Del Mar Pines provides small class sizes with two teachers and four ability level groups for reading and math. The curriculum includes phonics, decoding, reading fluency and comprehension using various programs and books. Students also learn math, science, social studies, art, PE, music, technology and library. Discipline focuses on positive reinforcement and problem solving. The schedule includes snacks, lunch, recess and special activities.

2. Why Del Mar Pines?
• Small class size
• Two teachers
• Four ability level
groups for reading
and math

3. Calendar, days of week, months of the year
Counting school days, place value, 100’s chart
Patterns, graphing, telling time, money
Seasons, holidays, weather changes
Reading books, Illustrations, poetry, singing songs
Restroom, running, stretching

4. Small ability group reading instruction
• Saxon Phonics & Wilson Fundations:
Phonemic awareness, phonics and decoding, handwriting
• SRA and Scott Foresman
Decoding, reading, fluency, expression, comprehension
•Independent work to practice skills learned
•Visualizing and Verbalizing
•iPads read a story, phonics, rhyming, writing stories
•Big book Illustrations

5. Healthy small snack
Making friends, getting
along with others, play
soccer, climb, use sand
area, four square with
balls, jump ropes, use the
hula hoops.

6. Houghton Mifflin California Math
• Ability group instruction
•Hands on activities and iPads
• Sort, classify and positions
• Shapes, patterns and graphs
• Numbers through 30
• Comparing sets
• Addition and subtraction
• Time& measurement
• Geometry

7. Healthy lunch
Ki’s

8. Chapter books
Imagination
Visualization
Listening
Comprehension: retelling, predicting,
main idea, plot, setting, characters

9. 3 times a week
Art
Math
Reading
Building

10. Scott Foresman
• Getting along with others
• Symbols in our world
• City, state, country, world
• Calendars in our world
• Times past and present

11. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
• Life: plants & animals
• Earth: earth & weather
• Physical: matter & water

12. MF Spanish:Liza Huet
M Art: Tonya Robinson
M TH P.E: Ray Fausch
TH Music: Mona Goetsch
F Tech: Veronica Scott
F Library: Laura Murphy

14. Positive Discipline
Problem Solvers
Clip Chart
Helper of the day
Fabulous Friday
Flag Salute

15. Yearbook Photographer
Monthly Birthday Parties
Halloween Carnival
Fall & Spring Field Trip
Thanksgiving Feast
Holidays Around the World
Musical Cast Party
Valentine’s Party
Author’s Party
End of Year Picnic
Graduation