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1 Jennifer Claus and Sara Urbanek

2 Everyday Math Curriculum Beginning goals: just being introduced Developing goals: students have seen the skill before, and will continue to work with the skill Secure goal: Have practiced working with the skill and should have complete mastery Homework: Study Links will be sent home several times a week Practicing basic facts: flashcards, oral quizzing, internet game sites (check our delicious account) Should be about 20 minutes per night

3 Houghton-Mifflin Curriculum Whole class lessons, review of reading strategies Vocabulary Work Word Work Grammar Spelling Guided Reading: Flexible grouping, can change weekly depending on needs and skills of children in the group Homework: At least 30 minutes of reading every night. (Does not have to be a novel.) Practice book pages

4 History Early European Explorers North American Colonization Revolutionary Era and a new way of governing Constitution

5 Scientific Method Electricity and Magnetism Astronomy Stars, constellations, galaxies Human Body Systems Circulatory Digestive Respiratory Excretory Nervous Integumentary (Skin) Reproductive (New Me Class)

6 30 “Triple E’s” one-to-one laptops Word processing Spreadsheets Wireless internet and web cams Will be used daily in each room Wiki Pages and Blogs for each classroom If no internet access at home, let your child’s teacher know

7 Parent participation is important Leave comments for your child and others Positive comments or questions for the student Authentic audience Transparency Everything done on the wiki is emailed directly to the teacher Date/time and name stamp attached to all changes History keeps track of everything ever done on each page – can revert to older versions if something is lost

8 3 B’s Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible Reward Positive Behavior Teacher praise, earned privileges, end of month celebrations High Expectations

9 Study time expected every school night About 60 minutes nightly 30 minutes of reading, 15 minutes of writing, 10-15 minutes of math Anything that is assigned fills in that time, doesn’t add to it Weekends We usually don’t assign homework over weekends Fix and Finish work will be sent home Things that didn’t get finished during the week Agendas We expect them to be used daily Missing homework Call home at lunch time One more night to complete the homework, or it is a zero Missed homework is not done during lunch/recess

10 Newsletters Look for one to go home the first Tuesday of every month On the class Blog Blog and Wiki Where to look for what is happening in the classroom Your child’s work is stored there Email/phone Email is the easiest/quickest way to contact us You can also leave a message on voicemail


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