Curriculum+Summary



**Jasmine Wad 1. What class(es) did you teach?** ELL 2 Art, 6-7 ELL MATH/SCIENCE ELL 2Art 2. Brief description of the class. Each day, the students completed a different creative art project, using technology, watercolor paint, writing, and basics of drawing.

1. Primary colors, mixed colors, using critical math, 3-D designs 2. Balance 3. Texture 4. Contrast 5. Patterns – using math, visuals from different perspectives 6. Culture – American Indians 7. Created and presented a Puppet show
 * 3. What curriculum was covered during the 5 weeks.**

This curriculum seems to be complete, although we would have enjoyed some more time outside.
 * 4. What more would you have liked to cover if you had an additional 5 more weeks?**

2. Brief description of the class. The class consisted of different concepts of both math and science, reinforcing previously learned skills as well as learning new math and science concepts.
 * 6-7ELL MATH/SCIENCE**

In math, we reinforced basic multiplication and long division skills and applied to various math concepts. Students learned basic algebra, they learned about place value, decimals, data collection and representation and graphing. The students also practiced daily word problem. Using graphics organizers: Venn Diagrams. The students learned how to collect data, input the information into Excel spreadsheets and display the data in bar and pie charts, in percentages. They also learned how to interpret data from various graphs and charts. They practiced fractions and learned how to compare fractions from least to greatest. The students also practiced from the Math ISAT practice workbook. Students learned to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers. They also had a lot of practice on the math websites, such as AAAmath.com.
 * 3. What curriculum was covered during the 5 weeks?**

In science, we studied the solar system and space. Students learned about the planets, their physicals characteristics, worked with distance and time. We worked on reading comprehension using non-fiction space books. They enjoyed working with Venn Diagrams to compare and contrast different planets and writing a short summary. The students enjoyed using the interactive website and experience space travel. They learned new vocabulary such as the difference between “rotate” and “revolve”. They also made a science book to take home and practice during the rest of the summer. We practiced reading about the planets, summarize and compare and contrast.

In math, more time to practice multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed numbers. In science, more time to write about the planets and perhaps work on a larger project about space.
 * 4. What more would you have liked to cover if you had an additional 5 more weeks?**

a. 4th ELL math/science b. 2nd math/science c. 2nd reading
 * Hillary Holland**
 * 1. What class(es) did you teach?**

a. My math classes were designed to reinforce what students already learned, but were unsure about and to teach them curriculum that would get them a head start for next year. My reading class was designed to work on the different aspects of reading (reading independently, reading in a small group, listening to a story) as well as developing writing and researching to find information.
 * 2. Brief description of the class.**

a. I started the summer by asking the students what they felt comfortable with and what they thought they needed extra help on. We reviewed the steps for multiple-digit multiplication and division because they were unsure of them. Then we continued on with the curriculum that they didn’t get to throughout the year (fractions, decimals, and probability). b. The second grade curriculum was set up similar to the fourth graders. We worked on double-digit addition, borrowing, clocks, and money which where difficult units for them. Then we continued with the curriculum (measuring length, weight, and capacity). c. During reading class, we began by reading and writing summaries of a story. For three weeks we worked on centers. In the centers there was a reading, writing, guided reading, phonics/word building, and a story-building center. The students rotated throughout the centers for four days. We finished the summer with an online research project where they had to pick an animal and answer three questions about it.
 * 3. What curriculum was covered during the 5 weeks.**

If I had five more weeks, I would preview the curriculum for the following year to give the students background knowledge.
 * 4. What more would you have liked to cover if you had an additional 5 more weeks?**

1st grade reading, K reading and math
 * Molly Ott**
 * 1. What class(es) did you teach?**

1st grade reading: covered material my own students had trouble with during the year. Used websites to practice/supplement what we covered in class.
 * 2. Brief description of the class.**

K Reading/Math: Tried to get them ready for 1st grade. Reviewed short vowel sounds, sight words, counting, skip counting, number/color words, ordinal numbers. Talked about weather words, the 4 seasons, calendar.

