2. Lesson Overviews
Fluency Practice
-Sprints
-Happy Counting
-Target Practice
Concept Development
Application Problem
Problem Set
Student Debrief

3. A comprehensive curriculum written by a team of teachers and mathematicians who took great care to present mathematics in a logical progression, preparing students to understand advanced math
Developed specifically to meet the math standards adopted by our state
Connects math to the real world in ways that take the fear out of math and build student confidence
This approach can be unfamiliar to those of us who grew up memorizing mathematical facts and formulas

4. Why is math taught differently?

5. Units of Study:
Small Moments
Poetry
Informational
Opinion
Fairy Tales

6. Balanced Literacy Program
Read to Self
Guided Reading
Vocabulary/Phonics Instruction
Word Work
Making Meaning – Reading Response Journals

7. Communities
Map and Globe Skills
Timelines

8. Changes in Ecosystems
Aquarium
Terrarium
Science to Go
Hand Pollinators
Force and Motion
Sun and Shadows
Germs

9. K-5 Social Emotional Learning Curriculum Second Step
Builds Positive Social, Emotional and Behavior Skills
+ Self management +Self Awareness
+ Relationship Skills +Social Awareness
+Responsible Decision Making

10. Social Emotional Learning Curriculum
K – 3rd Grade Units
Unit 1: Skills for Learning
Listening • Focusing attention •Using self-talk •Being assertive
Unit 2: Empathy
Identifying one's own and others' feelings •Taking others' perspectives
Showing care and concern for others
Unit 3: Emotion Management
Understanding strong feelings •Identifying and managing strong feelings
Calming down strong feelings
Unit 4: Friendship Skills and Problem Solving
Making and keeping friends •Calming down and using Problem-Solving Steps

11. Wetland Habitat Labs Storybook Theatre October 26th from 9:45 -11:45am
Wetland Challenge
Wetland Mechanics
Wetland Web of Life
Wetland Guided Walk
Wetland Birds
If you wish to chaperone a field trip please fill out and complete
the background check on the district website:
Storybook Theatre
April 20th at 11:30am

12. Standards-based:
1, 2, 3, or 4 (for academic skills)
We use a report card that is aligned with state standards
Report cards sent home three times a year
November
March
June (last day of school)

13. Fountas and Pinnell
Reading and Phonics Assessments
Unit Tests: Math, Science and Social Studies.
Writing: End of Unit Assessments

14. Second grade homework will be given out on a monthly basis.

15. January March ITBS Iowa Testing of Basic Skills
CogAT Testing & The Torrance Test of Creative Thinking
March