16th-19th--Book Fair

Thursday, March 18th--report cards distribution

Friday, March 26th--Spirit Wear Day

April 2010

April 5th-9th--Spring Break

Math

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Welcome

Welcome to our webpage

Our class consists of 21 students; 12 boys and 9 girls.  The students will be involved in many different activities throughout this school year.  Some of these activities consist of Writer's Workshop, Math Minute, Accelerated Reader, and Literacy Centers. 

What happens in the first grade?

The first grade is a year where the children grow tremendously.  Reading is one of the major instructional areas in this grade.  The children are taught skills that help them become independent readers.  Through Guided Reading,Shared Reading and Reader's Workshop, the children have many opportunities to learn a variety of reading skills.  Writing instruction is also a major focus area.  The children participate in a Writer's Workshop setting which enables them to learn and practice writing skills at their own pace.  Math for first graders include Calendar math which involves structured, daily math skills review.  Students are given a math pre-test at the beginning of each quarter which helps determine skills that have been mastered as well as skills that need to be learned.  Along with Everyday Counts, math instruction is supported by other resources such as the McGraw-Hill math series.  First graders have Science, Social Studies, and Health lessons as well as P.E., Art, Music, Spanish, and Computer Lab.  For more information about the first grade curriculum and Georgia Performance Standards, please go to the Cobb County website at www.cobbk12.org and click on Picasso.  First grade is a busy and exciting year!

Jessica Wickwire
First Grade Teacher
Kennesaw Elementary School
678-594-8172
Jessica.Wickwire@cobbk12.org

Morning Procedures

Morning Procedures

1. Greet Mrs. Wickwire

2. Unpack and put blue folder on your desk

3. Complete lunch count

4. Complete morning work (this usually takes 5-10 minutes)

5. Free centers until 7:45

6. At 7:45, clean up and return to desk for school announcements

Homework

There is no written homework, but there are several things that you should be working on:

1. Sight Words--each Friday we will have a sight word assessment.  The students are on different sight word lists based on each week.  In order to pass a list, your child must read all the words on that lists (without having to sound them out).  The students may pass as many lists as ppossible each week.  The goal for the end of the year is for each first grade student to be able to read 200+ sight words fluently.
2. Math Facts--practice addition and subtraction facts.  Each Tuesday we will have our timed subtraction tests and each Thursday we will have our timed addition tests.  The students have 10 minutes to complete 100 problems.  If your child misses 0-4 problems, he/she moves to the next test the following week.  Each test gets harder--for example addition tests 1 & 2 are sums 0-5 and tests 3 & 4 are tests 0-10.

3. Reading--It is extremely important that you are reading with your child.  After reading a story, ask your child to retell the story or ask them questions.  This will help build comprehension skills.  You may record each book that is read on your child's reading log.  When a child fills up the reading log, he/she may go to the treasure box.

About Mrs. Wickwire

This year will be my ninth year of teaching and my fourth year teaching at Kennesaw Elementary School.  I taught five years in Alabama before moving to Georgia.  I received my BS in education from Athens State University in Alabama and just recently completed my master's degree in education at Kennesaw State University.  I have been married for almost seven years and have a son who is two years old.

                                                   

Class Schedule

Mrs. Wickwire’s

Class Schedule

2009-2010

7:15-7:50     Arrival/Morning Work

7:50-8:15     Announcements, Attendance, Pledge of Allegiance,  Morning Work

8:05-8:15     Calendar

8:15-9:30    Math

9:30-10:50     Language Arts

                                Guided Reading

                                Shared Reading

                                Independent Reading

                                DWL

10:50-11:30     Specials (P.E., Spanish, Art, Music, Computer)

11:30-11:50     Recess

11:50-12:00     Water/Restroom Break

12:00-12:14     Writer's Workshop (mini lesson)

12:14-12:44     Lunch/Restroom Break

12:45-1:30    Writer's Workshop

1:30-2:00     Science, Social Studies, Health

2:00-2:10     Reflection, pack-up, dismissal