Transcript Curriculum Night PowerPoint

Please:
-Look
around the
classroom
-Find your
child’s desk
-Begin
filling out
“When I
was in third
grade”
paper
Welcome to Curriculum
Night!!
7:05-7:45 pm
 Classroom
Volunteer Sheet
 My School Bucks
 Salmon Hatchery Fieldtrip
 From
Washington
 Graduated from
SPU in FCS
Elementary Edu
 3rd Year at Apollo
 Knew I wanted to
be a teacher
since 7th grade
 Photography
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work for longer periods of time.
 We read for information.
 We read longer and more varied text.
 We use problem solving strategies.
 We explain our understanding orally and on
paper.
 We write for a variety of purposes.
 We are becoming independent learners.
 We learn how to organize our work spacetop and inside of desks.
 We learn the process/routine of nightly
homework.
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what our class came up with so far:
Keep track of school supplies
Complete HW
Taking care of yourself
Checking your folders
Behavior, especially listening and learning
Pack our school materials-back pack, folders,
snack (if applicable)
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Classroom Rules:
Be kind
Be safe
Be responsible
Be respectful
Solve problems
Consequences—If the class or individuals chose to
break a rule:
1. 2 verbal warnings & clip down on chart
2. Fill out Think About It sheet
3. Take a break or rest
4. 5 minutes late for recess
5. Loss of free time/activity time
6. Call home (if child is sent to office and reaches parent
contact)
7. Sent to office (severe distractions)
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Rewards:
1.Verbal praise (daily)
2. Rocket slips (daily)
3. I caught you being terrific tickets (daily)
4. Extra free time (weekly)
5. Extra 5 minutes of recess (weekly)
6. Rocket recognition (weekly)
7. Positive notes home (random)
8. Friday ticket raffle (Every Friday)
9. Class party (every 12 weeks)
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 Every
Friday Morning!
 Areas of Recognition:
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Community Contributor
Complex Thinker
Quality Producer
Self-Directed Learner
Collaborative Worker
Effective Communicator
Bucket Filler
 Reading
and Writing-5 times a week
 Math
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EDM 4 times a week
Fluency 3 times a week
Problem Solving every Friday
 Handwriting/Word
Work/Grammar-1 time a
week
 Grammar and spelling also integrated with
writing
 Science/Social Studies-3 times a week
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Morning Routines:
Check in for lunch
 Turn in HW & notes from home
 Morning work
 Weather Calendar
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Lunch:11:20-11:40
 Recess: 11:00-11:20 & 1:55-2:15 (except Wed)
 Specialists:
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PE: Tuesday 12:55-1:25 & Friday 12:55-1:25
Music: Monday 12:55-1:25 & Thursday 12:55-1:25
Library: Tuesday 12:20-12:50
Computer Lab: Fridays in the afternoon
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Mon-Thurs:
Homework Calendarcommunication btw school and home
Math Home Links
 Reading at Home (RAH) journal
(& one weekend day)
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encouraged:
IXL online for fluency
Math Facts!
Spelling words
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All homework is due at 8:30 am the next morning.
Homework that is not turned in will be completed during
afternoon recess on Fridays.
All homework should be labeled with your name on the top
of the paper.
All homework will be completed in pencil.
Your homework should be carefully written so that it is
easy to read.
Be sure to check over your work and fix any changes that
might be needed before you turn it in.
When writing, please be sure to use your own words.
Any corrections to graded homework will be done in class.
Remember to always do your best! 
Ways to individualize
for your child :
•read it to her
•shorten the assignment
•replace the assignment
•Stop after 30-45
minutes!!!!!
•Write a note if he has
an excuse for not doing
it!!
If he or she gives you grief:
•set expectations together:
Include him in deciding when
and where he’ll do it
•establish a routine
•give her the choice to do it at
home or with Ms. Dishman at
recess
 Snacks
 Friday
Cubbies
 Star of the Week
 Scholastic Book Orders online
 Honoring
the spirit of the District Nutrition
Policy and the above procedures, school staff
and parents should reward students with
physical activities, non-food items or healthy
snacks at classroom parties, holiday
celebrations, and as student incentives. Food
and beverages purchased with District funds
for classroom parties and incentives on the
school campus during the school day will
follow the above guidelines.
