Welcome To Welcome To

Open Open HouseHouse

Welcome To Welcome To

Open Open HouseHouse

•Based on Florida’s Sunshine State Standards

•Taught through an integrated curriculum•Formal assessment (PIAP) done 3 times a

year•Informally assessed daily

•Portfolios used to help children monitortheir own progress

*Mission Statement and Expectations developed collaboratively with the children

*Ticket system and behavior calendar help children monitor their choices

•Important Paper Folder•Communication Journal•Homework

• Lunch -M, T, W, and F - 11:12-11:42• Lunch - Thursdays 10:36- 10:56• PE (1:25-2:00)• Art - Wednesdays (8:50-9:30) • Music - Mondays (2:05-2:40)• Library- Thursdays

Shared Reading - whole group Guided Reading - small groupIndividualized Independent

ReadingRead Aloud

Strategies to figure out new words are modeled and practiced in each of

these!

• Word Wall - 110 Sight Words– Knowing these equals reading success

• Spelling Patterns vowel and what comes after it

(Rhyming part )• Making words

• Children write every day • By writing, children’s reading

improves• Encourage spelling approximations• Talk frequently with your child about

what they are planning to write about

•Hands-on (concrete to the abstract)

•Lots of talking about thinking

•Problem Solving

•Calendar - done daily to introduce & review numerous math skills

• Used as a tool to enhance curriculum

• Internet activities• Class web site• CTIP

• Sent home three times a year• Grading Scale

* E = Excellent* V = Very Good* S = Satisfactory* N = Needs Improvement* U = Unsatisfactory

Important Paper FolderHomeworkPTA membershipConferencesHelping Hands - on the door

Book Club orders

Please write a note to your child and leave it at his/her

table.