Welcome to Back to School Night

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• Welcome to Back to School Night

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Please remember to

• Respond to childs letter
• Sign up for Conferences
• Field day volunteers
• Fill out check list -use email to be used in our
  class group email

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My Background

• Teaching for eight years at Hawk
• I am married and have two children
• I graduated from Rider with a degree in Education
  and Psychology

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Expected Behaviors/ Discipline

• My Philosophy
• Goal Safe and successful environment
• Morning Meeting- Team building/flower box
• Making good choices
• Class contract of rules and consequences
• Positive reinforcement- Compliment-
  Explore-ticket raffle Friday

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Daily Routines/ Jobs

• Alphabetized number system
• Daily Helper (messenger pillows- computers)
• Morning agenda- sample at desk
• Morning meeting
• Communication Agenda books please initial daily
  (homework folder)
• Organization (colored folders-reading pockets)

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Homework

• Math double- sided/ enrichment
• Spelling- see worksheet in log
• Reinforces skills taught in class
• Should not struggle
• Late H.W. -Send a note

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Grading

• No grades first quarter
• Report card grading key( Of concern, initial
  stage, developing, achieving)
• Benchmarks on report cards
• Check and Check plus
• Percentages are recorded

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Class Trips

• October- Science Museum
• TBA- Lenape Man- Native American
• Pen pals- 5th grade buddies

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Snacks/ Birthdays

• Nut Free
• 7th and 8th period snack
• Birthday treats-(pencils, stickers) New Policy-
  No Food 19 students
• Special Read aloud
• Summer birthdays (1/2)

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Class Parties

• Room parents
• Volunteers- limited when indoors
• Party money 8.00
• Letter sent home

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Lunch Money

• Lunch 2.25
• Cafeprepay.com -childs ID- charge
• Send in check or cash to deposit
• Cash or check daily
• Envelope marked Lunch money

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Star Student

• Popsicle stick
• Week to shine
• Builds confidence and self esteem
• Pictures- out in hallway
• Ramirez Recap

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Smart Board

• Interactive
• Allows whole group tech. lessons
• Increases focus and motivation
• Enhances everyday lessons
• Taps into auditory, visual and kinesthetic
• Learning together
• Fun!!

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Monthly Projects

• Home/ school connection
• Oral presentation skills/ confidence
• Thoughtful questions and answers
• October project
• Skip busy months
• Student created rubrics

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Volunteering

• Field Trips
• Parties-
• Mystery Reader- SKYPE

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Curriculum OverviewLanguage Arts

• Poetry- Spring
• Read Aloud- daily
• Mini-lessons- daily
• Independent Reading (DEAR) Daily
• Reading Workshop -daily
• Guided Reading Groups-Rigby Series-daily
• Literature Groups- Spring
• Journals/Response logs- daily
• Writing process (writers workshop) daily
• Handwriting Sept /cursive- January/February
• Word Study

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Mathematics

• Problem of the Day-
• Mountain math- reinforces and at times introduces
  basic skills
• Manipulatives/Hands-on
• Topics
• -problem solving
• -addition and subtraction
  (regrouping)
• -graphing -
• -place value
• -time
• -money
• -measurement
• -multiplication
• -division

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Science

• What is a scientist?
• Hands-on/Partners
• Experiments/observations
• Changes (Solids, liquids, and gases)
• Balancing and Motion
• Insects
• Science logs/journals

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Social Studies

• Peace making skills
• Community/self study
• Map skills
• Native Americans

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My Contact information

• Jennifer.ramirez_at_ww-p.org
• (If dismissal change follow up with phone call to
  office)
• Note- If in agenda, please remind child.
• Phone call

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• Any questions or comments?
• Thank you for coming tonight!