Welcome to Title 1

Curriculum Night!

Thursday, August 29, 2019

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Meeting Individual Student’s Needs

through Multi-Tiered Support

Systems

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DeKalb County School Curriculum – New textbooks in Science & Social Studies

Small Group Instruction – all content areas- based on students’ needs

Small Group Tutorial During the School Day

Visual aids – Thinking Maps – Graphic Organizers – Anchor Charts

Direct Instruction with emphasis on the C.R.A. model (Concrete,

Representation, Abstract)

Writing in all content areas… Response to Constructed Items

English Language Arts Program

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Mini-Lessons: Teacher instruction focusing on skills and strategies based on students’ needs.

Writing Pieces:

Informative/ExplanatoryNarratives

Opinion PiecesResearch Projects

Spelling, Phonics, andGrammar Instruction

Multiple Types of Assessments

ReadingWe use a balanced literacy program. This incorporates practices of reading and

integrates the elements of phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, and

comprehension in instruction. These practices include:

Read aloud – model reading for enjoyment, fluency and strategy lessons

Shared reading – strategy lessons taught to the whole group and then practiced

in guided reading groups

Guided reading – specific small group instruction based on children’s needs

Independent reading – students practice their reading silently or with a partner

students read 25 books across the curriculum

Writing across the DCSD Curriculum

Vocabulary Acquisition

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Mathematics: My Math

Our Mathematics program takes a balanced approach that places an emphasis on POLYA’s 4 step problem solving process, conceptual understanding, and fact/computational fluency. Our units include:

Place Value and Telling Time

Addition and Subtraction – within 1,000

Multiplication and Division

Fractions

Data Analysis

Measurement

Perimeter and Area

Number Talk vs Math Talk

Daily practice in fact fluency and calculation

will be emphasized throughout the year.

• Helpful Website:

http://www.multiplication.com/games

available for you to practice basic math facts at home.

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Social Studies

• In Social Studies, students are making connections between

classroom learning and authentic world situations as required

by the new Georgia Standards of Excellence:

• Utilizing Georgia Framework Activities and S.S. Weekly

• Applying DBQ strategies to historic happenings to authenticate

events, rationalize their roots causes, and global impact

• Integrating Social Studies throughout the Reading

curriculum

• Communicating and critiquing conclusions for evidence8/30/2019

Science• Student-centered and Standards-based learning in all classrooms

• Use of the 5 E Model during instruction: Engage, Explore,

Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate

• Students visit the Science Lab to reinforce science content with

exciting and hands-on learning experiences

• Students benefit from partnerships with the following entities:

Georgia Power, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Skyworks Aerial, STEM

for Every Child, DeKalb Extension Office, and Fernbank Science

Center

• Yearly winners in DCSD’s Local & Regional Science & Engineering

Fairs!8/30/2019

Specials

• Music/Band – Mr. Causey

• Physical Education/Health – Mr. Colegrove

• Technology – Mrs. Burse

• Visual Arts – Ms. Millarker

• Science Lab – Ms. Donnell

• Media Center – Ms. Osby

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Grading Protocol/Projects: At least one project per semester in each content area

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Four Components Sub-Categories K-5 6-8 9-12

Formative Assessments Prior to Learning and Assessments of Learning 0%

Unit Pre-Assessment and Post-

Assessment

Assessment During Learning 25%

Skills Assessment (Warm-Up)

Quiz

Projects

Unit Performance Assessment Tasks

Guided, Independent, or Group Practice 45%

Classwork

Project or Performance

Homework

Summative Assessments or Assessments of Learning 30%

Benchmark Assessments

Culminating Project or Performance

Tests

Final or Culminating Exam

TOTAL 100%

Dekalb County Grading Scale

•A = 90 - 100

•B = 80 - 89

•C = 71 - 79

•D = 70

•F = 69

•P = PASSING

•NC = No Credit8/30/2019

Conduct Grades

• S- Satisfactory

• N – Needs Improvement

• U - Unsatisfactory

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Progress/Report Cards

• Progress Reports sent home every 4.5 Weeks beginning

on September 19, 2019

• Report Cards go home at the end of each semester

• Deficiencies are sent home to students who have an

average of 71 or below in a content area or daily

behavioral concerns8/30/2019

Home School Communication

• Please check your child’s T.I.P Folder (Thursday Important Papers) every week…

• Class Dojo

• School Connect Messages from the Principal

• School Marquee

• Agenda Planner/Daily Folder

• Parent-Teacher Conference Nights

• Teacher Phone Calls

• School Council Meetings

• PTA/Title 1 Nights 8/30/2019

Assessments

• GKIDS 2.0 administered throughout the year to KK students.

• DCSD Pre & Post Unit Assessments for Kindergarten through 5th Grade

• DCSD Benchmark Assessments for Grades 1- 5

• MAP Assessments – Utilized as a Universal Screener and to determine

Gifted/Magnet Eligibility in DeKalb County Schools

• ACCESS EL administered in January – March to English Language

Learners in Grades K-5

• Georgia Milestones End of Grade Assessments administered April 16 –

May 1 to students in Grades 3 -8 with a retest in May for failing students.8/30/2019

How can you help us out?

• Talk to your child about daily school happenings

• Check your child’s agenda and notebooks daily and have

him/her explain subject objectives

• Read to your child daily or have your child read to you daily

• Volunteer to help us in the following ways: make copies,

laminate, read to a student, computer lab, provide supplies

and more

• Be in contact with your child’s teacher to keep up with

progress monitoring. 8/30/2019

Upcoming Events

• Labor Day, No school - September 2, 2019

• No Place for Hate/Peace Program – September 16 – 20, 2019

• Progress Reports go home - September 19, 2019

• PK-5 Parent Conferences - September 23- 27, 2019

• Walk to School Day – October 2, 2019

• Fall Break - October 10-11, 2019

• Columbus Day, No school – October 14, 2019

• Title 1 Math and Literacy Night - October 17, 2019

• Red Ribbon Week – October 28 -31, 2019 8/30/2019

Thanks for Coming!!

Your involvement in your child’s learning is critical for

academic, social, and emotional success.

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