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Curriculum
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Cooperative
Learning
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| Several models
of cooperative learning have been developed. All of them share
a common foundation. Regardless of the model, the strategy is designed to help
participants become responsible for personal learning while contributing to the
academic skills of fellow group members. Social
skills play a prominent role in cooperative activity and are, therefore, modeled
and reinforced.
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Drop Everything
And Read (DEAR)
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| DEAR is a school-wide program used to promote the
enjoyment of reading. This
program encourages parents to become involved with their child.
Dates are included in the monthly newsletter.
DEAR is a variation of Silent Sustained Reading.
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Drug Abuse
Resistance Education (DARE)
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| USD #475 teaches
DARE to all fifth graders in cooperation with the Fort Riley
Military Police.
An overview of the curriculum is available for
parents. On occasion, other grade levels receive
instruction. To
supplement DARE, the district has provided K-5 teachers with training in the
Here’s Looking At You 2000 Drug Prevention program (HLAY 2000).
This program includes drug information, activities to build
self-concepts, decision making, problem solving, and refusal skills plus
alternatives to drug abuse.
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English
Language Learner (ELL)
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| Students identified are provided support
based on ability and need by district
certified and classified personnel.
Materials in native languages are also available through the district.
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Four Blocks |
| The Four Block
Model includes Guided Reading, Self-Selected
Reading, Writing, and Working with Words. These
represent four different approaches to teaching reading to children.
Numerous and varied opportunities for all children to learn reading and
writing are provided by daily instruction in each of the Blocks.
Implementing all Four Blocks acknowledges the theory of Multiple
Intelligences and provides substantial instruction to support how each student
learns best.
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Integrated
Library |
| Classroom teachers and the Library Media Specialist
plan cooperative lessons which incorporate classroom, building, and district
objectives into meaningful lessons. Flexible
scheduling is utilized. Teachers
may sign up several weeks in advance for as many lessons needed to complete a
task. Teachers are expected to
utilize the Media Center for classroom instruction a minimum of nine times per
quarter. The Media Center is
staffed in such a way that students can utilize the reference materials,
computers, and check out books at anytime.
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Music Education |
| The goal of music education is for each student to
become an informed consumer of music. This
will be accomplished through creating, performing, and studying music.
Music Education and Physical Education are successfully combined in
student performances.
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Physical
Education (PE)
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| The curriculum teaches self-respect and respect of
others, the equipment, and the learning environment. It emphasizes the development, demonstration, and
understanding of fundamental movement skills and health-related fitness
components. The curriculum also encourages participants to combine cognitive and
physical skills to create and problem solve tasks.
Participating in and enjoying physical activity outside of the classroom
is also promoted. Appropriate
experiences are provided for students with developmental or physical challenges.
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Math
Wizard's Club
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| This club encourages the children to develop speed
and accuracy by using the basic computational skills of addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division. Each
grade level is structured differently and tests are given weekly.
Upon completion of all four tests, the child is awarded for the
achievement.
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Six Trait Writing
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| This model is a framework that serves as a guide for
writing instruction. This includes
these six traits: Ideas and
Content, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Conventions.
These traits are each scored separately for writing assessment purposes.
Students are taught and encouraged to use the 5-Step Writing Process in
developing quality work: Prewriting,
Drafting, Revising, Editing, Publishing.
Each student has a portfolio containing samples from
each quarter of the year.
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Special
Education
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| Services are available to all identified students
with current Individual Educational Plans (IEP). Services include Behavior Disorders (BD), Learning
Disabilities (LD), Occupational Therapy (OT), Physical Therapy (PT), Social Work
(SW), and Speech/Language (SL). Service
models include Resource, Class Within a Class, Inclusion and Itinerant.
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