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1st and 2nd Grade

 Julie Rogers&

Caitlin Bianchi

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Explore Activities

Board games Art Activities Blocks

ComputerScience

ExperimentsBooks on

tape

MathActivities

WritingCompleteunfinished

work

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Morning

Meeting•Greeting

•Morning Message

•Sharing•Activity

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WritersWorkshop

Mini Lessons

Independent WritingInteractive Writing

 Journal WritingProcess Writing

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Mini-LessonsProcedural: routines, materials,

organization

Strategy / Skill:  inventive spelling,

spacing, word construction,capitalization, punctuation.

Craft:  eliminating unnecessary

information, adding information,

details, choosing a title, writing a lead,

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Readers

WorkshopMini Lessons

Guided Reading Groups

Literature CirclesReaders Theatre

Independent ReadingSWR

Fundations

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Guided Reading• Guided Reading is a context in which ateacher supports each reader’sdevelopment of effective strategies forprocessing novel texts at increasinglychallenging levels of difficulty.

• The purpose of guided reading is toenable children to use and developstrategies “on the run”.

• The ultimate goal in guided reading is tohelp children learn how to useindependent reading strategiessuccessfully.

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Literature

CirclesA means for more intensive talkingor thinking about books, or “book

talk”.Children share their personalresponses and interpretations of abook with one another.

Respond to story elements.

Compare works by an author or

illustrator.

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Readers

 Theatre•Builds fluency in a fun andmeaningful

manner.•Uses a variety of genre.•Allows for children of mixed levelsto work

together.•Interactive•Public speaking skills.

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FundationsSpelling WritingReading

•A multi sensory approach to teaching

the relationship between speechsounds and written symbols. Linksdecoding, reading comprehension, and

written expression.

•Phonetically sequential•Word patterns•Handwriting

•G.U.M. grammar, usage & mechanics

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Everyday MathMathematics is the science thatstudies and explains numbers,

quantities, measurements, shapes,patterns, and how all things arerelated.

Arithmetic is the computational partof mathematics that includes adding,subtracting, multiplying and dividing

numbers.

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Science and Social

StudiesVermont Framework of Standards

FOSS KitsNutshell Kits

Nature Studies – VINS

Place Based LearningVariety of resources

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Science Themes

grades 1st / 2nd 3rd / 4th 

 Year A Plants

GE 34

Weather

GE 47 & 48

Changes

GE 9, 12, 14, & 23

Soil

GE 46

Magnets

GE 25

SoundGE 29

Solar System

GE 44 & 45

Habitats

GE 34, 35, & 36

Energy

GE 28

Force & Motion

GE 21

Properties of Matter

GE 9, 12, 13 & 14

Geology

GE 46 & 47

 Year B Plants

GE 34

Weather

GE 47 & 48

Balance & MotionGE 19, 21 & 22

Habitats

GE 31& 35

Human Body

GE 40, 41, 42 & 43

Natural Resources

GE 49

Structures of Life

GE 30, 31, 38 & 39

Magnetism & Electricity

GE 24

Solar SystemGE 44 & 45

Weather

GE 48 & 49

Human Body

GE 40, 41 & 42