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Lockers Open for a small surprise!!

Lockers Open for a small surprise!!. For backpacks, lunch, math materials Keep paper, supplies, homeroom folders in DESK Bad idea to share your combination! Please turn in forms to basket Browse your assignment book and handouts. Welcome!. BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT Ms. O ’ C--Room 203.

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Lockers Open for a small surprise!!

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  1. LockersOpen for a small surprise!! For backpacks, lunch, math materials • Keep paper, supplies, homeroom folders in DESK Bad idea to share your combination! • Please turn in forms to basket • Browse your assignment book and handouts

  2. Welcome! BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT Ms. O’C--Room 203

  3. SCASD Mission Statement • To Prepare Students • for Lifelong Success • through Excellence in Education

  4. About Ms. O’C • Teacher since 1985 (CA, China) • BS-PSU, Cred-UC Berkeley, MEd-PSU • Began teaching SCASD 1989 • Favorite Subject=Everything!

  5. My Job: GROW YOUR BRAIN YOUR JOB: Grow Your Brain Like Michelangelo: “If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all”

  6. Your Brain now…11 years old

  7. Your brain at 21 years old

  8. In Middle School • More RIGHTS • More RESPONSIBILITIES • (Parent roles MAY change) • Bigger school • 6 Day Cycle • More Friends!

  9. French Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre • Who wrote that “The anguish of decision is the hallmark of • RESPONSIBILITY” • In Ms. O’C’s words: “You are responsible for your own behavior.”

  10. Reading-Choice Books

  11. Fiction Reading • The “gateway drug” to reading. • Reading 20 min/night x 1 school year • = about 2 MILLION words • Reading 5 min/night x 1 school year • =about 200,000 words

  12. Writing(Laptops)

  13. Curriculum Units • Social Studies • Bridges to Understanding • Ancient Civilizations • (PreHistory, Mesopotamia/Egypt, China, Greece • Current Events • Geography • Science • Discovery Science • Matter&Molecules • Mixtures • Drugs/Alcohol Awareness

  14. Exploratory Classes • Art/Music • (Family Consumer Science, Technology Education) • PE **CLOTHES** DAYS 2,5 (shirt, shorts, shoes) • Foreign Language-12 weeks each (Spanish, French, German)

  15. Weekly Letter • Mondays (hard copy/email) • Return TEAR OFF by Wed • Information, dates and homework • On website • Parent Help:online@scasd.org • 814-231-7744

  16. Homework • Assignment Book—ON the WEEKLY LETTER! • EVERY school night about 1 hour • Daily: 30 min Reading, Math • Weekly: Vocab, Writing, Spelling • OTHERS as assigned

  17. YOUR ASSIGNMENT BOOK (AB) IS YOUR BEST FRIENDIN MIDDLE SCHOOLWrite This: Tues 8/26-Weekly Letter dueFri 9/12—Parent Verification due (p. 42 in AB)

  18. (This is not the end of my presentation) To RETURN! • FORMS to return to Ms. O’C: -Parent/Guardian Survey (Orange) -AB Parent Verification signed-9/12 -Photo/Social Media permission (Classroom closed blogging only) (Online with Emergency Contact Forms) -T Shirt order 9/5

  19. Contacting Ms. O’C • BEST=Email--kxo11@scasd.org • Weekly Letter tear-off return notes • Website--SCASD/PFMS/Staff/O’Connell (contains Weekly Letters, links to workpages and Library Research sources) • Phone--PFMS 272-8464 (messages) Home-234-1115

  20. Field Trips • Outdoor--Team Building—Fri, Oct 3 (Chaperones—Parent Volunteer Form Required—see PFMS Website. • PSU Matson Museum of Anthropology—March TBA • Carnegie Science Center Roadshow—April TBA • Greek Olympics—May TBA • Parent Chaperones/helpers needed! (Watch WL for dates)

  21. PFMS Stuff • ROAR Day—Thur 9/4 • Respect, Organization, Attitude, Respect. • AREA—Homework Help, Quiet Study, Band, Choir and Orchestra, others • Extra Curr--IM, Clubs, Drama, Fun Days

  22. Mindfulness • PSU C.A.L.M. Study 2012-2014 Participant • Gentle stretching, breathing, postures • “Thinking about thinking” • 1-2 times/cycle

  23. Mountain Lion Team Lunch 11:10-11:40 • Healthy Snacks OK (almost) anytime • Water Bottle w/sport cap-anytime (Laptops) • Recess or PE daily • Student- Led Conferences-FALL-Oct 16, 17 (sign up on my website in Sept) • PSSA-April 15,16 (ELA), April 22,23 (Math)

  24. Next? Use the BLUE schedule in AB to tour the building and all off team teachers. After Exploratory classes, you may come back for locker practice if you wish.

  25. MATH Workshop • With Ms O’C and Mrs. Simpson GROW YOUR BRAIN—Like Michael Jordan: “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed…I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. I cannot accept not trying.”

  26. Math Daily 8:35-9:44 • Sharing, puzzling, figuring things out, teaching each other, practice • BRING to math class: • Math Notebook • Math Folder • Pencil, Assignment Book • (Snacks/water are fine anytime EX laptops)

  27. Homework • Do in class til late September • EVERY NIGHT Mon-Thurs • 5-10 minutes (if apply yourself) • HH if not done, lose points late • Parents sign if work 15 min/not done • Absent—due a day late, ASK for it!

  28. Connected Math • 1. Prime Time (Factors/multiples) • 2. Comparing Bits and Pieces (Fraction, Decimal, Percent concepts) • 3. Let’s Be Rational (Fraction operations) • 4. Covering and Surrounding (Area/Perimeter) • 5. Decimal Ops (Computation with Decimals, Percents) • 6. Variables and Patterns (Algebra) • 7. Data About Us

  29. Grading • Class participation • Tests/quizzes • Homework • Fact practice/IXL • Portfolios will come home w/graded work

  30. Contact us! • Ms. O’C—EMAIL is best • kxo11@scasd.org • School messages: 272-8464 • Home: 234-1115 • Mrs Simpson • ckw14@scasd.org • (School-272-8480)

  31. Please RETURN • Family/Child info page—on the first day of school • NOW WHAT?—on to your Homeroom Teacher classroom

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