How can YOUR child achieve GOLD this school year?

Curriculum Night 2012

Thursday, September 20th

6:05-6:45 and 6:50-7:30

Our Daily Schedule: 8:35 – First Bell – Morning Work

(review) Students will come in and put their book bags away and automatically go to the restroom. When they return they will start their morning work that is already at their seats.

8:45 – Second Bell – Announcements 8:50- Language Arts 9:50 – Specials Day 1 Media Day 2 Guidance Day 3 Art Day 4 Music Day 5 Technology Day 6 PE Calendar (math skills, reading, Spanish)

Days of the week,100’s board, money, tallies)

10:30 – Language Arts –Small Group Reading

11:40- Lunch 12:10 – Recess 12:40 – Math 2:00 – Science/Social Studies 2:40 – I/E 3:05 – 3:10 - Dismissal

Classroom Rules & Procedures

Be SAFE... Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.

MAKE good choices… Raise your hand before speaking.

ACCEPT responsibility… Stay in your seat unless you have permission.

Be RESPECTFUL… Use voice level 0 during teaching/working times.

TRY your best… Follow directions the FIRST time they are given!

One way to achieve GOLD: Follow PBIS!

Safe

Making good choices

Accepting responsibility

Respecting myself and others

Trying my best

How else can your child achieve his/her gold medal goal in new Common Core Language Arts?

Read and comprehend non-fiction and fiction Retell texts including: topic, key vocabulary, plot, major

events, problem/solution, author’s message, setting, characters, connections.

Decode and encode using letter-sound knowledge of all consonants and vowels. This includes multi-syllable

words. Be able to read continually and independently for a minimum of 30 minutes and recall facts and details from

the text. Write a focused narrative, persuasive, or informational

product that is logically organized. Write in paragraphs with descriptive detail and

elaboration using varied sentences. Edit for meaning, capitalization, punctuation, grammar,

and spelling. Expand vocabulary to generate synonyms for commonly

overused words.

How else can your child achieve his/her gold medal goal in new

Common Core Math ?Understanding numbers to 999, place value,

modeling numbers and renamingAddition and subtraction with regroupingMeasuring – length (meters, centimeters,

yards, feet and inches) and temperatureTime – telling time in five-minute intervalsFractions and equal sharesConduct probability experiments and predict

outcomesGeometry – combining and separating to make

new shapes, describe attributes of plane and 3-dimensional shapes

Problem Solving – reading, analyzing, and solving problems using a variety of strategies and being able to explain your answer.

How can your child go for the gold in Science and Social Studies?

Social Studies Standards Units 1,2 Citizenship and Government Unit 3 Economics Unit 4 Geography Unit 5 Culture Unit 6 History

Science Standards Quarter 1 Earth systems, Structures and Functions, Evolutions and

genetics (weather, living organisms) Quarter 2 Earth systems (weather) Quarter 3 Matter, Properties; Earth systems ( solids and liquids and

changes) Quarter 4 Forces and motions, Earth systems (sound and vibrations)

How can we stick to our gold medal goals?

Homework Schedule Reading – 20 minutes nightly

Math – Study facts nightly – test Friday Math worksheets –M, T, W, Th

Spelling – test and homework due Friday Writing Homework – goes home Tuesday,

due the following Monday in purple folder Occasional Science or Social Studies

projects

How will we know if we’ve met our gold medal goals?

Reading and Language Arts Weekly spelling and reading assessments (formative and

summative) Dibels, DRA, and Star Reading

Benchmark tests Class work and homework

Narrative, expository and persuasive writing prompts

Math, Science and Social Studies Formative and Summative Assessments

Fast fact test, Unit tests Class work and homework

State Common Core assessments

Supporting our Students

E-mail me at: mbritt2@wsfcs.k12.nc.us with any questions or comments.

Check weekly homework assignments on my webpage on the Moore School Website.

There are many links for activities and websites on our Moore School webpage and on my webpage.

Also check out our Curriculum Coordinator’s blog. http://bananapeele.blogspot.com – On the right under “Rockin’ Resources”

Let’s Work Towards Gold All Year Long!

Please look through all the materials in the Tuesday folder. Praise and

encourage good work. Provide extra support as needed.

Read with your child everyday! Discuss what your child learned

in school each day.Be an active parent at Moore School!