Mrs Ackerman and Mrs Slavick MRS ACKERMAN Masters

Mrs. Ackerman and Mrs. Slavick

MRS. ACKERMAN Masters in Educational Leadership from Arizona State University Bachelor’s in Choral Music Education and Elementary Education from Arizona State University This will be my 26 th year of teaching

MRS. SLAVICK Masters in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University Bachelor’s in Elementary Education from Arizona State University This will be my 20 th year of teaching

OMMUNICATION Parent Handbook: Classroom phone / voice mail Email Websites Grade level newsletters Daily assignment notebook Graded work folders

POWER SCHOOLS Online Attendance and Grade Book system You are able to see your child’s grades, missing work and absences. If you see a certain grade that is marked “missing” it will remain a zero until the work has been received. If there is a concern about a particular assignment you will be able to see the work when the Graded Folder comes home. Please contact us through any of the means of communication shared on the previous slide. Grades are updated throughout the week.

OMEWORK POLICIES Assignments are started in class and completed at home. Might take about 45 minutes. This time may vary depending on how much they completed during the school day. If they are spending excessive time doing homework, please let the teacher know.

OMEWORK POLICIES Assignments are due the next day, unless other instructions have been given. Band students are responsible for obtaining and completing all work that was missed while at their lessons.

THE 5 TH GRADE ASSIGNMENT PLAN 1. Assignment is given to students 2. Three steps when to complete work: 1 st Work on assignment in class and possibly complete it. 2 nd If assignment is not finished at school, then it needs to be finished at home. 3 rd A lunch opportunity can be used to work ahead on an assignment. 3. If not completed on time then the student will be sent to the recovery table for a working lunch to finish incomplete assignment.

WHAT IF? If assignment is ½ done: Graded as is, items not completed are marked wrong Grade is taken Items that were not completed MUST be finished and turned in for credit. Incomplete items will be re-graded.

OMEWORK POLICIES You will be informed of a missing assignment: Assignment Notice is stapled to current day in Assignment Notebook. Parent signs and returns the slip still attached in the Assignment Notebook the next day.

omework Policies Make up work due to illness Your child is responsible for obtaining the work upon his or her return the next day. If absent two or more days, you may call the office to ask for the absent work. Then, it will be available for pick up in the office after 3: 30 p. m. If your child has a sibling in another classroom, please email me and I can send the work home with him or her. Students will be informed of due dates for absent work.

CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS All students in our classroom deserve an excellent learning climate. We are using the following plan. Philosophy: Students can behave appropriately. Classroom Rule: Do not cause a problem for yourself or others.

CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS (CONT’D) Classroom Expectations: Be respectful Be responsible Be safe Action Plan: If there is a problem, students will have an opportunity to solve it. If the student or students are unable to solve the problem, the teacher will do something.

CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS (CONT’D) Action Plan: Warning Student may choose or be asked to go to a recovery area in the classroom to think about a resolution. Reflection time during recess Student may go to a buddy classroom for recovery. Office referral What teachers do will depend on the unique situation or problem. Classroom Rewards: Praise and Recognition Positive note, email, or phone call Classroom Credit Card Sidewinder Coupon

DDITIONAL POLICIES 5 Tardies result in a written warning Tardy is arriving in the classroom after the 8: 45 a. m. bell Assignment notebook is filled out as a class daily; each student fills out their own as the teacher records assignments in the front of the classroom on the SMART Board.

ORNING ROUTINES Students are allowed on campus at 8: 30 a. m. because there is no supervision before then. Students will be able to play on the playground until the 8: 40 a. m. bell rings.

REMINDERS 1 Visitors MUST sign in at the office before coming to classrooms. Forgotten items (lunch $, etc. ) are left in the office. Office staff will notify the classroom. Parent Volunteers need to be trained - update information card Emergency form must be updated and returned a. s. a. p.

REMINDERS 2 Please complete and sign the signature pages from the 1 st Day Packet. Make sure to tell us how your child goes home after school (bus, walk, or bicycle) Cafeteria Lunch money brought to school needs to go to cafeteria before school. You can put money on your child’s lunch account online http: //www. ezschoolpay. com/ Sign and return application for free & reduced lunch

REMINDERS 3 Any items that are dropped off for students are to be brought to the office; then office will notify us. To check out your child, you must go to the office first and then your child will be called to the office to meet you. If you want to take your child home after a party, you will need to go to the office and sign them out, then the office will call the room to release the student.

WAYS TO HELP OUR SCHOOL Support PTSA School Tax Credit Donations are greatly appreciated. This money will be used for possible extra curricular activities such as Star Gazing, History in Motion, and Lake Pleasant Link Greenbrier to Fry’s VIP & Target Credit Card

1 st DAY OF SCHOOL When you arrive on campus, come to the classroom. 2 ND DAY OF SCHOOL Mrs. Ackerman’s class line up at #20. Mrs. Slavick’s class line up at #21. Both numbers are in front of the basketball courts and across from P. E. bathrooms.

ARIZONA COLLEGE AND CAREER READY STANDARDS DVUSD is implementing Arizona College and Career Ready Standards to provide a clear and consistent framework. The standards provide strategic grade level goals to prepare students for success in college and in the workforce. The standards focus on results with a clear end in mind (college and career readiness) that begins in Kindergarten and builds to college and career readiness expectations. The Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards – English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics help to prepare students with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in post-secondary education and training. Clear standards help students understand what is expected of them. The standards emphasize the importance of students reading texts across disciplines and building a foundation of knowledge that will give them the background to be better readers in all content areas. Standards define what children should know and be able to do at the end of each grade. A curriculum, like the Core Knowledge Sequence and AZ State Standards, describes what children need to learn to meet those standards. Professional materials and district adoptions are used to supplement classroom instruction.

CORE KNOWLEDGE Greenbrier Elementary continues to be a friend of Core Knowledge School. Core Knowledge Curriculum is a content-rich curriculum built upon the Core Knowledge Sequence. The curriculum focuses on core academics and teaches a wide knowledge base of history, geography, science, art, literature, music, math, and language arts. The Core Knowledge Sequence is a detailed and systematic curriculum that is organized and shared through grade levels, becoming more sophisticated and detailed in the successive years.

CORE KNOWLEDGE TOPICS Ancient Civilizations Classifying Living Things Feudal Japan Plant Structures and Renaissance and Reformation World and U. S. Geography Civil War Processes Cell Structures and Processes Chemistry: Matter and Change Human Body

EADING READING STREET Common Core helps students develop foundational skills for reading more complex text. Answer question, Cite evidence, and Expand answer Literature Studies Nonfiction

ANGUAGE ARTS Write from the Beginning and Thinking Maps Writing process Peer editing Meet with teacher

PELLING/WORD STUDY Grade is a combination of: Lessons that include patterns, rules, word sorts and assessments Dictation Everyday writing (across the curriculum) Graded thru writing

ATHEMATICS District and teacher recommended resources support instruction. ACE: Analyze the problem Compute or Calculate Explain how you got your answer

CIENCE FOSS (Full Option Science System) Every kit is hands on Concepts addressed Classify Living Things, Cells, Plants Human body systems (skeletal, muscular, nervous) Earth & Space (sun, moon stars, planets) Physical Science (matter; levers & pulleys; motion & force) Natural Hazards

OCIAL STUDIES World & U. S. Geography Ancient Civilizations The US: Making a New Nation Colonization of the 13 Colonies Independence and New Governments Revolutionary War Expansion & Change Civil War