CPE Core Curriculum and Materials/Resources
CPE has developed curriculum in all subject areas based on Minnesota Standards and Benchmarks This curriculum contains Core Objectives written for every subject in every grade level, along with Curriculum Map and Guides. These standards for each subject can be found at the MN Department of Education website under “Academic Standards.”
http://education.state.mn.us/mde/index.html
Every grade level at College Prep Elementary uses a language arts format called The Daily 5 in teaching reading and writing skills. This format assures that all areas of language arts are practiced each day.
Listed below are some of the materials and resources used at CPE to meet these standards and benchmarks:
Kindergarten:
Reading/Language Arts: Starfall Reading and Language Arts Curriculum
Reading A to Z/Writing A to Z
Trade Books/Children’s Literature
Handwriting: D’Nealian
Math: Mastering Kindergarten Skills and Math Practice for Beginners from
Teacher Created Resources, Inc.
Science: Foss Kits and National Geographic Resources
Social Studies: National Geographic Resources
Grades 1-6:
Reading/Writing: Reading A to Z/Writing A to Z
Starfall Reading and Language Arts Curriculum (Gr.1)
Trade Books /Children’s Literature
Spelling: Evan-Moor Building Spelling Skills
Handwriting: D’Nealian
Math: Houghton Mifflin 2007
Science: Foss Kits and National Geographic Resources
Social Studies: National Geographic Resources and
Scott Foresman Social Studies Leveled Readers Northern Lights (Gr.5)
Description of Materials/Resources:
Starfall Reading and Language Arts Curriculum (2009):
Starfall lessons motivate children by creating an atmosphere of fun and enthusiasm, while providing opportunities for child-directed reading and writing instruction, phonics skills, and sight word practice. The curriculum facilitates the needs of English language learners along with all levels of readers.
http://www.starfall.com/n/n-info/curriculum.htm
Reading A to Z/Writing A to Z:
Reading A to Z provides professionally developed leveled readers, poetry, read-alouds, decodables, and more, with accompanying lessons, worksheets, assessments, and other teaching and learning materials. The curriculum materials cover all the key reading skills. In addition to widespread use in mainstream classrooms, Reading A to Z materials benefit educators and students in special education, Title I , ESL, and dual and bilingual language programs.
Writing A to Z contains a comprehensive collection of leveled writing lessons and materials in five main writing genres: expository, narrative, persuasive, procedural, and transactional.
http://www.learninga-z.com/
Trade books/Children’s Literature:
Literature for children is being recognized as increasingly important in children's literacy development. Trade books used at CPE are children’s literature written by published and well known authors. One of the benefits of using trade books/children’s literature in the classroom is to increase student reading. High quality trade books spark interest and keep the children involved in their reading.
Evan-Moor Building Spelling Skills :
Spelling words in the Building Spelling Skills lists are taken from commonly used English words, commonly misspelled words, and words with common phonetic or structural elements. Each lesson contains activities and worksheets that cover grade level spelling skills.
http://www.evan-moor.com/Language_Arts/Spelling/Catalog.aspx?CurriculumID=3&ClassID=180
D’Nealian Handwriting:
D'Nealian develops the rhythm necessary for the flow of cursive writing. 87% of D'Nealian lower case letters are the same as their cursive version. Children easily move into cursive writing when ready. This handwriting style helps to eliminate the b-d reversal problem.
http://www.dnealian.com/
Houghton Mifflin Math (2007):
Houghton Mifflin Math contains research-based lessons that focus on best practices and differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all learners.
http://www.hmco.com/products/products_elementary.html
Teacher Created Resources, Inc:
Mastering Kindergarten Skills and Math Practice for Beginners from Teacher Created Resources, Inc. are two of the teacher books used in kindergarten at CPE to provide age-appropriate lessons for exploring numbers and number concepts.
http://www.teachercreated.com/company/
Foss Science Kits:
Foss (Full Option Science System) is a research-based science curriculum for grades K–8 developed at the University of California at Berkeley. FOSS is also an ongoing research project dedicated to improving the learning and teaching of science. The FOSS project began over 20 years ago during a time of growing concern that our nation was not providing young students with an adequate science education. The FOSS program materials are designed to meet the challenge of providing meaningful science education for all students in diverse American classrooms and to prepare them for life in the 21st century. Development of the FOSS program was, and continues to be guided by advances in the understanding of how youngsters think and learn.
http://www.delta-education.com/science/foss/index.shtml
National Geographic Resources:
National Geographic School Publishing provides quality PreK-12 instructional materials, including resources for emergent and early literacy, reading/language arts, ESL, and content (science and social studies) literacy development.
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/
Scott Foresman Social Studies Leveled Readers:
Every grade level social studies unit contains three levels of readers to match students’ reading abilities to help in their learning of the social studies curriculum.
http://www.pearsonschool.com/
Northern Lights:
Northern Lights, by the Minnesota Historical Society, covers the history of Minnesota.
http://www.mnhs.org/school/classroom/nlights.html |
