Welcome to Back to School Night

Team Three September 18,

2014

Our Team Members

 Ms. Sara Hancock, team leader

 Mrs. Heather Swanek, teacher

 Mrs. Pat Wolfe, paraeducator

Daily Schedule 8:30 Opening 8:50 English Language Arts 11:00 Related Arts 12:00 Recess/Lunch 1:00 Math 2:10 S.S./Science/Health 3:10 Dismissal

English Language Arts  Reading  Writing  Listening and

Speaking  Language

Reading

Focus on:  balance of fiction and nonfiction  complex text  writing in response to reading  using text evidence  understanding genres  text features

Writing Immersion Through Genre Studies

 Explanatory Reader Response Short Biography How to Book

 Opinion Formal Letter Author Study

✏  Narrative Personal Narrative Realistic Fiction Poetry

Language  Vocabulary

 Spelling

 Language Mechanics: capitalization, punctuation, grammar

Math Practices Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

Model with mathematics.

Use appropriate tools strategically.

Attend to precision.

Look for and make use of structure.

Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Math at Home  Fact knowledge is key

 Homework: Mon.-Thurs.

 Go Math! website: www.thinkcentral.com

Social Studies  Our Community and

Beyond  Communities Near and Far  Community Count$  Citizen in the Community

Health  Mental and Emotional Health  Disease Prevention & Control  Safety Unit/Child Abuse

Prevention  Family Life- how families

function together  Tobacco, Alcohol & Other

Drugs

Science Units  Weather and Climate

 Forces and Interactions

 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Plant and Animal Survival

 Inheritance and Variation of Traits: Life Cycles and Traits

Scientific and Engineering Practices 1.  Asking Questions (for science) and defining problems (for

engineering) 2.  Developing and using models 3.  Planning and carrying out investigations 4.  Analyzing and interpreting data 5.  Using mathematics and computational thinking 6.  Constructing explanations (for science) and

designing solutions (for engineering) 7.  Engaging in argument from evidence 8.  Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Homework   Nightly math homework

  Nightly ELA homework

  PLEASE READ AND REVIEW YOUR CHILD’S HOMEWORK!

R espect

O rganized

A lways Safe

R esponsible

Thank you for joining us and enjoy your classroom visitation!