Curriculum
For Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies, grade levels have
aligned Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III to the curriculum
and created pacing guides to ensure the benchmarks are covered during
the school year. Assessments and rubrics were created and used to assess
student achievement of the grade level benchmarks. Students use rubrics
to self assess their own work to increase achievement. Rubrics and self
assessment are also used to determine student’s achievement of the
General Learner Outcomes (GLOs)
Language Arts:
The school will be using the 2008 Scott Foresman - Reading Street
program. Reading Street is a research based program that supports the
Hawaii Content and Performance Standards in language arts. The reading
program emphasizes systematic instruction in the areas of phonemic
awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Students
read high interest authentic literature as well as high quality
informational texts.
www.pearsonschool.com – type
in Reading Street 2008 in the search field
Mathematics
Program: Investigations in Number, Data, and Space 2008
Investigations in Number, Data, and Space is a K – 5 mathematics
curriculum designed
to engage students in making sense of mathematical ideas in the areas of
number and
operations, geometry, data, measurement, and early algebra.
www.MathSupportforParents.com
The school wide problem solving plan utilized by all students in grades
K – 5 is
TIPS – T – Think, I – Information, P – Plan, S – Solution. With
practice, students use the
plan to solve complex word problems.
Science
Program used: Science and Technology for Children (STC) and teacher
created units
Mililani Uka’s inquiry based science curriculum captures the interests
of students through hands-on learning. Students discover and learn
science concepts through real world experiences fostering their critical
thinking and problem solving skills. The curriculum links science with
other subject areas such as reading, writing, and math.
www.carolinacurriculum.com/STC
Social Studies
Program used: Scott Foresman (1988) and teacher created units
In grades K-5, Students learn about the past and the present from a
variety of perspectives: historical understanding and content, political
science and civics, cultural anthropology, geography, and economics.
Current events are used to help students relate the past to the present,
recognize change, hypothesize about the future.Technology
Mililani Uka is fully networked for voice, video and data. All computers
on campus are multimedia capable and internet accessible. Currently
there are two computer labs (PC and Mac) and a mobile lab of laptops.
Students go to the computer lab at least once a week for curriculum
integrated lessons using applications such as Microsoft Office,
HyperStudio, Type To Learn, KidPix and Achieve3000. The labs are also
used for afterschool programs reinforcing Math Skills and Reading
Comprehension. All teachers have laptops and printers to plan lessons,
take attendance and lunch count, produce report cards and communicate
via email. The library is networked for circulation, on-line catalog and
electronic references. The office is equipped for electronic payroll,
budgeting, finances, student information and inventory.
Audio-Visual production equipment consists of still digital cameras,
digital camcorders, and video production hardware (computers, editing
bays and non-linear video editors). Each Monday morning, students
broadcast live from our studio Uka happenings, Breakfast and Lunch
menus, exercise and jokes. Our newest addition is a video conferencing
center which enables students and teachers to conduct live conferences
from one school to another. QUEST
Program
QUEST is Mililani Uka’s Gifted and
Talented Program. It is a supplemental,
inquiry based, pull out program that
services identified students in Grades
Kindergarten through Fifth.
QUEST focuses on multiple intelligences
in various content areas. Students use
their strengths and “stretch” in other
areas as they become critical thinkers
and problem solvers. They are also given
the opportunity to become self directed
learners, community contributors,
quality producers, effective
communicators and ethical users of
technology.
Students in the Program are also
involved with a weekly news broadcast (MUES
News) and serve as Peer Mentors to
younger students
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