• Units of Study: Establishing a reading routine, Fiction reading, Informational Text, Foundational Skills (rich vocabulary, reading with accuracy, fluency and meaning), Characters Across Series, Informational book clubs, Folktales, Fairy Tales, Poetry

• Reading Response• “Just Right Books”• Reading Workshop Rotations• Importance of building stamina• Spelling

iStation and Reading Assessments • iStation is a web-based universal screening tool that assesses

students in several areas predictive of reading success. This assessment is administered whole group in approximately 30 minutes and gives teachers a starting point for beginning the running records used to determine guided reading levels. Additionally, teachers will have diagnostic and on-going instructional data from iReady reading to give us a complete picture of students’ abilities.

• Students will be asked more rigorous oral questions this year which might cause their level to decrease

• We will focus on what your child can do and what they need to continue working on as a reader, instead of just a reading level.

• Writer’s Workshop- mini-lesson, writing, share• Units of Study: 1. Improving Narrative Writing using mentor texts2. Informative3. Writing about Reading4. Lab Reports and Science books 5. Arguments about books and characters 6. Poetry

• Units of Study: Working with Numbers 0-20, Adding/Subtracting within 100, Skip Counting/Telling Time, Understanding Place Value to Read, Write, and Compare Numbers, Adding and Subtracting within 1,000, Measurement, Data and Two-Step Problem Solving, Problem Solving with Money, Reasoning with Shapes

• Number Talks• Interactive Notebooks• Workshop Centers• Weekly +/- fluency checks

Math LED Format• As part of our continuing effort to improve student achievement in

mathematics for all students, we are implementing a new model for math instruction this year. Teachers have been trained in this LED model and are creating and implementing lessons in this form this year.

• The Launch-Explore-Discuss model focuses on the teacher serving as a facilitator of their students’ mathematical understanding by posing tasks, providing opportunities for students to collaborate, use materials, and by posing questions to support task completion. North Carolina Collaborative for Mathematics Learning (NC2ML 2017)

• The following diagram shows what a typical lesson would look like: This LED model promotes problem solving and opportunities for productive struggle (Lappan & Phillips, 2009).

• Units of Study: • Evolution and Genetics• Animal Life Cycles• Weather• Changing States• Sound

*STEM projects incorporated throughout the year*

• Units of Study• Geography• Understanding the Past• Civics and Government• Environmental Impact• Economics• Cultural Expressions

• Twenty Minutes of Reading (to someone or on their own) with a “just right” book.

• Occasional projects to be done at home.• Spelling practice/studying is optional, but encouraged• iReady Reading and Math is an option

• Standards Based Grading based on END of year goals• Number Scale

• 1=Non-Mastery• 2=Partial Mastery• 3=Mastery• 4=Mastery plus deeper understanding and critical thinking shown

for standards (usually this won’t be seen until later in the year)

“Housekeeping”• Family Trips/Vacations- educational leave form (CCS website)• Weekly newsletters on website and DOJO• DOJO• Green Communication Folder/Agenda• Label jackets with student name• Transportation Changes- send in writing • Attendance/Illness- please send in a written excuse • Conferences will be later in October. I will send a sign-up

genius link.

PBISo PBIS stands for Positive Behavior Intervention and Support.o This year is the second year of implementation for W. R. Odell

Elementary and W. R. Odell Primary.o Our goal is to TEACH behavioral expectations and recognize

positive behaviors.o We hope to decrease behavior disruptions school-wide.o By decreasing time spent on behavior disruptions, we increase

academic time.o It is a SCHOOL-WIDE design for discipline.o It is for ALL students, ALL staff, and in ALL settings.o It is a program that can be upgraded as we go through the

school year.

W.R. Odell Primary’s Core Expectations

qBe RESPECTFULqBE RESPONSIBLEqBE SAFE

MATRIX

Individual Reward System: Class DOJOo This is our schoolwide classroom behavior system.o Staff members use positive DOJO points to recognize when individual

students are demonstrating our school-wide expectations.o Neutral points will be given to show areas where students can improve on

their behavior.o Students can earn DOJO points from any staff member for showing

appropriate behaviors or to show areas of improvement.o There are three levels for students to achieve throughout the quarter. o Once each level is completed, they are given a grade level reward for their

achievement.

Rewards:60 Point Club: Lunch with a friend80 Point Club: Bring a Snack sack and stuffed

animal100 Point Club: Bring your own Technology and go

to the PBIS quarterly celebration

Classroom Reward System:Dragon Awards

o Staff members use the Dragon award to recognize an entire classroom for good behavior and demonstrating school-wide expectations.

o Classrooms will be given a “Menu” chart of reward choices for their Dragon award in their homeroom classroom.

o Rewards will be given after 25 Dragon awards have been earned.

o Any staff member may give a Dragon even to their own class.