Mrs. Long & Mrs. Dawson's Classroom Policies and Procedures 2016-2017

1. Mrs. Long & Mrs. Dawson’sClassroom Policies and Procedures2016-2017Room 203 and 200

2. Meet the Teachers Mrs. Long I graduated from The College of New Jersey where I studied Elementary Education and Psychology. I taught 5th grade in NJ for 3 years and 3rd grade in Goose Creek. This will be my 5th year teaching fifth grade at Pinckney, and I LOVE it! This will be my 9th year teaching! I love to cook, bake, travel, read, paint, and scrapbook! My husband and I have a one year old named Cody. We also have a golden doodle named Millie, she turned two this summer, and has been a great guard dog!

3. Mrs. Dawson I attended USC and graduated from the CofC. This is my 10th year teaching 5th grade here at Pinckney! I love traveling, gardening, family, football and the Gamecocks! My husband and I have been married for 23 years and have 3 kids. Brittany, Matt and Megan. I am proud to be a Charlestonian!

4. Mrs. Smith I graduated from Meredith College with a BA in Social Work and Sociology. I grew up in Charlotte, NC but spent most of my adult life living in Baltimore, Md. I moved to Mt. Pleasant four years ago. I worked as a paraeducator in Maryland for 4 years and am entering my 5th year working in Charleston County. My husband and I have 4 children including a set of twins and have two bouncy boxer dogs. I am a huge sports fan and love to exercise and spend time outdoors.

5. Individual Self-Discipline Mrs. Long’s Mrs. Dawson’s Class Bingo. Students will be awarded spots on the class bingo board for being on task, participating, caught doing a positive behavior and once the board is full, 10 names will be called for a prize. Tickets. Students will be awarded tickets for being on task, participating and showing positive behavior. They will write their name on the back and put it in the can. Each Friday, I will pick out a few names to go to the treat box. Kindness Coins: Occasionally, we’ll both give out Kindness Coins to a student caught being exceptionally kind to another person. There is a special reward for all holders of these coins two times during the year.

6. Rewards & Consequences Gaining a ticket/bingo spot: asked good questions, helping others, team work, held door, on task, participating, respectful, raised hand, responsibility, teamwork, working hard, special area behavior. • Rewards: Stinky Feet Pass, Bring a Blanket Pass, Write in Pen for the Day Pass, Wear a Hat for the Day, Chew Gum for a subject period, Extra Day on an Assignment Pass, Pick your own Partner Pass, Sit next to a Buddy Pass, Get Out of Trouble Pass, Skip Morning Work Pass, No Homework Pass, Prize/Candy Jar Consequences: Think sheet Laps, or silent lunch at teacher discretion

7. Active-based Learning We believe that students need to move around while learning. Students participate in brain breaks throughout the day to keep them engaged. Our classrooms contains yoga balls, wobble cushions, swivel boards, balance boards, and fidget items that students will be able to use and rotate their seats each day.

8. Agendas Students will have homework each night, Monday through Thursday. Their agenda will be sent home every night and is to come back with them each day. Students are responsible for writing down their homework in the beginning of the day, then we review and stamp it. Once their homework is completed, parents must sign the agenda.

9. Important Papers/Fliers/Communication Any information such as important papers or fliers for parents will be put in the agenda or in the front of the binder. It might also be sent home in a bi-weekly folder with quizzes, and tests. Occasional email updates will be sent out as needed. Please let me know if you do not have access to an email account and other arrangements can be made. Orange Name Placards: these are SECURE and whoever has them shows us that your child is safe to be sent home with them. Please let us know if you need additional ones. REVTRACK: Easiest way to submit any payments!

10. Homework • Expect Math and Handwriting HW Monday-Thursday • Spelling homework will be assigned twice a week • SS, Science and Reading homework will be assigned as needed. • Maximum amount of time per night is 50 minutes, which won’t happen often. If your child has spent more than that time, please write a note- don’t spent hours if your child is struggling! • If a student misses a homework assignment, their homework is incomplete, or they forget to do their homework they will complete it during their recess time and/or finish it at home, this is so that no student falls behind. • Assignments more than 2 days late will receive a zero.

11. Bi-Weekly Progress Report Every other Friday we will send home a YELLOW folder full of quizzes or tests that your child has completed that week, and their responsibility homework sheet. Please review all work with your child, complete the responsibility sheet, sign and return all papers the following Monday. Please be sure you’ve followed the steps sent home on getting access to parent portal!

12. Responsibility Homework We believe it’s important to have that home school connection, as well as keep students responsible and aware of their own assignments and grades. Along with quizzes and tests sent home bi weekly, you’ll see this form that is to be completed by the student and parent to review current grades/missing assignments on parent portal. If a computer isn’t available other arrangements can be made, just let us know! Responsibility Homework Date _________________________ EDMODO I checked Edmodo. YES NO I have missing assignments. YES NO If yes, what assignments are missing? 1. ________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________ Did YOU resubmit the work? YES NO Parent Portal Do not just look at the overall grade! Click on each subject area to see if anything is missing! I checked Parent Portal. YES NO I have missing assignments. YES NO Missing Assignment Title: 1. ________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________ Why are these assignments missing?____________________________________________________________________________________________________ I realize that keeping up with my grades and classwork is my responsibility, too. School is my job and prepares me for college and my future! Student Signature ___________________________________ Parent Signature ____________________________________ You have two days to turn in any missing work!

13. Morning Work- Math Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

14. Morning Work- Reading

15. Spelling STEMS bi = two sub = under de = down pre = before super = over

16. Two Week STEM Homework SCHEDULE This format continues through 10 sets of words. (20 weeks) All work must be done in their Spelling Black and White and will be checked as homework.

