Grade Levels
Grade Levels
- Pre-K
- TK-Transitional Kindergarten
- Kindergarten
- 1st grade
- 2nd grade
- 3rd grade
- 4th grade
- 5th grade
- 6th grade
- 7th grade
- K/1
- 2/3
- 4-6
Pre-K
TK-Transitional Kindergarten
Ms. Dinh is our Transitional Kindergarten teacher at Shirakawa.
TK serves as a bridge between preschool and kindergarten, intentionally designed to offer developmentally appropriate, play-based learning for young children as they prepare for elementary school. It is intended to help children acclimate to the school setting and develop the foundational skills needed for success in kindergarten and beyond.
Kindergarten
Ms. Lopez and Mrs. Sandlin are our Kindergarten teachers.
End of Year Goals
Reading:
- Know long vowels and vowel combinations
- Blending 3 letter CVC words (cat, dog, bat, etc)
- Comprehension (characters, setting, plot)
- Read high frequency words (list will be given)
- Know word families (-at family: cat, hat, fat)
Writing:
- Use phonetic spelling (write what you hear: when is spelled “wen”)
- Write a 3 sentence paragraph with topic sentence and supporting sentences
- Use correct conventions (capitalization, punctuation, spacing, etc)
- Indent first sentence of paragraph
Math:
- Count to 100 by 1’s and 10’s
- Write numbers 0-20
- Place Value (identify ones and tens)
- Measurement/capacity
- Addition up to 10
- Subtraction up to 10
- Addition/Subtraction story problems
You can communicate with the teachers using Parent Square or via email.
Email:
Ms. Lopez: adoracion.lopez@fmsd.org
Mrs. Sandlin: wendy.sandlin@fmsd.org
Please, allow 24-48 hours to respond
Schedule
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
Start: 8:00 AM Dismissal: 1:15 PM
Thursday
Start: 8:00 AM Dismissal: 12:15 PM
Homework Policy
Weekly packets
- review of lessons learned
- sent home on Monday
- due on Friday
- 2 pages per day (one math and one language arts)
- Read with/to your child for 10-15 minutes per day.
Check your child’s Homework folder on Monday and Green folder on Friday.
**Homework will begin after Labor Day
Materials needed in class: (donations are always appreciated)
- Glue sticks
- Kleenex
- Lysol/Clorox wipes
- Baby wipes
- Hand Sanitizer
- Ziploc (brand) plastic bags: ALL sizes (snack, sandwich, quart, & gallon)
- EXPO dry-erase markers (black)
1st grade
Mrs. Volpe and Ms. Commiciotto are the 1st-grade teachers.
About this Grade Level
Language Arts:
Reading Goal: NSGRA Level 16.
Read, Write, and Spell 100 High Frequency Words.
Describe character, setting, plot in a story with details.
Write narrative, opinion, and informative paragraphs proficiently.
Math:
Count, write, and recognize numbers from 1-120 in and out of order.
Add and subtract fluently within 20.
Solve addition and subtraction word problems.
Science:
Describe how plants and animals adapt to survive.
Identify objects in the sky and how they move.
Observe and investigate light and sound.
Create models based on data.
Social Studies:
Use maps and globes to identify their place in the world.
Identify American symbols, landmarks, and important documents.
Compare life in the past to life in the present.
Describe heroes in history.
You can communicate with your child's teacher using Parent Square or via email:
Mrs. Volpe: maria.volpe@fmsd.org
Ms. Commiciotto: alison.commiciotto@fmsd.org
Homework Policy
Reading: 30 minutes daily
Daily Homework:
Reading Log
Language Arts
Math
Classroom Wish List
Headsets
Clorox Wipes
Kleenex
Glue sticks
2nd grade
Mrs. Heuerman and Ms. Perry are the 2nd grade teachers.
About This Grade
At the end of the year, second graders will be able to read and understand grade-level appropriate material and write coherent sentences and paragraphs.
