2. Agenda 1. How to Contact Us 2. Attendance 3.Mission & Vision 4. Daily Schedule 5. Curriculum 6. School Rules 7. Homework 8. Fine Arts

3. How To Contact Us Mrs. Savoie msavoie1@kleinisd.net 832-375-8138 Ms. Price kprice2@kleinisd.net 832-375-8139

4. Attendance Instructional time starts at 8:15 Students cannot afford to miss instructional time due to the structure and pacing of the curriculum We need students here every day, all day, so if you can avoid late arrivals or early dismissals, it would be greatly appreciated. If your child has a fever, please keep them at home for at least 24 hours.

5. Mission & Vision Mission Statement – French Elementary fosters a caring and creative environment: emphasizing the social, emotional, physical and intellectual development of each child. Vision Statement – Ready to Learn Setting Goals Going Places

6. Daily Schedule Specials are from 2:15-3:00 Music Days: Monday and Tuesday Art Days: Friday PE Days: Wednesday – Friday (On P.E. days, wear tennis shoes)

7. Curriculum TEKS-Based Instruction Integrated Learning Reader’s/Writer’s Workshop Labs Interactive Journals for all subjects

8. School Rules Be respectful Be responsible Be reliable We are a nurtured heart campus, which means we strive to focus on the positive rather than the negative.

9. Math Interactive Notebooks Reflex Math Target Math Go Math Textbooks – we have access to an online version of this textbook. I can give you their username and password. Please look for homework in their purple folder daily.

10. Science Science Process Skills Matter and Energy Force and Motion Earth Science Life Science We do labs and use our interactive notebooks almost daily

11. Social Studies Geography Culture Economics U.S. History Civics Government

12. Readers/Writers Workshop Currently conducting text level and fluency testing Reading Workshop Comprehension Strategies Vocabulary Development Variety of Genres Reading Response Activities

13. XLR8 XLR8 is a blocked off intervention that all students participate in. Students may be pulled into small working groups by teachers, or they may be working on an independent enrichment assignment. It always ties in with the curriculum we’re focusing on in class. This is a time to accelerate skills, not a time to sit idle.

14. Homework Reading: Read for at least 30 minutes then write a brief response each night in Reading Response Journal. Math: Usually pages from the Go Math textbook Spelling: Yellow card with daily spelling assignments done in spiral. Checked on Fridays. Please check your child’s planner every day to know about homework and testing dates.

15. Fine Arts Our mission statement says that we will foster creativity. One way that we are doing this is through Fine Arts Integration. This means that we will use music, art, drama, dance and creative writing in conjunction with our district curriculum to allow students to fully develop skills in both a content area and a fine arts area. Students are very enthusiastic about these activities and you will hear more about them as the year progresses.

16. Important Info 5 th grade has a field trip to the Houston Museum of Natural Science on Tuesday, November 10 th. All 5 th grade students take 3 STAAR tests this year: Reading – must pass for promotion to 6 th grade March 30 th, May 10 th, June 22 nd Math – must pass for promotion to 6 th grade March 29 th, May 9 th, June 21 st Science – May 11 th

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18. Thanks for coming!