Welcome to Westgate Community School

1. Agenda Tonight: Advocacy - 15 min. Language Arts - 10min. Math - 10 min. Social Studies/Science - 15 min. Welcome to Westgate Community School

2. Daily Schedule

3. About Me Mrs. Dewar I am excited to be back at Westgate! This is my fourth year here in 5-6! I am a graduate of the University of Phoenix with my BA in Elementary Education and I have my Associates in Business Administration. I am also licensed to teach K-6 grades with the state of Colorado. I currently live in Lakewood with my husband, my 2 year old daughter, and four-legged children. Previous to teaching I was a dog groomer. I have two dogs of my own and 2 bearded dragons- one of which lives in the classroom. I like to cook, garden, read, exercise, and travel.

4. Grades & How to Check • We utilize the Infinite Campus data. Please make sure to update this information with the office if you have any changes! • Students will check grades weekly • ic.adams12.org • Student Login: student id number • Student Password: firstinitallastinitalmmddyy

5. Grades • Grace periods for assignment due dates; students must request an extension ahead of time if needed to avoid impact on scoring (work will then need to be completed at home) • Highest possible score on late work is a 3 • Late work does not meet proficiency for responsible behavior standards • Students will be given the opportunity to improve work that does not meet proficiency. • If you child receives a 1, please have them redo & resubmit! • Highest possible score would be a 3. • Test corrections require an additional sheet identifying mistakes and making corrections.

6. What will grading look like? • Standards Based Grading • Authentic work to show proficiency • Community skills now attached to assignments • Rubrics for grading • Focus on scoring trends throughout units

7. Grading Categories

8. Birthdays • All food brought to share with the class needs to be prepackaged and include the list of ingredients. No nuts please! • We will be celebrating from 3:15-3:30 • Students with summer birthdays are encouraged to celebrate ½ birthdays • If your child has allergies and/or dietary restrictions, it is a great idea to supply the teacher with safe alternative treats

9. Quality Expectations & Due Dates • Grace periods for assignment due dates; students must request an extension ahead of time if needed (work willthen need to be completed at home) • Students will be given the opportunity to improve work that does not meet proficiency. If you child receives a 1, please have them redo & resubmit! (Top score would then be a 3).

10. Classroom Pages – staying connected • School news • Monthly ⅚ Newsletter • Weekly updates for each subject • Calendar • Events • Assignments • Useful links • Class OneNote

11. Work at Home Policy K-8 Work at Home Policy Typically, Westgate students do not have school work to complete at home. We want them to have time to be kids, spend time with family, and pursue other passions. Exceptions to this norm are: 1. When a student has make-up work from absences, 2. When extra practice is needed to become proficient in a skill, 3. When a student has been unproductive during their class time, 4. When there is a special “at home project.”

12. Differentiation - Beyond Ability Grouping • Project-Based Learning with choice • Self-directed or group effort • Self-evaluation rubric grading • Social/Emotion enrichment activities • High expectations for every student • Learn to be proficient/advanced by working in whole groups, small groups, and as an individual

13. Gifted Education for All Each teacher provides gifted education to every student. This looks different depending on what activity is being done in class. Gifted education can look like: giving choice into how students show understanding, asking for a deeper explanation into the subject or process, asking students to apply a given process to a different situation, compacting a unit (covering content faster than originally planned), or pulling in higher grade level standards, to name a few. At any time during a class period or unit, we may use one or multiples of these to provide adequate education to all of our students.

14. Curriculum Map & Questions • The curriculum website! https://wcscurriculum.wixsite.com/wcscurriculum • The website that will show what units are being taught and give them some insight into what specific information their student should know by the end of the unit

15. Team Contact Info: Mrs. Dewar (Team Lead): ashleigh.dewar@westgateschool.org Mrs. Cundari: christy.cundari@westgateschool.org Mr. Manning: joe.manning@westgateschool.org Ms. Sanders: tara.sanders@westgateschool.org

16. Who Teaches What? • Social Studies and Science: • 5th SS- Mr. Manning, 5th Science- Mrs. Sanders • 6th SS- Mrs. Dewar, 6th Science- Mrs. Cundari • Math classes: • 5th- Mrs. Cundari, 5th- Mrs. Sanders • 6th- Mrs. Dewar, 6th- Mr. Manning • LA classes: • 5th- Mrs. Dewar, 5th- Mr. Manning • 6th- Mrs. Sanders, 6th- Mrs. Cundari

17. What are we doing during Advocacy? We are advocates for the students. Our effort is to have connections & opportunities for students to talk to us when they need. • Mindfulness Activities • Social Emotional Development • Community Building • Career Exploration • Checking Grades • help with late/homework

18. Language Arts-Dewar 5th Grade Standards -Quarter 1: Creative Writing Unit- Personal narratives and poetry- read Amoung the Hidden -Quarter 2: Informational Unit-How to Process for a recipe, Compare/Contrast Hatchet to the movie -Quarter 3:Persuasive Unit- Create and record an ad about why to become a “Pretty”, Persuasive paper about Amelia Earhart, Amelia Debates, Read Uglies -Quarter 4: Biography of a poet-essay then read poem for presentation

19. Gifted Education for All Each teacher provides gifted education to every student. This looks different depending on what activity is being done in class. Gifted education can look like: giving choice into how students show understanding, asking for a deeper explanation into the subject or process, asking students to apply a given process to a different situation, compacting a unit (covering content faster than originally planned), or pulling in higher grade level standards, to name a few. At any time during a class period or unit, we may use one or multiples of these to provide adequate education to all of our students.

20. Math Overview - Dewar 6th Grade Standards Quarter 1: Arithmetic Operations and Dividing by a Fraction Quarter 2: Introduction to Numeric Pieces of Equations & Ratios and Unit Rates Quarter 3: Rational Numbers & Expressions and Equations Quarter 4: Geometry & Statistics and Probability

21. Math Workshop Students work collaboratively on higher level questions using thinking skills to solve real world math problems.

22. Gifted Education for All Each teacher provides gifted education to every student. This looks different depending on what activity is being done in class. Gifted education can look like: giving choice into how students show understanding, asking for a deeper explanation into the subject or process, asking students to apply a given process to a different situation, compacting a unit (covering content faster than originally planned), or pulling in higher grade level standards, to name a few. At any time during a class period or unit, we may use one or multiples of these to provide adequate education to all of our students.

23. 6th Grade Social Studies Quarter 1 Unit 1: Geography Quarter 2 Unit 2: Ancient Civilizations Quarter 3 Unit 3: Early Native Americans & The Columbian Exchange in South America Quarter 4 Unit 4: Personal Finance Literacy & The Marketplace- aka Class Towns

24. Questions?