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UPDATES FOR 2013 • Common Core Math Practices

• B.Y.O.T.

• Online access of textbooks for math, science and social studies

• 4th grade teacher Edline pages

• P.B.I.S. (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports)

• C.H.A.M.P.S.: classroom organization as the key to managing discipline

• P.A.T.H.S: comprehensive program that promotes emotional and social competencies, reducing aggression and behavior problems in preschool through elementary school-aged children, while simultaneously enhancing the educational process in the classroom.

Patterson Positive Pillars

Be Safe

Safe

Respectful

Responsible

Name:

_________

Class:_____

Be Respectful

Be Responsible

This year the ticket colors has changed to yellow

Responsibility Log

Name: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week of:____

CHAMPS Conversation: Can students talk to one another during this activity?

Help: How can students get help during this activity? How do

they get your attention?

Activity: What is the task/objective of this activity/transition?

What is the expected end product?

Movement: Can students move about during this

activity/transition?

Participation: What does appropriate student behavior look /

sound like during this activity/ transition?

Success!: Teaching expectations to support student success!

ASSIGNMENT NOTEBOOK

• Responsibility: Write assignments down daily

• Responsibility: Packing up all supplies in backpacks

• Responsibility: Completing all homework and being prepared for class

HOMEWORK

• Homework is to reinforce skills/content taught in class. It is required.

• Parents are encouraged to check their child’s homework.

• The students should not have more than 40 minutes of each night. If the students are struggling with a concept, please contact the teacher for assistance.

• Parents will be informed when a student has missed an assignment.

HOMEWORK POLICY

• Report card grades will reflect in-class assignments and assessments.

• Homework completion will be reflected in the effort section of each subject on the report card.

WRITING

• The writing process

• The areas that will be covered this year are:

Biographic sketch, feature articles, book review,

paragraph writing, extended response, and poetry

• The writing curriculum includes a balance of

grammar, mechanics, spelling, and the writing

process

Indian Prairie School District

Word Study Program

• The program is being implemented in order for students

to meet the new ELA Common Core Standards.

Why is There a Change?

• The ELA Common Core Standards have a specific strand designated for the acquisition of foundations skills for reading and writing.

• Students need to acquire these foundational skills to be proficient readers and writers.

• Word Study includes a focus on Print Concepts & Phonemic Awareness (K-2), Phonics and Word Recognition and Fluency (K-5).

• The goal of the instruction of word study is to produce proficient spellers, readers and writers.

ELA Common Core Expectations

• Word Study is the comprehensive study of words and word formation

that leads to the ability to spell.

• In contrast, students do not learn how to spell words by memorizing

the order of letters in a word.

• Providing students with a list of words to memorize each week will

not bring about a deep understanding of how words are formed, nor

will it help them become proficient spellers.

What is Word Study and How is it Different?

• NO

• We are providing students with more systematic instruction of

word study to increase spelling proficiency.

• Students will have multiple opportunities to learn and practice

these skills in an effort to ensure life-long fluency in spelling

words.

Has Spelling Gone Away?

• Yes – It will be called “Spelling/Word Study” on the Report Card.

• Grades K-2 students will receive one of the following achievement

indicators on the report card: Outstanding (O), Satisfactory (S),

Needs Improvement (N) or Unsatisfactory (U)

• Grade 3-5 students will receive one of the following grades: A, B, C,

D or F

Is There Still a Spelling Grade?

• Students will no longer take a traditional 20 word spelling test. Instead, students will study and practice a concept or skill and be assessed on their application of that concept or skill. Assessments may be written dictation sentences, word lists, sorting, etc.

• Student will not come home with a weekly spelling list..

• Word Study will focus more on the concepts, principles and patterns associated with understanding how words are spelled.

Will There Be Weekly Lists/Tests?

Students will practice the word study concepts and principles

covered in class.

Parents can provide support by reviewing these concepts with

their child at home.

How Can I Support My Child at Home?

For more information and details about the Phonics and Word Study Program:

http://www.phonicsminilessons.com

For more information regarding the Common Core Standards, especially

Foundation Skills (word study): http://www.corestandards.org

Additional Information:

READING

• Focus Areas:

Vocabulary acquisition and application

Reading fluency

Reading comprehension: narrative elements, cause

and effect, summarize, etc.

Reading response

Independent on-level reading

Cross-curricular areas covered during guided

reading

READING

• Materials:

Harcourt series

Social Studies and Science books

Novel Studies: My Side of the

Mountain, Poppy, James and the

Giant Peach, etc.

LMC books

Fiction

Nonfiction

Time for Kids

READING MINUTES

Students need to read 15 minutes aloud to someone, three

times per week (any combination that equals 45 minutes)

PA/Int

• Additional time for students to receive instruction and enrichment in reading and math

• Focus on critical thinking and problem solving skills

• Students will rotate between topics

• Topics Social studies debates: Mrs. Krass

Technology applications: Mr. Lia

Jacob’s Ladder – Mrs. Zettle

Math enrichment: Mrs. Ambrose

MATH • The textbook is now available online

• EDM is no longer the curriculum but is a useful tool

• We will not be using all of the study links, journals, etc.

• The focus is the math practices: It is no longer the correct answer but how you got there

Please check out: http://www.corestandards.org/.

http://www.isbe.net/common_core/htmls/resources.htm#parent

MATH

• In June, 2010, the state of Illinois formally adopted new

learning standards in Mathematics based on the Common

Core.

• The Common Core initiative was born out of the need to

define a set of clear, rigorous standards in K-12 education to

ensure students graduate high school with the preparation to

succeed in college and careers in the 21st century.

MATH

• The following are key points in the new Math

standards:

Focus in early grades on number & numeration

Algebraic readiness by 8th grade

Geometric concepts in middle grades

Real world application, problem solving

Establish math practices to express ideas

MATH

• Throughout the 2011-12 school year, a District 204

Committee of teachers, administrators, and support

staff met to update the current K-8 Math curriculum

to the new standards. The newly updated curriculum

will be implemented beginning this year.

• The K-5 Student Profile of Progress, the quarterly

student progress report for parents, has been updated

to align with the new standards at each grade level.

MATH MINUTES

Students need to practice their math facts for 5 minutes, 3

times a week.

SCIENCE

• Environments Grow a terrarium

Water tolerance experiment

Food chains and webs

Crickets

Owl pellets

SCIENCE

• Rocks and Minerals

Properties of rocks

Rock cycle

Types of rocks

SCIENCE

• Magnets and Electricity

– Magnets repel and attract

– Electricity moves in circuits

– Magnets can be used to make electricity

SCIENCE • Circulatory and Respiratory System

Parts of each system

Heart rate

How to stay healthy

Dangers of tobacco

Also supports PE goals and curriculum

SCIENCE

• Mystery Powders

Know and apply concepts, principles and

processes of scientific inquiry

Making and recording observations

Know and apply concepts that describe

properties of matter and energy and the

interactions between them

Analyzing information

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Students will study:

Maps and Globes

Political structure of US and IL

Northeast

Southeast

Midwest

Southwest

West

Illinois

DECISION

MAKING

POLITICAL

SYSTEMS

SOCIAL

SYSTEMS

ECONOMICS

GEOGRAPHY

HISTORY

6 STRANDS

OF SOCIAL STUDIES

ONLINE TEXTBOOKS

Illinois Night You are cordially invited to Illinois Night with your

students. Students will be studying Illinois and creating

poster boards to share with you.

January 29th

6:30-7:30 pm

Open House style

Thank You For Coming

• Please remember to sign up for a conference

time.