Welcome to Fifth Grade Parent Orientation September 13

Welcome to Fifth Grade! Parent Orientation September 13, 2012 Ms Ann Miller Ms Kylie Dykes Mr Jim Grota

Ann Miller • 21 years of teaching Ø 3 -grade 6 Ø 13 -grade 5 Ø 3 -Implementation Associate Ø 2 -grade 5 Ø Happy to be back again! • Dwight-6 th grade teacher at John Adams, coaches at JM • Alex-Junior at Uof. M • Jackson-Sophomore at JM

Kylie Dykes • Live in Plainview, MN • 9 th grade Softball coach at Plainview-Elgin. Millville • Senior at Winona State University Rochester Ø Majoring in Elementary Education

Jim Grota

Agenda • Curriculum Ø What will we learn? • Schedule Ø Specials and core • Behavior Expectations Ø My expectations and how they align with the class • Homework expectations Ø What will be common throughout the year? Ø How will we know what homework is assigned? • Grading • Snacks and Break Ø Hoover expectations

Curriculum • Everyday Mathematics • Six-Traits of Writing • Reading (Scott Foresman/Common Core • Houghton Mifflin Social Studies – American Exploration to the A New Nation • Science – Variables, Earth’s Changing Surface, Simple Machines, Classification and Adaptation • Health – Safety, Substance Use and Abuse, and Family Life

Our Schedule

General Expectations • Students need to come to school prepared everyday • I will be prepared for each day • Promote personal responsibility at home and at school (Our job is to help them develop it for themselves. ) • Post-it notes: Teacher jobs, student jobs, parent jobs

Behavior Expectations Along with the Hoover Way of : Respect Self, Respect Others, and Respect the Community, I have a few basic expectations: Ø When others are talking we are active listeners Ø Always try to do your best! Ø Treat others well: • Use manners • Share • Hands to yourself

Homework Expectations Our homework will vary daily, but we have some homework that you can expect each night: Ø Read 20 minutes each night Ø Study spelling and math facts Ø Studylinks on each night unless we have a test Ø All students have time during the day to start their homework, what they get done depends on what they accomplish during their work time. Many students can finish some, if not all, of their written work here at school.

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Grading • We believe in efficacy. Ø All feedback is important in growth and learning. Ø Work hard-get smarter! • A 3 is a grade level score. Ø Three’s mean that your child is meeting grade level expectations. • A 4 is an exceptional score. Ø If your child gets a four, that means that they have exceeded grade level expectations during that quarter of the year. Ø If a child earns a four one quarter that doesn’t mean that they will continue to exceed expectations.

Grading • A 2 means some grade level expectations have been met. • A 1 shows that grade level expectations have not yet been met. • There are math goals that are year long goals. Ø Spiral

Snacks and Break • Snacks need to be healthy with appropriate portion size. • Snacks will be eaten during the break time, we do not have a separate time in our day for just snacks. • Treats vs. snacks • Birthday Treats – you may bring birthday treats as long as you have enough treats for everyone and they are store bought. You do not have to bring in a treat.

General Expectations • Personal responsibility-theirs (we are here to help them develop) • Empower students-communication comes through them first • Work hard • Homework/extracurricular • Fairness-does not mean the SAME for all • Accept others • Contact me with questions or concerns-I will do the same

• Thank you for coming tonight.