Curriculum Night 2013

District 54 Goals•• Students who have attended District 54 schools for at least one year will be at grade level in reading and math upon entering third grade as measured by Measures of Academic Progress (MAP).

•• Each school will close the achievement gap for all students in reading and math as measured by both district and state assessments.

•• Each school will perform at or above the 90th percentile (top 10% nationally) in meeting individual student growth targets in reading and math as measured by Measures of Academic Progress (MAP).

3 GOALSFO

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2013

`95 Culture

95 Math

95 Reading

Common Core at Frost

Literacy: 3 Shifts1. Building knowledge through content-rich

nonfiction

2. Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational

3. Regular practice with complex text and its academic language

Common Core in Science

Curriculum

• The Scientific Method

• Chemistry

• Cells

• Genetics

• History of Life

Balanced Science Instruction

Daily Bell/Word Work – 5-10 min• Content based with connection to

sequence of literacy skills and/or word work

Daily Shared Reading/Content – 15-20 min • Whole group skill and/or strategy

instruction• Teacher Modeling and/or Think

Aloud• Content Objective Instruction• Informational Text Objective

Instruction Daily Writing – 15-20 min• Shared• Independent

Support

Homework

• Homework will be meaningful.• Students will not have homework every night.• Some students will need to finish lab questions that were

not completed in class for homework.• Missed labs will not be made up but students will be

responsible for knowing the information. (Lab data will be supplied)

• Please check to see if your child is using his/her assignment notebook.

• I will be available before/after school by appointment only.• If your child takes the extra step....we will always take that

extra step with him/her.

Grading SystemTask Points Percentage

Homework/Labs (~10) 10-20 50%

Exit Slips/Quizzes (~10) p/trimester)

5-10 20%

Common Assessments (~3 p/trimester)

30-45 25%

Participation (1x p/trimester)

20 5%

Teacher-Parent Communication

I will do my best to contact you within 24 hours. Let’s be proactive! If you notice a problem at home or I notice a

problem at school, let’s talk

Beth Oakdalebethoakdale@sd54.org

847-357-6790

Frost Strong