WELCOME to Curriculum Night! PLEASE SIGN UP to be an Art Docent - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
WELCOME to Curriculum Night! PLEASE SIGN UP to be an Art Docent helper On side table! WRITE down your name and email address to share with PTSA and our room parent for communication purposes On side table! GUESS
SIGN UP to be an Art Docent helper
On side table!
WRITE down your name and email address to
On side table!
“GUESS WHO?” Find your child’s desk and take
Try to keep consistency by subbing for each other whenever possible
Planning together every Wednesday with the second grade team, so we both know what curriculum will be covered each week
Assessments will be given by both teachers and results will be discussed to best support students’ learning
Classroom management strategies are being used daily and cohesively - individually, small group and whole class – we are starting out slowly and building as needed
Major infractions will be handled according to our school- wide behavior plan
Any communication with parents will be cc’d (or shared if discussed in person or on the phone) and weekly newsletters will be emailed home on Mondays
Please remember to include both teachers when emailing, so we can all work together as a team to best support students
425-837-7262
younglovem@issaquah.wednet.edu costam@issaquah.wednet.edu
http://connect.issaquah.wednet.edu/elementary/cougar/staff/
mrs_youngloves_site/default.aspx
Common Core State Standards
http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/ http://www.corestandards.org/Math/
The Grade Level Standards for K-8, Parent
Resources for Mathematics, and the High School Course Catalogues are available on the district website.
http://www.issaquah.wednet.edu/academics/curriculumstandards.aspx
If you have questions or comments about the
standards please contact the Teaching & Learning Services Dept.
425-837-7030
Guided Language Acquisition Design Cooperation, active learning, accountability,
Visible
Desks in groups Charts on walls
Not easily visible
Group expectations
Used throughout the year and across all
Reader’s Workshop
Making Meaning Guided Reading Groups Independent Reading/Conferences
Self selected reading from classroom library - “just right” books Book boxes Reading response journals
Other Components
Phonics/Phonological Awareness Skills
Using Evidence from the Text to Support Thinking, Making Predictions,
Questioning, Schema (Making Connections), Visualizing (Mental Images), Inferring, Text Features, Summarizing, Determining Importance, Sequencing, Problems & Solutions, Fact/Fantasy, Drawing Conclusions, Vocabulary, Grammar
Daily sharing about reading
Focusing on skills used that day while reading/responding
EPIC Reading
Independent reading with computer comprehension tests
Lucy Calkins – Units of Study
Narrative, information/lab reports,
Writing Process
Generating ideas, drafting, revising,
Eureka – A Story of Units
A comprehensive curriculum written by a
team of teachers and mathematicians who took great care to present mathematics in a logical progression, preparing students to understand advanced math
Developed specifically to meet the math
standards adopted by our state
Connects math to the real world in ways
that take the fear out of math and build student confidence
Teaches math as a “story” to build students’
mathematical knowledge logically and help them achieve deep understanding
This approach can be unfamiliar to those of
us who grew up memorizing mathematical facts and formulas
Understand that students are learning math in
a way that will prepare them for the higher demands of college and careers today and in the future
Focused math skills and real-world, challenging problems
Read the Parent Roadmap for your child’s
grade level
At the beginning of each module…
Read the Parent Tip Sheet to get an overview of the topics your child will be learning and how you can support this learning at home
Recognize that Eureka Math lessons can be
customized by teachers to meet the varying needs of students
http://greatminds.net/support/parents https://www.zearn.org/
Science/Social Skills/Social Studies Curriculum
September, October, November
Sun, Moon and Stars (Shadows) Systems and Technology Second Step Social Skills Community, Citizenship and Government
December, January, February
Force and Motion Second Step Social Skills Economics
March, April, May, June
Second Step Social Skills History and Geography/History Trunk Ecosystems
Organisms, Life Cycle of a Plant, Hand Pollinators, Agricultural Engineers, Wetland
Ecosystem
Kate Poaster Labs
In connection with our science units
Downtown Issaquah Walking Tour
Tuesday, October 8th
In connection with communities/social studies Mercer Slough
To Be Determined… (Spring 2020)
In connection with science – ecosystems
Fountas & Pinnell Reading Assessments
September 9th through October 4th January 28th through March 13th May 4th through June 5th
Reading/Writing Conferences
Weekly
Eureka Math Unit Tests
Mid-Module and End of Module
Science/Health/Social Studies Unit Tests
Monthly
IOWA Test
March 10th through March 13th
CogAT (Cognitive Abilities)
January 14th through January 17th
Take Home Folders
Sent home and brought back to school daily
Unfinished Work Folders
Work from the week that is unfinished is kept in this folder
Each day students will be given a chance to work on their unfinished work
If work is still unfinished by Friday, it will be coming home to do over the weekend
Homework
Weekly homework menu
District K – 5 Homework Guidelines for Parents: The length of time a child should spend on homework, including reading, and projects is 10-20 minutes in grades K-2, and 30 – 45 in grades 3 – 5. If your child regularly requires a great deal more time than this to complete assignments, you should contact your child’s teacher. If your child does not have homework
Behavior
Classroom Rules/Procedures/Expectations
Individual Rewards
Tickets earned and turned in for reward certificates
Team Points
Winning team each week gets a prize
Bobcat Coin Jar
Earned as a class, rewarded when goal is met (extra recess, game time, movie, etc.)
