Please take the “quiz” on your child’s desk!

I will begin my Curriculum Night presentation at 5:45.

Eagle Way/ Behavior Plan

Class Rules

Classroom Library & Check Out

Grades and Grading Scale

Read 30 minutes (every night)Math Worksheet (every night)

Spelling (nightly, due on Fridays)Multiplication (nightly, due on Fridays)

8:55-9:109:10-9:45

9:45-10:4510:45-11:1011:10-11:4011:40-12:1012:10-12:55

IRAWriters’ WkspReaders’ Wksp

LunchSoaring Eagles

RecessConnect

12:55-1:251:25-2:102:10-3:003:00-3:40

Soaring EaglesMath

Math WkspSocial

Studies/Science

- Typically starts with a read-aloud from a Mentor Text book

- Mini-lesson on skill or writing focus by teacher with examples and discussion

- Time for students to write and meet with other writers

- Individual and/or small groupconferences with teacher

- Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.

- Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

- Write narratives to develop real or Imagined experiences or events usingeffective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

CC Standards

- Starts with a mini-lesson that focuses on a skill or reading strategy (using book from IRA)

- Anchor chart is created for later review- Students have time to do a quick

practice of skill independently or with a partner

- Students read independently around the room and are encouraged to

practice skills from mini-lessons

- Students keep track of reading on Reading Log

- Teacher conferences with individuals/small groups

Reading Extension…SOARING EAGLESGuided Reading

Novel WorkCurrent Events/Nonfiction Work

Word WorkSkill Practice/Review Games

Listening StationsContracts

Extension AssignmentsResearch Projects

KEY IDEAS & DETAILS-Refer to the text to ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding.-Recount stories , including fables, folktales, and myths; determine central message, lesson, or moral.-Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

CRAFT & STRUCTURE- Determine the meaning of words and phrases

as used in the text.- Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems

using terms as chapter, scene, and stanza- Distinguish own point of view from that of the

narrator or those of the characters

CC Standards

INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDFE AND IDEAS-Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story.-Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or different characters..

RANGE OF READING & LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY- By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and

poetry, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

INFORMATIONAL TEXTKEY IDEAS & DETAILS-Refer to the text to ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text.-Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.-Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures

CRAFT & STRUCTURE- - Determine the meaning of general academic

and domain-specific words and phrases in a text.

- Use text features and search tools to locate information.

- Distinguish own point of view from that of the author of the text.

INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE & IDEAS-Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text.-Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text.-Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

RANGE OF READING & LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY- By the end of the year, read and comprehend

information texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band

independently and proficiently.

WHOLE GROUP:-Warm up and homework check-Mini-lesson on new skill or review-Time for students to practice independently or with a partner-Interactive Notebooks

MATH WORKSHOP:M (Math Facts)A (At Your Seat)T (Teacher’s Choice)H (Hands On)

OPERATIONS & ALGEBRAIC THINKING-Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.-Understand properties of multiplication and the relationship between multiplication and division.-Multiply and divide within 100.-Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic.

NUMBERS & OPERATIONS IN BASE TEN-Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.

NUMBERS & OPERATIONS – FRACTIONS- Develop understanding of fractions as numbers.

CC Standards

MEASUREMENT & DATA-Solve problems involving measurement and estimation.-Represent and interpret data.-Geometric measurement: understand concepts of area and relate area to multiplication and to addition.-Geometric measurement: recognize perimeter.

GEOMETRY-Reason with shapes and their attributes.

FORCES & MOTIONUnderstand motion and factors that affect motion.

MATTER: PROPERTIES & CHANGEUnderstand the structure and properties of matter before and after they undergo a change.

ENERGY: CONSERVATION & TRANSFERRecognize how energy can be transferred from one object to another.

EARTH IN THE UNIVERSERecognize the major components and patterns observed in the

earth/moon/sun system.

CC Standards

EARTH SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES & PROCESSESCompare the structures of the Earth’s surface using models or three-dimensional diagrams.

STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION OF LIVING ORGANISMSUnderstand human body systems and how they are essential for life: protection, movement and support.

ECOSYSTEMSUnderstand how plants survive in their

environments.

HISTORY-Understand how events, individuals and ideas have influenced the history of local and regional communities.-Use historical thinking skills to understand the context of events, people and places.

GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY-Understand the earth’s patterns by using the 5 themes of geography

ECONOMICS & FINANCIAL LITERACY-Understand how the location of regions

affects activity in a market economy.-Understand entrepreneurship in a market

economy.

CC Standards

CIVICS & GOVERNMENT-Understand the development, structure and function of local government.-Understand how citizens participate in their communities.

CULTURE-Understand how diverse cultures are visible in local and regional communities.

Monday – Media (Toner)Tuesday – PE (Geiger)

Wednesday – Technology (Maples)Thursday – Art (Balcer)Friday – Music (Proctor)