Elementary Curriculum Newsletter
Francis Howell SD
Coming Up:
January 2: meeting/work day
January 3: District PD day (8-noon)
January 6: Students' first day back
January 14: Kindergarten Units of Study Year 2 Review, 8:30-3:30 (Dist Learning Ctr C114; sub code 053)
January 15: First Grade Units of Study Year 2 Review, 8:30-3:30 (District Learning Center C114; sub code 053)
January 16: Second Grade Units of Study Year 2 Review, 8:30-3:30 (District Learning Center C114; sub code 053)
January 20: NO SCHOOL (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
January 22: Math Leadership Team Meeting, 8:30-3:30 (BOE Room at Admin; sub code 053)
January 23: Third Grade Units of Study 2nd Quarter Review, 8:30-3:30 (District Learning Center C114; sub code 053)
Math Program Implementation for 2014-2015
After a lengthy discussion of pros and cons between the Academic Team and elementary principals, the decision has been made to move forward with a K-5 adoption in 2014-2015. Professional development will be planned for grades 3-5 and that information will be out to you soon.
Common Assessments
Math Common Assessments (K-5 Quarterly) should be complete already. Data should be entered into Mastery Connect before leaving for break.
A NOTE ABOUT THIRD GRADE READING SUMMATIVE: There was not originally a scoring guide included in this assessment, but I have added one to the end of the document in Mastery Connect.
WRITING Summative Common Assessments (K: text to self connection response; 1st: opinion piece on fairy tale; 2nd: Native American project; 3rd: Lynne Cherry narrative) do not have to be put into MC until we return from break; they should be entered by January 10th.
Movement in the Classroom!
Cathy Fortney passed this to us and I wanted to pass it along to you:
Interesting website and a great idea to have some resources that folks could use during indoor recess to give students some more movement opportunities… :-)
I'm also including some other resources that have crossed my path lately that talk about the importance of movement in children's learning and ready-made resources for teachers…
http://www.gonoodle.com/home (you can also access this through your free healthteacher.com account!)
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-hhp/exss/apl.cfm\
Questions or Comments?
Email: sherri.lorton@fhsdschools.org
Phone: 636-851-5328
Twitter: @sherrilorton