1. Welcome to Curriculum Night!! 7:05-7:45 pm Please: -Look around the classroom -Find your child’s desk -Begin filling out “When I was in third grade” paper

2.  Classroom Volunteer Sheet  My School Bucks  Salmon Hatchery Fieldtrip

3.  From Washington  Graduated from SPU in FCS Elementary Edu  3rd Year at Apollo  Knew I wanted to be a teacher since 7 th grade  Photography

5.  We work for longer periods of time.  We read for information.  We read longer and more varied text.  We use problem solving strategies.  We explain our understanding orally and on paper.  We write for a variety of purposes.  We are becoming independent learners.  We learn how to organize our work space- top and inside of desks.  We learn the process/routine of nightly homework.

6.  Here’s what our class came up with so far:  Keep track of school supplies  Complete HW  Taking care of yourself  Checking your folders  Behavior, especially listening and learning  Pack our school materials-back pack, folders, snack (if applicable)

7.  Classroom Rules: 1. Be kind 2. Be safe 3. Be responsible 4. Be respectful 5. Solve problems  Consequences—If the class or individuals chose to break a rule: 1. 2 verbal warnings & clip down on chart 2. Fill out Think About It sheet 3. Take a break or rest 4. 5 minutes late for recess 5. Loss of free time/activity time 6. Call home (if child is sent to office and reaches parent contact) 7. Sent to office (severe distractions) Apollo’s Three Behavior Expectations: 1.Be Safe 2.Be Responsible 3.Be Respectful

8.  Rewards: 1.Verbal praise (daily) 2. Rocket slips (daily) 3. I caught you being terrific tickets (daily) 4. Extra free time (weekly) 5. Extra 5 minutes of recess (weekly) 6. Rocket recognition (weekly) 7. Positive notes home (random) 8. Friday ticket raffle (Every Friday) 9. Class party (every 12 weeks)

9.  Every Friday Morning!  Areas of Recognition:  Community Contributor  Complex Thinker  Quality Producer  Self-Directed Learner  Collaborative Worker  Effective Communicator  Bucket Filler

10.  Reading and Writing-5 times a week  Math  EDM 4 times a week  Fluency 3 times a week  Problem Solving every Friday  Handwriting/Word Work/Grammar-1 time a week  Grammar and spelling also integrated with writing  Science/Social Studies-3 times a week

11.  Morning Routines:  Check in for lunch  Turn in HW & notes from home  Morning work  Weather Calendar  Lunch:11:20-11:40  Recess: 11:00-11:20 & 1:55-2:15 (except Wed)  Specialists:  PE: Tuesday 12:55-1:25 & Friday 12:55-1:25  Music: Monday 12:55-1:25 & Thursday 12:55-1:25  Library: Tuesday 12:20-12:50  Computer Lab: Fridays in the afternoon

12.  Required Mon-Thurs:  Homework Calendar- communication btw school and home  Math Home Links  Reading at Home (RAH) journal (& one weekend day)  Strongly encouraged:  IXL online for fluency  Math Facts!  Spelling words

13.  All homework is due at 8:30 am the next morning.  Homework that is not turned in will be completed during afternoon recess on Fridays.  All homework should be labeled with your name on the top of the paper.  All homework will be completed in pencil.  Your homework should be carefully written so that it is easy to read.  Be sure to check over your work and fix any changes that might be needed before you turn it in.  When writing, please be sure to use your own words.  Any corrections to graded homework will be done in class.  Remember to always do your best!

