Parent/Teacher Connection Night!

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.

~Jane D. Hull~

Former Govenor of Arizona

Sarah Elliott5th Grade

August 13, 2015

Meet Ms. Elliott!Personal Mission Statement: Facilitating the love of learning where students feel inspired, successful and perform to their maximum potential all while knowing they are loved.

Top 5 Strengths:• Teamwork• Honesty• Humor• Love• Creativity

About Me:• 8th Year in Kyrene (11tht Year Overall)• Tommy, Maddy and Alexandra• Love for animals• Hobbies/Interests: Time with family

& friends, movies, crafts, shopping, reading Personal Philosophy:

• Focus on individual child and his/her needs• Learning is meaningful & relevant (how it

effects them)• Enriched Environment• Collaboration• Strengths are challenged• Weaknesses nurtured• Fun

Teaching Strategies:• Direct, explicit instruction• Guided instruction• Facilitator of learning• Use of technology• Project-based Learning• Cooperative groups• Manipulatives• Small Groups

Mirada’s Radical Vision

Video from Administration

Meeting the Needs of Every Child

Excellence in education is when we do everything that we can to make sure they become everything that they can.

~ Carol Ann Tomlinson ~

Importance of two-way communication for student success Daily communication: Homework agenda, classroom webpage

Weekly Updates (Beginning next week), Monday Memos

Phone calls, emails (All communication returned within 24 hours) 541-4322

If you have a concern, whether it’s academics, social, emotional, etc., please contact me as soon as you can so we can work on a plan for success

KSIT staff working together for appropriate interventions

staff analyzing student data

Engaged Learning

Parent Involvement (Variety of Involvement)

How Can Parents Be Involved in Their Child’s Education in the Classroom? PBL Units (Guest speakers, engaged learning, any ideas?)

Service Learning Projects

Other Class Needs Support in the Library: Heavy budget cuts

PTO Involvement

Attendance – absences, tardies, and signing out students early

Affects learning and student achievement

Please refer to class schedule

Homework:• Meaningful and purposeful• Reinforce skills taught• Enables parents to actively

engage in child’s education• Teaches fundamental skills

(time management, organization, task completion, and responsibility)

Curriculum Conversation Online curriculum overview

Integrate many standards throughout day

Integration of curriculum with service learning projects

Fifth Grade Curriculum

• Math• Reading• Writing• Science• Social Studies• Health• Technology

Assessment:• Informal• Authentic/

performance assessment

• Leadership Notebooks

• Electronic Portfolios• Student-Led

Conferences• Formative• Summative

Percent of Time Spent by the Average Child Each Week During

School

Sleeping

In School Instruction

Homework

Non Sleeping Out Of School

http://safeshare.tv/w/gOEbtlALKX

Q and A

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. -William Butler Yeats-