Kate Wickham Elementary

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Kate Wickham Elementary

• Team 3 Curriculum Night
• September 16, 2009

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Curriculum Night Overview

• Team 3 Student Expectations
• Positive Behavior Supports (PBS)
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies
• Language Arts

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Team 3 Student Expectations

• Late Assignment Notices
• Behavior Action Plan
• Student Planners and Home Folders

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Parent Partnerships

• Team Newsletters
• Home Survey
• Participation in your childs homework
• Attending school sponsored events
• Attend Parent-Teacher Conferences
• Volunteer Opportunities

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Positive Behavior Supports

• Green Light Award
• I am nominating _______________________ for a
  Green Light Award
• Because
• _____________ demonstrated the following Core
  Virtues
• Honesty Giving Compassion
• Respect Self-Discipline Perseverance
• Responsibility Courage
• Nominated by _________________
• Date ____________

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WICKHAM ELEMENTARYS POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORTS

• The Kate Wickham Positive Behavior Supports
  system focuses on helping children become
  responsible citizens. We strongly believe that
  with parents as partners, together we can help
  children achieve this goal. Throughout the day,
  students are rewarded with green tickets when
  displaying appropriate behaviors and making good
  choices. Random drawings in the classroom, and
  as a whole school, reward students with
  prizes/activities for their good choices. Our
  Behavior Action Plan is designed to inform
  parents of inappropriate choices made by their
  child. This could reflect one major incident or
  repetition of a minor incident after a warning.
  Please review this sheet with your child, and
  discuss the implications of her/his choice(s).
  After signing the form, one copy is to be kept
  for your records, and the other returned to
  school.

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Positive Behavior Supports

• Positive Behavior Ticket
• Be respectful, Be responsible
• Its the Wickham Way

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Everyday Math
Everyday Mathematics began with the premise that
students can, and must, learn more mathematics
than has been expected from them in the past.
This premise is based on research the UCSMP
author team undertook prior to writing the
curriculum. The Everyday Mathematics
instructional design was crafted to capitalize on
student interest and maximize student learning.
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3rd Grade Math

• Routines, Review, Assessment
• Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers
• Linear Measures and Area
• Multiplication and Division
• Place Value in Whole Numbers Decimals
• Geometry
• Fractions
• Measurement and Data
• Probability

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4th Grade Math

• Naming / Constructing 2-D Shapes
• Numbers and Data
• Multiplication and Division
• Decimals
• Big Numbers, Estimation/Computation
• Fractions and Their Uses Probability
• Perimeter and Area
• Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
• Reflections and Symmetry
• 3-D Shapes, Weight, Volume, Capacity
• Rates

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Science

• Plant Growth Development
• Electric Circuits
• Earth Materials
• Structures of Life

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Social Studies Alive!

• Regions of Our Country
• Students have multiple intelligences. (Howard
  Gardner)
• Cooperative interaction increases learning and
  improves social skills. (Elizabeth Cohen)
• Spiral curriculum (Jerome Bruner)
• Students participate in group and independent
  research projects.
• Map globe skills taught throughout the year.
• Time for Kids is used weekly to reinforce
  current events

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Houghton Mifflin Balanced Literacy

• Shared Reading
• Guided Reading
• Independent Reading
• Read Aloud
• Shared Writing
• Interactive Writing
• Guided Writing / Writing Workshop
• Independent Writing

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Thank you for coming!

• We appreciate your interest in your childs
  education!