Second/Third Multiage Curriculum Night September 21, 2011 AB Combs Leadership Magnet Elementary Kayla Edwards Jodie Spencer

Quality Process Agenda Issue Bin Plus/Delta +

Wildly Important Goals (W.I.G.s) Student Achievement Leadership Opportunities –Lead –Learn –Serve

Why Multiage? Why should children work in multi-age groups? Removing traditional grade-level grouping reduces the yearly time constraints placed on children, allowing them to work to mastery of high standards at their individual rates. Flexible use of multi-age groups provides children with many good role models. Advanced learners across all levels have the opportunity to be challenged and accelerated in their learning. The amount of support and help available to all children is increased through teaming and collaboration. Children learn social responsibility as they learn to work cooperatively. Leadership qualities of students are enhanced through group work. Children deepen their learning and grow academically as they explain their work to others. What are the benefits of continuous progress? Providing a family atmosphere for learning for both children and adults. Enabling teachers to build a long term relationship with each student. Student progress is effectively monitored over time. Increasing meaningful learning experiences for all children. Strengthening student’s positive attitudes about school. Meeting the individual needs of every student through appropriate instruction. Fostering self-esteem, leadership skills and sensitivity to others. Developing a stronger relationship between home and school over time. Reducing stress in children as they continue learning at appropriate rates in a familiar atmosphere.

Second/Third Multiage Mission Statement We are here to accept challenges and set goals to accomplish. We will work together to make the world a better place.

3 rd Grade Curriculum Resources Handbooks, Planning Guides & Program Information K-8 Connections

A Day in the Life of Your Multiage Child

Math Workshop Math Expressions –Building concepts –Math Talk –Quick Practice –Student Leaders –Helping Community –Multi-digit Addition & Subtraction, Multiplication, Geometry, Algebra, Fractions, Measurement & Problem Solving

Quarter 1 Reading Objectives-Please see handout Blended Objectives (objectives that are the same for both grades) Listed 2 nd /3 rd *means essential objectives assessed by observing student behaviors throughout the quarter without teacher support

Balanced Literacy Framework Daily 5 Reader’s Workshop Guided Reading & Conferring Writer’s Workshop Word Study & Vocabulary

Reader’s Workshop Workshop Cycle Learning & Instruction Mini-lesson Student Application read, respond, confer Reflection Primary focus Creating a community of readers & thinkers Vocabulary Instruction Flexible Reading Strategies Decoding & Comprehension Skills Increase Fluency & Reading Stamina

Word Study & Vocabulary Words, words and more words! Learning spelling patterns Bi-weekly developmental feature tests Differentiated student lists Improves –student decoding abilities –spelling and writing Vocabulary Instruction –Prefixes & Suffixes

Writer’s Workshop Genres Lists and Instructions Poetry Letter writing Personal Narrative Informational Writing Continuous Cycle Planning Drafting Revising Editing Publishing

First Quarter Expectations I used complete sentences. I used correction punctuation & capitalization. I wrote a focused story on one topic. My story has a beginning, middle and end. First Quarter Writing Expectations I indented the paragraphs. I used descriptive words. I re-read my story and made any changes needed. I spelled the first 200 sight words correctly.

Science 1.Soils 2.Objects in the Sky 3.Plants 4.The Human Body

Social Studies Change over time –Native Americans –Colonists –Video Conferencing –Visit from Raleigh City Museum – Wake Ed Partnership Grant Artifacts and hands-on connections Economy –Needs & Wants –Supply & Demand

LEGO Serious Play Education Integrated into the curriculum 3 Rules of LSP LEGO Theory –Play –Constructionism –Imagination

Classroom Economy Create list of classroom careers Rank jobs and identify salaries Establish how to earn credits & debits Generate credit/debit logs, wallets and Combs cash

Homework Hallmarks of Good Homework Agendas –Weekly Reading –Math Expressions –Word Study

Volunteers We love to have volunteers in our classroom. Please make sure you have signed up to be a volunteer using the volunteer registration (it is always available in the media center). We sent out a Google document for you to sign up to volunteer. The link is: zNS03QmwtUjdFR2tydDZmWGhCYlE&hl=en_US#gid=0 zNS03QmwtUjdFR2tydDZmWGhCYlE&hl=en_US#gid=0 If you can only volunteer once or twice a month, that is great. We need volunteers to run and organize our classroom store once a month starting at the end of September. Please let us know if you are interested.

Field Trips & Events Historic Oak View County Park (Oct) Night Under the Stars/Starlab –Dec 6th at AB Combs TBD (Spring)

Communication We will send out a newsletter every other Friday and special announcements. Agendas are our main source of communication; homework, specials, notes, etc. Please feel free to write notes as well. Friday folders

Quality Process Issue Bin Plus/Delta +

Build a model of what you expect your child to learn in the Multiage classroom. This can be social, emotional or academic.

3 rd Grade Expectations Meet quarterly benchmarks –Standards based grading (3 or higher) Achieve a reading level of Achieve a level 3 or 4 on EOG’s