Curriculum Night Information

Communication:
*EMAIL IS BEST! My email: ncomin@kcsd96.org or Phone: 847-459-0022 Ext: 1202 

*My blog will contain important upcoming events, due dates, and a review of our week(s). I will email out a link when it has been updated.  

*Ivy Hall newsletter will be emailed directly from Mr. Hanrahan. 

*If your child is walking home with another student or joining a carpool for the day, please contact the office. Riding a bus home with another student will not be permitted. PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME WITH DISMISSAL CHANGES (I may not see those changes until the end of the day). 

Procedures and Routines: 

*Take-home Folder (please check this everyday)

*Homework (math and reading logs)

*Gym Shoes (Always send your child with gym shoes if they wear sandals or boots to school) 

*Birthdays (treats must be from the approved snack list)

Behavior:

We have buckets to fill! Based on the book "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" This book explains that everyone has an imaginary bucket that can be filled or dipped. If you do something nice or good for someone else then you are filling their bucket. If students fill their individual bucket with 10 pon pon balls then they get to have a special lunch date with....ME! We also have a class bucket that can be filled or dipped. If we fill our class bucket with 20 pon pons then we get to have a class party/celebration! 

Curriculum

Writing:

*Narrative

*Informational Text

*Opinion 

Math:

*Operations and Algebraic Thinking

*Number and Operation in Base Ten

*Measurement and Data

*Geometry

Science:
*Earth's Surface
*Physical Science
*Life Cycle 

Social Studies: 
*Government
*Economics
*Geography

Daily 5:
Independent activities that include: Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listen to Reading, Work on Writing, and Word Work. These take place during our literacy block while I am meeting with individual or small groups of students for Guided Reading. 

Guided Math: 
Independent activities that include math games and technology that take place during our math block. Students are independently practicing their math facts while I am meeting with small groups to work on our math targets.