Curriculum
- Social Emotional Learning (SEL)- Second Step
- English Language Arts (ELA & ELD) - Journeys, Heggerty, and SIPPS
- Math- Eureka Math/Engage New York
- Science- Amplify
- Social Studies- TCI
You can communicate with the teachers using Parent Square or via email:
Mrs. Heuerman: loan.heuerman@fmsd.org
Ms. Perry: charlotte.perry@fmsd.org
Please, allow 24-48 hours to respond
Homework Policy
Reading: 20 minutes daily
Math: one daily page
Reading: one daily page
3rd grade
Your 3rd grade teachers are Mrs. Dang and Mrs. Sanchez.
About this Grade Level
Language Arts:
- Reading Goal: NSGRA (Guided Reading) Level P
- Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
- Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).
- Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
- Write narrative, opinion, and informative paragraphs proficiently.
Math:
- Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems.
- Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division
- Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram.
Science:
- Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
- Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
- Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Social Studies:
- Students describe the physical and human geography and use maps, tables, graphs, photographs, and charts to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context.
- Students understand the role of rules and laws in our daily lives and the basic structure of the U.S. government.
You can communicate with your child’s teacher using Parent Square .
Homework Policy
- Reading: 30 minutes daily
- Daily Homework:
- AR Books
- Language Arts
- Math
Classroom Wish List
- Headsets
- Clorox Wipes
- Kleenex
- Glue Sticks
- Hi-Polymer Erasers (white)
Schedule
Start: 8:00AM
First Recess: 9:30-9:45
Lunch: 11:20-12:00
Last Recess: 1:00-1:15
Dismissal: 2:15PM
Thursday Dismissal: 1:15PM
Expectations
- Be a Shirakawa Shark!
- Safe
- Helpful
- Able to Solve Problems
- Respectful and Responsible
- Kind
4th grade
Mrs. Flores and Mrs. Divine are our 4th-grade teachers.
About this Grade Level
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You can communicate with the teachers using Parent Square or via email:
Mrs. Flores: luisa.flores@fmsd.org
Mrs. Divine: stacy.l.divine@fmsd.org
Please, allow 24-48 hours to respond
5th grade
Mrs. Ferreira and Mrs. Nguyen are your 5th grade teachers.
Reading
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem.
Summarize a text; Use quotes and draw inferences.
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story.
Read and comprehend different genres independently and proficiently.
Writing
Write opinion pieces supported by facts and details.
Write informative/explanatory texts that convey ideas and information clearly.
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events with descriptive details and
clear event sequences.
Math
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
-Write and interpret numerical expressions.
-Analyze patterns and relationships.
Number and Operations in Base Ten
-Understand the place value system.
-Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths.
Number and Operations
-Use equivalent fractions.
-Add and subtract fractions.
-Multiply and divide fractions.
Measurement and Data
-Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system.
-Represent and interpret data.
-Understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition.
Geometry
-Graph points on the coordinate plane.
-Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.
Science
Energy and Matter
Ecosystems
Earth and the Solar System
Earth and Humanity Activity
Engineering Design
Social Science
Describe major pre-Columbian settlements.
Trace the routes of early explorers.
Describe the cooperation and conflict that existed among the American Indians and
settlers.
Understand the political, religious, social, and economic institutions that evolved
Explain the causes of the American Revolution.
Describe the events associated with development of the U.S. Constitution.
Trace the colonization, immigration, and settlement patterns of the American people
from 1789 to the mid-1800s.
Physical Education
Mile Run
Push-ups
Curl-ups
Trunk Lift
Flexibility
6th grade
Mrs. Rivero and Ms. Lee are our 6th-grade teachers.
About this Grade Level
Math:
We use CPM (College Preparatory Math) for our math curriculum. It is a textbook-based program; however, there is online homework support that parents can access at home.
Math Goal: Star Ren 6th grade level
-Understand and apply operations with rational numbers
- Solving multi-step real-life and mathematical problems involving rational numbers.
- Applying proportional relationships to solve problems involving percentages, ratios, and rates.