*Source: ISD Health and Wellness Policy 6700
 Options
for birthday celebrations in class
instead of sweet/candy treats?
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Fruit
Pencils
Erasers
Bookmarks
Stickers
Other ideas e-mail me
 E-mail
or call me-expect a
response btw 1-3 days)
 Monthly
newsletters
 Skyward Message Center
 Website!
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Files
Blogs-quick announcements or
reminder “notes”
Important upcoming dates
 Areas
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to Volunteer:
Leveling books
Copying
Reading and Math with students
Fluency grading & keeping track of progress
RAH & MAH rep?
Art docent
Please make sure you sign up before you leave if
you are interested
 Volunteering is optional but highly encouraged 
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 Online
via Family Access
 Live in October
 Info will be coming home
 Month to sign up for a conference
 Parents
help their children log their hours for
reading and math online via the PTA website
 Lots of options for math!
 Earn prizes 
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Mrs. Harris
Mrs. Holsather:
 Counselor and PBSES
(Positive Behavior Social
Emotional Support)
 Weekly 15 minute lessons
Smarter Balance Test in
Spring (2nd Year)
Ordering lunch online: My
School Bucks
Grade Level Celebrations
Grading
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are many components to our math
assessments. This allows for a more complete
understanding of each students’ ability.
 The components are: content, mathematical
practices, fluency, & problem solving.
 Our math components are graded using
rubrics, which details the actions and
thinking required to meet or exceed
standard.
Exceptional work looks like…
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Exceptional work does not
look like…
Consistently performing beyond
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Being fast
expectations
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Producing simply neat work
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Being ‘accelerated’
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Answering all of the questions
Using ‘one’ correct strategy
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Seeking opportunity to go further
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Demonstrating depth of thought and
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application
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Connecting knowledge or skill to
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another area
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Applying knowledge for a new
purpose
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Analyzing concepts
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Showing multiple applications and/or
perspectives
Doing extra work for extra
points
Getting all the right answers
 Students
work, in collaboration with the
teacher and group members, to complete
unit work.
 Due to the fact that students do not
complete these units of study
independently, a grade of ‘3’
(at-standard) is the highest grade possible.
 Content specific rubrics are used for
journals and group projects.
Issaquah School District uses Lucy Calkin’s
Units of Study as our writing curriculum.
Grading for each unit is determined based
on the curriculum rubrics, specific to each
genre of writing.
 Each rubric contains 3 parts; structure,
development, & language conventions.
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Performance Assessment Prompt
for Narrative Writing:
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“I’m really eager to understand what you can do as writers of
narrative, of stories, so today, will you please write the best
personal narrative, the best Small Moment story, that you can
write? Make this be the story of one time in your life. You
might focus on just one scene or two. You’ll have only fortyfive minutes to write this true story, so you’ll have to plan,
draft, revise, and edit in one setting. Write in a way that
allows you to show off all you know about narrative writing.”
 “In your writing, make sure you:
 Write a beginning for your story
 Use transition words to tell what happened in order
 Elaborate to help readers picture your story
 Show what your story is really about
 Write an ending for your story.”
Grading for reading is divided into 2 parts;
reads grade level text and comprehension.
 The grade for reads grade level text is
based on our Fountas & Pinnell testing.
 Comprehension grades are based on unit
assessments, conferring with students, and
student responses.
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refer to the district scoring guide for
report cards for more clarification regarding
grading for our district!
Thinking
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Fact and Opinion, Inferring, Finding
Evidence, Main Idea, Summarizing, and
Problem Solving
Thinking
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Skills:
Behaviors:
Attending, Persistence, Deliberativeness,
Flexibility, Precision, Inquisitiveness,
Originality, Metacognition, Empathy,
Elaboration, and Risk Taking
 Balanced
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Literacy Model:
Whole class instruction
Small group instruction
Individual instruction
Independent practice
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Fountas & Pinnell Assessment
Making Meaning
“First 8 Days”
Guided Reading
Independent Reading
Reading at Home (RAH)
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Making Meaning Curriculum:
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utilizes picture books as a way for the
teacher to explicitly model and teach how
to use and think about comprehension
strategies. Students will then have the
opportunity to practice and apply their new
learning using authentic texts.
