Elementary Curriculum Newsletter
Francis Howell Schools District
Coming Up
- April 25: enVisions Math Training for Grade 3 – DLC 226/232 (sub code 053)
- (May 7: Third Grade Report Card meeting with Dr. Williams)
- May 14-15: Classroom Instruction That Works Training with BJ Stone - BOE Room
- May 30: Last Day of School
- June 2: Deadline for Submitting Surplus to Dr. Greiner
- June 3: Kindergarten Units of Study Revision meeting (stipend) at DLC Room 114
- June 4: Grades 1 & 2 Units of Study Revision meeting (stipend) at DLC Room 114
- June 5: Grade 3 Units of Study Revision meeting (stipend) at DLC Room 114
Directions for Spring 2014 Surplus
Growing with Mathematics - Kindergarten
The "Off to Kindergarten" programs at the early childhood centers will be using some of the kindergarten GWM materials. The directions for kindergarten will be a bit different, as the items needed at the Early Childhood Centers will NOT be included in surplus. A list is being sent via email for what to include in boxes to sent to the District Learning Center (attn: Sherri Lorton). The remainder of items can be included in surplus. All of this information will be repeated in the email coming to you.
Growing with Mathematics - Grades 1-5
All BOOKS for Growing with Math should be included in surplus. This would include all items that were published by Mimosa or McGraw-Hill. Teachers manuals, student books that have not been used, discussion books, Big books, Math literature from this program, and Math from Many Cultures should ALL be included. Additionally, ancillary materials such as manipulatives and those items in the teacher resource kit CAN be included in surplus, OR they can be kept in your room or building if teachers find them beneficial. Big Books more recently purchased from Origo can likewise be kept or included in surplus, depending on how they might be used in the future in your classroom/buildings.
(Envision Pilot Teachers can also put their Teacher Editions in surplus; new ones will come for the new copyright. Please keep your MANIPULATIVE KITS as previously discussed!)
Literacy by Design
All Literacy by Design WHOLE CLASS materials can be included in surplus. Please keep the small group materials (teacher edition and small group sets of books) to continue to use in your classroom for guided reading.
Handwriting without Tears
Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades will be receiving new manuals that correspond to a new edition when they receive student books for Handwriting without Tears. You can put your current teacher's manual in surplus.
Health, Science, and Social Studies
Grades K-3 should NOT put any Science Fusion in surplus. However, if you still have older Science materials or Social Studies materials that are not being used in Units of Study, you can include those items in surplus.
Grades 4-5 should keep all current Science and Social Studies materials. They will be used in your Units of Study.
All grade levels should keep Health materials; these should not be included in surplus.
Report Card Resource Book Information
Instructional Minutes for Next Year
Professional Development and Continuing Education Opportunity
TEACHERS GRADES 3-8 for FALL 2014
EDU 6012 EARTH & PLANETARY SYSTEMS
AUG. 26 – DEC. 9, 2014
Tuesdays, 4:30 – 7 p.m.
MySci Resource Center
6601 Vernon Ave
University City, MO 63130
Edu 6012 will be geared towards teachers of grades 3-8 and will include multiple hands-on activities you can use in your classroom. You will experience a portable planetarium, discover Internet resources, such as Stellarium, and visit the Crow Observatory.
Edu 6012 is aligned with Missouri GLEs (Strand 6 Universe) and national framework/standards documents (Earth and Space Sciences 1.A and 1.B). The instructors, ISP Faculty Fellow Pat Gibbons, PhD, and Jack Wiegers, ISP science educator will also illustrate throughout this course a number of places where math and engineering connections are made.
· Build equipment your students can construct in the classroom (star charts, astrolabes, telescopes, pinhole viewers, solar motion demonstrators, and more).
· Use the equipment for finding, observing, and describing the patterns of motion of the Sun, Moon, planets, and the constellations of the Zodiac.
· Create models to explain observations, e.g. a ray model of light, a scale model of the solar system, and geocentric and heliocentric
Credit: 3 graduate credits, tuition is $415 per credit
Credits are applicable to a graduate certificate in science education
If you are interested or have questions, please contact
Paula Smith, 314-935-6846.
Click to reserve your space for this course http://schoolpartnership.wustl.edu/events/edu-6012-earth-planetary-systems/
Registration ends August 8
If you are interested or have questions, please contact
Paula Smith, 314-935-6846.
For additional information about topics in this newsletter, please contact Dr. Sherri Lorton
Email: sherri.lorton@fhsdschools.org
Location: District Learning Center, 1405 Hwy D
Phone: 636-851-5328
Twitter: @sherrilorton