Daily Schedule
8:25-8:50 Morning Meeting
8:50-9:50 Reading Flooding (Guided Reading)
9:50-10:20 Reading Core
10:20-11:00 Skills (Spelling)
11:00-11:40 Writing
11:40-12:02 Recess
12:02-12:25 Lunch
12:25-1:45 Math
1:45-2:40 Science or Social Studies
2:40-3:25 Specials
3:25 Dismissal
Reading and Writing
Students receive reading instruction in a variety of ways. CKLA Reading Knowledge will be taught as a large group lessons. Students develop comprehension skills and engage with a text as a whole group. CKLA Reading Skills During this time students will work to develop and practice phonics skills, develop spelling strategies, and learn about sentence structures. Students can practice these skills previously taught each week! The goal is not for students to memorize how to spell the single words given in the spelling list. The goal is for students to build an understanding of the letter patterns to sound. Each week students learn new spelling and sound patterns that are practiced throughout the week. Spelling tests are given to help teachers monitor progress and understanding of the phonics skills students are developing and identify areas of need for more practice and support during small group instruction.
Supplemental Responsive Instruction & Skills gives students an opportunity to learn in a small group setting. Students are given individualized small group instruction that is rooted in the Science of Reading using Really Great Reading Curriculum. This time allows teachers to meet the students where they are at and provide science of reading based instruction to build the skills needed to decode words. Students will also have the chance to read independently at their just right level and use Accelerated Reader (AR) to practice reading comprehension. AR is a series of on-line comprehension quizzes used to assess students’ reading levels. Once students receive their log-in information, parents are able to long-in at home to check on their child’s reading progress.
We will be continuing to use the “Writing Alive” Curriculum. Writing Alive allows students to receive instruction on both fiction and non-fiction writing skills. Students also have the chance to practice their grammar, spelling, and editing.
Math
Through our Engage New York (Eureka) Math curriculum students will engage in a daily warm-up, whole group and/or small group instruction, and independent practice time. Once students have completed their math work for the day they will have the opportunity to play math games, which are meant to provide further hands-on practice or complete a challenge sheet. Homework and video help are located on my website under each math module.
Social Studies
Our social studies curriculum, InquireEd, has three units: Meeting Needs and Wants, Our Changing Landscapes, and Innovation.
Science
Science curriculum is Amplify which has three units: Plant and Animal Relationships, Properties of Materials, and Changing Landforms.