PARENT NIGHT

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2016

Presente

AGENDA
6:00 Welcome!
READING
BIG 5 in Reading
Accountability
Engaging your child at home
Types of reading you can do with your child
Daily 5 & Wilson FUNdations

MATH
Concrete Pictorial Abstract
Word Problems
Mastery VS Automaticity
Math Daily 3
Games & More!

IB
QUESTIONS????

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5

Wilson FUNdations

Areas of Reading

Daily 5/ CAFE

Phonemic
Awareness

Phonics

Vocabulary

Fluency

Comprehensio
n

BIG 5
Phonemic Awareness

Knowing that spoken words are made up of

smaller sounds or phonemes.
Creates a foundation for later spelling and
reading development

Phonics

Teaches relationship between

phonemes and printed letters
Explains how to use this
knowledge to read and spell

BIG 5
Fluency

Comprehension

Reading quickly

Knowing what the words are and what they

mean

Properly expressing words

Specific plans or strategies that

help children understand what
they are reading

BIG 5
Vocabulary

Words, their meaning, and how to recognize

them.

WILSON FUNDATIONS

Wilson is a systematic
program that provides
students with foundational
skills with reading and
spelling.
Wilson is very hands-on and
provides research-based
materials to learn and
practice skills.
Wilson teaches authentic
grammar rules.
Students rotate through
different activities for whole
group lessons, keeping things
interesting and fun.

Wilson emphasizes:

Phonemic Awareness
Phonics Word Study

High Frequency word study

Fluency

Vocabulary
Handwriting

Spelling

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU

Soon, you will see trick words coming home in the

newsletter to practice. These are words that do
not follow the rules and cannot be sounded out.
Read

& spell

In classyour child is getting the skill focus they

need. Be it small groups or 1 on 1, pairing Wilson
with Daily 5 means that they are all getting
small group attention to focus skills, which is a
great thing!
Reading HOMEWORK? Focus on reading 20
minutes per night.

ACCOUNTABILITY
HOW DO YOU KNOW YOUR CHILD IS REALLY READING?

We know that in order for

students to become better
readers, they must read!
Set them up for success by doing
some pre-reading activities:

Scan

a book and then talk about

what you saw. Create a schema
into which they can place the
information they read about.
Talk about vocabulary words,
provide examples of how to use
them in a sentence.
Engage your child by providing
them with a clear purpose for
reading.

I can sit
here all day
like this and
those
suckers
think Im
reading!

ENGAGING YOUR CHILD AT HOME

BIG

IDEA:

provide your child with a

purpose for reading.

Picture

books

Chapter

BIG

books

IDEA:

plays a huge roll

Interest in a topic

DIFFERENT TYPES OF READING

YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR CHILD
Choral: reading in unison
Echo: the learner echoes a skilled reader
Turn

taking:

page for page

paragraph for paragraph or

Re-reading: for fluency and

comprehension

WHY

CHORAL

READ?

Provides support and practice for students before

they read on their own
You can model fluency
We read
Improves ability to read sight words
together!
We read

together!

THIS IS GOOD:
For

patterned or predictable books

For shorter books
At the independent level of the reader

WHY

ECHO

READ?

Echo reading helps learners:

Gain

confidence in reading aloud

Learn sight words
Read material that might be too difficult to read on
their own
Practice proper phrasing and expression
THIS IS GOOD:
When something needs to be read aloud (reports,
poems, performances)
Help learners read material that is too difficult for
them to read on their own.

ECHO READING HINTS

Read a sentence aloud with fluency and
expression
Have the learner track with their finger while
you are reading

TURN TAKING
Alternate reading paragraphs or pages.
Good way to motivate learners to read a longer
text.
With advanced readers you can take on character
roles and read the dialogue in a story.

RE-READING:
ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH!
Re-reading is a crucial part of the reading
process
Good readers will reread a piece several times
until they are satisfied they know it.

times is a great number to go by!

DAILY 5
Adopted by K-4
Framework used in reading class

Adaptable

may look different classroom to classroom

In 2nd grade: 6 sections of 15 minutes

Fosters independent learners

Focuses on the skills students need to learn to
become strong readers and writers
Emphasizes the importance of individuality

Good

Fit Books
Relates learning to reading to learning sports

Allows the teacher time to work with students 1:1

or in small groups

MATH!!!!!!!!!!!
Math is no longer taught the way we
learned it!

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

SOLVE THIS PROBLEM

8+5=
Be ready to tell HOW you solved it.

MATH
Developmentally Appropriate

1.
Conc
rete
2.
Picto
ral

3.
Abstr
act

MATH
We encourage
Careful & cautious work
Trying different strategies if necessary
Try again until you solve the problem
Being ready to share HOW you solved the problem
Answer is a complete sentence
We are teaching students to

THINK about their thinking

(metacognition)!

WORD PROBLEMS
Applying critical
thinking

Determine relevant information

Pulls in real life skills

Pick a strategy to solve

Answer in a complete sentence

EXAMPLE

the
problem
by
substituti
ng
smaller
numbers

There are 152 more girls than boys at

a spelling bee. There are 323 boys.
(a)
(b)

How many girls are at the

spelling bee?
How many children are at the
spelling bee altogether?

MASTERY AND AUTOMATICITY ARE

DIFFERENT

Mastery: each topic in our math curriculum is

covered in detail.
Those

outlined by the Common Core Standards are

taught to mastery

85% or above on tests

Automaticity: a big word for describing how we

know when students have math facts memorized.
How

do you know if your child has automaticity?

Think of how you act when you start your car

seconds or less
All facts to 20
- AND- Later in the year
Multiplication (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10s)

MATH DAILY 3
Adopted by K-4
Framework used in math class

Creates

productive, highly engaged students

Fosters independence, stamina, & accountability

Focuses on the skills students need to learn to
become stronger mathematicians
Emphasizes the importance of individuality

Build

number sense
Create strong foundational skills
Uses game format to reinforce skills

Allows the teacher time to differentiate and work

with students 1:1 or in small groups

MATH GAMES

OH THE FUN YOU CAN HAVE WITH A DECK OF CARDS!

Cyclops
21
Top it! Addition
Top it! Subtraction
Whos the greatest?

All directions for games can be found on our Mrs.

Shirleys class website:
www.2MrsShirley.weebly.com

MATH EVERYDAY, EVERYWHERE!

Incorporate math into your daily

life!

See the handout in your packet for 10 ideas you

can start using tomorrow!

ONLINE FUN!
Mrs.

Shirleys website

(from the Big Sky School District home page) has

information, photos, links to online games, and
much more!

INTERNATIONAL
BACCALAUREATE
Primary Years Program K-5
Applying in 2017
Writing Programs of Inquiry over the next 2 years
(science and social studies focus). Six themes:

Who

we are
Where we are in place and time
How we express ourselves
How the world works
How we organize ourselves
Sharing the planet

Focuses on building character through the learner

profile
Programs ends with culminating project in grade 5

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QUESTIONS?