First Grade – Mrs. Susan Bisco

Hi! My name is Susan Bisco. I am a graduate of Kutztown University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education. I have taught in the Frackville building for 11 years. Most of that time was as a First Grade teacher. I did spend a couple of years teaching Kindergarten, where half of my day was in Frackville and the other half was in the Ringtown building.

Important homework information can be found by calling the Homework Helpline at 462-3000, 773-2111, or 889-5200. After you hear a prompt to enter your selection number, press 7408.

If you would like to contact me for any question or concern, I can be reached by calling 874-3661 or you can use email, sbisco@northschuylkill.net.

Classroom Rules

When someone is speaking, you give him/her your full attention.

You do not touch someone else’s property unless you are given permission.

Respect yourself and others at all times.

Reading: Our Reading series is Harcourt Collections; it is a Reading/Language Arts Program. The students will be responsible for vocabulary words and reading the story we are currently studying.

Language: As stated above, Harcourt Collections is the series we use for Language Arts. This focuses on sentence structure.

Math: We also have Harcourt Math. We study addition, subtraction, money, time, geometry and many more.

Visit the website for all three of these

Harcourt Publications:

www.harcourtschool.com

Phonics: Saxon Phonics is the phonics program used in our elementary school. The children will be assessed every five lessons beginning with Lesson 10.

Spelling: Spelling is a component of the Saxon Phonics series. The spelling lists we begin with Lesson 16 and continue every five lessons.

For additional information, visit their website:

www.HarcourtAchieve.com

Health, Science, Social Studies: These subjects are graded with a satisfactory or unsatisfactory. We use Thematic Units, Weekly Readers and classroom discussions to study topics in each of these areas.

Handwriting: Zaner-Bloser Handwriting book will reinforce proper formation of the letters and numbers.

DAILY BEHAVIOR MONITORING

We will use the red/yellow/ green chart in the room. Everyday all of the children will start in “green”. An off-task behavior will receive a verbal warning. If this behavior continues or a different off-task behavior is observed, the child will be moved into the “yellow”. Lastly, a child will be in “red” if he/she does not heed the warnings or performs a behavior that warrants skipping the “yellow” light.

MONTHLY BEHAVIOR CHART

Children who are moved into the yellow or red areas for the day will receive a comment on their monthly behavior chart. At the end of the month, these charts will go home to review. If your child does not bring home a chart, that means he/she was not moved out of the green section for the whole month. A treat will be given to the students who have 3 or less comments on their charts for that month.