Welcome

1. Welcome Berlin Intermediate School Back-to-School Night Mrs. Masters’ Class

2. Facts about BIS Did you know?

3. BIS is an Arts Integration School These natural connections reach all learners and make learning fun!

4. There are 18 fifth grade classes. 10 classes on our Sailfish Team 8 classes on the Marlin Team

5. Our School Motto is Believe, Imagine, Succeed

6. BIS Rocks with the 3 R’s Our Students are: • Respectful • Responsible • Ready to learn

7. Meet the Teacher • Mrs. Ellen Masters • 4th year at Berlin Intermediate • B.A. in Economics from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and B.S. in Elementary Education from Salisbury University. Working on M.Ed. at Wilmington College. • Teach reading, math, and social studies.

8. OurSchedule • Reading 8:00-10:00 • Math 10:00-11:30 • Recess 11:35-11:50 • Lunch 12:00-12:25 • Specials 12:30 – 1:27 • Social Studies/Science 1:30-2:25

9. Reading/Language Arts • Houghton Mifflin Reading Program • Organized by 6 themes • Interactive Reading – 45 minutes – grade level materials • Guided Reading – 45 minutes – student level materials • Language/Spelling/Writing – 30 minutes

10. Accelerated Reading Program • Students select accelerated reader books to read and test independently • I require 4 books each term, 2 before midterm, 2 after

11. Mathematics • Houghton Mifflin Grade 5 Program Place Value, Multiplication, Division Fractions, Decimals, Geometry, Percents Graphing, Problem Solving, Probability, Algebra

12. Six Reading Themes • Nature’s Fury • Give it All You’ve Got • Voices of the Revolution • Person to Person • One Land, Many Trails • Animal Encounters

13. Social Studies Two week blocks, to learn about … • First Americans • Native Americans • Exploration • Colonial America • Founding a Nation • Growth of a Nation

14. Science • Ms. Howe, soon to be Mrs. Pettolina, will be teaching your child science. • The first 2 science units are: • Weathering/Erosion • Space

15. Homework Purpose To practice skills learned at school To complete activities started in class Policy Amount of homework Due date/Parent notes

16. Homework (continued) • Weekly assignments • Reading Log • Parent read aloud • Nightly assignments • Math practice • Spelling • Grammar • Science/Social Studies

17. Rewards & Recognition Rewards • Tickets (individual) • Marbles (class) Recognition • Verbal praise • Work posted in classroom • Notes/Calls home • “It’s All About Attitude” Slip • Student of the month

18. Consequences • Nonverbal warning • Verbal warning • Detention • Parent Call • Office Referral

19. Attendance/Tardiness • Notes • Please send a note if your child is absent • Make-up work • Your child is responsible for making up all missed school work

20. Bus/Pick-up Notes • Change from daily routine – send a note in the morning

21. Communication • Agendas / Homework Folder • Important Papers Folder • Notes • Phone calls • Email: EDMasters@mail.worcester.k12.md.us don’t hesitate to call with questions, concerns or questions. Please

22. I Believe… • that when parents and teachers work together, children receive the best education possible!

23. Unity I dreamed I stood in a studio And watched two sculptors there, The clay they used was a young child’s mind, And they fashioned it with care. One was a teacher; the tools he used Were books and music and art; One, a parent with a guiding hand And a gentle, loving heart.

24. Day after day the teacher toiled, With a touch that was deft and sure, While the parent labored by his side And polished and smoothed it o’er. And when at last their task was done They were proud of what they had wrought, For the things they had molded into the child Could neither be sold nor bought.

25. And each agreed he would have failed If he had worked alone. For behind the parent stood the school, And behind the teacher the home. Anonymous

26. Thank you for visiting our classroom. Mrs. Masters and Class