Barry White Jr. 11/22/12 Elementary curriculum and assessment Mrs. Wright.

Intended Curriculum

In Whitaker Elementary school in district five of Orangeburg South Carolina I feel the school does a good job at emphasizing community and neighborhood integration in their curriculum. They do this by using both reading and writing standards and integrating the neighborhood and family involvement through projects and activities that come with the reading and writing standards. In reading the school focuses on Drawing conclusions and make inferences when reading Distinguish between first-person (told by a character using the pronouns I and we) and third-person (told by a narrator who reads the thoughts and feelings of all characters) points of view. Understanding how characters are developed and their importance to conflict in stories, discussing why authors use colorful words, phrases, and dialogue. Analyzing how authors use details to support the main idea of a story create responses to reading by writing, acting, drawing, dancing, or singing. Also Classifying works of fiction by characteristics (fables, tall tales, and folktales) and works of nonfiction (including biographies and personal essays) Summarizing the evidence that supports the central idea in a nonfiction text. In writing the school focuses on the Use planning strategies, such as brainstorming, when writing. Use a variety of types of sentences when writing, writing multi-paragraph compositions that include a main idea, supporting details, and transition words or phrases between paragraphs. The use of the correct verb with the subject of the sentence. The Use past, present, and future

verb tenses correctly. Use conjunctions (including, although, while, neither, and nor) correctly. Use adverbs (including, slow, slowly and slowest) correctly. Use the correct pronoun to replace a noun. Capitalizing titles, brand names, proper adjectives, and names of organizations. Use quotation marks with dialogue and titles of texts published within larger texts (e.g. the title of a song on a CD ). Underline or italicize the title of a book, Combining two sentences by using a comma and a conjunction or a semi-colon Improve word choice and the organization of ideas in writing by editing and revising. Creating postcards, flyers, letters, and e-mails, Write stories that include details and events to develop a plot. And Create writing so that the reader can see, smell, hear, taste, or feel. I believe the school ties in family and the neighborhood through its use of activities. To list a few; Read and write poetry with your child. Provide a variety of reading materials for your child to use, such as books, magazines, newspapers, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, almanacs, and nonprint media (e.g. television, internet). Regularly visit the local public library or bookstore. Discuss conflict when watching a television show or a video, Discuss how a problem in a story is solved with your child. Read aloud to your child and discuss a characters actions. Create and perform a play for the family, Help your child create a flyer to advertise a yard sale, missing pet, or neighborhood event. Send a postcard to family or friends. Point out colorful words or phrases when reading or watching television with your child. Ask your childs opinion of a book and encourage your child to support his/her conclusion. When reading with your child, ask your child to figure out the meaning of an unknown word by using clues in the story. Encourage your child to review and edit his homework assignments, ask your child to identify and sequence the events in a story that are recalled or made up. Have your child locate information by using a table of contents and find word meanings in the glossary

It is very important in the schools to integrate the community and families surrounding the students and by implanting a lot of these activities in the students learning process it gives the students a chance to develop a sense of community and promotes a family safe learning environment in the schools. Especially since a lot of the students live in the same area and know each other for the most part due to living in the same neighborhood. The intended curriculum allows students to also develop as a positive role model in their communities because of the interactive activities they encounter in school. On top of that the school has a gentlemens club where certain students are picked and wear suites on Fridays and have meetings building their self-character and self-efficacy. In addition to the interaction they are getting at home due to activities that require family involvement they also get a dose of positive role models in the their exclusive clubs at school, this also drives students to do better in class because only those who show a great deal of effort and performance are picked to be in these clubs.