ecc curriculum night 2010 (2)
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ECC Curriculum Night
September 2,2010
The Family and School Relationship
• We value your involvement and invite you to join in the learning process with your child.
• Open door policy: You are welcome to visit and volunteer throughout the school day. Room parents and teachers will let you know of these opportunities.
• Conferences are scheduled in October and April. Individual conferences can be scheduled as needed.
Communication
• Parent and Teacher Partnership – Your classroom teachers will always be your best resource. Problems, questions and concerns should be addressed with your teachers first before going to the Division Head or the Head of School.
Sheila Abio816.268.6543
Please Remember:
• If your child is going to be absent, notify the front desk by calling 931-8614, or by emailing both your classroom teacher and Mrs. van Thullenar at [email protected] by 8:30 AM.
• If your child has a contagious illness: Pink Eye, Strep Throat, Lice, etc., please notify both your classroom teacher and Mrs. van asap.
• Stay off your cell phone at carpool and PLEASE relay this message to anyone else who will be picking up your child.
Class Blogs
• Brand new communication tool for us this year• Goal – Improve communication with our parent community. So much
happens in a day at St. Paul’s and we want you to be informed!• While we are pleased with the interactive capabilities offered by the
blogs, they are only to be used for educational purposes. Parents, teachers and anyone else who may have access, are not to use the blog for social or marketing purposes, or for forwarding jokes or stories unrelated to school.
• Concerns and/or questions are best settled through direct communication with the parties involved, not in the blogs.
No Nuts Please!
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• We have students with food allergies.• New policy and procedures can be found in this year’s
student and parent handbook.• While we cannot declare any part of the school “Nut Free”,
please make every effort to keep peanut butter and nuts out of the classrooms and teaching spaces.
• PreK -8th grade students can have peanut butter in their lunches because they eat in the cafeteria.
Tip: Sun Butter (made with sunflower seeds) is a good peanut butter substitute.
ScreeningsThe Children’s Spot
• Speech Therapy – Celeste HaasSpeech/Hearing Screenings: Sep. 22, 23• Occupational Therapy – Teri TankelOT Screenings – September 20, 21
We are mailing information home to you tomorrow, Friday, September 3rd. Your teachers may suggest a screening as well. If services are needed, Teri and Celeste will work, for an additional fee, with your
child at St. Paul’s during her school day.
Class Parties
• Your help is genuinely needed and appreciated.• Work with your classroom teachers and room parents
in order to be as helpful as possible.• Please keep siblings home; the teachers need your
help supervising students.• The focus during the parties should be on the
students.• Allow the teachers to handle any student conflict or
problems.• Confidentiality is very important!
Parent Events & Student Events
• Teachers will provide you with several opportunities to join classroom events and activities.
• Please understand that some events are just for the children. School experiences play a crucial part in developing independence and self-esteem.
• Examples: Halloween Ball & International Festival
The Music ProgramMrs. HaskampToddler – 2nd Grade
• Creative Movement- Kindergarten and First grade students only – 30 minutes on Tuesdays
• Toddlers – 20 minutes/week• Preschool – Two 20 minute classes/week – one class is
integrated into the classroom• Pre-Kindergarten - Two 20 minute classes/week• Kindergarten - 2nd grade = Two 30 minute classes/weekObjective: To provide each child at St. Paul’s with an exciting and inviting
opportunity to explore and create in a supportive and nurturing environment. Based on the Orff-Schoolwork approach, students learn through song, movement, speech and instrument-playing while working together to produce a quality musical experience.
