Welcome to Back to School Night!

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Welcome to Back to School Night!

• Please find your son or daughters name tag and
  sit in that seat.
• Please have your drivers license out for
  identification for the PSSA results.

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Who Am I?

• Teaching Background 15 years
• 7 years at Chambers Hill 8 years at Swatara
  Middle
• Childhood Carlisle, PA
• Education Ongoing
• Carlisle High, HACC, IUP, Penn State
• Family - married for 3 years, with a 2.5 year old
  daughter

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Language Arts Grading

• Reading 60 of grade
• Major selections, leveled readers (guided
  reading), theme tests, other class work
• English 30 of grade
• Grammar units, writing pieces, projects
• Spelling 10 of grade
• Tests contracts

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Language Arts Materials

• 2 Pencils
• Anthology Book
• Practice Book
• Pocket Folder/Subject Folder
• Grammar packet, writing piece packet,
• spelling contract, notebook
• Student Planner

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Reading Themes

• Theme 1 Courage (Focus on Poetry)
• Theme 2 - What Really Happened?
• (Focus on Plays)
• Theme 3 Growing Up
• Theme 4 Discovering Ancient Cultures
• Theme 5 Doers and Dreamers
• (Focus on Speeches)
• Theme 6 New Frontiers Oceans and Space

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Writing Pieces

• Personal Narrative
• Short Story
• Descriptive
• Research
• Persuasive
• All writing will follow the 5 stages of the
  writing process, with the incorporation and use
  of graphic organizers, checklists, rubrics.

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English/Grammar Units

• Unit 1 Sentences
• Unit 2 Nouns
• Unit 3 Verbs
• Unit 4 Adjective Adverbs (Modifiers)
• Unit 5 Capitalization Punctuation
• Unit 6 Pronouns
• Unit 7 Prepositional Phrases

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Spelling

• Pretesting - 20 predetermined words
• Correcting using incorrect spellings or unknown
  words for their list
• Additions using everyday words to add to list
• Spelling Contract choosing 1 activity per
  group, within 3 groups (3 activities total)
• Test Contract a week after pretest
• spelling words, meanings, detailed sent.

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Helpful Language Arts Sites

• Houghton Mifflin Reading
• www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/6/com
• Houghton Mifflin Grammar
• www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/grammar/
• Khan Academy online video tutorials
• www.khanacademy.com
• Wolf Ram Alpha search engine
• www.wolframalpha.com

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A.E. Period 3

• Band-Chorus-Orchestra on designated days
• SSR First 15 minutes
• Review-Reteaching-Enrichment
• Classwork-Homework

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Online Grades

• Go to www.cdschools.org
• Click on hac (Home Access Center)
• Input your Username
• and Password

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Homework Hotline

• The homework hotline is available after 230 each
  day via the internet.
• Go to www.cdschools.org
• Under Select a School choose Linglestown Middle
  School
• Select Teams/Staff
• Select Dolphins
• Select Homework - left-hand side of the page
• Select the correct date and open the file

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Scheduling a Conference

• Appointments are to be scheduled with our team by
  contacting guidance.
• Our team is available to meet on odd days
• Days 1, 3, and/or 5 (5th period - 1055 to 1135
  am)
• Meredith Siget (A-L) msiget_at_cdschools.org
• Kathleen Geissler (M-Z) kgeissler_at_cdschools.org
  

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Contacting Me

• Email - jhenry_at_cdschools.org
• I will email you back before or after school.
• Phone - You can leave me a voice message. Call
  717-657-3060 and dial extension 75150.
• I will return your call before school or after
  145 pm.

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Thank You For Coming!
Any Questions?
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Welcome LMS Families!

• Make yourself comfortable!
• You may sit anywhere in the room.

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Who Am I?

• Teaching Background 15 years
• 7 years at Chambers Hill 8 years at Swatara
  Middle
• Childhood Carlisle, PA
• Education
• Carlisle High, HACC, IUP, Penn State
• Family - married for 3 years, with a 2.5 year old
  daughter

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Math Grading

• Assessments 75 of grade
• 50 - Tests
• 25 - Quizzes
• Miscellaneous 25 of grade
• 15 - Classwork
• 10 - Homework

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Math Materials

• 2 Pencils
• Glencoe Math Book
• Pocket Folder/Subject Folder
• Notebook math packet
• Student Planner

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Math Units and Chapters

• Unit 1 Ratios Proportional Relationships
• Ch. 1 Ratios and Rates
• Ch. 2 Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
• Unit 2 The Number System
• Ch. 3 Compute with Multi-Digit Numbers
• Ch. 4 Multiply and Divide Fractions
• Ch. 5 Integers and the Coordinate Plane

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Math Units and Chapters Contd

• Unit 3 Expressions and Equations
• Ch. 6 Expressions
• Ch. 7 Equations
• Ch. 8 Fractions and Inequalities
• Unit 4 The Number System
• Ch. 9 Area
• Ch. 10 Volume and Surface Area
• Unit 5 Statistics Probability
• Ch. 11 Statistical Measure
• Ch. 12 Statistical Display

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Go Digital!

• www. connectED.mcgraw-hill.com
• Username
• first initial (first name) first initial
  (last name) ID (excluding last digit)
• Example - JH10095344
• Password Password1
• eBook
• Online Resources
• Vocab, Watch, Tutor, Tools, Check, eHelp,
  Masters

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Helpful Math Sites

• www.aaamath.com
• www.coolmath.com
• www.funbrain.com
• www.mathplayground.com
• www.brainbashers.com
• www.aplusmath.com
• www.hotmath.com
• www.khanacademy.com
• www.wolframalpha.com
• www.themathworksheetsite.com

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A.E. Period 3

• Band Chorus Orchestra on designated days
• SSR First 15 minutes
• Review Re-teaching Enrichment
• Classwork Homework

25
Online Grades

• Go to www.cdschools.org
• Click on hac (Home Access Center)
• Input your Username
• and Password

26
Homework Hotline

• The homework hotline is available after 230 each
  day via the internet.
• Go to www.cdschools.org
• Under Select a School choose Linglestown Middle
  School
• Select Teams/Staff
• Select Dolphins
• Select Homework - left-hand side of the page
• Select the correct date and open the file

27
Scheduling a Conference

• Appointments are to be scheduled with our team by
  contacting guidance.
• Our team is available to meet on odd days
• Days 1, 3, and/or 5 (5th period - 1055 to 1135
  am)
• Meredith Siget (A-L) msiget_at_cdschools.org
• Kathleen Geissler (M-Z) kgeissler_at_cdschools.org
  

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Contacting Me

• Email - jhenry_at_cdschools.org
• I will email you back before or after school.
• Phone - You can leave me a voice message. Call
  717-657-3060 and dial extension 75150.
• I will return your call before school or after
  145 pm.

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Lets Have a Great School Year!

• Thank you for coming!