1. "Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes." Hugh Prather

2. District Wide Plan Consistency and Collaboration Cougar Achievement Pride and safety Engagement

3. ELA SHIFTS  Balancing Informational and Literary Text  Building Knowledge in the Disciplines  Staircase of Complexity  Text-based Answers  Writing from Sources  Academic Vocabulary  Focus  Coherence  Fluency  Deep Understanding  Applications  Dual Intensity MATH SHIFTS

5. Students will... Participate in Mini Lessons Use work time to write Be prepared for conferences with the teacher Collaborate and confer with other writers Choose topics of interest and set goals Respect their own and each other's writing Invest in their work, increase stamina Celebrate growth and success Lucy Calkins Writing

9. Parent support is an essential part of a successful Writer's Workshop. Parents should... Encourage their child to write Ask their child what they are doing in Writer's Workshop Ask them to share and reflect on their writing Develop their child as a writer rather than focus on the written piece Review pieces with their child, and share in classroom celebrations

11. Grade LevelKey Fluency KAdd/subtract within 5 1Add/subtract within 10 2Add/subtract within 20 Add/subtract within 100 (pencil and paper) 3Multiply/divide within 100 Add/subtract within 1000 4Add/subtract within 1,000,000 5Multi-digit multiplication 6Multi-digit division Multi-digit decimal operations 77 Solve px + q = r, p(x + q) = r