17. Social Studies Topics Reconstruction Westward Expansion Industrial Revolution Immigration/World War I Harlem Renaissance Great Depression World War II Cold War Civil Rights Modern Wars and National Events

18. Math Everyday we’ll start math with a math4today warm up, each day students will complete 4 short math problems and then we will review. Problems that are starred or highlighted are problems that will be most similar to the ones on Friday’s 10 question quiz. They will take a quiz each Friday on the problems that were completed throughout the week, as well as an Assessment from the main skill we learned that week. Therefore, Friday will be Spelling and Math tests.

19. Math • Math materials will be kept in their binder and green folder • We have a powerful year of math planned for your child! We will cover standards and skills from these three sources: SC state standards which are tested on the PASS test, Common Core national standards, and MAP standards which vary according to students’ individual needs. • To thoroughly teach all of these standards, I’ll use many resources. One you will see is this math textbook aimed at meeting Common Core standards. This is a workbook containing practice pages and homework pages. I will use these as needed, but might not use them all, nor will I necessarily use them sequentially. https://www.mheonline.com/mhmymath/

21. Science Materials will be kept in their binder and yellow folder We’ll be doing lots of fun science projects, experiments, and will end the year with the Science Fair in April! Each child will be required to conduct an experiment at home and write a report. It will be extra credit to enter that into the fair. More information on this around spring break!  • Landforms and Oceans • Cells and Ecosystems • Forces and Motion • Mixtures and Solutions

22. Scholastic Magazine Orders Mrs. Dawson will be handling all book orders. Inside the front cover of your child’s agenda, there is a special code: GWWWJ. This code is for on-line ordering. It is super simple and ships to my classroom for distribution. There will be a new order each month, so don’t miss out!! I will let you know when orders are due. This is a great way to encourage Reading!

23. Absent Work Students are responsible for retrieving the absent folder containing make up work the day they return or AFTER vacations. They will have 3 days to complete the missed work and turn it in. A zero will be put into the gradebook on graded assignments until the work is turned in, and then the grade will be adjusted accordingly. Please check Parent Portal often.

24. Ipads • Students will or have already signed an ipad contract. • I-pad Consequences: I-pad taken away for the day or week, depending on the offense. Decided by teacher. • Edmodo will be used almost daily, you should have received parent access to view this as well.

25. Grading Parameters Math: Major Assessment 60% Quizzes 30% Class work 10% Reading/ELA Test/Project/Reports 60% Quizzes 30% Class work 10% Science: Unit Test/Projects 60% Quizzes/Labs 30% Class work 10% SS: Unit Test/Projects 60% Quizzes 30% Class work 10%

26. Grading Scale • SC has now adopted the 10 point grading scale. A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F Below 60

27. Schedule • 7:00-7:30- Morning Work • 7:35-8:20- Special Area • 8:30-10:00- Block 1 ELA/Math  • 10:00-11:20- (snack) Block 2 ELA/Math  • 11:25-11:55- Recess • 12:00-12:30- Lunch  • 12:35-1:20- Block 1 Science/SS • 1:20-2:05- Block 2 Science/SS • 2:10-2:20- Pack up • 2:25- Dismissal

28. SAIL ScheduleSAIL students gone from 8:30-1:00 every Thursday 7:00-7:30: Morning Work 7:35-8:20: Special Area 8:25-10:10- Block 1 10:10-11:20- Block 2 11:25-11:55- Recess 12:00-12:25- Lunch 12:30-1:00- Finish Block 2 SAIL students return at 1:00 1:05-1:35- Block 1 Math/Spelling 1:40-2:10- Block 2 Math/Spelling 2:10- Pack up

29. Special Area: Dawson Day 1: Red: Computer Day 2: Orange: PE1 Day 3: Yellow: PE2 Day 4: Green: Art Day 5: Blue: Music Day 6: Purple: Drama Long Day 1: Red: Drama Day 2: Orange: Computer Day 3: Yellow: PE1 Day 4: Green: PE2 Day 5: Blue: Art Day 6: Purple: Music

30. Library We have Library every other Monday. Students also have the opportunity to visit the library when they’re finished work early, as well as during recess.

31. Birthday Celebrations You’re more than welcome to bring in a birthday treat for your child’s birthday! We don’t have any allergies in our class. Bring enough for 26 students + one teacher!  We’d prefer for you to be at lunch to assist your child in passing out the treat, or they can choose a friend to help. PLEASE stick with things that don’t need to be cut or sliced as our lunch time goes by SOOO fast!!

32. How to be Involved: • We love involving parents and family members in the classroom! • Opportunities to be a part of the classroom: classroom helper (copies and filing), lunch buddy, room parents, or speaker during organized events throughout the year and field trips.

33. Check out our class websites! • Go to the Charles Pinckney website • Click: Directory • Fifth Grade • Kimberly Long or Kellie Dawson • http://pinckney.ccsdschools.com/directory/fifth_grade/ • Here you can find updates on homework as well as occasional study guides.

34. Contacts We always love to hear from parents. Please feel free to contact us whenever you have a question or concern in any of the following ways. Please contact us directly with any issues that come up! You can email us at : kimberly_long@charleston.k12.sc.us kellie_dawson@Charleston.k12.sc.us

35. Contacting us: Please be aware that we are very busy teaching throughout the day and only have a chance to usually look at my email from 7:35-8:20 (special area), and after 2:45pm. If you need to contact us regarding an emergency throughout the day, call the office!

36. Lend a Hand I know the beginning of the year can be expensive buying loads of school supplies and sending in money here and there for school functions. But, teachers also appreciate a hand in helping the school year run smoothly with the basic classroom supplies. Feel free to send in reams of paper, hand sanitizer, and CHLOROX wipes! Email us if you’re interested in taking our class to lunch from 12:00-12:25!