2010/2011 Musical PerformancesMultipurpose Room
Christmas PerformancesToddler/Preschool: December 10th, 9:00 AMPre-K/Kindergarten: December 15th, 9:00 AMFirst/Second Grade: December 16th, 9:00 AM
Grade Level Musical Performances
Kindergarten: September 29th – 9:00 AMTheme: Folk Tales For FallFirst Grade: October 21st – 9:00 AMTheme: Fall & HalloweenPre-K: February 10th – 9:00 AMTheme: Valentines DayToddlers: April 27th – 9:00 AM Interactive DemoPreschool: April 28th – 9:00 AM Interactive DemoSecond Grade: May 19th – 9:00 AM Theme: Spring/Culminating Themes
Why Grade Level Performances?
• Students in each grade level will encounter more performance/stage opportunities.
• Richer content with added time to devote to skills and concepts.• Emphasis can be placed on more developmentally appropriate skills
and concepts.• Less crowded audiences allowing all spectators to see the children
perform.• Reduce May commitments for families and faculty.
Physical EducationMrs. Shurtleff
Toddler – 4th grade
Objective: To provide a positive, safe and enjoyable environment that engages each child to be actively involved and equally successful through physical movement.
Toddlers: 20 minutes weeklyPreschool: 20 minute classes twice a week. One class is integrated into class outdoor time.
Pre-Kindergarten: 20 minute classes twice a weekKindergarten and First Grade – 30 minute classes twice a week.Second Grade: 30 minute classes three times a week.
SpanishSra. LaMartina
Preschool – 5th Grade
Objective: To provide students a foundation for foreign language study. To provide students with comprehensible input in Spanish, using gestures, illustrations, everyday objects and artwork. Grammar is taught in the context of oral communication.
Method: Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling(TPRS). This is not a total immersion program. Preschool: Two 20 minute classes weekly. One class is integrated
into open work time in the classroom.Pre-Kindergarten: Two 20 minute classes weeklyKindergarten -2nd grade: Two 30 minute classes weekly
LibraryMr. NerstheimerAll school Librarian
• Goal: To develop life-long lovers of reading by exposing students to a variety of books and genres.
• Toddler and Preschool: One 20 minute class in the classroom.
• Pre-Kindergarten: One 20 minute class weekly in the big library.
• Kindergarten – 2nd Grade: One 30 minute class weekly
Contact Information
Mrs. Haskamp – [email protected]. Shurtleff – [email protected]. LaMartina – [email protected] Mr. Nerstheimer – [email protected]
Class notes pages: www.speds.org
Life Skill Focus• August and September: Responsibility and Effort• October: Sense of Humor & Problem Solving• November: Friendship & Common Sense• December: Caring and Sharing• January: Patience & Perseverance• February: Respect and Integrity -- Celebrate Diversity• March: Flexibility & Curiosity• April: Cooperation & Taking Initiative• May: Sense of Humor
Book Ideas
1.) Nurture Shock by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman
2.) Drive by Daniel Pink 3.) The Hurried Child by David Elkind4.) Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell5.) Mindset by Carol Dweck
Nurture Shock Highlights
The inverse power of praise – Many of ourmodern strategies for nurturing children arebackfiring. How to give praise:• Praise effort! Stop over-praising.• Teach that intelligence can be developed.• The brain is a muscle. Give it a harder workout to make you
smarter.• Give specific praise.• Discuss mistakes and allow children to make them.• Teach children the way to bounce back from failure is to work
harder. Hard wire their brain to be persistent.
The Lost Hour
• Kids who sleep less than eight hours a night have about a 300% higher rate of obesity than those who get ten hours.
• Children get an hour less of sleep each night than they did 30 years ago.
• The lost hour appears to have an exponential impact on children that it doesn’t have on adults.
• The performance gap caused by an hour’s difference was bigger than the gap between a normal fourth grader and a normal sixth grader.
• Sleep disorders can impair children’s IQ as much as lead exposure.
Closing
“Many of our greatest thinkers locate their capacity for original and profound thought in their imaginative abilities, first developed through creative play in early childhood.”
Sharna Olfman – Psychology Professor
“In childhood development, the space between anxiety and boredom is where creativity flourishes.”
KCPT – Charlie Rose