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Curriculum Sharing

CRGE

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About the teachers

Mrs. Gustafson & Mrs. Evans

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  • “Our Class is a Family”-

strong classroom

community

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  • Bucket Filling -

building a classroom

focused on kindness

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  • Class Voted on Goal and Reward-

teamwork is the dreamwork

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  • Golden Rule - how we treat others

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Class agreements

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Focus on Monthly Themes:

  • September: “Good Citizen”

Following the otter way and positively contributing to the community.

  • October: “Self Management”

Managing emotions and choices to be safe and help complete goals.

  • November: “Empathy and Kindness”

Being kind and thoughtful of others with their words and actions.

  • January: “Integrity”

Doing what is right even if nobody is watching.

  • February: “Problem Solving”

Looking for solutions when you have a problem.

  • March: “Perseverance”

Sticking with things even when they are hard to achieve your goals

  • April: “Growth Mindset”

For being a learner.

  • May: “Leadership”

Helping bring out the best in others

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SEL Learning

Otter Accolade

Monthly Award

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ELA learning

CKLA Skills:

  • 6 units- teaching foundational reading and

writing skills in tandem

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  • strand focuses on:
    • phonics, decoding and blending sounds

to read words

    • segmenting sounds to spell them
    • spelling test on sounds learned
    • grammar
    • comprehension skills
    • the writing process

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Goal is to teach students how to "unlock the code" of reading!

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Math Learning

New math curriculum this year!

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Unit 1: Working with Data & Solving Comparison Problems

Unit 2: Adding and Subtracting Within `100`

Unit 3: Measuring Length

Unit 4: Addition & Subtraction on the Number Line

Unit 5: Numbers to `1,000`

Unit 6: Geometry and Time

Unit 7: Adding & Subtracting Within `1,000`

Unit 8: Equal Groups

Huge emphasis on:

*focus on addition and subtraction math facts within 20

*place value understanding (ones, tens and hundreds)

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Science/Social Studies Learning

Mystery Science:

  • Animal Biodiversity & Habitats
  • Plant Growth & Interactions
  • Erosion & Earth’s Surfaces
  • Material Properties
  • States of Matter

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CKLA Listen & Learn Domains:

  • Insects
  • Cycles in Nature
  • Human Body & Nutrition

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Field trips and Fun

  • Community field trip in June
    • library, city hall, police & fire station
  • PAL Monthly Event
    • police officers visit monthly with class to teach an important lesson
  • ReadNW
    • some of our students will read once a week with a volunteer
  • Live insects during our insect unit in the spring
    • butterflies

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