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Welcome to Mrs. Bell-Knight's web page.  I hope you find my page informative and helpful.  My goal is to teach your child Reading, Writing, Math, Social Studies and English in ways that they will find learning fun and exciting. 

 First grade is a fun grade; however, I must be honest with you it is also challenging.  Your child's time here will be well spent. He or She may even come home exhausted from all the thinking done during the day, but I will make every minute count.

Teaching is my passion and I am committed to guiding your child through a successful school year.  Previously I have taught 5th, 3rd, Kindergarden, and Pre-K, but first grade is the grade that I find most  exciting.  It is an exciting time in a childs life.  It's a time when children begin to learn to decode words and connect literature with their  lives, other stories they have read and events that has happened in their communities.  I enjoy being the catalyst to students developing the love of  learning,  discovering  new and interesting  things.   

My interest are reading, writing, singing, and African Dance.  I enjoy attenting jazz concerts and plays.  I am married and we have two beautiful children grades 5th and 3rd.

My Philosophy is that all children can learn.  It's the teachers responsibility to discover what avenue to take to reach that child.  

Specials Schedule

Monday - Thursday

1:20-2:05

Monday

Physical Education

Tuesday

Handwriting

Wednesday

Spanish

Thursday

Music

 Week of April , 2010

Theme 9: week 3

Skills and strategies being taught this week:

      Reading Strategies:   

 Question- Ask yourself questions that you have about a story that you are reading, then

read on to find out the answer.  

Compare and Contrast-When readers compare they look for things that are the same, and

when they contrast they look for things that are different.

Phonics: Vowel Pairs oy, oi; aw, au 

Suffixes -ful, -ly, -y    

Math: We will be counting by, 2's, 5's and 10's., numbers that are more than and less than, even and odd numbers,

Soial Studies -   Cinco De Mayo

Science-  Organisms: We will be learning about living and non-living things.

*Practice reading the high-Frequency words every day.

*Continue practicing by 2's, 5's, and 10's .

Congratulation

We have a winner !!! Bianca Talib has won the handwriting Contest for first grade. 

Celebration :  Cinco De Mayo

Earth Day Projects are due Friday  May 7, 2010   

Field Day May 24th 2010 

 Spring Concert May 27, 2010

Rules

Raise your hand and wait to be called on

Be careful with school property

Follow directions

Get permission from the teacher to write on the board

No Homework no recess

Expectations of Students

Respectful to the teacher

Respectful to each other

Complete all homework in a time

Expectation of Parents

Assistance with homework

Sign composition books everyday

Support students with following directions and honoring the class/school rules.

 Homework Policy

Homework is given everyday except on Friday.

Homework is due the following day.

If student does not turn in homework the student will lose recess.

Consequences

Ticket change system

White ticket-All students start their day with a white ticket (Super Day)

green ticket- Warning

Blue ticket- 10 minutes off recess (seat will be moved)

Yellow ticket-No recess (student will be moved closer to the teacher)

Red ticket- Student will be sent to Mrs. Roberts/phone call home

 (Student will receive a Demerit, and sent to Mrs. Roberts for further consequences depending on the severity of the student's action.)

 Birthdays

Parents May bring cup cakes and juice (I would prefer no sodas).              

Grade Range

A+ 98 or above Exceeds Proficiency

A 97-90 Meets Proficiency

B 89-82 Meets Proficiency

C 81-74 Near Proficiency

D 73-66 Below Proficiency

F 65-below  Below Proficiency