Welcome to Our Family Fun Common Core Night!

WELCOME TO OUR FAMILY FUN COMMON CORE NIGHT!

TONIGHT’S AGENDA ~ FEBRURAY 6TH, 2014  6:00pm ~ 6:30pm ~ School gymnasium

o Introductions ~ Maureen Partilla, Principal and Lauren Tillman, Asst. Principal

o A Common Core Curriculum film clip ~ Steve Ey

o MSA /PARCC PowerPoint ~ Steve Ey and Lauren Tillman

o Accessing the CCSS and following the progression in English Language Arts, Lauren Tillman, and Math, Barbara Parker

o Parent Friendly Road Maps to the Common Core ~ Uriah Moore

o The Digital Conversion film clip on STAT (Students and Teachers Accessing Tomorrow)~ Steve Jasper

o Evaluation and parent resource bags ~ Tracy Barr

 6:30pm ~ 7:00pm Dinner and informal questions in the cafeteria

 7:00pm ~ 8:00pm Classroom visitations

Notes/Questions:

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______ACTIVITY LISTING: FAMILY FUN COMMON CORE NIGHT

Grade Level: Pre-K and Kindergarten Activity and Location: Rooms K1 & K2 Mrs. Gue Free on-line resources (Common Core) for Pre-K and K students on laptops Mrs. Sartor Writer’s Workshop Ms. Edell Constructing CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant words) Mrs. Lichtenberg Exploring numbers on a 100 chart Mrs. Hales Sight words

Grade Level: 1st Activity and Location: Room#3 Ms. Nestor 100’s chart activities Mrs. Polakoff Tens Go Fish, Ten Turns, Missing Number Ms. Southard Sight word game, comprehension questions Loyola interns Sight word go fish, writing prompts

Grade Level: 2nd Activity and Location: see below Ms. Solomonides, Mr. Krimmel, Mrs. Thompson Jr. Scrabble & Bananagrams (reading related), Cover-Up and Tens Go Fish (math related) Room#20 Ms. Breen, Ms. Dougherty, Mrs. Silverthorne Bananagrams, Collect 50, & Cover-Up Room#5

Grade Level: 3rd Activity and Location: Library Ms. Burke & Mrs. Schech Math Operations Game, Library Mr. Sakson Word Sorts, Library

Grade Level: 4th Activity and Location: see below Mr. Dunn, Mrs. Trapani Anchor Activities in Reading, Room #19 Ms. Fangman Math Minute Olympics, Room # 16

Grade Level: 5th Activity and Location: see below Ms. Lindsay & Mrs. Schoen Reading skill board games, Room #15 Ms. Haff & Mrs. Shiel Math 24 and other math related games, Room # 12

STEM Activity Activity and Location: Computer Lab Mr. Jasper & Mrs. Peeling “Save the Bay Activity”- learn about some of the causes that pollute a body of water and what strategies can be used to save it.