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Henry M. Brader Elementary School

CURRICULUM - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (JOURNEYS CURRICULUM) Phonological Awareness

Alphafriends Abecedarian

Reading Teacher Read Aloud Comprehension Fluency: Popcorn Words Vocabulary Guided Reading/Leveled readers Work Stations

Writing Writing conventions Narrative, Opinion, Persuasive Non-fiction

CURRICULUM - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND THE CCSS Nonfiction: Your child will be exposed

to many nonfiction texts, whether it’s in science class or English language arts.

Evidence: Your child will be required to use evidence/information from a text to support his/her answers.

Close Reading: Students will be asked to comprehend complex and challenging texts.

Writing: Students will be required to do writing in all subjects.

CURRICULUM-MATHEMATICS(MATH CONNECTS)

Number recognition0 to 30

Shape recognitionTwo-dimensional and three-dimensional

shapes Number sense

Identify sets of 0 to 30 using ten framesWrite numerals 0 to 30

Problem SolvingAddition and subtraction word problems

up to 10 Graphing and measurement

SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIESScience Trees Push, Pull, Go Wood and Paper

Social Studies Civics History Geography Economics

FINE AND GROSS MOTOR To practice fine motor development at

homeMake an area with a supply box including

scissors, pencils, crayons, and glue.Have your child dress him/herself for school

and put on and zip his/her coat.Manipulate small toys such as pegs, Legos

and playdohPractice tying shoes

Gross motor development Movement, exercise, physical education,

recess

PARENT COMMUNICATION

Newsletter Daily Take-home folders Behavior slips Brader BEST newsletter (posted on

Brader website 3x/year) Parent link Parent-Teacher conferences Email Phone

CR-PBIS The Brader School-wide Principles:

Respect

Outstanding Attitude

Achievement

Responsibilities Universal Behavior Management System Children earn Brader PAW bucks when

they follow the school-wide principles PAW bucks can be used to “buy”

classroom rewards and the end of year carnival

CLASSROOM PARTIESClassroom Parties include : Fall Festival Winter Celebration Valentine’s Day Spring Fling

District policy states that all food for the children has to be pre-packaged and sweets must be accompanied by healthy foods (carrots, apple slices, cheese sticks/cubes). This includes any treats to celebrate birthdays.

REPORT CARDS AND CONFERENCESReport Cards will be sent home 3 times a year

Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for: November 23rd and 24th February 12th (as needed)

Sign up for November conferences tonight!

HOMEWORK AND TAKE HOME FOLDERS Weekly homework packet Monthly reading log and high-frequency

words Other homework as needed Family projects Please check your child’s take home folder

on a daily basis and remove all papers. Please place any notes for the teacher or

school inside the folder. All money must be placed in an envelope

labeled with the child’s name and its purpose.

FIELD TRIPS/PRESENTERS Field trips and presenters will be

scheduled throughout the year. Our first field trip will be to visit Milburn

Orchards on October 21st. Mr. Resch: Guest presenter

Trees in the fall Insects in the spring

Theatre trip Winterthur Museum

ATTENDANCE POLICY When your child is absent a note must

be sent in to school within 5 days of the absence.

If your child is absent for 5 consecutive days a doctor’s note is required to excuse the absence.

If a child is absent for more than 18 days, (s)he will be administratively assigned to first grade.

ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL PROCEDURES Arrival to school begins at 8:45; the

instructional day begins at 9:00 Car riders dismissed at 3:30 Walkers/Boys & Girls Club at 3:33 K-1 bus riders at 3:35 Early dismissals must occur before 3:15.

Written documentation is required for all early dismissals.

If you are changing your child’s routine dismissal procedure, a note needs to be sent to the teacher via the Take-home folder (24 hour notice is preferred).

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIESPlease sign up to volunteer for: Field Trip Chaperone

Volunteer forms must be submitted if you are working with groups of children or chaperoning a group of children

You can attend a trip with your child without a volunteer form but will not be assigned as a chaperone. You will monitor your own child.

Classroom Help Helping from home

PARENT TEACHER TEAM AND FUNDRAISING Please join the PTT (see the calendar of

events you received tonight) Please volunteer/attend our Friendly’s

Nights.First Friendly's Night: Wednesday, October

21st, 5:00-8:00PTT will be scheduling more Friendly’s

Nights beginning in January Cookie dough fundraiser: Kick-off is

9/22 Please check the Brader website for

future fundraisers