Welcome to Curriculum

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2014-2015

Ms. Poppe

PapersYellow: Primary Enrichment Program Testing (Mrs. Lichtenberger)Green: Math: Everyday Math, IXL (with passwords)White: Raz-KidsWhite: Writing Curriculum LetterPink: Making Meaning Letter

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Parent Communication•Email: poppek@issaquah.wednet.edu

•Weekly newsletter- via email on Friday

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•Voicemail (425) 837-5564

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Our Class Goals for the Year

1.To develop a supportive, safe, friendly classroom community so we can all enjoy learning together.

2.To spark a love for learning in each student as we have fun each day at school.

3.To promote a sense of independence and responsibility about school within each student, so they are ready to enter first grade.

4.To create a strong academic and social foundation for each student on which their future teachers can build.

We All Learn in Different Ways

The Multiple Intelligences• Artistic• Language• Math-Science• Musical• Physical• Self• Social• Naturalist

“It is not how smart you are, but how you are smart,” says Gardner and his Theory of Multiple Intelligences.

Learning Styles:• Visual- Seeing• Auditory- Hearing• Kinesthetic- Moving

A Day in the Life of Room 1638:25 Welcome and Morning Routines

8:30 Daily 5 (Reading)

9:45 Snack and Story

10:00 Recess

10:15 Making Meaning/ Writing Workshop/ Writer’s Spotlight

11:20 Recess/ Lunch

12:05 Math- Exploration, Center, Calendar, Math Lesson, Math Game

1:00 Developmental Discovery (Learning through play)

1:20 Handwriting/ Science/ Health/ Social Studies/ Class Meetings/ Art

2:15 Specialist- Music, P.E., Library

2:45 Sharing

2:55 Home

Reading: Daily 5

Reading• Daily read aloud(s) and shared reading of poems, songs, chants, etc. •Making Meaning (2-3 times a week): comprehension lessons focused on retelling, schema/ making connections, visualizing, wondering/ questioning/ inferring

• Homework: Please spend time reading with your kiddos every night! You can read, they can read, you can talk about the pictures, ask questions

Reading

•Fountas and Pinnell Phonics Lessons (Daily): Early literacy, phonological awareness, letter knowledge, lesser/ sound relationships, spelling patters, high frequency words, word meaning, words structure

• Fountas and Pinnell Testing (2-3 times per year): Books are leveled A-Z and tests are administered one on one with the teacher

WritingWriting Workshop by Lucy Calkins

• Narrative Writing• Information Writing• Opinion Writing

What does it look like?• Mini Lesson• Quiet work time

(Teachers are conferring)• Writer’s Spotlight

Handwriting Without Tears • School wide primary program• Letter Formation

Writing“Smarty Spelling”

Der parints,

Az ur child brings hom riting this year ples do not be surprized at the speling. The inglish langwij is confuzing for studints. We uz "smarty spelling" or "best guess spelling" in r wrk. Thiz meens we rite the sownds we hear. It iz a grat assezment to see wat yor child nos. Az parents u can hlp ur child bi encuraging them to rite the sounds thay hear. Let ur child read thair riting to u. Displa thair riting around ur hom. No that as ur child becomz familyer with riting, he or she will mak the trazishun to standard speling.

Thankes,Mis Poppe

Everyday Math•Spiraling contentMajor Concepts Covered•Recognizing Numbers•Counting•Shapes•Teen Numbers•Addition•Subtraction•Data Collection•Place Value•Equivalent Names•Reading and Writing Numbers•Measurement and Number Patterns

Math and Ongoing Daily Routines• Math Games• Calendar • Whole group math lessons• Small group math lessons• Problem Solving• Math Homework (5- 10 minutes)• Count forward and backward/ make patterns/ compare sizes/ count number of objects

Technology:• IXL (usernames/passwords)•Everyday Math (usernames/passwords)

Social Studies

•Kindergarten: a year of change

•Cooperation: working and playing well with others

•Learning to share, tone of voice, kind words, problem solving, flexibility…

•Respecting Differences: learning about other cultures and holidays as well as how we are similar and different from those around us…

