Welcome to Supply Drop-Off

& Curriculum

Night!

Schedule for Tonight

• Classroom Session1 4:00 – 4:25• Classroom Session 2 4:30 – 4:55• Principal Presentation 5:00 – 5:25

(MPR)• Classroom Session 3 5:30 – 5:55

• For our classroom sessions, the first 10 minutes, will be the PowerPoint, the next 15 will be for Supply Drop Off and Forms to fill out.

• Since we’ll be going through this PowerPoint quickly, this presentation will be on Konnect for you to read later.

Miss Paige Rogers(630) 365-8170 x 21211287@kaneland.org

• 2nd year of teaching at John Stewart• AS from Waubonsee Community College• BA from Aurora University• Kaneland Alumni• Enjoy traveling and the outdoors

Balanced Literacy• Café

– Comprehension– Accuracy– Fluency– Expand Vocabulary

• Guided Reading– Flexible small groups, grouped by reading

strategies across the grade level• Shared Reading

– Whole group to teach skill• Independent Reading

Continued…

Balanced Literacy (cont.)

• Read-Alouds• Word Study / Fundations

– Explicit and systematic phonics instruction– Individualized based on each students’

needs– The students will work with their word

patterns at school and at home• Writer’s Workshop

– Personal Narrative, Explanatory, and Opinion writing

Mathematics• Flexible Math Groups

– The students will be grouped across the grade level based on student data to best meet their educational needs

– The scope and sequence for math is posted on the Kaneland website

• http://www.kaneland.org/shared/curriculum/2_math.pdf

• Fact Practice– Please practice addition and subtraction math facts at

home

• The scope & sequence for math will be posted on my Konnect page

Math Content• Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• Even/odd numbers• Addition and subtraction number stories• Addition and subtraction Math Facts• Multiplication with arrays

• Number and Operations in Base Ten• Skip counting to 1,000 by 5’s, 10’s & 100’s• Place value & representing numbers with base 10 blocks• Expanded form (4,162…4,000+100+60+2)• Explain how addition and subtraction works (properties of

operation, place value)• Add and subtract 4-digit numbers with & without re-

grouping• Compare numbers using <, >, =

Math Content (cont.)

• Measurement & Data• Add/subtract on a number line (0-100)• Dollar and Cents combinations• Tells time to the 5 minute interval• Create and analyze bar and picture graphs• Equivalencies for inches, feet, & yards • Money and length number stories• Estimates, measures, and compares lengths of

objects using inches, feet, centimeters, and meters

• Geometry• Identify & draw shapes• Fractions (halves, thirds, fourths)• Divide rectangles into same size squares and find

the area

Science• Foss (Hands-On Approach)

- Balance and Motion- Plants- Weather- Body Systems- Animal Classification

Social Studies• Nystrom-Map skills and globes

• Additional Units of Study:- Communities- Careers- Presidents & Government- Environmental Awareness

Konnect Class Pages

• Updated Homework

• Downloadable forms

• Virtual Backpack

• Konnect App

• Please check Konnect often

• Should be up & running after Labor Day

Homework Logs  5/28 5/29 – A 5/30 – B 5/31 – C 6/1 – D  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

 

Language Arts Word Study Writing

  

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Guided Reading 

 

  

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Math  

   

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Xtramath.org and Rocket Math ½

Sheet

    

Xtramath.org and Rocket Math ½ Sheet

    

Xtramath.org and Rocket Math ½ Sheet

 

 News

&Reminders

 

   

No School

       1 Hour Early

Dismissal

1 Hour Early Dismissal

  Monday’s Dismissal is

at 11:50am

Behavior

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Signatures 

Please circle this part if you wrotea note.

  

Parent 

Please read my note on the back.

 

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Name: ___________________________________________ Week of: __May 28th – June 1st, 2012__

Homework• Reading Homework:

– Reading menu – starting in September– District requires students to read a minimum or 400

minutes per month.• Math:

– Optional sheet related to that day’s math lesson – for practice or discussion

• Will be assessed on this sheet the following day– Xtramath.org

• Word Study: – Reinforce word study patterns

Homework will be written on the Homework Log every night!

A Days: Computers and P.E.B Days: Literacy and MusicC Days: Music and P.E.D Days: Literacy and P.E.E Days: Art

Recess/Lunch: 11:10-11:55

Library Checkout- TBA

Healthy Snack: 10:00(Please only healthy snacks)(No nuts, due to classroom allergies)(No juice for snack time, water only, please!)

Specials Daily from 2:15 – 3:15

P.E. – Mr. BiddleMusic – Mrs. BlackmanArt – Mrs. GilkeyComputers – Ms. SvhilikLiteracy – Mrs. Sears

Classroom Responsibilities• Be Ready

– Do your best– Come prepared– Use materials appropriately

• Be Respectful– Listen and watch attentively– Keep self to self– Use kind words & be helpful– Raise your hand and wait your turn

• Be Responsible– Follow directions– Make good choices– Be accountable for your actions– Report problems to teacher– Clean up after yourself

Birthdays• School Treat Policy

– If you’d like to donate a new or used book to the classroom, your child may practice reading it at home and then read it to the class on their birthday.

• Pledge of Allegiance• Book from the Principal• Summer Birthdays• Classroom Recognition

November Conferences

• Wednesday, November 5th (4-8 PM) and Thursday, November 6th

(10-8 PM)

• Sign up on poster in the gym– (times are first come, first served)

• Per district rules, conferences not held on these days must be a phone conference – teachers are not to reschedule outside the days of November 5th and 6th.

Forms to Complete• White Information Sheet (must initial and return, even if no

changes are needed)

• Pink Family Information Sheet (this is for my records)– Email for the school office as well (PLEASE WRITE

LEGIBLY)

• Please complete and return the above forms to the trays by the door before you leave tonight.

• Volunteer poster (Follow the link on my Konnect page to the Google Doc)

• Check out the informational community booths in the gym

Supply Drop – Off• Please use the permanent

markers on the desks to label as directed.

• Please get second graders involved as much as possible.

• If you have any questions about where supplies go, feel free to ask!

Supply Drop Off1. CHAIR POCKETS• All folders – please place one label on each folder in the upper front right

corner• All notebooks – please place one label on the upper front right corner• Binder – please place the label on the spine of the binder• Black folder – please put “Take Home Folder” label on the upper front right

corner• Math Book Volume 1- located in your child’s number bin at the back of the

classroom (PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE LABELING JUST VOLUME 1)• 2. SUPPLY BOX• Please put the label with your child’s name and homeroom on the front of

the box• Put following items inside: 1 glue stick, 1 Expo marker, 2 sharpened pencils,

pink eraser, highlighters, 4 sticks3. YELLOW CUBBY AT FRONT OF CLASSROOM• Put art shirt, colored pencils, crayons, and markers (make sure everything is

labeled with name)4. CONTAINERS ON KIDNEY SHAPED TABLE• Put all extra glue sticks, dry erase markers, and yellow pencils5. AREA IN FRONT OF CLASSROOM- underneath this PowerPoint• Plastic baggies, Kleenex, and paper towels***Gym shoes go in cabinet with name on it