1st grade: consonant blends, contractions, r controlled vowels, word endings, vowel patterns, sight words, reading fluency, sentence structure K: short vowels, sight words, reading fluency, sentence structure, numbers, number words, color words, skip counting, counting, ordinal numbers.
 * 3. What curriculum was covered during the 5 weeks.**

1st grade: More writing, more contractions review, comparison words (big, bigger, biggest) K: long vowels, beginning addition, coins
 * 4. What more would you have liked to cover if you had an additional 5 more weeks?**

1. What class(es) did you teach?** I taught 1st grade ELL Math/Science
 * Meghan Nolan

The class consisted of different concepts of both math and science that my students had covered through out the previous year.
 * 2. Brief description of the class.**

For our math unit, we studied plants as well as insects. For our math unit, we focused on our basic addition and subtraction facts and how to improve our fluency
 * 3. What curriculum was covered during the 5 weeks.**

I would have loved to go into weather and using money. As we went on, I noticed that my students were very interested in these concepts and would have benefited from them
 * 4. What more would you have liked to cover if you had an additional 5 more weeks?**

5-6 ESY
 * Laurie Weil**
 * 1. What class(es) did you teach?**

13 -15 students depending on the week with specific learning disabilities centering on math, reading and writing.
 * 2. Brief description of the class.**

SRA reading and comprehension, SRA math at various levels, incorporation of the study of mammals for writing, reading, and research. Also Storytown and other gen Ed books for variety and Reader’s Theater for social skills and collaboration. Plus individual work on specific goal areas that could be covered in a 5-week span.
 * 3. What curriculum was covered during the 5 weeks.**

More variety.
 * 4. What more would you have liked to cover if you had an additional 5 more weeks?**

One TA who superb (God bless Lorelei) and a fantastic parent volunteer – Rebecca Marlow.
 * 5. Any other information.**

1. What class(es) did you teach?** Kindergarten ELL Reading, 3rd Grade ELL Reading
 * Kristen Redman

Third Grade- Worked on Comprehension Strategies
 * 2. Brief description of the class. Kindergarten-Worked on sounds and blending for beginning reading. Also, worked beginning writing.**

Kindergarten-Tropies Intervention Reading Curriculum- Sounds, How to blend, learning to read, listening skills for listening comprehension, early writing, identifying sounds and letters in writing. 3rd Grade- Harcourt-Miffline Theme 1- Worked on sequence of events, timelines, inferences, main ideas and predicting.
 * 3. What curriculum was covered during the 5 weeks.**

More assessments to help determine what else I would need to teach. Would have liked to have lit. circles and reading groups.
 * 4. What more would you have liked to cover if you had an additional 5 more weeks?**

Running Club
 * Alison Ryan**
 * 1. What class(es) did you teach?**

5th Grade ELL Math/Science

Running Club: Students learned the importance of stretching and warming up before exercising and learned different ways to stretch different muscles used when running. We began each day with stretching as a group. Students jogged every day and increased their time running from two minutes to six minutes over the course of the summer. We jogged around the playground, around the Oak Terrace building and during the final few days we jogged to a nearby park. The students participated in relay races and other games involving running. They also wore pedometers and kept a log for how many steps they took during various activities.
 * 2. Brief description of the class.**

5th grade ELL Math/Science: For math, basic multiplication and division skills were reinforced and applied to various math concepts. Students learned to convert fractions to common percents. The students also practiced finding equivalent fractions and reducing fractions. Also, students learned to find the least common denominator and use this to order a list of fractions from least to greatest. Students learned to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers. For science, we studied the weather. Students learned about air pressure, wind, humidity, and various types of clouds.


 * 3. What curriculum was covered during the 5 weeks.**

See above.

Running Club: more focus on longer distance relay races (involving passing a baton off)
 * 4. What more would you have liked to cover if you had an additional 5 more weeks?**

5th Grade Math/Science: more operations involving decimals

Summer School Curriculum Summary K-1 Art Each day, the students completed an art project. 1. color 2. balance 3. texture 4. contrast 5. pattern I believe this was a complete curriculum.
 * Randi Kanter**
 * 1. What class(es) did you teach?**
 * 2. Brief description of the class.**
 * 3. What curriculum was covered during the 5 weeks.**
 * 4. What more would you have liked to cover if you had an additional 5 more weeks?**


 * MJ Thompson**
 * 1. What class(es) did you teach? Culinary Explorations

2. Brief description of the class.** Students learn to make healthy choices based on the food pyramid. All students learned safety techniques and table etiquette that can be use in the home or when dining out. Older students learned the importance of reading and following recipe directions, measuring properly, mixing, cutting techniques, pouring, etc.

