William H. Owen ElementaryP21 Exemplary School, 2014

Antigone Peek, Principal

Targeted small group instruction and remediation

Class meeting

Peer assistance

Media lesson on genre

comparisons, 4th grade.

Sustained Silent Reading

Problem solving solutions in a guided setting.

Academic work with an understanding of the affective

development of students.

Research projects utilizing technology, information, writing,

and science standards.

Teachers conference with students as they

write and revise speech writing for ELA and

Social Studies content presentations.

Science experiments utilizing technology, prediction and scientific methodology.

Creative student work displaying

understanding of mathematical terms

and structures.

Project combining research, technology, writing, social studies and cause and effect

standards.

Sound sorting in small group instruction.

Journaling combines ELA,

writing, and mathematics for

the youngest students.

Sentence structure and conventions are taught during group

and independent centers.

Guided whole group work to provide strategies for

mathematics solutions.

2nd Grade Mathematics

Reading comprehension taught by delving deeply into stories read aloud in

whole group.

Story study in English classrooms.

Story study in Spanish.

Spanish Immersion Kindergarten

First Grade original story writing in Spanish.

First Grade students produce diagrams and writing about

seasons and day/night changes.

First Graders write a personal narrative in

Spanish.

Second Grade Spanish Immersion solve story

problems.

Graphic organizers guide writing projects.

Independent research

projects prepare students for

middle and high school.

Independent learning groups

Pre-Kindergarten student learn through play and teacher interaction.

Intensive Vocabulary Instruction

Coordinated arts instruction expands learning connections.

Exceptional Children and teachers work to meet academic and

functional goals.

One-on-one instruction and

practice reaches each child.