14. Ways to individualize for your child : read it to her shorten the assignment replace the assignment Stop after 30-45 minutes!!!!! Write a note if he has an excuse for not doing it!! If he or she gives you grief: set expectations together: Include him in deciding when and where he’ll do it establish a routine give her the choice to do it at home or with Ms. Dishman at recess

15.  Snacks  Friday Cubbies  Star of the Week  Scholastic Book Orders online

16.  Honoring the spirit of the District Nutrition Policy and the above procedures, school staff and parents should reward students with physical activities, non-food items or healthy snacks at classroom parties, holiday celebrations, and as student incentives. Food and beverages purchased with District funds for classroom parties and incentives on the school campus during the school day will follow the above guidelines. *Source: ISD Health and Wellness Policy 6700

17.  Options for birthday celebrations in class instead of sweet/candy treats?  Fruit  Pencils  Erasers  Bookmarks  Stickers  Other ideas e-mail me

18.  E-mail or call me- expect a response btw 1-3 days)  Monthly newsletters  Skyward Message Center  Website!  Files  Blogs-quick announcements or reminder “notes”  Important upcoming dates

19.  Areas to Volunteer:  Leveling books  Copying  Reading and Math with students  Fluency grading & keeping track of progress  RAH & MAH rep?  Art docent  Please make sure you sign up before you leave if you are interested  Volunteering is optional but highly encouraged

20.  Online via Family Access  Live in October  Info will be coming home  Month to sign up for a conference

21.  Parents help their children log their hours for reading and math online via the PTA website  Lots of options for math!  Earn prizes

22.  Mrs. Harris  Mrs. Holsather:  Counselor and PBSES (Positive Behavior Social Emotional Support)  Weekly 15 minute lessons  Smarter Balance Test in Spring (2 nd Year)  Ordering lunch online: My School Bucks  Grade Level Celebrations  Grading

24.  There are many components to our math assessments. This allows for a more complete understanding of each students’ ability.  The components are: content, mathematical practices, fluency, & problem solving.  Our math components are graded using rubrics, which details the actions and thinking required to meet or exceed standard.

25. Exceptional work looks like…  Consistently performing beyond expectations  Seeking opportunity to go further  Demonstrating depth of thought and application  Connecting knowledge or skill to another area  Applying knowledge for a new purpose  Analyzing concepts  Showing multiple applications and/or perspectives Exceptional work does not look like…  Being fast  Producing simply neat work  Being ‘accelerated’  Answering all of the questions  Using ‘one’ correct strategy  Doing extra work for extra points  Getting all the right answers

26.  Students work, in collaboration with the teacher and group members, to complete unit work.  Due to the fact that students do not complete these units of study independently, a grade of ‘3’ (at-standard) is the highest grade possible.  Content specific rubrics are used for journals and group projects.

27. Issaquah School District uses Lucy Calkin’s Units of Study as our writing curriculum. Grading for each unit is determined based on the curriculum rubrics, specific to each genre of writing. Each rubric contains 3 parts; structure, development, & language conventions.

28.  On-Demand Performance Assessment Prompt for Narrative Writing:  “ I’m really eager to understand what you can do as writers of narrative, of stories, so today, will you please write the best personal narrative, the best Small Moment story, that you can write? Make this be the story of one time in your life. You might focus on just one scene or two. You’ll have only forty- five minutes to write this true story, so you’ll have to plan, draft, revise, and edit in one setting. Write in a way that allows you to show off all you know about narrative writing.”  “In your writing, make sure you: Write a beginning for your story Use transition words to tell what happened in order Elaborate to help readers picture your story Show what your story is really about Write an ending for your story.”

29. Grading for reading is divided into 2 parts; reads grade level text and comprehension. The grade for reads grade level text is based on our Fountas & Pinnell testing. Comprehension grades are based on unit assessments, conferring with students, and student responses.

30.  Please refer to the district scoring guide for report cards for more clarification regarding grading for our district!

31.  Thinking Skills:  Fact and Opinion, Inferring, Finding Evidence, Main Idea, Summarizing, and Problem Solving  Thinking Behaviors:  Attending, Persistence, Deliberativeness, Flexibility, Precision, Inquisitiveness, Originality, Metacognition, Empathy, Elaboration, and Risk Taking

32.  Balanced Literacy Model:  Whole class instruction  Small group instruction  Individual instruction  Independent practice  Components:  Fountas & Pinnell Assessment  Making Meaning  “First 8 Days”  Guided Reading  Independent Reading  Reading at Home (RAH)

33.  Making Meaning Curriculum:  utilizes picture books as a way for the teacher to explicitly model and teach how to use and think about comprehension strategies. Students will then have the opportunity to practice and apply their new learning using authentic texts.