Science and Health

•Life Science- Human body parts/ 5 senses and germs

•Life Science- Plant parts

•Nutrition- Healthy foods

•Physical Science- Liquids and solids

•Earth Science- Properties and change: soil and rocks

•Recycling

•Life Science- Animal parts

Communication

• Kindness – “Please” and “thank you”• Problem solving (we ALWAYS use our words)• Listening Skills (what does it look like and sound like?) • Star of the Week• Sharing Time• Writer’s Spotlight• Working alongside peers

• Talk about school with your child- ask them about their day! Dinner conversations can be a great time to hear stories

Classroom Management

Classroom Rules:

1.Listen when your teacher is talking

2.Follow directions quickly and quietly

3.Raise your hand to speak

4.Keep your feet and your hands to yourself

5.Be safe, be kind, be honest

“Ready to Learn” Behavior Chart:• Fab-u-lous/ Awesome Choice/ Good Choice/ Ready to Learn/ Think about it…/ Teacher’s Choice/ Take a Break

Classroom Management

School Rules:

1. Show Respect

2. Make Good Decisions

3. Solve Problems

Technology

• In class computer time

• Active board, active votes, document camera, websites, safety

• Issaquah and Cascade Ridge Web Sites

• Math and Reading

•Computer lab

Thank you, to you the voters for the wonderful technology in our classroom and to the PTSA parent support!

Homework

• Reading Homework- Read daily (even 10- 15 minutes is great)

• Leveled books• Phonics Stories• Poems

• Math Homework- focuses on a skill we have been working on in class. Please return by the following Wednesday• Creative/Art Homework – at least once a month I try to send home a homework that asks students to decorate, create, and hopefully have fun doing

*Class Books- If it is your child’s turn to bring home the class book please read it, leave a comment and return to class

Report Cards

• Report Cards- posted online 3 times a year• November• March• June (last day of school)

• Conferences- We will have parent- teacher conferences on the first week of December to discuss students progress (online conference scheduler)

• Sample report card is online as well as an academic scoring guide for each subject area

District Wide Test/ Teacher Testing

• Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark reading level test-

• Beginning, Mid- year (occasionally), End of year

• Running records, reading inventory, anecdotal notes

• Writing Assessment- 3 times a year

• Everyday Math

• Baseline (beginning of year), mid- year, end of year assessment, weekly math observation with checklist

• Ongoing assessment, classroom assessment

Volunteering

•PTSA- Thank you! We have all our spots filled!•Classroom Volunteers- math game parent•Field Trip Opportunities

Be on the lookout for more information coming soon- hoping to have things ready to start volunteers in October

** Please fill out the Washington State Patrol forms if you are volunteering in the school. This is a yearly requirement. There are hard copies in the office and the forms are also on the home page of our school website.

** Volunteer Trainings

G.L.A.D.In our classroom, we use a set of instructional strategies called GLAD, which stands for Guided Language Acquisition Design. These strategies promote student cooperation, active learning, accountability, rich literacy, and the use of academic language. Looking around our classroom, some of these strategies are tangible and immediately visible. For example, the grouping of the desks into teams instead of rows is a GLAD strategy that encourages academic conversations and teamwork. Many of the charts and posters you see on our walls are GLAD strategies that help cement student learning of different concepts, promote literacy, and address multiple intelligences. There are some invisible but still important GLAD strategies in here too – like the expectation that at all times students will show respect, solve problems, and make good decisions. We will use GLAD strategies throughout our day and throughout our year, so expect to hear more about GLAD from your child and in my communications! G.L.A.D.Guided Language Acquisition DesignCooperation, active learning, accountability, literacy, academic languageVisible

Desks in groupsCharts on walls

Not easily visible3 Expectations

Used throughout the year and across all subjects

Expect the Best

I am looking forward to a FANTASTIC year with each and every kiddo in our class!

I am excited to team up with each of you and be the best support system to help your son/daughter be successful!

Looking forward to the learning, growing, and progress that we will see as the year unfolds

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