The Bobcat Way
Explicitly taught expected behaviors for common areas
such as lunchroom, playground, hallway, restroom
Students rewarded with Bobcat Coins when “caught”
following the Bobcat Way
First school wide goal: 1,000 coins School wide reward
PBSES
Positive Behavior and Social Emotional Support
Progressive Behavior Intervention Program
For minor behaviors:
Teacher reminder, break in classroom, break in another
classroom (reflection sheet and parent contact), referral to
For major behaviors:
Referral to office
PBSES Coach and Bobcat Buddy Coordinator
Dawn Fields
fieldsd@issaquah.wednet.edu 425-837-7265
PBSES
Positive Behavior Social Emotional Support/Systems
Coach
Supports all students, staff and parents Helps establish school wide expectations – hallway,
bathrooms, playground, etc.
Bobcat Buddy Coordinator
Watch D.O.G.S. Program – Dads of Great Students
Volunteer Program
Spend a full or half day with your child and experience their
day at school
Volunteers
Using the Google Docs Form that is posted
Conferences
Wednesday, December 4th
Thursday, December 5th
Please sign up online through Skyward Family Access
COMING SOON - You will be notified by the district
Report Cards
December 2nd
March 18th
June 18th – Last Day of School
NO PAPER COPIES – access through Skyward Family Access only!
Parties
Fall Harvest (October)
Valentine’s Day (February)
End of the Year (June)
We also appreciate that our volunteers…
Sign in the office, grab a badge and place it
visibly on their body
Stay within the classroom/area in which they
are volunteering
Use a Level 1 voice when volunteering Step out of the building when using cell phones Note new location of volunteer workroom (new
wing)
Refrain from entering the staff lounge Keep all children out of the workroom
Sign up to be a part of the Volunteer Instructed Art Lessons at Cougar Ridge
art instruction based on state and district guidelines
in October
9/27
Month Lesson Subject Additional Art Element Medium Inspiration
October 2 Positive/Negative Pumpkins Positive/Negative Space Symmetry, Asymmetry Mixed Media Crayon November 2 O’Keeffe’s Watercolor Flowers Color Theory: Complementary and Tertiary Colors
Oil Pastel January 2 Chengadu Panda Scale, Proportion Blending, Art as Storytelling Chalk Oil Pastel February 2 Calder-Inspired Abstract Art Abstraction Movement, Shape Tempura - Blue, Red, Yellow Cut Paper March 2 Pete the Cat Scale, Proportion Color, Art as Storytelling Tempura - Yellow, Blue, White, Light Blue, Black, Green
2 Clay Flower Tile Clay Shape, Texture Clay May 2 Matisse Shape Vase Sculpture Shape Mixed Media
2 Venus Fly Trap Pattachitra Indian Art Guided Drawing Sharpie Oil & Chalk Pastel
4 Primary Areas of Investment
their Futures
Prizes for the
Printer Ink
HP 96/97
Board Games/Card
For Rainy Day
Recess, Class Parties, Free Choice Time…
There is paper with a polka dot border in the middle of
the table
Feel free to fill it out and have your student bring it
into school with any lingering questions you may have