Summarizing
Inferring
Word Meaning
Questioning
Finding Evidence
Text Structure
Author’s Purpose
Comparing/Contrasting
Determining
Importance
Main Idea
Theme
Cause & Effect
Text Features
 Visualizing
 Making
inferences
 Understanding text structure
 Wondering/questioning
 Determining Important ideas
 Using Schema/making connections
 Summarizing
 Lucy
Calkins
 Four Units:
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Narrative
Informative
Opinion
Narrative: Fairy Tales
“First 15 days”
 Writer’s Workshop Model:
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Mini lesson
 Independent writing time
 Conferring with individual or a small group of
students
 Sharing with writing partner and class
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 Handwriting
Without Tears
 Vocabulary:
Students are taught how to
learn words and how to remember words.
Strategies for learning vocabulary include:
context clues, root words, prefixes and
suffixes.
 Sentence
Structure
 Nouns/Pronouns
 Verbs
 Adjectives
 Adverb
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into writing instruction with an
emphasis on application in students’ daily
writing
 Intermittent
checks and observations of
daily work conducted throughout the year
to assess.
 Tools like high frequency words and
personal word walls as reference.
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Everyday Math Units:
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Routines/Review/ & Assessment
Adding & Subtracting Whole Numbers
Linear Measures & Area
Multiplication & Division
Place Value in Whole Numbers & Decimals
Geometry
Fractions
Measurement & Data
Resources online for EDM
Games & Student Reference Book
 Check out a reference book at school
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IXL online
a problem-solving approach based on everyday
situations;
 …an instructional approach that revisits concepts
regularly;
 …frequent practice of basic skills, often through
games;
 …lessons based on activities and discussion;
 …mathematical content that goes beyond basic
arithmetic;
 …games to reinforce key concepts
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 EDM
not well aligned with common core
 Some lessons omitted
 Fewer standards but more in depth
understanding and learning
 More focus on problem solving & fact fluency
Math spirals for
problem solving,
vocabulary, and math
thinking!
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Guided Language Acquisition Design
 Cooperation,
active learning, accountability,
literacy, academic language
 Visible
Desks in groups
 Charts on walls
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easily visible
3 Expectations-make good decisions, solve
problems, show respect
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throughout the year and across all
subjects, esp in Science and Social Studies
 Weather
(Year Long)
 Salmon (Sept-Oct)
 Rocks & Minerals (Nov-Jan)
 Upcoming
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Dates:
Presentation from hatchery: October 6th
Hatchery Field Trip: October 20th at 12:00
 Northwest
Native Americans
 Government/Democracy
 Pioneers
Changes in Families
 Self-empowerment
 Conflict resolution
 Managing stress/understanding
emotional health
 Nutrition
 Body systems
 Other
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 Bucketfilling
 Growth
vs Fixed Mindset
 Friendship
 Zones of Regulation
 Bullying
 Other
 Fixed
Mindset: belief that people are born
smart and can’t do anything to change that
 Growth Mindset: people can learn just about
anything
 Handout
 General
awareness of Internet safety
 Navigation of computer and computer basics
 Type to Learn
 Microsoft Word for word processing!
 Document camera & Active board to show
work
 IXL
 EDM
 Tumble
Books
 Brain Pop
 The
PTA brings together parents, teachers
and students to support the Apollo staff,
provide curriculum enhancement
opportunities for every student, and build a
strong, welcoming school environment.
 Find information about membership and
volunteering at www.apollopta.org.
 Membership is $25/family, $20/individual.
 Classes with 100% membership earn a party!
Be a part of PTA greatness. Sign up for YOUR Apollo
Elementary PTA today at: apollopta.org or by
completing a membership form today. When you do,
you are supporting the nation’s largest volunteer
advocacy group for children in this country.
Did you know? Your child is attending 1 of 3 schools in
the state awarded the School of Excellence Award for
2014-2016.
 Books
for our
classroom library
 Sticky notes for
reading & writing
 Healthy Snacks