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WELCOME to the Lucky Longshoe Learning Community! Check out your child’s goals!!!. Hello Parents! Your child has written long term goals for fifth grade (academic & “success” behavior) on foam balloons. Please take time to read them.
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WELCOME to the Lucky Longshoe Learning Community!Check out your child’s goals!!! • Hello Parents! Your child has written long term goals for fifth grade (academic & “success” behavior) on foam balloons. Please take time to read them. 2. Now….it’s your turn to write goals you have for your child in fifth grade. 3. Write one goal on each of the blank balloons with a marker. 4. These will be shared & posted for your child.
Grade 5 Room 25 Mrs. Heidi Long M.Ed. Educational Leadership Principal Certification Autism Certification Program Warwick Elementary School 2015-16 “Plant your roots & let them GROW!”
Jake Who is Mrs. Long? Cabela & Sparta Tanner The Long Family Annie Morgan Hunter Sorrell
Tonight’s Agenda • Part One: Developing your child socially and emotionally • Part Two: Developing your child academically • Part Three: Fifth Grade Logistics; “Business” items; Wrap Up
Lucky Longshoe Learning Community • Common goals • Synergize & Give Feedback • Make mistakes • Problem Solve • Laugh a lot! • Support • Learn & Grow • Care & Show Compassion WHO are we?
Values vs. Rules • We practice values each day that our community has identified as important to us • Heart of our classroom management system • Lucky Longshoes, Power Paws, Class Earned Longshoes, Think Breaks
Part Two: Developing Your Child Academically • Begins with success standards: Bring it! • Mistake*Ability: The ability to make mistakes and feel lucky you have the chance to grow from them • Differentiation: academic and interest
A Walk Through Your Child’s Day • 8:45-9:05 Arrival and Morning Routines • 9:15-9:55SPECIALS • Monday: QUEST • Tuesday: PE • Wednesday: LIBRARY • Thursday: MUSIC • Friday: ART
Math 10:35-11:55 • Students switch classes • Xtramath.org 3 times per week • Everyday Math Games Online • Homework posted on teacher sites • Maintain math notebook • SRB & Study Links online access • Test Alerts with standards/skills being assessed (few days prior) • www.tenmarks.com
Accelerated Math • Rooted in fifth grade CBSD curriculum • Enhanced with sixth grade CBSD concepts & skills • Accelerated pace
Lunch & Recess11:55-12:55 Most days this time is available to students for extra help
Reading12:55-2:25 • Lead 21, Comprehension Tool Kit and Shared Reading • Book Clubs with Small Groups • Independent reading • Book log in assignment book (Parent initials every night) • At least 100 minutes every week • Students must always have a book with them! • Online log of finished books Biblionasium • Read Aloud (and snack time) • Word Study • Engaging text and active, close reading is always the goal!
Writing/Language Arts2:25-3:25 • Writing Studio Format • Lucy Calkins Units of Study (narrative, opinion, informative) • Mentor Texts • Writer’s Notebook & Binder • 5 Domains • Focus, content, organization, style, conventions • Grammar • Spelling • 2-3 activity pages due every Friday • Must be completed in cursive! • Test on Fridays
Class Meeting 3:25-3:40 • Focus on social/emotional • Development of our Lucky Longshoe Learning Community • Review of targets for following day
What should I expect in regards to homework? • Daily (except Friday) & Posted on my teacher site • Assignment book/ please sign each night • 50 minutes maximum • Independent (reading, math, spelling) • Reading each night
Reporting Student Progress • Conference Report (Marking Periods 1 & 3) • Progress Report (Marking Periods 2 & 4)
Standard Limited Progress Meeting Approaching Exceeding Standard Standard Standard CBSD Standards-Based Indicators
Special Events • Peace Valley Nature Center, Ecology Field Trip – Wednesday, Oct. 21st • Halloween Parade and Party – Friday, Oct. 30th • Winter Celebration – December 2015 • Reading Olympics (Spring 2016) • Spring Field Trip (TBD) • Instruments/Band (assembly on Friday) • Parent/Child Book Clubs: Dec. 4th (Firegirl) & May 11th(A Tangle of Knots) • End of Year Celebration – June 2015 • School Play
<=""> <=""> Parent/Child Book Club Firegirl by: Tony Abbott Book Club: Friday, December 4, 2015 Tangle of Knots By: Lisa Graff Book Club: Wednesday, May 11, 2016
What school policies do I need to know about? • ABSENCES: • Immediate excuse note/email • Call/Email for work to be sent • No worries… • Volunteers need clearances • Birthday Celebrations • HEALTH: • Inform nurse of any medical changes
What will my child learn in fifth grade? • How to be a classroom community member • How to achieve his/her personal best each day • How to self regulate • How to be a thinker and be aware of his/her thinking (metacognition) in all academic areas • How to develop confidence in expression
Student curriculum websites • Math: www.everydaymathonline.com • www.xtramath.org • www.tenmarks.com • Writing: • www.noredink.com • Office 365 • Social Studies: www.learntci.com • Reading: www.wglead21.com • www.biblionasium.com • Teacher Site: www.cbsd.org/Domain/1509
Why should I leave here tonight feeling excited about my child’s school year? • I promise to embrace your child like my very own • I will differentiate my instruction to meet your child’s academic/emotional strengths and needs • I will maintain communication with you • I love what I do each day and your child will know that!