- Analyzing and interpreting data
- Solving equations and inequalities using algebraic reasoning and properties of operations.
- Understanding and applying geometric concepts, including angles, area, perimeter, volume, and scale drawings.”
Language Arts:
Collections is our new curriculum adoption. It is an online program where students are challenged to think deeply, studying texts that are complex but accessible.
Reading Goal: Star Ren 6th grade level
- Reading and comprehending various texts, including fiction and non-fiction.
- Describe the character, setting, and plot in a story.
- Write 5-paragraph narrative, argumentative, and informative essays proficiently.
- Understanding and applying grammar rules in writing, including sentence structure, punctuation, and usage.
- Participating in class discussions and presentations, expressing ideas clearly and respectfully, and listening to others; perspectives.
Science: 6th grade we explore the human microbiome, the metabolism and how we get the traits that we have. We also examine the earth and how the weather is affected by different things. Our Amplify curriculum then takes us through thermal energy to make it a great year of learning about the world around us."
Social Studies: We will be traveling through ancient times using our TCI curriculum. We start with early man and travel throughout the world to see how people developed their language, religions, society and governments.
You can communicate with your child's teacher using the free app Parentsquare, Google Classroom or via email:
Mrs. Rivero: maria.rivero@fmsd.org
Mrs. Lee: jung.lee@fmsd.org
Please, allow 24-48 hours to respond.
7th grade
Welcome to Grade 7!
Meet your teachers - Ms. Rivero, Ms. Lee, Ms. Wilkins, and Mr. Ruff.
About this Grade Level
Language Arts:
Reading Goal: Star Ren 7th grade level
- Reading and comprehending various texts, including fiction and non-fiction.
- Describe the character, setting, and plot in a story.
- Write 5-paragraph narrative, argumentative, and informative essays proficiently.
- Understanding and applying grammar rules in writing, including sentence structure, punctuation, and usage.
- Participating in class discussions and presentations, expressing ideas clearly and respectfully, and listening to others; perspectives.
Math:
-Understand and apply operations with rational numbers
- Solving multi-step real-life and mathematical problems involving rational numbers.
- Applying proportional relationships to solve problems involving percentages, ratios, and rates.
- Analyzing and interpreting data
- Solving equations and inequalities using algebraic reasoning and properties of operations.
- Understanding and applying geometric concepts, including angles, area, perimeter, volume, and scale drawings.
Science:
- Understanding the scientific method and applying it to investigations.
- Exploring various fields of science such as life science, physical science, and earth science.
- Exploring ecosystems, including interactions between organisms and their environment.
- Studying matter and its properties, including atoms, elements, compounds, and chemical reactions.
- Exploring forces and motion, including the laws of motion and simple machines.
- Investigating energy transformations and conservation in various systems.
- Studying Earth's processes, including plate tectonics, erosion, weathering, and the water cycle.
Social Studies:
World History and Geography: Medieval and Early Modern Times
- Students analyze the causes and effects of the vast expansion and ultimate disintegration of the Roman Empire.
- Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of civilizations such as:
- Islamic Empire
- China
- Sub-Saharan civilizations of Ghana and Mali
- Japan
- Europe
- Meso-American and Andean civilizations in the Middle Ages.
- Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance as well as the historical developments of the Reformation.
You can communicate with your child's teacher using Parent Square or via email:
jung.lee@fmsd.org
maria.rivero@fmsd.org
Students and parents can access homework assignments and academic grades via Google Classroom.
Homework Policy
Reading: 30 minutes daily - Power Up/Accelerated Reader Programs
Math: Around 30 minutes every day
Classroom Wish List
Headsets
Clorox Wipes
Kleenex
Schedule
Start: 8:00 AM
First Recess: 9:50 - 10:05 AM
Lunch: 12:00-12:40 PM
Dismissal: 2:15 PM
Thursdays Dismissal: 1:15 PM
Expectations
Be a Shirakawa SHARK!
Safe
Helpful
Able to Solve Problems
Respectful & Responsible
Kind and Knowledgeable