Early Intervention Program

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Early Intervention Program

• Paige Andrews
• Elaine Landry

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All About MeMrs. Andrews

• My background
• I attended the University of Georgia where I
  obtained my Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood
  Education.
• I have a Masters Degree from Walden University
  Early Childhood with an emphasis on literacy
  Instruction
• I have a Specialist Degree from North Georgia
  College in Teacher Leadership
• I have been married for 19 years. I have a
  daughter who is a senior at North Forsyth, a
  daughter who is a freshman at North Forsyth and a
  son who is in third grade here at Silver City.
• My experience
• Ive been teaching for 22 years.

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All About MeMrs. Landry

• My background
• I grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana
• I attended Mount Carmel Academy, and Nicholls
  State University
• My experience
• Ive been teaching for 26 years.
• I have taught Pre-K, First, Third, and Fourth
  grades.
• For the past 11 years I have been a Title I
  teacher.

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What is the Early Intervention Program?

• The Early Intervention Program is a program
  designed to serve students in grades kindergarten
  through fifth who are at risk of not reaching or
  maintaining academic standards.

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Our Goals

• To assist students in developing the reading and
  mathematics skills necessary to be successful at
  their grade levels.
• To help students obtain the necessary academic
  skills to reach grade-level performance in the
  shortest possible time.

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How will your child be served?

• We use two models to serve students at Silver
  City Elementary.
• Pull-Out EIP students are removed from the
  classroom for instruction by an additional
  certified teacher. Your child will not be pulled
  out during reading or math.
• Inclusion This model incorporates EIP services
  into the regular group class size by providing an
  additional early childhood certified teacher to
  reduce the teacher/student ratio while providing
  EIP services.

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How can I help my child at home?

• 1. Encourage children to use literacy in
  meaningful and purposeful ways, such as helping
  make shopping lists, drawing and writing
  thank-you notes, clipping coupons for family use,
  and reading road maps to plan a trip together.
• 2. Visit libraries and bookstores frequently and
  encourage children to check out materials, such
  as toys, tapes, CDs, and books, from libraries.
  Participate in activities held by libraries and
  bookstores, such as story times, writing
  contests, and summer reading programs.
• 3. Set aside time for reading alone or together
  as a family every day. Read a wide variety of
  materials, such as books, magazines, signs, and
  labels, with and to children.
• 4. Keep reading and writing materials, such as
  books, magazines, newspaper, paper, markers,
  crayons, scissors, glues, and stickers,
  accessible to children so that they can make use
  of these tools in a variety of language
  activities. (High quality reading and writing
  materials are not necessarily expensive. You can
  find them at school and library book fairs, yard
  and garage sales, online bookstores or auctions,
  book-stores' on-sale sections, used or
  second-hand bookstores, and charity sales i.e.,
  Salvation Army and Goodwill).

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• 5. Read books with rhymes and play language
  games, such as tongue twisters and puzzles, with
  your children.
• 6. Practice the alphabet by pointing out letters
  wherever you see them and by reading alphabet
  books.
• 7. Point out the letter-sound relationships your
  child is learning on labels, boxes, magazines and
  signs.
• 8. Keep a notebook, in which you, as the parent,
  write down stories which your children tell, so
  that the children see the connection between oral
  language and text.
• 9. Be a reader and writer, yourself. Children
  observe and learn from people around them.
• 10. Be patient and listen as your child reads
  books from school. Let your child know you are
  proud of his or her reading. (National Reading
  Panel, 2002)

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Math at Home

• Follow the progress your child is making in math.
  Check with your child daily about his homework.
• If you don't understand your child's math
  assignments, engage in frequent communication
  with his or her teacher.
• If your child is experiencing problems in math,
  contact the teacher to learn whether he or she is
  working at grade level and what can be done at
  home to help improve academic progress.

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Math at Home

• Use household chores as opportunities for
  reinforcing math learning such as cooking and
  repair activities.
• Try to be aware of how your child is being taught
  math, and don't teach strategies and shortcuts
  that conflict with the approach the teacher is
  using. Check in with the teacher and ask what you
  can do to help.
• Ask the teacher about online resources that you
  can use with your child at home.
• At the beginning of the year, ask your child's
  teacher for a list of suggestions that will
  enable you to help your child with math homework.
• Work with your child on their basic math facts.
  (addition, subtraction, multiplication and
  division)
• Use flashcards and games to help reinforce basic
  facts.

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Science

• Briefly describe the topics you will cover this
  year in Science.
• This may take more than one slide.

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Social Studies

• Briefly describe the topics you will cover this
  year in Social Studies.
• This may take more than one slide.

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Music and Art

• Briefly describe the topics you will cover this
  year in Music and Art.
• This may take more than one slide.

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Classroom Community

• Our classroom is a community. In our community,
  we have rules to help us get along with each
  other.
• Our class rules are
• Be respectful and responsible.
• Be organized and follow directions.
• Be on time.
• Be prepared.

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Homework

• I will assign about 45 minutes of homework every
  night. This includes 20 minutes of reading.
• Your homework packet is due on Friday morning.
• If you need extra time to work on your homework,
  you can go to homework club during recess to work
  on it.

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Tardiness

• School starts at 905 A.M.
• If you arent in the classroom by the time the
  second bell rings, please check in at the school
  office before coming to class.
• If you are tardy four times, the school will
  contact your parents.

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Field Trips

• We have lots of fun field trips planned for this
  year!
• We will attend two plays at the Childrens
  Theater as part of our reading units.
• We will visit Maple Grove park and take water
  samples from the river as part of our science
  unit on the environment.
• We will tour a bakery as part of our social
  studies unit on community.

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Lets Have a Great Year!