Welcome to Curriculum Night

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Welcome to Curriculum Night!

• September 29, 2009

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New Albany K-1Reading Program
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Reading Specialist

• Small group and individual support for students
  in need
• Whole class lessons
• Assessment Coordinator
• Support for classroom teachers
• Support for parents

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Reading Assessment

• DIBELS
• Pre-reading and reading skills
• DRA2
• Just Right Books

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Why Leveled Books?

• No more one size fits all
• approach
• More personalized and precise
• way to monitor your childs
• growth

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What to do when reading a book with your child
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New Albany K-1 Reading Goals

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  DRA
• 
  level
• Kindergarten End of Year 3-4
• Grade 1 Entering 3-4
• Trimester 1
  6-8
• Trimester 2
  10-14
• End of Year
  16-18
• Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) levels
  are A, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18,
  20, 24, 28

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Primary Reading Stages What the Levels Mean
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Entering 1st Grade
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First Trimester
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Second Trimester
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End of Year
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New Albany Elemetary K-1
New Albany Elementary School 1st Grade Developing
Readers Rubric 2009-2010
Rubric Reporting Key Emerging EMG Student begins
to work toward year-end expectation and requires
support Transitioning TRN Student shows growth
toward year-end expectation. Achieving ACH Student
attains year-end expectation. Extending
EXT Student exceeds year-end expectation.
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What Can Parents Do?

• Read with your child each night for 10-15
  minutes!
• Make reading fun!
• Praise your childs efforts!

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Writing Curriculum
New Albany Elementary
Writing

• Equal instructional time allotted to writing
• At least 45 minutes per day of classroom writing
  instruction
• Build confidence in students writing skills
• Develop spelling, grammar, and punctuation
• Develop students understanding of the writing
  process
• Students learn to write within a particular genre

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Writing Curriculum
New Albany Elementary
Writing

• 10 minutes of direct/explicit instruction
• Personal writing time allotted
• Teacher confers with individual/small groups of
  students while classmates are writing
• Teacher calls class together for second teaching
  point
• Reemphasizes original lesson

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Writing Curriculum
New Albany Elementary
Writing

• Students generally produce many writing pieces
  across a unit of study
• At end of each unit, students select one or two
  pieces to revise and edit for publication
• All work kept in writing folder until publication
• Homework highlights specific skills taught during
  units of study

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New Albany Elemetary K-1
New Albany Elementary School Grade 1 Developing
Writers Rubric 2009-2010
Rubric Reporting Key Emerging EMG
Student begins to work toward year-end
expectation and requires significant support.
Transitioning TRN Student shows growth
toward year-end expectation. Achieving
ACH Student attains year-end
expectation. Extending EXT
Student exceeds year-end expectation.
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Beginning of the Year Expectation
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End of the Year Expectation
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Spelling

• Rebecca Sitton Spelling
• Will be covered until December
• Program is based upon student mastery of
  frequently used words (35 Core Words)
• Covers the first 35 Core Words that are used in
  everyday writing and introduces new first grade
  word wall words
• Word Study
• Will start in January
• Individualized and whole group spelling
• Focus on specific spelling skills (ex. initial
  and final consonants, short and long vowels,
  blends, endings, etc..)

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Literacy Exploration

• Introduction of the remaining word wall words
  (36-100)
• Concentration on short and long vowels
• Word families (at, in, up, etc.)
• Songs and Rhymes
• Stories that focus on the vowel being studied
• Introduction to the Phonics Dance
• Two letters that make one sound (th, sh, ou)
• Phonics dance may vary among classes

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Math Curriculum
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Grade 1 Everyday Math Goals

• Number and Numeration
• Counting, sorting, and comparing numbers using
  manipulatives.
• Operations and Computation
• Addition and Subtraction
• Data and Chance
• Creating and analyzing graphs and charts
• Understanding and applying probability

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Grade 1 Everyday Math Goals Continued

• Measurement and Reference Frames
• Measurement, time, money and temperature
• Geometry
• Characteristics of 2 and 3-Dimensional Shapes
• Exploring Symmetry
• Patterns, Functions, and Algebra
• Creating and understanding number patterns
• Using mathematical symbols such as , -, , lt,
  and gt

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How does Everyday Math Work?

• Concepts developed over time in multiple ways
  (Spiraling)
• Balance between math concepts
• An interactive way of learning
• Multiple learning styles addressed
• Differentiation options built into every lesson,
  including enrichment, readiness and ELL supports.
• Learning opportunities in partners and small
  groups

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New Albany Elemetary K-1
New Albany Elementary School Grade 1 Math Rubric
2009-2010
Rubric Reporting Key Emerging EMG Student begins
to work toward year-end expectation and requires
support Transitioning TRN Student shows growth
toward year-end expectation.
Rubric Reporting Key Achieving ACH Student
attains year-end expectation. Extending
EXT Student exceeds year-end expectation.
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• Science and Social Studies
• Curriculum

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Science and Social Studies in first grade covers
a variety of subjects

• History
• People in Societies
• Geography
• Government
• Economics
• Life Science

• Physical Science
• Earth and Space Science
• Technology
• Scientific Inquiry
• Citizenship

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Science and Social Studies in first grade is
explored through a variety of units
Character Education Community
Helpers Safety Bats Magnets Elections/Governme
nt Native Americans Family Holidays Around the
World Winter Animals
Solids, Liquids and Gases Black History
Presidents Day American Symbols Maps
Energy Partners In Conservation Recycling
Weather/Seasons/Sun Plants/Soil Erosion/Trees
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Science and Social Studies in the first grade
classroom is

• Hands on
• Integrated
• Cross Curricular
• Enrichment

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Science and Social Studies in the first grade
classroom is taught through

• Shared Readings
• Experiments
• Reports
• Projects
• Exploration and Discovery

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Weekly Homework Schedule Date Week of September
21st
Reminder Reading should be each day! Baggie
Books will begin the week of October 6th.
Students Signature Parents Signature Date
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1st Grade Portal

• What will you find?
• Under the Student Section
• Links for various games and activities for Math,
  Reading and Theme!
• Under the Parent Section
• First Grade Monthly Newsletter
• Important Dates
• Curriculum Information and Resources
• Links to other staff portals
• And Much More!!!!!

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Thank you for coming.Have a great evening!