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Our STEM Culture 21 st Century Fluencies for the Digital Age. . . STEM Habits of Mind ● September- Applying Past Knowledge ● February- Listening with Empathy ● October- Being Persistent ● March- Thinking and Communicating Clearly ● November/December- Creating, Imagining, and Innovating ● April- Providing Constructive and Reflective Feedback ● January- Questioning and Posing Problems ● May- Taking Responsible Risks 2

Welcome!

Cannon Mission & Vision Mission Statement Cannon Elementary: A GCISD STEM School is to empower each unique learner so that they become real-world problem solvers, creative innovators, life-long learners, reflective thinkers, and empathetic citizens. Vision Statement Through the utilization of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, Cannon Elementary: A GCISD STEM School is instilling the skills of thinking critically, being creative, communicating effectively, and having empathy, in each of our students so that they will become the future problem solvers of the world.

Family Engagement Policy

What is STEM?

What will STEM look like? ● Integrated curriculum ● Engineering Units tied to the curriculum ● Mini engineering/design challenges ● STEM Labs *Engineering will occur daily in one of these forms. The depth and complexity of engineering will grow as we progress through the year.

Portrait of a Graduate

Self-Regulated Learner ● Scholars will set learning goals ● Scholars will track progress ● Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences will be Student Led

Reading Expectations Kindergarten Letter ID/ Reading Level BOY: 20 and up UC&LC MOY: 26 and up UC&LC EOY: Text level 4

Reading homework ● 20 minutes a day with an adult ○ ask questions or point out words ● Reading folders (beginning in October) ○ Independent level books ○ leave folder in backpack

Humanities

Language Comprehension Printed Word Recognition Fluency Phonemic Awareness Phonics Vocabulary Reading Comprehension 9/23/19

Revised TEKS and ELAR/SLAR Materials 2019 -2020 ● Piloted and selected by GCISD teachers and feedback from the parent community (SY 2018 -2019) ● Consistent resources across district for all students ● Meets House Bill 3 regulations requiring explicit, systematic phonics program (Fundations/Words Their Way/Palabras a su paso/Fonética)

Reading

End of YEar Writing Expectations End of year goal stage 4 -6 Ideas The student consistently develops ideas at Stage 4 -5 level of proficiency. Conventions In all first draft writing, the student consistently: ● forms letters legibly ● uses upper and lower cases letters appropriately ● spaces between words ● capitalizes pronoun I Spelling Academic Language In all first draft writing, the student accurately spells: ● using letter-sound knowledge to generate words that require little, if any, interpretation ● kindergarten sight words The student uses academic language to discuss writing decisions, including: ● Vowel ● long vowel ● short vowel consonant

What Is A Standards-Based Report Card? A standards-based report card is a detailed report to parents every 9 weeks that shows: ● The skills and expectations that have been taught during the grading period ● The degree to which students have mastered these skills at this point in the year ● For more information please visit: https: //goo. gl/x. XP 5 NB

1: 1 i. Pads ● Supervision at home ○ Internet ○ Camera Roll ○ No Downloads ○ Student use only ● Repairs ○ ○ ○ First incident free Second incident $15 Third incident full cost of the device ***Intentional damage results in charges for the full cost of the device***

Restorative Practices Behavior intervention system ● helps to restore relationships ● establishes community ● promotes empathy and problem solving ● Circle up every morning ● Use chats as needed to resolve conflict ○ What were you doing when it happened? ○ Who was there? ○ How did that affect the people around you? ○ What can we do to make this better?

School to Home Communication ● Remind/Class Tag: pictures, info about what’s happening in class, updates and important dates posted. ● Search for us on twitter with #can. Kinder ***Please check your scholars folder everyday!***

Important Dates September 9 th Cannon Family Picnic Night November 16 th Grandfriends Day March 7 th Student Led Showcase May 24 th Field Day Coming Soon! Ribbon Cutting at our new school!

Join PTA Please join PTA as they do SO much for our scholars! Membership is only $10

Volunteering Visit cannonpta. com/volunteer to learn more & sign-up *Please remember to complete a BACKGROUND CHECK! (You MAY NOT attend field trips without it!!) Background Check

Thank you for coming!