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MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Curriculum & Instruction
Title
I (Part A) is the largest federal program in k-12 education,
funded at more than $11 billion in the 2003-04 school year. Since it was
first enacted in 1965, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) has
allocated federal funding for school districts to promote educational
services to eligible students in high-poverty schools.
The money is intended to improve the quality of education
in high-poverty schools and/or give extra help to struggling students.
Districts generally must serve schools with the highest poverty rates first
and give them proportionately more funding.
Title I can also fund such services as counseling or
preschool programs; schools are required to spend some money on parent
involvement activities and professional development for teachers and
paraprofessionals.
Madison
is a school wide Title I school. To qualify for school wide program status, a
school must meet the criteria of a free and reduced lunch percentage of 40%
or higher.
Madison is recognized as
one of fifteen Model Best Practice Elementary Schools in Oklahoma. To review Madison's test scores, view the Best
Practice Schools, and High-Performing Schools, go to:
http://www.just4kids.org/
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Parent Resources
The Madison
library has a wonderful collection of parent resources to check-out.
Some of the items available are:
 A
large collection of "We Both Read Books" - every other page is written
for a child to read and an adult to read.
i-Quest
electronic hand held learning games. The i-Quest provides 4th and 5th graders
with test preparation questions for the State mandated tests.
Books
on child development
Love
and Logic videos
Reading and math games
Hooked
on Phonics Kits
Computer Uses at
Home
Each third, fourth and fifth grade student
at Madison is enrolled in Study Island.
Students practice State
PASS Skills to prepare
for testing in the spring on this website at school during computer time.
Students may access Study
Island from computers
at home and practice. They will use the same user name and password as they
use at school.
The website is http://www.studyisland.com
Some other websites for children are:
www.funbrain.com
www.primarygames.com
www.gamequariumcom
www.funschool.com
www.pbskids.org
www.howstuffworks.com
www.brainpop.com
SMART Reading
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Reading
Suggestions by Age
Birth – 4 years
Most children listen, speak, use muscles they
will use for writing, and get ready for reading. They begin to explore their
world and start to learn how to read and write. They ask "why"
often as a way of beginning to understand how events and objects are related.
Read
to your child every day beginning by 6 months of age (if not earlier)
Use
words that will help your child understand the connection between the word
and meaning
Talking
expands the child's vocabulary and develops language skills that are
important to readers
Point
out objects and say the word-in books, in the grocery store, in the
neighborhood, at stores and in your home
Have
books available in every room so your child will be able to look at books
often
Tell
stories to your child using your own experiences
Read
nursery rhymes and sing songs together
Help
your child learn to recognize letters, numbers and shapes
Give
your child the opportunity to play and develop skills that will be used for
writing-drawing, playing with clay, creating plays, coloring, using magnetic
letters and shapes, cutting paper, putting together simple puzzles, coloring,
sorting, etc.
Play
games that require following simple directions, listening and taking turns
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Kindergarten
- 2nd Grade
Children get better at reading and writing by speaking and
getting to know the alphabet, sounds and words. They learn how to decode
words they do not know, develop their vocabulary by listening to and
discussing stories that are read aloud, summarize stories by giving details
of events, understand and follow directions, read with fluency, generate
ideas for writing, and use complete sentences when writing.
Read
a story to your child, and then ask him or her to tell the story back to you.
Ask
your child questions during reading the story. Have the child predict what
will happen next, guess the ending, or how he would solve the problem. These
skills encourage two-way communication as well as check for understanding.
Ask
your child questions during reading the story. Have the child predict what
will happen next, guess the ending, or how he would solve the problem. These
skills encourage two-way communication as well as check for understanding.
Have
your child help you make a grocery list and/or find items on the list.
Together,
read a title of a story, a magazine article, or a newspaper article. Guess
what the story or information will be about and share the ideas. Then read
the article or story together to check your accuracy.
Together,
read a title of a story, a magazine article, or a newspaper article. Guess
what the story or information will be about and share the ideas. Then read
the article or story together to check your accuracy.
Have
your child draw a picture. Together, write a story that goes with the
picture. You may use a family photograph, a picture from a magazine, or one
that is drawn by the child.
Play
games with your child that require concentration-card games, counting games,
memory games, etc.
Read
to your child each day. As your child becomes more proficient in reading,
share the reading.
Encourage
your child to select various types of books to read-fiction, non-fiction,
poetry, children's magazines, etc. Find books to match your child's interests
(cars, animals, sport, etc).
Take
books with you wherever you go-keep them in the car, carry them with you to
dentist appointment, etc.
Visit
the public library with your child
Play
rhyming games, sing songs with rhymes, and play with sound of words
Limit
television viewing
Make
sure your child sees you reading
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3rd
- 5th Grades
Children are now reading to learn new information. They
can identify author's purpose in a text, read and organize information,
identify examples of fact, fiction and opinion in text, understand
development of plots and understand how conflicts are resolved in a story,
make inferences and draw conclusions and understand cause and effect
relationships. In writing, they create logical beginning, middle, and end
appropriate to their writing, use various parts of speech correctly in
writing, use varied sentence structures and use an organizational plan to
support ideas and details.
Play
games and puzzles like Scrabble, Word Lotto, crossword puzzles
Give
magazine subscriptions and books as gifts
Encourage
reading everyday for pleasure
Develop
a family newsletter for relatives out of town and have your child act as
editor
Monitor
your child’s progress with homework by asking, “Show me what you learned today
in _____,” or “Tell me about the book you are reading.”
Continue
reading aloud to your child (and family). Read books more difficult than the
child could read independently, as it will continue to improve vocabulary
Have
your child rewrite and update some classic fairy tales to modern versions
Limit
TV viewing and video games
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Math Program
The Title I Math Program, at Madison, is designed to
meet the individual needs of the students by helping children who need extra
instruction on math concepts or need to be challenged beyond the classroom.
The teachers recommend them based on their work in class and CRT test scores
from the previous school year. The groups are always changing based on the
needs of the children. Sometimes lessons are whole class lesson, but there
can be as few as two children in a group. Our goal is to increase their
knowledge of mathematics and how it relates to their everyday world.
Math Websites
Check out these math websites:
www.egames.com
www.sde.state.ok.us
www.surfnetkids.com
www.coolmath.com
www.coolmath-games.com
www.coolmath4kids.com
www.studyisland.com
Mr. Wolfe’s Math Page
SMART Math
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