The average class size is 20 students. AVERAGE CLASS SIZE AND TOTAL ENROLLMENT
The projected school enrollment for the 2003-04 school year
is 210 students.
Maywood is nestled among a residential neighborhood. Major renovations took place during the summer of 2002 to replace the roof, flooring, ceilings, and light fixtures.
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Full Day Kindergarten
Maywood has full day kindergarten, but provides the option for half-day instruction.
This chart is designed to provide information about what is taught at Maywood School in grades K-2. It does not list everything students are taught or all things to which students are exposed. Instead, it outlines the most important skills or units that students are taught.
 | Demonstrate an active interest in reading |
| Comprehend stories during shared and guided reading |
| Use picture clues to predict meaning |
| Sequence main story events using beginning, middle, and end |
| Listen to and discuss quality children’s literature |
| Vocabulary development |
| Recognize that letters look different from one another |
| Match letter sounds to letters in the context of words |
| Name a variety of words in word families (real words and nonsense words) |
| Read the sight words from our reading series |
| Name two or more rhyming words |
| Participate in Guided Reading and Project Read |
| Demonstrate the ability to write letters and numbers |
| Copy write |
| Sound spell words for journal and other writing opportunities |
| Use sentence rules |
| Participate in Project Read |
| Participate in sharing |
| Explain thoughts and discuss ideas |
| Follow oral directions |
| 5 senses |
| Matter |
| Life Cycles |
| Ongoing daily routines (calendar) |
| Numeration |
| Addition and subtraction |
| Geometry |
| Pattern |
| Money |
| Measurement |
| Clocks and calendars |
| Data and chance |
Self
| Build self-esteem |
| Develop independence and self-confidence |
Group
| Share, work, and play with others |
School
| Become familiar with school staff |
| Follow school and bus rules |
| Listen
attentively |
| Follow
directions |
| Respect
others |
| Demonstrate
self-control |
| Display
positive attitude |
| Stay
on task |
All kindergarten students receive instruction from specialists in music, physical education, art, and IMC/Technology.
This chart is designed to provide information about what is taught at Maywood School in grades K-2. It does not list everything students are taught or all things to which students are exposed. Instead, it outlines the most important skills or units that students are taught.
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| Development of five areas: Phonological awareness, alphabetic principle building accuracy and fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary and language |
| Build sight vocabulary |
| Use phonics skills to decode words |
| Retell stories with characters, setting, main events, problem, and solution |
| Use predicting, main idea, cause and effect, inference, drawing conclusions, and picture clues as skills to build comprehension |
| Begin to apply reading strategies to a variety of fiction and nonfiction reading materials |
| Write a complete sentence |
| Write a story with at least four sentences |
| Write a letter |
| Write journal entries |
| Begin to use capital letters and punctuation correctly |
| Experience the steps of the writing process: plan, draft, revise, edit, publish/share |
| Spell high frequency words from weekly lists |
| Spell high frequency words correctly in writing |
| Use phonics and a variety of resources to spell words correctly |
| All About You |
| All About Families |
| Social Skills |
| Being a member of a school and a class community |
| Multicultural awareness |
| Introduction to maps and globes |
Earth Science
| Traces of Living Things |
Life Science
| Plants and Animals |
| Life Cycles |
| Human Body and Nutrition |
Physical Science
| Forces and Motion |
All first grade students receive instruction from specialists in music, physical education, art, and IMC/Technology.
This chart is designed to provide information about what is taught at Maywood School in grades K-2. It does not list everything students are taught or all things to which students are exposed. Instead, it outlines the most important skills or units that students are taught.
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| Use prior knowledge to build comprehension |
| Apply phonics and context clues to read words |
| Make connections between new words with concepts across the curriculum |
| Identify story elements: characters, setting, main events, problem, solution |
| Retell stories in own words with characters, setting, plot |
| Make simple inferences and draw conclusions |
| Read self-selected materials during independent reading |
| Read a variety of reading materials |
| Respond to reading through writing |
| Integrate reading strategies in all subject areas |
| Develop reading fluency |
| Write a complete sentence |
| Write a paragraph with a main idea |
| Use story mapping to create stories |
| Use the steps of the writing process: plan, draft, revise, edit, publish/share |
| Use correct capitalization and punctuation |
| Use pronouns, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs correctly in sentences |
| Identify synonyms and antonyms |
| Alphabetize words using first and second letter |
| Identify and use contractions |
| Spell words in Spelling Mastery program |
| Spell Basic High Frequency words correctly in daily writing |
| Problem Solving |
| Estimation |
| Number Concepts and Place Value |
| Mental Calculation |
| Addition and Subtractions Facts to 20 |
| Geometry |
| Measurement |
| Statistics/Probability |
| Pattern |
| Calculators and Computers |
| Fractions |
| Staying Healthy |
| Matter |
| Animal Classification |
| Habitats |
| Living in Neighborhoods |
| Neighborhoods are Different |
| Getting Along with our Neighbors |
| Working (Needs and Wants, Community Workers, Workers Who Give Services/Make Goods) |
| Maps and Globes |
| Our Country |
| Our World |
All second grade students receive instruction from specialists in music, physical education, art, and IMC/Technology.
