Curriculum
Curriculum
Everyday Mathematics
Our primary math program is Everyday Mathematics. In the classroom math will consist of whole group instruction and exploration as well as small group and partner work in addition to a calendar/number wall which contains a daily number sense routine.
Things to work on:
- identifying and writing numbers 0-120
- one more and one less, ten more and ten less than a number
- Telling time to the hour and half hour
- The identification of basic 2D and 3D shapes
Fundations
As a recognized leader in multisensory, structured language programs, Wilson brings more than a decade of systematic and explicit instruction to the K-3 classroom. Based on the Wilson Reading System® principles, Wilson Fundations® provides research-based materials and strategies essential to a comprehensive reading, spelling, and handwriting program.
Wilson Fundations makes learning to read fun while laying the groundwork for life-long literacy. Students in grades K-3receive a systematic program in critical foundational skills, emphasizing:
Wilson Fundations makes learning to read fun while laying the groundwork for life-long literacy. Students in grades K-3receive a systematic program in critical foundational skills, emphasizing:
- Phonemic awareness
- Phonics/ word study
- High frequency word study
- Reading fluency
- Vocabulary
- Comprehension strategies
- Handwriting
- Spelling
The instruction aligns with states’ rigorous college- and career-ready standards, including the Common Core State Standards.
EL Open-Up: A new K-5 Language Arts curriculum which is a comprehensive, standards-based core literacy program that engages teachers and students through compelling, real world content and builds equitable and inclusive learning opportunities for all students.
Heggerty
Daily lessons to teach early, basic, and advanced skills such as:
- Rhyming and onset fluency
- Isolating final or medial sounds
- Blending and segmenting sounds
- Adding and deleting phonemes
- Substituting phonemes
Things to work on:
- Please have your child read (or read to) for 20-minutes each day
- Practice trick works each day (have him/her practice reading and spelling them)
- Writing his/her first and last names
- Recite his/her address
- Write a complete sentence
Responsive Classroom
The Responsive Classroom approach to teaching emphasizes academic, social, and emotional growth in a strong school community. We believe that how children learn is as important as what they learn, and that academic success is inextricably tied to building social-emotional competencies. We provide K-8 educators with practical training and resources to help create safe and joyful classrooms and schools where children can thrive.