Technology- Using Microsoft Word, students created their “Summer Cookbook.”

control the mouse and the cursor cut and paste use the shift key to make capital letters drag pictures to a document highlight and delete use the return key properly
 * K-1 learned how to:**

cut and paste techniques changing image layout searching the internet effectively
 * 5th graders practiced:**

See above
 * 3. What curriculum was covered during the 5 weeks.**

nothing
 * 4. What more would you have liked to cover if you had an additional 5 more weeks?**

This year, we cooked 2-3 days a week. Students had more of an opportunity to have a hands-on experience than in previous years. This flexibility was possible in part due to an adequate budget. We were also able to buying pots, pans, knives, cutting boards, etc. that we were lacking in other years.
 * 5. Any other information.**


 * Lori Wyatt**
 * 1. What class(es) did you teach?** Art 5-7 and K-1 Culinary Cooking

Art 5-7: Students use a variety of media to create interesting pieces of art including clay sculptures, paintings, self portraits, sketches, crayola designs, floral designs, name art, paper mache, wooden structures, and computer animation and web designs.
 * 2. Brief description of the class.**

Culinary Cooking K-1: Students learn food etiquette, learn about the food pyramid, create various recipes including breakfast, lunch/dinner, snack and dessert foods as well as make a recipe book using computer skills.


 * 3. What more would you have liked to cover if you had an additional 5 more weeks?** Additional art projects

• Culinary Explorations
 * Nicole Bingham**
 * 1. What class(es) did you teach?**

• Culinary Explorations is a class about nutrition, culture, and cooking techniques. Students are given the opportunity to make a few dishes, but this is NOT a cooking class.
 * 2. Brief description of the class.**

• The class had a few components. Each week I tried to do a “lab” related to cooking. For example, one week I had a spice lab where students tried to identify several different spices and then we discussed what types of cuisine use each spice. Another time I had a lab where students had to identify several different cooking tools and also try to explain what the tool was used for. We also looked at a few different regions (Italy, Mexico, Spain) and learned a little about the culture through internet research and then cooked popular common foods from each region. Sometimes the cooking lessons were more about technique. For example, when the students made cupcakes and pancakes they learned an important lesson about following the directions in the recipe (and the difference between a tablespoon and a teaspoon!). Students also used the computers to write a children’s book that they later read to the kindergarteners. The books had to teach a lesson about nutrition OR they could teach a value lesson (like friendship or respect) using food items as the characters.
 * 3. What curriculum was covered during the 5 weeks.**

• It would have been nice to have been able to get more speakers to come in. I tried getting someone from Kraft, but they refused. If I had more time to prepare, I would work on getting them lined up before summer school began. It would have been fun to be able to grill with the kids, but it’s probably a fire hazard.
 * 4. What more would you have liked to cover if you had an additional 5 more weeks?**


 * 1. What classes did you teach?** 4th and 5th grade ELL Reading


 * 2. Brief description of the class.** ELL Reading enforces a variety of reading strategies used to better comprehend both fictional and non-fiction text.


 * 3. What curriculum was covered during the 5 weeks?** We covered the basic plot elements (Beginning, Middle, End, Setting, and Characters, problem, solution). I covered how to determine the main idea and supporting details from non-fiction text. Next, students learned how to use context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words when you are reading. We also discussed how to determine fact from opinion. Finally, students wrote several short stories using the knowledge about the plot elements. We encorporated technology throughout by using Kidspiration for story webs, a Power Point slide show to show what students learned when they read non-ficiton materials, word for their short stories, etc.

I would have loved to used literature cirlces to do novel studies. I also would have like to create children's stories and shared them with a younger class. It also would have been nice to perhaps take a trip to the Highwood Library or have a librarian come in to talk to the students.
 * 4. What more would you have liked to cover if you had an additional 5 more weeks?**