Wiley Wednesday
Teaching and Learning
Save the Date!
Fourth and Fifth Grades: 10:40-12:00
Second and Third Grades: 12:50-2:10
Kindergarten and First Grade: 2:15-3:35
Congratulations to our State Fair Graphic Design winners!
3-5th grade division:
Francesca - 1st place
Eliya - 3rd place
K-2nd grade division:
Sabrina - 1st place
Emma Finch - 2nd place
Huge thanks to Karen Rose, our Art Teacher, for her support of these young artists!
The Critical Standards in Mathematics
"The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics identify Critical Areas for each grade level which describe two to four big ideas at that grade level. Educators use the Critical Areas to focus the work students do in the classroom and to make instructional decisions.
The Critical Areas help teachers make instructional decisions by providing a focus for the work to be done at each grade level. The Critical Areas are not in addition to the standards; rather, they help by grouping and summarizing the most critical skills at each grade level, those around which teachers should plan much of their instructional time throughout the year."
~ Math Common Core Resources by Kay Middleton
Critical Areas Explained by Grade Level
You're Invited!
Kindergarten
First Grade
First grade correlates their sweet potato gleaning field trip to the UN Sustainable Development Goal - Zero Hunger. Their sweet potatoes were donated to an organization that feeds individuals - "Care and Share" in Louisburg. They also donate several bags each year to support the Backpack Buddies program at Wiley.
Throughout the project, students discuss the process of growing sweet potatoes, specifically as it relates to their science standard of understanding properties of different kinds of soil and how those properties affect plant growth.
Second Grade
Third Grade
Third grade studied a miniature skeleton while learning that the Skeletal System supports the human body by working with muscles to keep organs in place and it protects the human body from damage by surrounding organs with bone .