Curriculum

Curriculum Night Presentations

OPENING SESSION - SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, LSC & WATERSTODAY

Acceleration - Mr. De Allaume

Wilson Reading System - Ms. Parcell

Presentations are posted for the entire grade level or linked to the teacher's name.

4TH GRADE - Presentation
Beronica Mermuys   | Rm 317 |   [email protected]
Erin Hooper | Rm 318 |   [email protected]
Araceli Medrano | Rm 319 | [email protected]

5TH GRADE - Presentation
Heather Hoffman | Rm 205 |  [email protected]
Brandon Orlov   | Rm 307 |   [email protected]
Monce Castro   | Rm 308 | [email protected]

6TH GRADE - Presentation
Jessica Collins | Rm 304 | [email protected]
Kathleen Smallwood | Rm 305 | [email protected]
Lucila Roman  | Rm 310 |  [email protected]

7TH GRADE   - Presentation
Peggy Ballasch  | Rm 302 |   [email protected]
Luke Vanderkrabben | Rm 311 | [email protected]
Natalie Hernandez | Rm 309 | [email protected]

8TH GRADE - Presentation
Arlicia McClain | Rm 303 |   [email protected]
Seth Raman   | Rm 301 |   [email protected]

Core Curriculum

The CPS core academic curriculum includes Language Arts (Reading and Writing), Math, Science, and Social Studies. At Waters we strive to differentiate learning within each classroom so that students can feel comfortable yet be appropriately challenged with opportunities to grow. Central to Waters’ approach, the teachers take every opportunity to integrate across content areas and provide authentic hands-on learning experiences.

Language Arts

K-5th Grade
- Amplify CKLA is our base Language Arts curriculum (reading and writing combined) for K-5
- Wilson Fundations is used for students K-1 for Phonics & Phonemic Awareness
- We are in our first year of using Skyline for Foundational Reading Skills (print concepts, phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics and word recognition, and fluency) grades 2nd-5th.
Savvas' MyPerspectives is the language arts curriculum for grades 6th - 8th.

Mathematics

For K-8th Grade, we use Illustrative Math
- Grades 6-8th use the Accelerated version of Illustrative Math
  6-8th Grade Standards are compacted into 6th & 7th Grade, 8th Grade is Algebra

Science

Our K-8 scope and sequence science curriculum is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards, which teach science as both a body of knowledge and as a hands-on, evidence-based curriculum.
- K-5th Classrooms use Foss as a base curriculum
- 6-8th Grade Classes use SEPUP (Science Education for Public Understanding Program) as a base curriculum
- The Environmental Science essentials class is integrated with the regular classroom science curriculum.

Social Studies

Skyline

The Pilot Light Food Education Standards have been developed, in collaboration with community and education stakeholders, to further the important mission of deploying and defining food education to schools throughout Chicago and beyond. The Food Education standards are integrated into our homerooms at Waters.