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Teacher: Mrs. McCormick's Page e-mail Mrs. McCormick
First Grade 2010-2011
I am very excited to be your child's teacher. First grade is such a crucial year of learning. I have been teaching for over twenty years and this is my eighth year of teaching first grade at Cottonwood Canyon. I feel it is very important for home and school to work together to make your child's experience at school a positive one.  I enjoy teaching reading and watching the progress first graders make throughout the year.  I feel it is important to make learning fun and engaging.  I want my students to have many experiences learning new and exciting things. 
I am happily married with three children, ages 16, 18 and 21. I look forward to getting to know you and your child. Please feel free to call or email me if you have any concerns or questions.

What's New:

Hello Incoming First Graders!

School Supplies

Mrs. McCormick - First Grade- Room 20

It would be helpful if your child could bring the following school supplies.

*Two boxes of 16 or 24 count boxes of Crayola crayons
*Small hand held pencil sharpener with storage compartment for shavings
*Four Thin Dry Erase markers-black
*Old, clean sock (to use as an eraser for individual whiteboards)
*Small, round-tip student scissors
*Several glue sticks
*Small backpack, no rolling backpacks please (they take up too much space)
*Pencils, pencils, pencils
*Crayola markers (8-10 count)
*Box of tissue to be shared with the class throughout the year.

Students do not need a pencil box, I have them already purchased and in their desks.

If you are able to make Donations for the classroom I would greatly appreciate any of the following items:

Kleenex, hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, baby wipes, Mr. Clean Magic Erasers, Markers, Glue sticks (lots), Crayola Dry Erase Crayons, Dry Erase Markers, Any fun art supplies that you might have laying around (buttons, pompoms,...) old magazines that we can cut pictures out of, large ziploc bags, sandwich size ziploc bags, cottonballs, colored copy paper.  Thanks for your support :)   


Parents if you want to give your child a jump start into first grade you may do the following:

*) Review letters and sounds to make sure they have not forgotten them over summer.

*) Review their Kindergarten sight words to ensure they still know them.

*) On the main page click on standards and go to the bottom of the page, cilck on download fry's word lists. Start at the number 1 and practice reading the words. Lists numbered 1 - 25 are first grade words. When tested on these at school they will not be allowed to sound them out. They have to know them from memory, they are sight words.

*) Pick up some one inch lined paper, with the dotted line in the middle. Have your child practice writing their name, the alphabet, colors, and kindergarten sight words. Making sure to touch the appropriate lines. For students that are ready have them write about something fun they have done during the day. Start with a CAPITAL and end with a STOP SIGN (.?!).









What's New:

Parent Volunteers- I love to have parents helping out in the classroom. Parents may be asked to work with students, help with preparing for activities, go on field trips... In order to volunteer on campus parents must have a current volunteer badge. A red badge will work for helping in the classroom but will not permit you to go on field trips. To be ready for field trips and classroom help PLEASE get a Purple badge. If you had a badge last year it is very simple to renew it and I will have the form at Back to school night. Information on volunteer badges can be picked up at back to school night or in the office.

Behavior Charts - Students will move their clips up and down throughout the day depending on their behavior. Students will then color a chart that is kept in their homework folder to show what color they ended the day on. All students start each day on green and can go up to blue or purple for great behavior or they can go down to yellow, orange, and red for misbehaving, not following directions, or not completing work when given plenty of time to do so. Please understand that all students end up on yellow occasionally and that it is not the end of the world. Talking with your child nightly about what color they were on and why will help reinforce the connection and communication between school and home.


Grading - 
Most classwork and homework is graded with a star, check or a minus. Students who do a great job and do their best will get a star. If they get a small portion incorrect or it is messy they will earn a check. If the work is unsatisfactory and not meeting the expectations of first grade then they will get a minus. Please encourage your child to work for the stars. 


Homework - 

Homework packets will go home every Friday and are due the following Friday. Please make sure that your child completes the comprehension page on the back and attaches four spelling activities to the cover page. Your child needs to read for 15 minutes every night and log the titles and minutes on the cover sheet. When you have checked that all items are complete please sign the cover sheet and staple all items to it. 




Fry's - 1st Grade - 250 Sight Words (25 lists)

Each column represents a list of approximately 10 sight words. Students learn to read each list (in order) and then to spell the words on the lists. There are 1000 Fry's sight words total. Students entering 1st grade should already know the first 50 words. District standards require students to know at least 200 words by the end of 1st grade to be on task. The CCE 1st grade Staff has set a goal of 250 words for our students. Download all the Fry's Sight Words and practice with your child at home.
CHART LEGEND:
 
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=Read
 
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First Grade Math Facts 1 through 75

CHART LEGEND:
 
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=Complete 51 thru 75
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=Awating
 
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Fry's - 1st Grade - 250 Sight Words (25 lists)

Each column represents a list of approximately 10 sight words. Students learn to read each list (in order) and then to spell the words on the lists. There are 1000 Fry's sight words total. Students entering 1st grade should already know the first 50 words. District standards require students to know at least 200 words by the end of 1st grade to be on task. The CCE 1st grade Staff has set a goal of 250 words for our students. Download all the Fry's Sight Words and practice with your child at home.
CHART LEGEND:
 
=Awaiting
 
=Read
 
=Written
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First Grade Math Facts 1 through 75

CHART LEGEND:
 
=Awaiting
 
=Complete 1 thru 25
 
=Complete 26 thru 50
 
=Complete 51 thru 75
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