Welcome to Curriculum Night!
Welcome to Curriculum Night!
Newcastle ElementaryKellie CrawfordSecond Grade
Room 262
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: (425) 837-5829
Me• BA Communications• Masters in Elementary Education• Professional Certificate• I have a wonderful husband, a
thirteen year old boy, twin 10 year old girls, two dogs and two cats.
My Philosophy and Goals
• High Expectations for ALL!• Students will be respectful,
thoughtful, accepting, and considerate to others and self.
• Students will develop attitude of self-confidence, critical thinking skills, independent thinking and desire to become a lifelong learner.
Classroom Responsibilities and
Expectations
• Personal Responsibility!!• Follow all school and playground
expectations.• ALWAYS do best work.• Be kind to each other• Focus on doing the right thing, even if no one
is watching. • Everything that we do is based on the school
rule: “We make choices that don’t cause a problem for others.”
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It’s not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.
Ann Landers
School Rule:We make choices that do not cause a problem for anyone
Newcastle C.A.R.E.S.Cooperation: I work well with others.Advocate: I speak up, respectfully, for what I believe; I tell the truth. Responsibility: I follow rules in and out of the classroom; Empathy: I try to understand the feelings of othersSelf-Control: I think before I act
Classroom Management
• Class Dojo – An online teacher tool to help build student’s learning habits and boost engagement.
http://teach.classdojo.com/#!/launchpad
Literacy
ReadingReader’s Workshop - Miller“Making Meaning”Fountas and Pinnell phonics and reading program.
ScholasticVocabularyGrammar
WritingWriter’s Workshop – CalkinsLetter writingPoetrySentence structureParagraphsWriting style traitsHandwritingSpeaking and listening
Co mmo n Co r e St at e St a n d a r d s
3 Key Ideas
•Thinking Deeply- emphasis on critical thinking; Analyze, discuss, evaluate, justify, and explain their understanding especially in writing!
•Integrating Learning- emphasis on learning across disciplines; reading writing and math all in one task , working together in different setting with different tools.
•Showing How They Know -emphasis on proof and evidence; no longer just giving correct answer must have proof and evidence
They replace previous Washington State Standards
Mathematics• Number Sense
• Place Value
• Problem Solving ~ real life connections
• Graphing
• Money
• Time
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Concepts revisited regularly.
• Rigorous, intensive
• Nightly homework due following day
Science and Health• Organisms/Hand pollinators• Force and Motion• Wetlands• Germs & Illness• Body Systems (Health)• Lessons with Counselor
* New Health curriculum
Ms. Mez (Meserole) School Counselor
• Counseling Role: Provide social/emotional and academic support for all students
• Support through: – Individual counseling, group counseling, and
classroom lessons• Contact for student concerns and parenting
resources– Also see Connect website and bulletin board
outside office!• At Newcastle on Tuesdays/Fridays and alternate
Wednesdays – [email protected] 425-837-5817
Technology• Xtra Math – Math facts• Basic Operations and Concepts• Productivity Tools ~ Word, Power • Point, Kid Pix, Kidspiration • Utilize appropriate websites that
support curriculum. • All the Right Type & Literacy
Support programs
MackinVIAA fantastic digital resource
available to all Newcastle Lions!
• One username/password
• Use eBooks for at-home reading practice
• Access databases for research
• Tutorials available online
• Look for your child’s login information in E-News, on the green newsletter or on Ms. Berry’s Library Connect site.
Thank you to ISF for your generous support!
Second Grade Conferences and Report Cards
• Conferences will be taking place on December 3rd and 4th.
• Report cards are aligned with the district and state curriculum standards. They reflect the standards using the following ratings:
• 4 Exceptional. Stretches and goes beyond.
• 3 Meets standards (of a hard working student)
• 2 Approaches standards• 1 Performs below standards
Second Grade Testing
• Fountas and Pinnell Reading Assessment
• Stanford Achievement Test ~ in spring
10:40-10:50 - Morning Recess
12:00-12: 15 - Lunch Recess
12:15-12:35pm - Lunch
2:05-2:20pm – Afternoon Recess
3:40/1:30 ~School dismissed M T Th F/Wed.
Week
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday
A Week
Music2:20-3pm
Computer Lab 1:20-2:05pm
P.E.3-3:40pm
Library 11:30-12n
No specialist Music 3-3:340pm
B Week
No specialistComputer Lab 1:20-2:05pm
P.E.3-3:40pm
Library 11:30-12n
Music10:55-11:35am
P.E.3-3:40pm
Homework
• With the exception of daily Everyday Math, comes home weekly.
• Weekly homework is due each Friday by 9:30am (turned in by the student!). Must be turned in to attend structured Choice Time on Friday.
• Students get two homework excuse pass for the year.
• Includes reading and reading comprehension log, lasting no more than 20 minutes.
• All assignments support skills taught in class.
Volunteers
• Tue 9:35-10:30am: Literacy • Thu 9:35-10:30am: Literacy• Fri 9:35-10:35am: Math stations/Math
help. Volunteers start in October.
•PE curriculum •Music grants for ukuleles•Teaching station for the stage. •Mackinvia for all Newcastle students.•Replaced VHS tapes for DVDs to support curriculum inb library. •VOICE mentoring•GLAD training