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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.