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Excellence in Communication: Class of 2020 Information

Welcome to Mrs. Austin's class! Stay updated with our weekly communication and find out how you can help your child excel in our curriculum. Don't forget to take your child's planner home!

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Excellence in Communication: Class of 2020 Information

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  1. Welcome! Mrs. Austin austins2@mtnbrook.k12.al.us

  2. Ensure our Excellence

  3. A little bit about me… Class of 1996 and 1999 22 Class of 2020

  4. General Information Communication • Wednesday folder • Planner • Weekly email on Mondays Homework • Recorded in planner • Practice word study patterns • Read daily • Math practice

  5. Curriculum Overview Math • Number Talk • Workshop Approach • Games • Fact fluency Reading • Workshop approach • Reading Conferences • Reading Response Notebook • Read Aloud • Independent reading – Just Right Books Grammar • Teach through writing • Assessed primarily word study tests and in daily writing

  6. Curriculum Overview Writing • Workshop approach • Writing Conferences • Model through mentor texts, student work samples, and teacher-produced samples Science • Units: Forces and Interactions, Life Cycles and Traits, Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems, Weather and Climate Social Studies • Units: Economics, Native Americans, Immigration, American Symbols • Geography integrated throughout units

  7. READING

  8. Weekly practice Word Study/Syllable Practice Weekly Assessment The students should be able to: Apply the patterns to words Use the words in their writing

  9. Personal Words Weekly Assessment The students should be able to: Use each personal word in a sentence

  10. Building a Community

  11. Our Schedule 7:50-8:05Morning Meeting 8:05–9:00Reading 9:00–9:15Word Study/Grammar 9:15–10:00Writing 10:00–10:25Small Group/Goal Time 10:30–11:40 Specials & PE 11:45–12:10 Lunch* 12:15-1:20Math 1:25-1:45Recess 1:50-2:00 Read Aloud 2:00-2:40 Science/Social Studies 2:40-2:50 Prepare for Dismissal/Ups & Downs

  12. Chromebooks You will find your child’s password on the purple card. The second number is the password. Got to the first open tab, where you should see this page:

  13. Be positive! Help your child remember to: • Look at the planner each afternoon • Read most days • Practice math facts most days • Prepare for word study & personal word tests • Return the planner each morning Contact me if you have any questions or concerns How you can help your child…

  14. Questions? I’ll be happy to share my cell phone number if you ask! 

  15. Thank you for being here! Before you leave, please leave a note in your child’s Writer’s Notebook. It’ll be a nice surprise for tomorrow!  Also, please take your child’s planner home!

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