This chart is designed to provide information about what is taught at Maywood School in grades K-2. It does not list everything students are taught or all things to which students are exposed. Instead, it outlines the most important skills or units that students are taught.
Develop Social Skills
| Work with others (Teamwork) |
| Develop good sportsmanship |
| Give positive feedback to other students |
| Accept differences |
Develop Knowledge of Fitness and Sports
| Understand the importance of fitness |
| Learn positions, rules, and strategies |
| Be able to use knowledge away from school |
Develop a Positive Feeling Towards Physical Education
| Learn movement skills that can be used throughout the students’ lives |
Develop Movement Skills
| Expose students to as many different movement activities as possible |
| Introduce students to the art elements of line, value, shape, space, texture, and color |
| Introduce tools, techniques, and processes |
| Introduce art vocabulary and history |
| Experience drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpturing |
| Develop skills of observation |
| Express ideas and feelings in a visual form by remembering, observing, and imagining |
| Describe and respond to work in the visual arts |
| Encourage creative decision-making |
| Expose students to art vocabulary and history |
| Develop an appreciation for art |
Kindergarten
| Explore differences between: singing and speaking, high and low tones, loud and soft, fast and slow |
| Recognize and read/play: beat and rest, patterns in music |
First Grade
| Experience pitch- up, down, same; rhythm- beat, rest, divided beat, movement; tone color- singing, speaking, instruments; form- same, different, patterns |
Second Grade
| Experience sequential music learning: pitch- la, so, mi, re, do; rhythm- beat, rest, divided beat, half note, movement; harmony- instrument and chant accompaniments, rounds; tone color- singing, speaking, instruments of orchestra; form- same, different, patterns in listening and reading |
| Expose students to a wide range of reading materials |
| Implement strategies for locating books and information |
| Demonstrate the value and joy of reading |
| Demonstrate knowledge of hardware and software appropriate to grade level |
| Use technology as a learning tool in conjunction with traditional resources to achieve learning objectives |
| Select and use appropriate technology to access, create, and communicate information |
| Integrate library and technology throughout the curriculum |
Maywood K-2 students participate in local testing. The second grade students take the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment.
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Maywood staff and students value the dignity of all members of the school community at all times. A positive, consistent approach to discipline which focuses on safety, respect, communication, self-discipline, problem solving, development of a positive self-image, and prevention of discipline problems will be used at Maywood.
Safety policies and procedures are fully implemented at Maywood. Parent and Student Handbooks are distributed at the beginning of the school year that details behavior expectations for maintaining a safe learning environment. The five Maywood guidelines are discussed at the beginning of the school year, and stressed throughout the year.
Maywood is a Tribes, TLCâ school. Tribes is a “process”-a way to establish a positive culture for learning and human development throughout a school curriculum.
The four community agreements that we follow at Maywood include:
Recess and lunch are favorite social times for students. Students may choose to bring a cold lunch or they may purchase hot lunch from school.
The Parent-Teacher Organization meetings for Maywood and Nichols Schools are usually held on the second Thursday of each month at 5:30 at Maywood. Parents have the opportunity to learn more about the Monona elementary schools.
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After school childcare is provided at Maywood School through a private agency. Stop in the Maywood Office for information.
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We ask all parents, visitors, and volunteers to stop by the main office and sign our “Visitor Book” and obtain your “Visitor” pin before visiting classrooms.
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What is a Maywood Turtle? Maywood School has adopted the turtle as its school symbol. Being a Maywood Turtle is very special! On Friday it is usual to find students and staff dressed in the Maywood school colors of teal and orange or in Maywood turtle logo clothing. These special days help us generate spirit for our school.
Throughout history many cultures have considered the turtle objects of reverence. In many legends the turtle supports the earth on its back and the turtle supports the diversity of the earth. The Maywood building is a shell created out of mortar and brick, but the shell does not make the school. It is the devoted, reliable and dedicated people who make Maywood School the cornerstone for learning. As the turtle supports the earth, we support the learning and diversity of our students.
Did you know that Maywood School has a school song? Ken Lonnquist a professional singer/songwriter created the Maywood School Song during a three-day artist residency in 2000 with the Maywood students. Every Friday morning you can hear the song emanating from the speakers and the students proudly singing the words to their school song.
Cool school
Friendly neighborhood
Your turtles are looking good
The way a turtle should- Maywood!
M-A-Y
W-Double O –D
Maywood is the school for me
T-U-R
T-L-E-S
Turtles are the very best………”
Cool school
Friendly neighborhood
Your turtles are looking good
The way a turtle should- Maywood!
M-A-Y
W-Double O –D
Maywood is the school for me
T-U-R
T-L-E-S
Turtles are the very best………”
Cool school
Friendly neighborhood
Your turtles are looking good
The way a turtle should- Maywood!