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About Mary Scroggs Elementary School: Curriculum Mary Scroggs Elementary uses a balanced literacy approach at all grade levels. This balanced literacy framework takes place during a 120-minute block inclusive of writing and spelling and the use of fiction and nonfiction literature. The focus is on integration of skills and strategies in meaningful context as well as reading for comprehension. Flexible grouping of students within a classroom allows teachers to cluster groups of students at their instructional level.
Character Education is taught at all grade levels at Mary Scroggs Elementary School. The framework used to teach character education is the HEARTWOOD ETHICS CURRICULUM. It provides teachers with a great way to raise students' awareness of such universal concepts as good citizenship, truthfulness, respect and kindness -- the moral framework they need to make appropriate choices in the future. The curriculum also suggests real-life applications and strongly promotes parental involvement through a wide variety of take-home activities.
Mary Scroggs Elementary School offers its students a 60-minute, uninterrupted block for mathematics each day at all grade levels. The curriculum used throughout the school is the EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS program, a K-5 program, developed by the University of Chicago School of Mathematics Project . The focus is on concepts not drill. Math is integrated into other subject areas and is part of the ongoing classroom routines, outdoor play, and the spare transitional moments that occur every day. Highlights include: problem-solving about everyday situations; linking past experiences to new concepts; sharing ideas through discussion; developing concept readiness through hands-on activities and explorations; cooperative learning through partner and small-group activities; and enhancing home-school partnerships.
Mary Scroggs Elementary School has a 45-minute block for science. The school also houses an outdoor science lab, the Pollywog Pavilion. In Summer 2000, the school secured a UTOTES grant, through which the teachers in the school will work closely with educators at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science in Raleigh. Beginning in the fall of 2004 the science curriculum will be supported by a science specialist and a science classroom.
The schedule for the school day supports the curriculum by providing for 45 minutes for social studies.
North Carolina Standard Course of Study The NC State Department of Public Education designed the Standard Course of Study to be followed by all public schools. For further information, access the Standard Course of Study at LearnNC.
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