Transcript September 18, 2014

Curriculum night
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
Game plan for life
HES is a special place where the
EXTRAORDINARY happens! A place
where every individual is COMMITTED to
SUCCESS and WINNING AT THE GAME
OF LIFE! We are blazing a path for the
future by removing any obstacle that
would hinder the greatness of our
students. A path that will allow our
students to become whatever they
DREAM or ASPIRE to be!
FIVE STRATEGIC PLAYS:
Play One: BE POSITIVE! Always say I can, not I can’t!
Play Two: BE A LEADER! Always be an example of
greatness!
Play Three: BE TEACHABLE! Keep learning every
day, every day, EVERY day!
Play Four: BE A TEAM PLAYER! Working together is
ALWAYS better!
Play Five: BE TECHNOLOGY LITERATE! Use
technology to be more productive not destructive!
TOMAHAWK RULE BOOK
Rule 1: Do the right thing because it’s the
right thing to do!
Rule Two: Be safe!
Rule Three: Be respectful and responsible!
Rule Four: Be ready to learn!
BALANCED LITERACY
Because reading is a vital skill to be successful in
today’s society, we believe that as educators, our
responsibility is to design a reading program that
will reach ALL levels of students and will be
relevant, successful, and fun!
Balanced literacy is a program that was developed on the
principal that ALL children can read and write!
It follows the gradual release of responsibility from teacher
to students.
It incorporates all elements of literacy and integrates other
content areas into reading and writing as well.
DAILY FIVE APPROACH
Read to Self
Read to Someone
Word Work
Writer’s Workshop
Teacher Led Guided Reading Groups
LITERACY BY DESIGN
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Literacy program that implements Common Core State
Standards and allows for implementation of the Daily Five
rotations and Writing Workshop
Literacy By Design builds strong:
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Reading Strategies
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Phonemic Awareness
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How you sound when you read
Comprehension
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Knowing how letters work together to make sounds and form words
Fluency
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Making Connections, Visualizing, Cause/Effect, Predicting…
Understanding what you read
Lifelong love of reading
WORDS THEIR WAY
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Word Study program that assesses
your child at the beginning, middle,
and end of the year
Allows for differentiation based on
your child’s needs
Progresses through different phases of phonemic and
phonetic awareness to increase your child’s
knowledge and retention of spelling patterns
Word Their Way for Parents
“MY MATH” CENTER BASED LEARNING
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My Math supports and utilizes Common
Core State Standards to teach:
Addition/Subtraction fluency
 Place Value
 Measurement (time, money, standard
measurement)
 Shape Attributes (angles, sides, shape names)
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Second graders should memorize all
sums of one-digit numbers (0-9)
INQUIRY BASED APPROACH TO SCIENCE
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Units of study include:
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Scientific Process/Inquiry
Animals
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Weather
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Animal Research Paper, Embryology Project
Weather Research Poster
Matter
Magnetism
STEM (Science Lab) activities
with Mrs. Nusz to support
science units of study
SOCIAL STUDIES
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Focus on communities locally
and in surrounding areas, students will:
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Determine how geography impacts a community and
its contributions to the local and surrounding
communities
Identify origins, structures, and functions of local,
state, and national government
The role of goods and services and supply and
demand in communities
How different cultures contribute to local and
surrounding communities
WHAT CAN YOU DO AT HOME?
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Math:
Practice addition and subtraction facts
 Play games online
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Writing:
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Encourage your child to write notes, thank you
letters, make lists, and help keep records
Science/Social Studies:
Check out nonfiction books from the library
 Do whole family experiments
 Read about current events
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WHAT CAN YOU DO AT HOME (CONT.)?
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Reading:
Make reading enjoyable…read a variety of
genres!
 Think about your child’s interests, experiences,
and reading level.
 Introduce the book in a relaxed conversation...
Be familiar with the book!
 Encourage with specific praise.
 Help maintain the meaning of the story by
asking questions.
 Read together on a regular, consistent basis!
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READ THROUGH YOUR CHILD’S EYES:
Thre ltl pgs
Onc pn a tm, thr wr thre ltl pgs who lvd in
the forst. They al hd to bld a hse. The frst
pg mad hs hse out of strw. The bg bd wlf
hffd and pffd and blw hs hse dwn. The
scnd pg blt hs hse out of stcks. The bg bd
wlf hffd and pffd and blw hs hse dwn. The
thrd ltl pg blt hs hse out of brks. The bg bd
wlf cld not blw it dwn.
“Sound It Out”
Try “sounding out” the words
gym, said, and above.
GOING BEYOND “SOUNDING OUT”
The story shows us that you do not have
to “sound out” every letter in every word
in order to be able to read it successfully.
 How were you able to read and
understand the story?
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 It
was a familiar story.
 You used the beginning and ending sounds
to figure out the words.
 You made the story make sense to you.
READING STRATEGIES THAT WORK!
Look at the picture and the first sound of
the unknown word.
 Look for chunks within the word (“at”, “ing”,
“and”). Use what you know!
 Think about what you’re reading. Ask,
“What makes sense?”
 Reread the sentence and think about what
you’re reading.
 Skip the word, read on, and then come back
to it.
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WHAT’S NEXT?
 Please
write any questions on your
post-it note and hand it off to your
child’s teacher before leaving.
 We
would love for you to take a field
trip through the second grade
classrooms to explore your child’s
instructional materials.