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INSTRUCTIONAL INQUIRY By: Melanie Roth

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INSTRUCTIONAL INQUIRYBy: Melanie Roth

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BATAVIA DEMOGRAPHICS

Population in 2010: 15,465 Population change since 2000: -4.9 Median resident age: 40.4 Median household income: $37,998

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RICHMOND MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Batavia’s community library is located next door to St. Joseph School

Children’s Room – Story Times, Special Programs, Summer Programs, Lego Club

Friendly supportive environment Accessible librarians Homework help Music Games

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ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHICS

Average class size: 16 students 12 full-time teachers, 5 part-time teachers, 5

support staff, 2 nurses NYS certified and certification-eligible

teachers Full-time Academic Intervention Service (AIS)

teacher (reading) Speech, Occupational & Physical Therapists

available for K-8 12 SMART Board classrooms

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MISSION

St.  Joseph School, located in Batavia, New York, is a Pre-K through 8th-grade Roman Catholic school that teaches in  partnership with parents and the Church to nurture the unique individuals that  God has created. By encouragement, example, and high expectations, we strive to nurture a secure foundation of strong virtues and excellent academics so that  our students will continue to grow in holiness and skills to be well-equipped to  fulfill their individual missions in life.

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SERVICE ACTIVITIES The stewardship program for students in Kindergarten through Grade 8 is entitled

“Celebrate Service.”  the purpose of this program is to provide students with the opportunity to make a difference in our Church and surrounding communities through various service and support programs.  Each grade will participate in a pre-planned project.  All grades have been assigned a specific area of stewardship emphasis.  Grades K-2 will be organizing events directed towards helping other children.  Projects in grades 3-5 will emphasize the sick and elderly of our community, and the 6th through 8th grades will participate in projects directed toward the hungry and homeless. Examples of service projects include:

Valentines for Veterans Flowers for the Ladies of Sodality and shamrocks for the Knights of Columbus Setting up or working at the Sodality Soup Supper Helping at Special Olympics Working at the Batavia Home Show Creating signs for Brooklyn’s fundraiser Filling eggs for the Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt Donations to the Batavia Backpack Club Penny Carnival Basket Donations Earth Day Cleanup at Austin Park Participating in Family Masses at area churches Operation Christmas Child (NJHS) Letters to Shut-Ins during the winter months Sponsoring a child’s education in India (NJHS)

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FIELD TRIPS Applied learning is an important part of the curriculum at St.

Joseph School. Therefore, field trips are designed to correlate with teaching units and to achieve curricular goals. Sample field trips include: Buffalo and Rochester Zoos

Nazareth Children's Theater Cooperative Extension Dairy Days Arcade and Attica Train Polar Express Hidden Valley Animal Adventure Niagara Falls Aquarium Fort Niagara Erie Canal Caledonia Fish Hatchery Genesee Country Museum Niagara Falls Pittsburgh, PA Zoo, Boat Tour and Baseball Stadium Tour

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LITERACY INSTRUCTION METHODS K-6 Classroom instruction

Macmillan/McGraw Hill Reading Connect to Success

AIS Reading For the past 3 years:

1st grade – Early Success K through 3rd – Magic Penny 2nd through 8th – Quick Reads All grade levels – Guided Reading & Literature

Previously usedDevelopmental Learning Materials2nd grade – Sight Word Readers

AIS Reading Teacher, Barb Glenn “I am now seeing more students due to Race to the Top (RTTT) and Response to Intervention (RTI)”

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LITERACY ASSESSMENTS K-6

Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA2) All AIS students, all kindergarten & 1st grade

AIMSWEB All students K - 8

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LITERACY IN THE COMMUNITY Reading Buddies – Pre-school

(3 year old & 4 year old programs) to 8th grade, younger grades will pair up with students in older grades and will read with their “reading buddy” every week all year.

Community Project – Students K-2 picked a career, created a power point presentation, made a model of their place of employment, and made a presentation on stage in front of all 3 grades about their chosen career.

Reading Buddies – Kindergartenand 5th grade

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LITERACY IN THE COMMUNITY CONTINUED

Report – Interview with a grandparent. Student interviewed a grandparent then wrote their answers into a report.

Report – Research a chosen country at home, write a report and present the report to other grades.

Book-It – The students writes down the book read every night in a calendar. At the end of the month they turn in filled in calendar and get a coupon for a free pizza at Pizza Hut.

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LITERACY DEVELOPMENT

Author visits to the school Book authors will visit the school, read books and

sign books for the students

School newsletter Students published newsletter – includes

drawings and writings from the students

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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

Radio Students write critiques, go to local radio station

(WBTA 1490) and read critiques on the air

Essay contests In coordination with Cornell Cooperative

Extension State poetry contest

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SUGGESTIONS

Daily 5/CAFÉ Reading & Writing Program

Increase the number of journal entries – very few entries were found in the students journals

Writing Buddies – Students currently have reading buddies. This could be extending to include writing buddies as well.

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SOURCES

http://www.sjsbatavia.org/index.html http://www.batavialibrary.org http://

www.city-data.com/city/Batavia-New-York.html

Barb Glenn, Mary Case, Anna Perl (teachers at St. Joe’s)