CURRICULUM NIGHT 2014

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Parents!

Tracy GajdosKristine VesperDiana VaccarinoTerry Fritz

Lindsay Petrikwith Leo!

Students who have attended District 54 schools for at least one year will be at grade level in reading and math upon entering third grade as measured by Measures of Academic Progress (MAP).

Each school will close the achievement gap for all students in reading and math as measured by both district and state assessments.

Each school will perform at or above the 90th percentile (top 10% nationally) in meeting individual student growth targets in reading and math as measured by Measures of Academic Progress (MAP).

The Lincoln Prairie learning community accepts

responsibility for student growth and provides

opportunities for students to take charge of their own learning. We believe that

differentiating instruction by accessing the multiple

intelligences is the foundation of individual learning in a multiage

setting.

SHARED READING

Treasures SeriesSupplementary literature

Social Science textScience text

GUIDED READING GROUPS

Small, flexible groups Use leveled readers and

various leveled materials that are targeted to the students’ instructional reading level

Work on reading skills and strategies, comprehension, fluency and accuracy, vocabulary, book talks, and more!

INDEPENDENT LITERACY WORK TIME

Responding to reading through writing

Rereading text Finding text evidence to support

ideas Word Work Creative writing

ACCELERATION…REV IT UP!

2:00-2:40 every day 20 minutes math 20 minutes literacy

Flexible groups of students

All students work in groups at some point during the week

WRITINGIN ADDITION TO OUR TRAITS WRITING PROGRAM…

Goal notebook Goal reflection Math Task Thinking Journal Family Letter Writing prompts Creative Writing Writing lessons

Process Writing—Narrative, Expository, Argumentative essays

Unit reflections Field trip reflections

Your child will have a Jammin’ Journal where entries will be made once per week. It is a way for him/her to write about what was read at home and to connect to the work they are doing in school.

All Jammin’ Journals will be sent home on Thursdays with the new assignment.

All Jammin’ Journals will be due the following Tuesday.

The teacher responds to each student’s work on an individual basis.

Jammin’

Journal

Answer question using paragraph form

Refer to Jammin’ Journal Checklist to help edit writing

Use teacher feedback to improve the following week’s assignment

I think the author waited to reveal that the main character was the teacher and not a student. The author kept me in suspense because at the beginning of the story I thought Sarah was Mr. Hartman’s daughter. The author did this to make me keep reading until the very end. The book would be boring if she told us right away that Sarah was the teacher. I love the way the author kept this big secret until the very end of the story!

SPELLING

Rebecca Sitton High Frequency word list

Responsible for the first 400 words by the end of third grade, first 200 words were sent home already

Choose five words to practice at a time, can cross off on list when mastered

Will assess at school each trimester

WAYS TO STUDY Trace words Put words in

alphabetical order Type words on

computer Memory game Flashcards Word Sorts Scrabble tiles Paint, shaving

cream, chalk Q-tip eraser

MATH CLASS

MEETS EVERY DAY FOR 60 MINUTES

Teaching Partners:

Vesper and Gajdos

Vesper…2nd graders

Gajdos…3rd graders

Teaching Partners:

Petrik/Fritz and Vaccarino

Petrik/Fritz…2nd graders

Vaccarino…3rd graders

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF MATH CLASSA BALANCED APPROACH TO MATHEMATICAL LEARNING….FIVE DAYS A WEEK!

Numeracy Development Shared Lesson Guided Math Groups with

independent assignments for those not in groups

Summary Homework assignments

MATH TASKS

Math tasks are problems that require higher level thinking.

Students are asked to solve problems and EXPLAIN their thinking through pictures and words.

Students work in groups to build their math talk and share strategies.

OTHER NOTES… Please let us know in advance if your child needs to

leave early or will miss subsequent days. School hours are from 9:00am-3:35pm

(Wednesdays—3:05pm). Students may not come back inside after school for materials that they have forgotten.

If a student is ill, he/she must be sent home through the nurse’s office.

We appreciate donations of plastic spoons and forks. We encourage students to bring their own utensils for snack and lunch.

Help us to make Working Lunch a natural consequence for missing homework.

LIBRARY CHECKOUT

2 books per week Read a book, return a book