CSDR Curriculum Department
Creating Cohesion through Collaboration Elementary Ice Cream Party!
May 30, 2014 Volume 1, Issue 3
The curriculum department offered a challenge to students. If every student in a class met their Reading Counts goals for the month of January, they would earn an ice cream party. The event was so popular, it was repeated in May for those classes meeting April goals. Now, as we wrap up the school year, we are honoring students that met their annual goals with a pizza party. We are expecting 27 students to attend! Way to go elementary! -Melissa Brown
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A note from Jean Pierre... We would like to thank you for your cooperation in returning books and other materials this week. Please make sure to search through all books/ materials for barcode labels in the back to see if any book or materials belong to the Curriculum Resource or Textbook Library. All workbooks without barcode labels can be returned too.
Please remind your students of their responsibilities for their textbooks. Encourage them to avoid lost or damaged fines. If you wish to keep specific books over the summer, please communicate with us by emailing both your Curriculum Specialist and me. Make sure you receive the Endof-Year checklist from your
department secretary. Please complete all items on the checklist by June 6th. If you have any questions or concerns, please email me right away. I may be extremely busy, but I will try my best to respond quickly. Enjoy your long summer! -Jean-Pierre Ring
School-Wide Math Olympiad
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HS Social Studies Textbook Adoption
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Relationships & Convergences
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Importance of Early 3 Intervention Websites You Should Definitely Check Out
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The Seven C’s
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Creating Cohesion through Collaboration
School-Wide Math Olympiad News A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who helped with this year's 5th Annual Math Olympiad. I appreciate everyone's efforts, whether it was behind the scenes helping to prepare and set-up tables prior to the event or working diligently the day of helping to score and run stations. I especially appreciate the elementary Department's flexibility of hosting the competition in their class rooms due to the Social Hall being closed. Kudos to all of the department coordinators for their wonderful organization and planning: Mary in ECE, Lori in ES, Lynn/Ryan in MS and John in HS. Thank you to Katie, Ingrid, and Becky in SN for coordinating the SN Math Olympiad and supporting our students in the schoolwide event. Without everyone's help and participation, we could not have had a successful competition. So, once again to all who helped, THANK YOU!
Pre-K st
1 -Enza
1st-Kyra
2nd-Liam
2nd-Danik
2nd-Joshua
3rd-Kai
3rd-Tristan
3rd-Victoria
Kindergarten
Fifth Grade
Sophomores
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Freshmen
1 -Kylie
1 -Donovan
1 -Azeb
1st-Mavrick
2nd-Olivia
2nd-Clark
2nd-Alan
3rd-Xayleena
3rd-Enrico
3rd-Noah
First Grade
Sixth Grade
Juniors
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Also, a big thank you goes to all of your students who wracked their brains for several periods completing a wide variety of math skills. They all did a great job! For the team championship, the top three grade levels in the competition were:
Fourth Grade
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1 -Darius
1 -Mia
1st-Brendan
2nd-Tony
2nd-Desi
2nd-Wayne
3rd-Kaden
3rd-Caitlyn
3rd-Carlos
Second Grade
Seventh Grade
Seniors
3rd Place: Sophomores
1 -Zavius
1 - Ciara
1st-Erick
2nd Place: 1st Grade
2nd-Tierian
2nd-Tanner
2nd-Ernesto
3rd-Tamara
3rd-Dylan
3rd-Keyleen
Third Grade
Eighth Grade
1st-Jada
1st-Nathaniel
2nd-Trevin
2nd-Dennis
3rd-Sigridura
3rd-Daniel
1st Place: Kindergarten
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Congratulations grade level teams! Please look for the Math Olympiad trophy which will once again be residing in the Elementary Office. -Lisa Kuntzsch-Beck
“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples, then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.� -George Bernard Shaw
High School Social Studies Textbook Adoption Update The following new standardsbased social studies textbooks have been officially adopted and approved for use in high school classroom instruction beginning next school year:
Grade 10: World History & Geography: Modern Times (McGraw-Hill, 2014) Grade 11: US History & Geography: Modern Times (McGrawHill, 2014) Grade 12: Building Citizenship: Civics and Economics (McGraw -Hill, 2014)
Honors, traditional and other grade-level courses will use the same adopted texts due to their great flexibility and adaptability. Next school year, we will implement another textbook adoption process for use in middle school classroom instruction. -Alex Zernovoj
Volume 1, Issue 3
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We have started training on both the ELA and Math Common Core State Standards, and will introduce the new Next Generation Science Standards this coming fall. The diagram on the right shows the relationships and convergences between the three groups of standards and how they all support each other to ensure the best learning possible for all students.
The Importance of Early Intervention It has long been believed that implementing early intervention services for deaf and hard of hearing children would enhance their academic success in the long run. The first students that benefited from CSDR’s Early Childhood Education services are currently in 5th grade. We discovered some strong data that proves that early intervention is critical to academic achievement.
The 5th graders took the MAP test last spring. Those who were PIP students averaged a score of 209 for Language, 204 for Reading, and 218 for Math, as opposed to those who were not enrolled in PIP, whose scores were at least 20 points lower in each tested area. For the PIP students, the nationwide averages for both Language and Math were both met, which further supports the importance of ECE services.
“We see how early childhood experiences are so important to lifelong outcomes, how the early environment literally becomes embedded in the brain and changes its architecture.” -A. Garner
Websites You Definitely Should Check Out Transforming Education in 2014: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/theone-thing-elena-aguliar 4 Stages of Learning: http://www.edudemic.com/stages-of-learning/ 8 Myths that Undermine Educational Effectiveness: http:// www.edutopia.org/blog/myths-that-undermine-educational-effectivenessmark-phillips 10 Visual Literacy Strategies: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ccia-10visual-literacy-strategies-todd-finley
CSDR Curriculum 3044 Horace Street Riverside, CA 92506 Phone: 951-824-8122 Curriculum Supervisor: Scarlett Valencia Curriculum Specialists: Melissa Brown, Darrin Green, Lisa KuntzschBeck, Alex Zernovoj Librarian: Mary Margaret Kopcho Office Technician: Jean Pierre Ring
Creating Cohesion through Collaboration