Chautauqua Orcas

Content Resources

Social Emotional Learning

• Preschool through Grade 5: Second Step

• Kindergarten through Grade 5: Second Step Bullying and Prevention Unit

School resource staff: Lisa R and Lance M, PBIS specialists

SEL components are also woven into the The Creative Curriculum and ELA Collaborative Classroom instructional materials.

English Language Arts

• Preschool: 

  • The Creative Curriculum

  • Learning without Tears:

    • sample pages from the Teacher's Guide for Readiness and Writing 

    • sample pages from the Teacher's Guide for Language and Literacy

  • Heggerty Phonemic Awareness

• Kindergarten through Grade 5: Center for the Collaborative Classroom

  • Being a Reader, 2nd edition(K-2)

  • Making Meaning (3-5)

  • Being a Writer (K-5)

  • Inside the Collaborative Classroom (resources)

  • Collaborative Classroom Implementation Guide

  • CCC Learning Portal (must sign in with teacher credentials) replaced the CCC Learning Hub

  • Heggerty Phonemic Awareness (K-1)

Health

• Grades Preschool through Grade 5: general topics for classroom discussions include hygiene, personal safety, problem solving (including when and where to seek help),  etc. There will be some overlap with content taught in the Second Steps curriculum and P.E.

• 4th & 5th Grade: Sexual Health

  • Rights, Respect, Responsibility Washington Lesson Plans

  • Additional RRR resources (Spanish language, etc.)

Mathematics

• Preschool: 

  • The Creative Curriculum

  • Learning without Tears: sample pages from the Teacher's Guide for Numbers and Math

• Kindergarten through Grade 5: Ready Classroom Mathematics

  • Preparing Students for the Diagnostic 

Science

Preschool: The Creative Curriculum

Kindergarten through Grade 5: Science/Social Studies Themes 

• • Mystery Science (sign up for an account using your school e-mail address)

Grade 5: Sealth Outdoor Education Program

Social Studies

• Preschool: The Creative Curriculum

• Kindergarten through 3rd Grade: teacher developed lessons, check in with your PLC team and see Science/Social Studies Themes 

• Kindergarten through Grade 5: John McCoy (lulilaš) Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State

• 4th Grade, Washington: Our Home, 2nd ed. (currently linked to resources for 1st edition); HistoryLink.org provides a supplement to Washington: Our Home

• 5th Grade, History Alive! America's Past: TCI (see PLC leader for codes to create your account)

• Native American Presence

Logistics

School Schedule

• Typical school day:  class begins at 9:15 am and class is dismissed at 3:50 pm

• Daily schedule will vary by grade level or program

Grading Periods

• Semesters: late January/early February, June

• Notes about report cards

Parent (Student) Teacher Conferences

• October/November and March

• check with your grade-level team to see if students lead/participate in these conferences

Grading (FAQ)

• Standards-based 

• N through 4 with 0.5 point increments (these scales will be updated to include 0.5 increments) 

• Grade-level and specialist  scales (on a shared Google Drive, you may need to request access once using your school district e-mail)

Specialist Time (5 days a week)

• Physical Education

• Music

• Visual Arts

• Spanish Arts

• Library

Special Programs (students must qualify for these services)

• Literacy Assistance

• Special Education

• Transitional Bilingual

• Highly Capable