1. Welcome Elementary Multiage Back to School Night 2013-2014

2. Tonight’s Agenda 6:30-7:00 Class Meeting 7:00-7:30 Open House
Scrip Fundraiser - Jennifer
Camping Trip Update - Elaine
Beth & Jessica
Elementary Multiage Days
Enrichment
Communication
At Home Reading
Questions
7:00-7:30 Open House
- Check out your child’s science and math classrooms

3. Classroom Teachers
Beth
Jessica

4. Elementary Multiage Curriculum & Classes

5. Ancient Roots Ancient Roots
Setting the Stage for the Essential Question:
What is Culture?
An essential question is the heart of the curriculum.
The essential question points to the essence of what students will examine in the course of their study.
An essential question sets the stage for interdisciplinary curriculum planning and exploration.
Each core classroom will begin this journey towards the essential question by building community, assessing skills, and creating shared experiences.
Ancient Roots
Humanities
Reading
Math
Science and Applied Math

7. Humanities
Sharing experiences, making connections to the world, and inspiring our writing!
Writers Notebook
Individualized small group mini lessons about author’s craft and writing conventions
Conferences – peer and teacher
Focus words from our writing and needed spelling patterns
Centers to reinforce skills
Sharing our writing to build community and inspire each other
Taking the Author’s Journey
Publication Celebrations

8. Math with Lillian

9. Ongoing Informal Assessment Individual Differentiated Instruction:
Your Child’s Math Journey: This journey may occur in one day, across a week, or throughout projects.
Whole Group Introduction of a Concept or Skill through Literature
to engage the students and inspire learning.
Small Groups: Explore Concepts/ Find Patterns/ Understand Math Language/ Complete a task within a group
Ongoing Informal Assessment
Engage In Conversation with Lillian to identify understanding and misconceptions
Individual Differentiated Instruction:
Students practice skills unique to them at their own pace and applies skills to broader concepts introduced in the whole group setting
Formal Assessment:
Quick Chickens
and
Presentations
Whole Group
Application of Knowledge:
Connections to Nature and Real World Applications

10. Applied Math and Science
What does a lab class look like?
Opening
This might be a problem to solve, a game, a long term observation, or Read Aloud.
Exploration
This might include a lab, shared readings, fact finding missions,…
Discussion
Students will regularly meet in the “Think Tank” to connect the hands-on experiences to the big idea and inquiry question, to review terms, and ask new questions.
Clean Up

11. Science with Merrill

12. Science with Merrill Join us!
For more details, download the “Family Handout” from the science page!
Staying Connected to Lab Happenings
-Optional experiments connected to experiences happening in class called “Try Its” will come home occasionally in the Friday Folder.
-Check out our web site each week. The science page will be updated regularly.
- Make it a habit to come in weekly and take a tour with your scientist! You are WELCOME!

13. Beyond our core class rotation…
A day in the life
Beyond our core class rotation…

14. Morning Meeting
Good mornings & Greetings Attendance Special Announcements Community Building Games Poetry

15. Snack
We take a break everyday from 10:00-10:15 on every full day of school.
You are more than welcome to join us!
Chance for the whole elementary multiage community to be together!
Healthy snacks are best.

16. Lunch and Recess 11:15-11:30 Lunch* 11:30-12:00 Recess
*Students can take all the time they to need eat their lunch.

17. Read Aloud

18. Read Aloud Great Literature Appreciating author’s craft
Hunting for Golden Lines and figurative language Building community and connections
Modeling reading strategies
Stop and think
Rereading
Predictions
Retell (beginning-middle-end)
Questioning
Making inferences

19. Helping Hands

20. Independent Reading Practice reading strategies
One on one opportunities
Finishing a book
Trying a new genre
Relax and enjoy
Consistently reading one-on-one with a student or being trained to give Barton reading support is one of the most helpful ways to volunteer in our community!

21. Closing Looking forward to tomorrow Reflecting on the day Appreciation
Cooperative Games
Reminders

22. Thursday Enrichment Second Step
– Our social and emotional curriculum used school wide.
Typing Class
2 Electives Choices: Gardening, Painting, Sewing, Block Buddies, Fun with Friends, and more!
First Class: 8:45 – 9:30
Second Class: 9:45 – 10:30
We’re still looking for volunteers for Thursday wheel! Please let me know tonight if you can help!

23. Thursday Wheel Enrichment

24. Specials
Mondays –
Dance & Art
Wednesdays
PE & Music

25. At Home Reading Your child needs to read daily for 20 minutes-ish.
When this habit is established these are the reading behaviors I see very clearly in the classroom:
Students that can relax and fall into a book
Students that can start and finish a book
Students that can pick out a “just right” book
Students who really think about abandoning a book
Students that can focus for extended time
Students that are really excited about what they are reading and are eager to share
A love for language
Students reading to learn

26. Friday Folders
Folders will come home each Friday full of papers that either need to stay at home or be brought back to school.
The folders can be returned on Monday for safe keeping and will be refilled by the end of the week. 

27. Math, Science, and Humanities
Check out Weebly!
Elementarymultiage.weebly.com
Homeroom
Math, Science, and Humanities
Community Updates
Resources to Download
Message Board
Pictures

28. Have you completed your paperwork. Questions. Please leave us a note
Have you completed your paperwork? Questions? Please leave us a note! What’s Next? Peace Day – tomorrow! Goal Setting Conferences September 30th- October 4th (half days) Camping Trip October 18th – 20th