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Your Hopes and Dreams

Hanscom Primary School Parent Information Night September 17, 2015 Mrs. Eisenman Special Education Tutor: Mrs. Parent. Your Hopes and Dreams. Gain confidence Love learning and school. Improve math Learn the joy of reading Improve handwriting and learn cursive

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Your Hopes and Dreams

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  1. Hanscom Primary SchoolParent Information NightSeptember 17, 2015Mrs. EisenmanSpecial Education Tutor:Mrs. Parent

  2. Your Hopes and Dreams Gain confidence Love learning and school Improve math Learn the joy of reading Improve handwriting and learn cursive Work on friendships and social skills Continue to grow and be awesome!

  3. Open House Outline • Parent-Teacher Partnership • Communication • Learning Targets/Standards Based Reporting • How to help at home • Online Resources • Daily Schedule • Miscellaneous • Questions

  4. Parent-Teacher Partnership Growth Mindset Try, Try Again, Try a New Way Working together to create academic and social success for students.

  5. Communication • Parents are “experts” – Please fill us in and keep us in the loop! • Daily red homework folders (notes, notices, completed work) • Email (eisenman2@lincnet.org) or phone messages (274-7721, x. 6466) • Parent-Teacher Conferences (Oct./Nov. & March) • Report Cards (December, March, June)

  6. Learning Targets • Learning targets are crafted by teachers and used during lessons to guide students towards what is expected. • “Look-fors” help students know what they can do to reach the learning target • Can be short or long term

  7. Standards Based Reporting • Learning targets are based on standards from the Lincoln Learning Expectations, which are based on state and national standards • Our report card is organized by standards with descriptions for the grade level. Important highlights include • Growth as a learner section and academic achievement section • Effort and academic achievement are separate • We use a 4, 3, 2, 1 scoring system on individual assessments as well as on report cards 4: yes, and 3: yes 2: yes, but 1: not yet

  8. How to Help at Home • Check red folder nightly! • Emphasize nightly reading and talking about what has been read • Support practice of writing • Practice Math Facts (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication) • Encourage a growth mindset

  9. Online Resources Lincoln Public Schools Website www.lincnet.org Everyday Math Website (login information will be in red folders)

  10. Our Daily Schedule

  11. Responsive Classroom • Morning Meeting • Greeting, Sharing, Activity, Message • Hopes and Dreams • “Take a Break” • Logical Consequences

  12. Rules Be Kind Be Safe Be Respectful Be a Hard Worker

  13. Math • Everyday Mathematics curriculum • Direct instruction as well as hands on activities • Differentiation through small group instruction, independent practice, games, computer practice (X-tra Math, websites, Dreambox)

  14. Snack/Recess • Snack every day - please remember to pack your child a healthy snack every day • We will go outside for recess every day, except for rain or extreme cold, so please make sure to send children to school with appropriate clothing

  15. Writing • Writing workshop: mini-lessons, workshop model • Narrative, expository, and opinion writing • Cursive • Word Work: Spelling Patterns • Daily Language Instruction: editing, conventions, grammar

  16. Language Arts • CENTERS • Guided Reading (small group leveled instruction) • Reader’s Workshop Mini-lessons (whole group skill/strategy lessons) • Read to Self/Just Right Reading • Read to Someone (fluency practice) • Writing about Reading • Word study (phonics, vocabulary)

  17. Lunch/Recess • Students eat in the cafeteria/gym • Lunch money can be sent to school or can be deposited online with MyNutrikids (on LPS website) • Deployment lunch groups with Mrs. Salis

  18. Spanish • Señora Hughes • Monday, Tuesday, Thursday for 20 minutes

  19. Social Studies • Massachusetts History • Plimouth (Pilgrim & Wampanoag groups) • Revolutionary history • State geography

  20. Science • Rocks and minerals • Magnets • Life Science

  21. Specialists • Wellness/PE (Monday & Thursday) • Art (Tuesday) • Music (Wednesday) • Science Enrichment (Thursday) • Library (Friday)

  22. MUSIC class meets for 45 minutes 3rd grade concert: Spring 2015 With Mr. Ruiz

  23. ART class meets for 45 minutes With Mrs. Lubin

  24. WELLNESS class meets for 45 minutes twice a week * Don’t forget sneakers!* With Mrs. Clarkin and Mr. Leahy

  25. LIBRARY meets for 45 minutes With Mrs. Rote

  26. TECHNOLOGY will meet for special projects throughout the year and typing classes in the spring

  27. Miscellaneous • State Assessments • English/Language Arts: March 2016 • Math: May 2016 • Field Trip • Plimouth Plantation • Lincoln Minutemen • Arrival time 7:45-8:00 • Dismissal, if change of plans please send note or email • Appropriate clothing • Birthdays (recognition at school, invitations) • Classroom Needs • Volunteers

  28. Thank you so much for coming tonight!

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