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Johnston, Iowa Tutoring Programs
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Johnston District and Curriculum
Johnston-area students attend Johnston Community School District. Teaching and learning follow the Iowa Core Curriculum. The Iowa Core curriculum is a student-based approach that includes a set of academic expectations and standards for all students at each grade level in core subject areas. Strategies are taught to help students develop the necessary skills for educational success. Literacy standards are integrated in History and Social Studies, Science and Technical subject areas.
We currently cover the following Johnston-area school district: Johnston Community School District.
Educating Our Parents: Understanding the Johnston District Curriculum
One core area, Language Arts, includes a curriculum of reading, listening, speaking, writing, spelling, handwriting, and vocabulary. Students are taught to make connections between what they read, write, speak, listen, and view. Language Arts instruction may also be integrated within the discipline or with other disciplines. The elementary program begins with an emphasis on “learning to read” progressing to “reading to learn.”
Mathematics standards are built around Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Elementary grades spend time on number sense and computation of whole numbers, fractions, decimals as well as geometry and measurement. Junior and high school students will apply prior learning through meaningful and purposeful practice in more advanced concepts or ratio, proportion and percent as well as algebra, measurement, statistics and probability in gaining mathematical understanding and language.
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Keeping Informed: Recent Johnston Educational News
- Jazz in July - Come see the Johnston High School Jazz Combo performing at Jazz in July. Located on the lawn near the Johnston Public Library, the JHS Jazz Combo will join jazz singer Betsy Hickok and her quartet to play their smooth jazz. Sponsored by the Metro Arts Alliance, the night also includes local artists, children's activities and food and drink vendors. So bring your blankets, lawn chairs and picnic dinner and listen to the great jazz music from local students alongside a local artist.
- Johnston Middle School Cultural Exchange - Eighteen Johnston Middle School students, teachers, and family members visited England, went by ferry across the English Channel, visiting the Normandy Beaches and western France, to finish their trip with three days in Paris. This was the first JMS French trip over the past couple years, however Johnston High School has an ongoing exchange program with a high school in St. Etienne, France.
- Painted Dragon Project - As part of the Johnston Community School District’s Centennial Celebration, you and your child can be a part of the Painted Dragon Project for a chance to win a prize. Purchase a small or medium sized dragon sculpture, paint it anyway you want and put it in front of a panel of judges. Prizes will be awarded based on originality, creativity and overall look. Dragons can also be purchased without entering contest…..you can keep the sculpture for your own decoration.
Johnston Tutors Can Help Your Student Succeed
SchoolTutoring Academy works with young learners and students, all the way up through high school. We offer Pre-K and Kindergarten Tutoring as well as Elementary School Tutoring to build a strong learning foundation early on. We also offer comprehensive tutoring across all school subjects.
Chalk Talk: Using Games as Test Review
Games we see on television, play on the iPad, phone or computer or those board games we pull out for family night can be made into learning games before a quiz or test. Vocabulary words, characters, settings, even math problems can become categories or a “title” for a homemade Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune game. There is a little of work ahead of time – flashcards, a white board or chart paper to have the “game” on – but well worth it. Check with your child’s teacher is he or she uses games in their classroom during instruction. If so, ask for a copy or resource to help you get started in creating a home version. Even Candy Crush can become a review for an exam by asking your student to line up similar colored or coded flash cards that are randomly placed. Same colored or coded cards can be within specific categories for the subject your child is studying. Review and test preparation becomes more fun than just reading notes and memorizing facts.
