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Standards Based Report Cards  Brochure  Parent Training Night: October 5 th with Dr. O’Neil  Student Data Binders

Teacher’s Role During Daily 5: Work with small strategy groups Confer with students one-on-one Help students create new reading goals The Daily 5 1) Read to Self 2) Read to Someone (partner read) 3) Listen to Reading 4) Word Work 5) Work on Writing CRAFT Comprehension: The ability to understand what is read. Response to Text: The ability to respond to a text with thought & detail. Accuracy: The Ability to read a variety of words. Fluency: The ability to read with accuracy & expression. Text Elements: The ability to understand & utilize text elements.

Reading Wonders Each cycle 5-7 days Vocabulary tested weekly Comprehension tests every other cycle Each cycle we will practice a reading skill, reading stratagy, fluency skill, and vocabulary skill

High Frequency Words:  “Commonly used words that young children are encouraged to memorize as a whole by sight, so that they can automatically recognize these words in print without having to use any strategies to decode.”  20 words a week  Tested Each Cycle

Grammar Curriculum: Wonders Grammar Being a Writer Grammar Gremlins 1 Skill per cycle taught

Being a Writer Program 1. Focus/Mini Lesson 2. Independent Writing 3. Guided Writing and Conferring 4. Group Share 4 Units throughout the school year: Unit 1: Building a Writing Community using Narratives Unit 2: Mastering the 5 Paragraph Essay w/ Opinion and Functional Writing Unit 3: Expository Non-Fiction Writing Unit 4: Fictional Writing (including poetry writing)

McGraw Hill My Math Program  One or two quizzes and one test per chapter  Daily Three  Math with the teacher  Math by youself  Math with someone  Exit Tickets  Multiplication Grid

Online Resources My Math and Wonders Username - four digit lunch code SWSD (all caps) ex. 1111SWSD Password - four digit lunch code swsd (all lower case) ex. 1111swsd

Thank you for attending! Please either fill out child information sheet tonight or take it home and return with your child. Please fill out the quiz your child left for you. Please me with any questions!