WELCOME TO CURRICULUM NIGHT

Agenda

• Curriculum Highlights
• Communication
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Classroom Management
• Special Events

5 COMPONENTS OF READING

• Phonemic Awareness (sounds, blending, rhyming, etc)
• Phonics (letters, decoding)
• Fluency
• Comprehension
• Vocabulary

READING WORKSHOP

• Text Talk, Voices, Scholastic guided readers
• Build vocabulary through Text Talk series
• Home reading (15-20 minutes per night)

MATH WORKSHOP

• Adding and subtracting-carrying and borrowing (regrouping)
• Adding coins to $1.00
• Telling time to 5-minute intervals
• Geometry: shapes and solids

Math (Cont'd)

• Graphing
• Logical thinking and problem solving & numbers to 1,000
• Beginning multiplication and division
• Measurement- length, area, capacity, weight
• Fractions

WRITER'S WORKSHOP

• Writing in different genres
• Paragraph writing
• Writing in complete sentences
• Using proper punctuation and capitalization
• Using correct grammar

SPELLING

• Weekly spelling pattern
• Weekly test
• Word and sentence dictation/creation

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Houghton Mifflin Series
• Culture, Geography
• Economics, History
• Citizenship

SCIENCE

• Scott Foresman Series
• Life Science, Earth Science
• Physical Science, Space and Technology
• Ag in the Classroom

COMMUNICATION

• Email: name@email.edu
• Phone: 555-1234
• www.classblog.com
• Send a note with your student
• Weekly newsletter

PARENT INVOLVEMENT

• Library
• Special classroom activities and parties
• Mystery guests
• Field trips
• PTO

SNACK POLICY

• 9 times per year
• Snacks on birthday
• Contact me for special occasions

LEARNING CONCERNS

• If you have a concern about your child, contact me
• If I have a concern, I will be in contact with you
• Let's work together!

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNTIIES

• School Auction
• Classroom parent
• Chaperone field trips
• Read Aloud Assistant

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

• Responsive Classroom
• Building relationships
• Logical consequences

Special Events

Halloween Party: Friday before Halloween, 9-11AM

Science Fair: last day of November, 6-9 PM

WALK-A-THON

• April 27
• Kick-off: January 30th
• Volunteers needed!

THANK YOU FOR COMING