• GENERAL

    • "IS IT GOOD ENOUGH TO PUT MY NAME ON IT": each child is continually asked to reflect upon the quality of his/her work by asking this introspective question
    • HEADINGS: headings refers to the information a student places at the top of a paper to identify his/her work (name, subject, date, etc.)
    • RUBRICS: components with grading values

    PLANNING INSTRUCTION

    • CONTENT, PROCESS, PRODUCT: teachers consider these three components when developing lesson plans
    • CONTENT: information students should master
    • PROCESS: teaching strategies and learning activities designed to help students master content
    • PRODUCTS: finished work
    • BLOOM'S TAXONOMY: teachers expose students to all levels of thinking skills; we strive to reach higher-levels as frequently as possible

    LANGUAGE

    • PARTS OF SPEECH (NOUN, VERB, ADJ, ETC. - VS. "GLUE WORD")
    • STATE OF ILLINOIS ISAT WRITING VOCABULARY & STRUCTURE
    • LITERAL/INFERENCE
    • SEMANTICS: (e.g. root words, base words) - commas in a series: place a comma before the word "and"
    • INFORMATION LITERACY PACKET (EX. WORKS CITED VS. BIBLIOGRAPHY): the publication style students use when documenting research sources
    • BIG 6
    • 6+1 WRITING TRAITS
    • SELF-MONITORING STRATEGIES
    • CONTENT-AREA READING STRATEGIES
    • SELF-SELECTION OF BOOK STRATEGIES

    MATHEMATICS

    • BORROWING - TRADING - REGROUPING (KNOW AS SYNONYMOUS)

    SCIENCE

    • SCIENTIFIC PROCESS/SCIENTIFIC METHOD consistent with ISAT - is used whenever students do scientific experiments or activities

    SOCIAL STUDIES

    • SUMMARY CHART

    CONDUCT

    • CLOW CHARACTER
    • RESPECT
    • RESPONSIBILITY

    ABC BEHAVIOR

    • A: Always demonstrating respect and responsibility because it is the right thing to do
    • B: Behaving responsibly and respectfully because a teacher is present
    • C: Choosing not to act responsibly or respectfully