Parent Information Slide Show

1 and 2 Grade st

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Julie Rogers &

Caitlin Bianchi

Explore Activities Board games Art Activities

Computer

Math Activities

Science Experiments Writing

Blocks

Books on tape Complete unfinished work

Morning Meeting

•Greeting •Morning Message •Sharing •Activity

Writers Workshop Mini Lessons Independent Writing Interactive Writing Journal Writing Process Writing

Mini-Lessons Procedural: routines, materials, organization

Strategy / Skill:

inventive spelling, spacing, word construction, capitalization, punctuation.

Craft:

eliminating unnecessary information, adding information, details, choosing a title, writing a lead,

Readers Workshop Mini Lessons Guided Reading Groups Literature Circles Readers Theatre Independent Reading SWR Fundations

Guided Reading • Guided Reading is a context in which a teacher supports each reader’s development of effective strategies for processing novel texts at increasingly challenging levels of difficulty. • The purpose of guided reading is to enable children to use and develop strategies “on the run”. • The ultimate goal in guided reading is to help children learn how to use independent reading strategies successfully.

Literature Circles A means for more intensive talking or thinking about books, or “book talk”. Children share their personal responses and interpretations of a book with one another. Respond to story elements. Compare works by an author or illustrator.

Readers Theatre

•Builds fluency in a fun and meaningful manner. •Uses a variety of genre. •Allows for children of mixed levels to work together. •Interactive •Public speaking skills.

Independent Reading

•Choose a just right book. •Read the book. •Share the book with a friend. •Record the book on a “Book List”. •Confer with teacher.

SWR & Fundations Spelling Writing •A multi sensory approach to teaching Reading the relationship between speech

sounds and written symbols. Links decoding, reading comprehension, and written expression. •Phonetically sequential •Word patterns •Handwriting •G.U.M. grammar, usage & mechanics

Everyday Math Mathematics is the science that studies and explains numbers, quantities, measurements, shapes, patterns, and how all things are related. Arithmetic is the computational part of mathematics that includes adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing numbers.

The Vermont Mathematics Portfolio Process Problem solving is what to do when you don’t know what to do. Crossing The River With Dogs

A problem is a situation in which a person seeking some goal and for which a suitable course of action is not immediately apparent. About Teaching Mathematics

Science and Social Studies Vermont Framework of Standards FOSS Kits Nutshell Kits Nature Studies – VINS Place Based Learning Variety of resources

Science Themes grades Year A

Year B

1st / 2nd Plants GE 34 Weather GE 47 & 48 Changes GE 9, 12, 14, & 23 Soil GE 46 Magnets GE 25 Sound GE 29 Solar System GE 44 & 45 Plants GE 34 Weather GE 47 & 48 Balance & Motion GE 19, 21& 22 Habitats GE 31& 35 Human Body GE 40, 41, 42 & 43 Natural Resources GE 49

3rd / 4th Habitats GE 34, 35, & 36 Energy GE 28 Force & Motion GE 21 Propertiesof Matter GE 9, 12, 13 & 14 Geology GE 46 & 47

Structuresof Life GE 30, 31, 38 & 39 Magnetism & Electricity GE 24 Solar System GE 44 & 45 Weather GE 48 & 49 Human Body GE 40, 41& 42