Meet the Teacher

1
Meet the Teacher Curriculum Night

• Welcome to the Multiage Group (MAG)

2
Meet the Teachers

• Mrs. Gaches
• Miss Stiles, student teacher
• Miss McGill
• Mr. Moffett

3
Dont panic!!
Feeling overwhelmed or lost??

• Returning parents
• Have you signed in?
• Do you have a packet?
• Bus/after school information
• See the website!!!
• http//www.kyrene.org/staff/sgache/Mag/multi_age.h
  tm

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Quick walk through packet

• New family night
• Helpful Notes for the First Day
• Water Bottles
• Snack (Birthday note)
• FAQs
• Principles of Multiage
• 3-year Unit plan
• Supply list
• MAG FAB
• Family Questionnaire

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Technology

• Focus on teachers and students using technology
• 5 wireless laptops per classroom
• 2 desktop computers per classroom
• 21 in this pod alone!!
• Projector in each classroom
• Digital Reader in each classroom
• 1 Scanner for team
• Smartboard (Mrs. Gaches Mr. Moffett)
• Get those technology permission slips in ASAP!!!!

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Language Literacy Block
Writing
Reading
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Reading

• Harcourt Treasures
• State requirement of District-wide core reading
  program
• MULTITUDES of reading materials
• Big books/Teacher Read-Alouds
• Student Anthologies
• Leveled-Readers
• Decodable books (Grades 1 2)
• Instructional Strategies
• Flexible groups WITHIN MAG only
• Small group individual instruction
• Literacy Stations
• Jennifer Ashlock materials
• other instructional materials, too

Language Literacy Block
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Writing

• Grammar, Language, Spelling
• Harcourt Treasures
• Quick Edits
• Writing skills
• Harcourt Treasures Writers Companion
• FirstHand
• K-2 Lucy Calkins
• 3-5 Ralph Fletcher
• Handwriting
• DNealian Scott-Foresman

Language Literacy Block
9
Reverse Recess

• As in past years, students will go to lunch
  recess for the most part with their same-age
  peers with a few exceptions

As we did last year...

• One grade-level at a time on the playground
• Student will go to recess THEN eat lunch
• There will be a brief hand-washing time between

10
Math
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Workshop

• 3-year plan

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Still feeling overwhelmed???

• Join us at
• the New Family Night
• its not just for new families

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Last, but not least.

• Questions?????
• Video
• http//www.kyrene.org/curriculum/t1video
• Individual time with teachers