welcome! ela team: mrs. quinn & ms. leess
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Welcome! ELA Team: Mrs. Quinn & Ms. Leess. Academic Session 1 Presentation: 7:00-7:30 Academic Session 2 Presentation: 7:30-8:00. Schedule. 8:40-9:00 Arrival and Breakfast 9:00-9:45Specials 9:45-10: 15 Spanish 10:15-12:15Academic Session 1 12:15- 1:00Academic Session 2 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Academic Session 1 Presentation: 7:00-
7:30Academic Session 2 Presentation: 7:30-
8:00
Welcome! ELA Team: Mrs. Quinn &
Ms. Leess
Schedule8:40-9:00 Arrival and Breakfast
9:00-9:45 Specials9:45-10: 15 Spanish10:15-12:15 Academic Session 112:15- 1:00 Academic Session 21:00-2:00 Recess & Lunch2:00-3:15 Academic Session 23:15-3:25 Pack up and Dismissal
Agenda Books All students will copy their homework assignments into their agenda book daily.
The agenda book needs to be signed by a parent/guardian on a daily basis.
ELA Homework PolicyThe 4th grade team’s homework policy is as follows:1. All students will copy their homework
in their agenda/assignment book daily. The agenda book should be signed on a daily basis by a parent/guardian.
2. Homework can be done with adult supervision, but the student should complete the assignment.
3. All homework should be returned by the assigned date. Assignments not turned in on the date will not receive full credit.
Homework Policy Cont.4.Homework is assigned daily. Notes to excuse or extend assignments will not be accepted, unless under extreme circumstances.
5.Students’ who are absent should see the teacher for each subject immediately.
6.Make up work (class work and homework) should be completed in a timely fashion. For every day absent, he/she will have a day to make up that work.
Reading Requirements
Children who are solid readers:
* perform better in school
* have a healthy self-image
* become lifelong learners
All of the these outcomes lead to our children’s viability in a competitive world.
WORD STUDY A Powerful New Approach
Suffixes
Greek & Latin Roots
PrefixesPhonics
Spelling
Vocabulary
Word StudyTHEN
Assigned word lists Little or no connection to curricular areas or each other
The weekly assignment: “Find and write a definition for each word,” or “Use each word in a sentence”
A test came at the end of the week (rote memorization)
Word StudyNOW
Word lists are organized through meaningful roots or patterns
Expand and deepen word knowledge during content-area study
The weekly assignment: “Meet the Root, Combine and
Create, Read and Reason,
Extend and Explore”Applied spelling and language conventions tests
ELA Homework
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PBIS at Phelps Luck Elementary School
Fabulous Falcons
Respect SelfRespect OthersRespect Property
STEPS FOR SOARING TO SUCCESS
Step 1: GREEN GOAL LEVELEveryone starts here when you follow the Phelps Luck Elementary School expectations of:Respect SelfRespect OthersRespect Property
STEP 2: YELLOW STOP AND THINK LEVELStudent will be asked to move to another area.STOP AND THINK FORM completedTeacher conference STEP 3: RED: STUDENT SUPPORT LEVEL
If the behavior continues the teacher will seek office support
Fabulous FalconsFabulous Falcon incentive tickets are used through out the school day. Students can receive Falcons during their bus ride and during the school day.
When a student demonstrates the expected behaviors
(Respecting self, others, and property) they receive a Falcon. The Falcons are redeemed for incentives in the classroom, team, or school-wide.
Class Dojo A real time behavioral management toolEngages students, tracks data and focuses on positive behaviors
Parents have access from home
How can parents support PBIS at home?Talk with your child about what it means to respect self, others and property at home.
Focus on the positive things that your child does at home and talk about why these behaviors are important to you.
Assist teachers in the classroom with management of the PBIS program if needed.
Working Together & Professional Development
Rationale: To provide all students with enriching differentiated instruction
Teachers co-teach in Reading and MathTeachers co-plan on a weekly basisTeachers participate in quarterly long range planning sessions
On going professional development on best practices and Common Core
Monthly meeting with Reading and Math Support Teachers
AccessoriesCell phones are not encouraged to be brought to school.
Students can make phone calls on the classroom phone and in the office with the help of an adult.
However, cell phones that are in school must be kept off and in the child’s backpack during the school day.
Teacher Contacts4th Grade TeachersKeri Quinn (Team Leader)- [email protected] Kelly- [email protected] Leess- [email protected] Lardner- [email protected] Simon (Paraeducator)- [email protected] Grade Co-TeachersJennifer Silbaugh (Special Educator)- [email protected]
Art Wong (ESOL)- [email protected] Jones- [email protected] Ellen Davis- [email protected] Emond- [email protected] Ann Stevens- [email protected]