Welcome to Curriculum Night

1. Welcome to Curriculum Night Red Oak Elementary School Home of the Monarchs

2. Henry County Schools • Goals: • UNIFY- Henry County around excellence in public education • STRENGTHEN- our core business of student learning • ENSURE- a high performing environment for all students • Priorities: • Clarify what we teach and what students learn • This is done through our teaching and learning standards as well as the progression in when they are taught. • The Henry County Learning Standards and Progressions are used to help us meet the goals in the Red Oak’s Continuous School Improvement Plan.

3. Curriculum Night Agenda • Welcome • School Procedures • Homework/Daily Practice • Expectations • Curriculum • Updated Report • Questions

4. Our Goals for the School Year • To give students the academic and social skills they need to progress to the next grade level and beyond. • To provide a supportive and engaging classroom environment. • To help students make new friends, discover new interests and develop a love for lifelong learning.

5. Goals for Tonight • To help parents understand the work their child will be doing throughout the school year. • To explain our expectations of your child. • To share information about how parents can support their child’s learning.

6. School Procedures • Daily Schedule/Routines • Agendas/Behavior Chart Tardiness • School starts at 7:45 A.M. • If your child is not in the classroom by the time the tardy bell rings, please check in at the office before coming to class. • If your child is tardy (unexcused) three times, the school will contact you. Absences If your child is absent, please write a separate note. Notes are sent to the office for them to record. TransportationPlease send a note as soon as possible, if there is a change in transportation.

7. Behavior and Work Habit Expectations • Monarchs are expected to: • Use self-control • Follow directions the first time • Keep hands and feet to themselves • Be courteous and respectful of others • Work independently • Check over their work • Ask questions when they don’t understand Be Safe Be Respectful Be Responsible

8. Classwork Expectations What creates successful students? • Participating in class discussions • Asking and Answering questions (Critical Thinking) • Listening to and following directions • Getting along with others (Cooperation) • Checking over work • Working neatly and accurately

9. Homework and Daily Practice • Homework is Monday through Thursdays • From lessons covered in class (never new concepts) • Read 30 minutes each night • Daily Practice • Periodically graded papers will be sent home. Communication folders will go home on Wednesdays. • Technology

10. Homework: What do parents do? • Parents are encouraged to review the completed homework each night. • The actual homework should be done and written in pencil by the student. • Parents may clarify directions and check for mistakes. • Homework should be neatly written and accurate. • Students should be able to do their homework on their own. • Parents please sign behavior sheet daily. • Ask your child open-ended questions about their day.

11. Curriculum • Our curriculum is based on standards set by the state of Georgia. These standards can be viewed at www.georgiastandards.org • ELA • Math • Science • Social Studies

12. Language Arts • ELA Learning Standards: • Ask/Answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in text. • Describe how characters in a story respond to major challenges and events. • Describe the overall structure of a story (Beginning, Middle, End) • Begin to identify and compare characters and setting • Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. Begin to identify the topic or main idea (theme) • Use phonics to decode simple words in grade appropriate material • Begin to self-correct and self-monitor comprehension • Tell a story or recount an experience of books on grade level text (level J/K) Writer’s Workshop where student will write narrative & informational papers.

13. Mathematics • Math Learning Standards: • Solve problems involving addition / subtraction within 100 • Fluently use mental strategies to add and subtract within 20 • Understand & model place value to 1000 (read, write, count, and compare) • Use and explain place value and properties of operations to add and subtract within 1000 • Represent and interpret data • Measure and estimate lengths in standard units using appropriate tools • Tell and write analog and digital time to the nearest five minutes • (AM & PM)

14. Absolutely Essentials for Math • Solve problems using efficient methods • Justify their responses • Provide evidence • Explain using a logical rationale • Master appropriate math vocabulary • Write, write, write! 324-135

15. Science • Science Learning Standard: • • Investigate the properties of matter and changes that occur in objects • • Identify the three common states of matter as solid, liquid, or gas • • Investigate changes in objects by tearing, dissolving, melting, squeezing, etc. • Students will demonstrate changes in speed and direction using pushes and pulls • Demonstrate the effects of changes of speed on an object

16. Social Studies • Social Studies Learning Standards: • • Identify the need for rules & laws • • Explain the lives and contributions of Georgians (Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, Mary Musgrove, Jimmy Carter) in history • •Describe Geographic Features of Georgia • Regions of Georgia (5, Piedmont, Coastal Plains, Blue Ridge, Ridge and Valley, Appalachian Plateau) • Major Rivers in Georgia (Flint, Chattahoochee, Savannah) • Basic land features: mountains, plains, lakes, rivers, and coastline • Explain the culture & geography of famous Georgians • Identify character traits of Georgians • Explain the lives and contributions of Georgians (Creek, Cherokee, Sequoyah) in History

17. TestingMap, F&P and Unit Assessments MAP F&P • Computer adaptive test • Measures a student’s achievement level at different times of the school year and growth • MAP Testing takes place 3 times a year • Math and Reading • Scores are used to set learning goals • Scores will be provided to parents • Measures a student’s accuracy, fluency and comprehension. • F&P Testing takes place 3 times a year • Reading • Instructional Level and Independent level • Levels are used to creating small groups. • Levels will be provided to parents. • Levels consist of A-Z • Second Grade Beginning of the Year level is K.

18. Report Card Grades • 90-100 EXEMPLARYDemonstrates broad in-depth skill/concept development that most often exceeds grade level standards • 80 – 89 PROFICIENTDemonstrates skill/concept development that is beginning to meet grade level standards. • 74 – 79 APPROACHING • Demonstrate skill/concept development that meets grade level standards. • 70 – 73 LIMITED PROGRESSDemonstrate skill/concept below grade level standards. • Below 70 INSUFFICIENT PROGRESSDemonstrate skill/concept that is significantly below grade level standards.

19. How can you help? • Check your child’s homework nightly. • Discuss with your child their learning goals • Practice and Review concepts learned at school. • Encourage your child to ask for help when he/she doesn’t understand. • Check behavior sheet/ClassDojo daily. • Contact the teacher when there is a problem/concern • Make sure your child is on time and comes to school every day. • Accountable Talk

20. Parents as Partners • Be supportive of your child • Ask specific questions about his/her day • Set up a homework time and place. • Read to your child! • Ask your child about the books he/she is reading. • Encourage your child to read independently. • When out at restaurants and stores, ask math questions. • Encourage your child to pack his/her bookbag before bedtime. • Monitor bedtime and breakfast. • Communicate high expectations and confidence in your child. • Be a good ROLE MODEL!

21. Thank you for coming to Curriculum NightLooking forward to a successful year with your child!