34. Summarizing Inferring Word Meaning Questioning Finding Evidence Text Structure Author’s Purpose Comparing/Contrasting Determining Importance Main Idea Theme Cause & Effect Text Features

35.  Visualizing  Making inferences  Understanding text structure  Wondering/questioning  Determining Important ideas  Using Schema/making connections  Summarizing

36.  Lucy Calkins  Four Units:  Narrative  Informative  Opinion  Narrative: Fairy Tales

37.  “First 15 days”  Writer’s Workshop Model:  Mini lesson  Independent writing time  Conferring with individual or a small group of students  Sharing with writing partner and class

38.  Handwriting Without Tears

39.  Vocabulary: Students are taught how to learn words and how to remember words. Strategies for learning vocabulary include: context clues, root words, prefixes and suffixes.

40.  Sentence Structure  Nouns/Pronouns  Verbs  Adjectives  Adverb

41.  Integrated into writing instruction with an emphasis on application in students’ daily writing  Intermittent checks and observations of daily work conducted throughout the year to assess.  Tools like high frequency words and personal word walls as reference.

42.  Everyday Math Units:  Routines/Review/ & Assessment  Adding & Subtracting Whole Numbers  Linear Measures & Area  Multiplication & Division  Place Value in Whole Numbers & Decimals  Geometry  Fractions  Measurement & Data  Resources online for EDM  Games & Student Reference Book  Check out a reference book at school  IXL online

43.  a problem-solving approach based on everyday situations;  …an instructional approach that revisits concepts regularly;  …frequent practice of basic skills, often through games;  …lessons based on activities and discussion;  …mathematical content that goes beyond basic arithmetic;  …games to reinforce key concepts

44.  EDM not well aligned with common core  Some lessons omitted  Fewer standards but more in depth understanding and learning  More focus on problem solving & fact fluency Math spirals for problem solving, vocabulary, and math thinking!

45.  Guided Language Acquisition Design  Cooperation, active learning, accountability, literacy, academic language  Visible  Desks in groups  Charts on walls  Not easily visible  3 Expectations-make good decisions, solve problems, show respect  Used throughout the year and across all subjects, esp in Science and Social Studies

47.  Weather (Year Long)  Salmon (Sept-Oct)  Rocks & Minerals (Nov-Jan)  Upcoming Dates:  Presentation from hatchery: October 6 th  Hatchery Field Trip: October 20th at 12:00

48.  Northwest Native Americans  Government/Democracy  Pioneers

49.  Changes in Families  Self-empowerment  Conflict resolution  Managing stress/understanding emotional health  Nutrition  Body systems  Other

50.  Bucketfilling  Growth vs Fixed Mindset  Friendship  Zones of Regulation  Bullying  Other

51.  Fixed Mindset: belief that people are born smart and can’t do anything to change that  Growth Mindset: people can learn just about anything  Handout

53.  General awareness of Internet safety  Navigation of computer and computer basics  Type to Learn  Microsoft Word for word processing!  Document camera & Active board to show work

54.  IXL  EDM  Tumble Books  Brain Pop

55.  The PTA brings together parents, teachers and students to support the Apollo staff, provide curriculum enhancement opportunities for every student, and build a strong, welcoming school environment.  Find information about membership and volunteering at www.apollopta.org.www.apollopta.org  Membership is $25/family, $20/individual.  Classes with 100% membership earn a party!

56. Be a part of PTA greatness. Sign up for YOUR Apollo Elementary PTA today at: apollopta.org or by completing a membership form today. When you do, you are supporting the nation’s largest volunteer advocacy group for children in this country. Did you know? Your child is attending 1 of 3 schools in the state awarded the School of Excellence Award for 2014-2016.

57. Funded our book room & science materials!

58.  Books for our classroom library  Sticky notes for reading & writing  Healthy Snacks