
Classroom Teachers:
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Heather Gilmer
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Stephanie Ward
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Tracey Smith
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Margaret Beck
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Balanced Literacy Components:
- Letter Identification
- Concepts of print
- Rhyming
- Beginning, middle, and ending sounds
- High frequency words
- Writing workshop
- Guided Reading Groups
- Shared Reading
- Interactive Read aloud
- Interactive writing
Math:
- Rote counting
- Writing
- Recognizing numbers to 30
- Counting objects in a set
- Ordinal numbers
- Estimation
- Dividing equally
- Solving story problems
- Measurement
- Concepts of calendar
- Geometric shapes
- Positional words
- Spatial visualization tasks
- Graphing
- Patterns
Science:
- Weather
- Seasons
- Plants and animals
- Homes
- Environment
Social Studies:
- Families
- Citizenship traits
- Name of our school, city, country, etc.
- Holidays
- Patriotic symbols/history
Independent Skills:
- Entering and leaving the building independently
- Tying shoes
- Phone number
- Address
- Birth date
- Self-help skills
- Cutting
- Fine motor skills
- Social skills
Student Expectations:
- Listen and follow directions
- Taking turns
- Working independently
- Working in small groups
- Respectful to others
- Self-control of voice hands and feet
- Follow school rules
- Arrive on time and attend school regularly.
- Ask my teacher when I don’t understand.
- Complete all my assignments on time, study, and read daily.
- Put forth my best effort.
Parent Expectations:
- Make sure my child is well rested, has appropriate materials, and is at school on time at 7:30.
- Come to school dressed appropriately
- Provide ample, quiet study time at home, encourage good study habits, and monitor my child’s homework.
- Support the school staff in their efforts to promote appropriate behavior.
- Encourage my child to read more.
- Communicate regularly with my child’s teachers.
- Encourage my child to participate in all available resources for success.
- Read, sign, and return my child’s report cards.
- Attend parent teacher conferences.
Procedures:
- Reviewed by individual teachers.
Activities:
- Whole group instruction
- Working in small groups and or individually
- Reading and Writing
- Using manipulatives
- Art, Music, P.E. and Computer Skills
Fieldtrips:
- Millis Heath Center, High Point, North Carolina
- The Children’s Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina
Testing:
- Periodic assessments in reading, writing and math.