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Welcome to First Grade CATS Mrs. Gearhart & Mrs. Kamper 2014-2015

Welcome to First Grade CATS Mrs. Gearhart & Mrs. Kamper 2014-2015. Your CATS Teachers are…. Mrs. Kamper Experience 13 years teaching Undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Development and Marketing Master’s Degree in Elementary Education with a Reading Endorsement. Family

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Welcome to First Grade CATS Mrs. Gearhart & Mrs. Kamper 2014-2015

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  1. Welcome to First Grade CATS Mrs. Gearhart & Mrs. Kamper 2014-2015

  2. Your CATS Teachers are… • Mrs. Kamper • Experience • 13 years teaching • Undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Development and Marketing • Master’s Degree in Elementary Education with a Reading Endorsement • Family • Married with 3 children • 4-year old twins (Gwendolyn and David) • 2-year old son (Sammy) • Pet turtle?

  3. Your CATS Teachers are… Mrs. Gearhart 13 years teaching 6 years with academically talented students Graduate of University of New Mexico Gifted Endorsement

  4. CATS students are . . . • Often perfectionists and idealists • Asynchronous • Sequential or spatial • Problem solvers • “Tell me, I forget, show me, I remember, Involve me, I understand.” -Carl Orff

  5. CATS Curriculum • Encourages students to apply critical-thinking skillsand to become self- directed learners. It incorporates the regular curriculum but differs in content, process, product, pacing, and environment.

  6. CATS Curriculum Goals I: Acceleration II: Integration III: Inquiry and Motivation IV: Critical Thinking V: Communication and Collaboration

  7. Math • Place Value and Number sense • 2 and 3 Digit Addition w/wout regrouping • 2 and 3 digit Subtraction w/wout regrouping • Measurement • Money • Time to the minute • Multiplication • Word Problems throughout • *Facts

  8. Depth of Knowledge: Math Students Will: • Make sense of problems and persevere • Reason abstractly and quantitatively • Model with mathematics • Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning • Come up with multiple solutions • Use different mathematical strategies to solve a problem

  9. Language Arts • 6+1 Writing • Conventions, sentence fluency, organization, voice, word choice, ideas, presentation • Writer’s Workshop • Reader’s Workshop • Junior Great; Houghton Mifflin, Literature Studies • Words Their Way

  10. Science • Digestive, Respiratory, and Circulatory Systems • Inventors and their Inventions • Laws of Motion • States of Matter • Plants and Animals • Earth Materials • Objects in the Sky

  11. Social Studies • American History: Exploration and Colonization • Government & Roles of Citizenship • American Symbols and Monuments • Ancient Civilizations

  12. Grades

  13. Grades 5 4 3 2 1

  14. What does CATS look like? • Whole Group • Small Group • Individual Work

  15. How does it happen? Math & Reading Learning Groups • 2 per teacher • Based on strengths and weaknesses identified through pre-assessment Science & Social Studies • Design Squad • Project Based Learning • Group, individual, and whole class activities

  16. Classroom Routines & Expectations • Expectations – Nature of CATS • Class Store • Snack / Snack Stash • Arrival / Dismissal • Communication (REMIND; FB; email) • Daily Folder / Parent Communication

  17. Communication gearhart.leslie@cusd80.com kamper.elizabeth@cusd80.com Front Office: (480) 812-6100 Website: http://www.cusd80.com//Domain/5534

  18. Tax Credit Q & A Q: Who can donate? A: Any Arizona tax payer. This includes… • Family • Friends • Any Community Members • Aunts and Uncles

  19. Fun Stuff • Class Parties • Birthdays • Field Trips • Audubon • Idea Museum • IMAX/ Play • Me Stew/Talent Share • Room Parent

  20. “Curiosity is the engine of achievement.” – Sir Ken Robinson

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