2013-14

Curriculum Presentation

SPECIALS•Computer Lab M 8:50-9:35•Music T 8:50-9:35•PE W 10:40-11:30•Art Th 8:50-9:35•Library F 8:50-9:35•Recess/Lunch M-F 11:30-12:10

COMMUNICATION•Newsletter •Mail Pocket (Front Binder Pocket) •Phone: 480-541-5332

•lperri@kyrene.org

•Classroom Web Pagewww.kyrene.org/lperri• Sierra Web

Pagewww.kyrene.org/sie

HOMEWORK

• 100+ minutes of reading weekly: - Minutes recorded for each day of reading - Weekend reading can be included - Complete Independent Reading Log • Math practice 3-4 times per week• Word Study/Language 1-2 times per week• Projects: Book Celebrations, Science/Social Studies Research 1-2 per quarter

Parent’s Role in Homework

• Review Assignment Calendar every day with your child. Read over the assignments. • Familiarize yourself with your child’s binder.• Provide a quiet work area with no clutter and no TV.• Go over completed work. If you see a mistake, ask your child to try again.• If your child struggles with an assignment, please let me know.• After School Programs

Other Ways to Aid Learning

• Read to and with your child

• Play games

• Trips to museums and Arizona landmarks

• Give your child responsibilities

• Limit TV and video games

•Provide opportunity for outdoor play

Pirate Code of Conduct

Six Pillars of Character Respect

Responsibility Caring

Trustworthiness Fairness

Citizenship

http://sw.kyrene.org/Page/732

Common Core Standards

http://www.azed.gov/standards-practices

My goal is to help students make sense of mathematics and learn that they can be mathematical thinkers.

Old-Style Math vs. The New and Improved Style

• Students working alone

• Focused on getting the right answer

•Students work individually, with partners, in small groups or as a whole class.

•Considers the child’s reasoning and thought process that leads to the answer!

•Answers recorded by writing down numbers.

•Complete as many problems as quickly as possible.

•Encourages children to explain their thinking orally, in writing, and by using pictures, diagrams, and models.

•Thoughtfully working on a small number of problems during a class session that incorporate a variety of concepts.

•Tedious and the dreaded red pen

•Use a single formula or algorithm to solve a problem.

•Hands-on, active, engaging, fun

•Use more than one strategy to solve a problem and double-check.

•Use only pencil and paper.

•Allows students to use cubes, blocks, tiles, and measuring tools to help them solve problems in ways that make sense to them.

Social Studies

• Geography/Map Skills• Citizenship and

Government• Arizona History• Economics

SCIENCEScientificProcess

• Making Observations• Asking Questions• Creating Hypothesis• Collecting Data• Drawing Conclusions

Scientific Units of Study•Animal Classification/Survival Adaptations•Properties of Water/Water Cycle•Weather/Climate•Electricity/Magnetism

Together we (parents & teacher), will work

together to make this school year a positive and

productive one for our students.

Discover the knowledge! Yo! Ho!