1 / 22

Welcome to LoPresti/ Feild’s Chat Night

Welcome to LoPresti/ Feild’s Chat Night. Monday , September 29, 2011. Problem Solving Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division Time Money Fractions Geometry Place Value Measurement Number Sense. Math. Reading/Language.

laksha
Download Presentation

Welcome to LoPresti/ Feild’s Chat Night

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Welcome to LoPresti/Feild’s Chat Night Monday, September 29, 2011

  2. Problem Solving Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division Time Money Fractions Geometry Place Value Measurement Number Sense Math

  3. Reading/Language • Top Seven Reading Strategies (predicting, summarizing, visualizing, questioning, inferencing, clarifying, making connections) • Vocabulary Study • Comprehension • Chapter Books • Basal Stories • Cursive Writing • Sentence Types/Expansion • Paragraph Formation/Writing • Daily Journal Writing • 1 Spelling unit per week • Basic Phonics Skills

  4. SOCIAL STUDIES Mapping Communities Economics Alabama Historical Sites SCIENCE Plants Animals Human Body Earth Materials Chemical Tests Moon Phases Simple Machines Social Studies/Science

  5. Daily Routines • Class Starters-Daily Math, Mt. Language • “What’s My Place?, What’s My Value?” • Reading/Math Intervention • Write in Agenda Pad • Check Homework

  6. Snacks/Water Bottles • Healthy snacks ONLY • Eat while we work • Reminder: Only water allowed in the classroom for snack. • Encourage your child not to play with his or her water bottle

  7. Schedule/Specials Daily Schedule is in parent handbook. We go to PE every other day. Information Concerning PE: • The PE Newsletter was given to students. • Athletic shoes are REQUIRED for PE. • Parent's note for student missing PE is only good for 1 day. If a student needs to remain out of PE longer than one day a Doctor's Excuse is needed. 

  8. Weekly Newsletter The Weekly Agenda contains the following: • Parent’s notes/Reminders • A brief overview of the week by subject area • Tests/Projects

  9. Homework • Every night, Monday-Friday…Read for 20 minutes, parents signs the reading log nightly. • Occasionally, Math homework • Clean out keep at home pocket…DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING ELSE OUT OF THE BINDER!! • Important notes from school • Child’s responsibility to check it daily • Written in Agenda Pad daily

  10. Agenda Pad • Sign nightly! • All homework assignments are written here daily • Tests/Projects/Important Events are written on the day they occur

  11. Behavior • Classroom Rules posted in the room • Should be followed daily • Positive Rewards: Candy Jar, Pop Your Top • Negative Consequences: Sign Book, Sit Out at Recess, Silent Lunch, Note Home, Principal’s Office

  12. Conduct Sheet • Children sign the conduct sheet for not following the rules after one verbal warning. • Please check the conduct sheet daily and sign where highlighted. • Number of conduct checks determines the conduct grade for the nine weeks 0 checks = Outstanding 1-4 checks = Good 5-8 checks = Satisfactory 9-12 checks = Needs Improvement 13 + checks = Unsatisfactory

  13. Grades • Grades are given for each subject area: Math, Reading, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies • Tests, Class work, Activities (both group and individual), Homework, and Projects all have the potential for being graded and averaged each nine weeks

  14. Grades Continued… Grading Scale: 90-100 - A 80-89 – B 70-79 - C 60-69 – D below 60 - F

  15. STI Grades Grades can be accessed at home! Husky411.com/informationnow You will need your child’s student number (lunch number) and your child’s pin number.

  16. Husky Folder • Contains graded papers from the previous week • Sent home every Wednesday • Sign and return graded papers on Thursday • Send back all papers, they will be sent home at the end of each nine weeks

  17. Reading Log • Done nightly • Record title of book & pages read • Students write one response each week at the bottom of the log • Sign nightly

  18. AR Checklist • New checklists are given out each nine weeks. • AR counts for 30% of your child’s reading grade each nine weeks. • All books should be read by the deadline on the checklist. • Books should be within the current AR range. • Books listed on the checklist should have a score of 80% or higher. • Two grades are given: 1 for the checklist, 1 average of all tests taken (even those not passed) • Test are taken during Intervention each morning and when work is completed early • All library books that are checked out from the school library should be AR books for the checklist until it is complete. • Check to see if a book is AR by logging on to www.renlearn.com.

  19. Scholastic Book Orders • Done monthly • Encourage your child to order AR books • CHECKS ONLY made payable to Scholastic • Helps to purchase free books for our library

  20. Field Trips We will be going on the following field trips this year: • Vulcan Materials • McWane Center • Sloss Furnaces/Ruffner Mountain Chaperone Policy: • Sign up, or indicate you would like to chaperone on the field trip form • Limited number will attend • Names will be placed in a bucket and drawn in front of the kids

  21. How do I get in touch with Mrs. LoPresti or Mrs. Feild • E-mail: • Jana.lopresti@trussvillecityschools.com • Jana.feild@trussvillecityschools.com • Call the school: 228-3300 • Send a note from home…tell your child where you are putting it. • We check Husky Pads daily. You can always jot us a note in there.

More Related