ACST Elementary School Open House 2013-2014

1. ACST Elementary School Open House2013-2014 WELCOME PARENTS

2. 5M • Tamara Peterson • Telephone: 71-760-905 ext. • tpeterson@acst.net • www.acst.net

3. HOMEWORK • Homework agenda • About 60 minutes daily • At least 30 minutes of reading daily at home

4. Reading Curriculum Calendar • Building a Reading Life • Following Characters into Meaning: Envision, Predict, Synthesize, Infer, and Interpret • Nonfiction Reading: Combines Expository and Narrative Nonfiction

5. Reading Calendar Continued • Nonfiction Research Projects • Historical Fiction Book Clubs • Poetry • Literature Circles • Fantasy

6. READING IS THINKING • Students need to be aware of their thinking and aware of what is a just right book • Students need to do strategic thinking and use comprehension strategies • Students need to be engaged in their thinking, notice when they are not engaged, and make necessary adjustments

7. Eight Strategies of Proficient Readers • I make connections to what I already know. • I ask myself questions. • I make inferences by “reading between the lines.” • I create pictures in my mind. • I check my comprehension while I read. • I use a variety of fix-up strategies when I don’t understand. • I determine what is important in what I read. • I understand what I read and I synthesize information.

8. How Can YOU Can Help • Be a part of your child’s reading life. Please ask questions about what they are reading. Once a child starts explaining, ask follow-up questions and help promote conversation. This talking will allow for the student to check their understanding. Also, notice what they are reading and check their reading log. • Students should be reading about ¾ of a page in 1 minute independently if they are reading a “just right” book.

9. Writing Curriculum Calendar • Personal Narratives with an Emphasis on the writing process • Persuasive Essays • Informational Writing • Research Based Argument Essays • Historical Fiction

10. Writing Calendar Continued • Poetry • Narrative Fiction • Memoirs

11. Writing Workshop • Writing Process: Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing and Publishing • Traits of Good Writing: Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions, and Presentation • Grammar and Word Study

12. Mathematics • Procedural vsConceptual/Representational Mathematics 169 + 58 = ? • What’s the difference? • Explanations are more important than the answer!

13. Inquiry Students: • are in control of their learning • start with a question to explore • gather evidence to answer this question • analyze the validity of the information gathered • come up with solutions to the question • justify their solution • share their ideas with an audience • continue thinking about and revising their solution

14. Inquiry Subjects • Same, but Different - The impact of exploration and discovery of the world. • How Things Work - The benefits and challenges of transforming materials. • Our Amazing Natural World - The sun, earth and moon and the impact on each other. • Caring For Our World- Human impact on plants, animals, decomposers and the environment.

15. Behavior • Beans and Tallys • 4 Steps, #3 write home

16. Thank you!