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Curriculu m Night 2013
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 [email protected]
847-357-6790
Frost Strong
