Curriculum

Reader's Workshop

* Read "Just Right" Books
* Students pick books they love! 
* Mini-Lessons focus on decoding
and/or comprehension strategies
* Independent time to read, practice,
and respond 
* Sharing books we love! 

       

Guided Reading

* 5 times a week- in class and Reading Room daily
* Reading Room
* Students read books at instructional level
* Flexible Groups
* Pull during Reader's Workshop
* Focus on reading and comprehension 
strategies

 

Math

* New Curriculum: enVision Math 2.0

*Common Core correlated

*Instructional model to reach all students and their needs

*Enrichment and Reteach opportunities

*Differentiate in multiple modalities

 

Writing

* Write about what they know

*Mini-Lesson focuses on editing, adding details,
having beginning, middle, end, and strategies for
spelling

*Conference with individual students
*Time for sharing 

 

Science and Social Studies Themes

* Life Cycle of Plants & Frogs
* Native Americans
* Solar System
* Chinese New Year
* Holidays Around the World
* Oceans
* Simple Machines