1. Welcome to First Grade CATS Mrs. Gearhart & Mrs. Kamper 2014-2015

2. Your CATS Teachers are…  Family  Married with 3 children  4-year old twins (Gwendolyn and David)  2-year old son (Sammy)  Pet turtle?  Mrs. Kamper  Experience  13 years teaching  Undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Development and Marketing  Master’s Degree in Elementary Education with a Reading Endorsement

3. Your CATS Teachers are… Mrs. Gearhart 13 years teaching 6 years with academically talented students Graduate of University of New Mexico Gifted Endorsement

4. CATS students are... “Tell me, I forget, show me, I remember, Involve me, I understand.” -Carl Orff  Often perfectionists and idealists  Asynchronous  Sequential or spatial  Problem solvers

5. CATS Curriculum Encourages students to apply critical-thinking skills and to become self- directed learners. It incorporates the regular curriculum but differs in content, process, product, pacing, and environment.

6. CATS Curriculum Goals I: Acceleration II:Integration III: Inquiry and Motivation IV:Critical Thinking V:Communication and Collaboration

7. Math Place Value and Number sense 2 and 3 Digit Addition w/wout regrouping 2 and 3 digit Subtraction w/wout regrouping Measurement Money Time to the minute Multiplication Word Problems throughout *Facts

8. Depth of Knowledge: Math Students Will:  Make sense of problems and persevere  Reason abstractly and quantitatively  Model with mathematics  Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning  Come up with multiple solutions  Use different mathematical strategies to solve a problem

9. Language Arts  6+1 Writing  Conventions, sentence fluency, organization, voice, word choice, ideas, presentation  Writer’s Workshop  Reader’s Workshop  Junior Great; Houghton Mifflin, Literature Studies  Words Their Way

10. Science Digestive, Respiratory, and Circulatory Systems Inventors and their Inventions Laws of Motion States of Matter Plants and Animals Earth Materials Objects in the Sky

11. Social Studies American History: Exploration and Colonization Government & Roles of Citizenship American Symbols and Monuments Ancient Civilizations

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14. What does CATS look like?  Whole Group  Small Group  Individual Work

15. How does it happen? Math & Reading Learning Groups 2 per teacher Based on strengths and weaknesses identified through pre-assessment Science & Social Studies Design Squad Project Based Learning Group, individual, and whole class activities

16. Classroom Routines & Expectations Expectations – Nature of CATS Class Store Snack / Snack Stash Arrival / Dismissal Communication (REMIND; FB; email) Daily Folder / Parent Communication

17. Communication gearhart.leslie@cusd80.com kamper.elizabeth@cusd80.com Front Office: (480) 812-6100 Website: http://www.cusd80.com//Domain/5534http://www.cusd80.com//Domain/5534

18. Tax Credit Q & A Q: Who can donate? A: Any Arizona tax payer. This includes… Family Friends Any Community Members Aunts and Uncles

19. Fun Stuff Class Parties Birthdays Field Trips o Audubon o Idea Museum o IMAX/ Play Me Stew/Talent Share Room Parent

20. “Curiosity is the engine of achievement.” – Sir Ken Robinson