2. My name is Michelle DeWolfe (please feel free to call me Michelle). This is my 9 th year at Beaver Bank Monarch Drive, and my 17 th year teaching. I have taught grades P-6 as a Core French teacher, Literacy Coordinator, Reading Recovery Teacher and Classroom Teacher in both English and French Immersion. I live in the community with my husband Kris and our 12 year old son Ryan.

3. Communication: I encourage a very strong relationship between home and school. Families are encouraged to volunteer on field trips, classroom support, and special events. Proper paper work must be completed and can be found in the office. I can be reached at school 864-7540, by email mdewolfe@hrsb.ca, ormdewolfe@hrsb.ca by note. (please make sure your child knows it is there to give to me)

4. Remind: a Free texting/emailing program for teachers. Has everyone signed up? Agendas: All students have been given an agenda. As part of our morning routine, students will check for notes from home each day and will copy any messages or homework for family review each evening. Please try to remind students of this responsibility.

6. Time: 8:45 am daily Readers’s Workshop is a model that includes a three-part lesson: 1.Teacher read aloud and mini lesson 2. Guided/Independent Reading 3. Sharing Reader’s Workshop focuses on various genres, reading and comprehension strategies.

7. Our Reading workshop will focus on the seven strategies required to read and understand content. These strategies are: 1. Making Connections 2. Creating Mental Images 3. Making Inferences/Drawing Conclusions 4. Asking Questions 5. Determining What is Important 6. Synthesizing 7. Monitoring Comprehension & Meaning

8. Time: 9:15 am daily, Friday in Computer Lab Similar to the Reader’s Workshop model, Writer’s Workshop is also a three part lesson: 1.Explicit writing instruction 2.Guided/Independent Writing 3.Sharing of student work Writer’s Workshop may focus on genres of writing, the 6 + 1 traits of writing, editing, and conventions.

9. Writer’s Notebook In addition to writing folders in workshop, students will actively work in their own personal Writer’s Notebooks. These provide a unique, personal opportunity for students to express themselves freely in written form. They are shared and reviewed with students but are NOT assessed.

10. Spelling will be taught at individual levels using the “Words Their Way” program. This program includes word inventories that identify the specific needs of each student. Based on these results, students will be placed in groupings that address what they need to move forward as spellers. Students from Mrs. Fawson’s class will be combined with our students, to create groups for each teacher.

11. In addition to the word study program, students will explore different aspects of the English language including: word choice, word structure, word order, context clues, suffixes, compound words, contractions, and singular and plural words. This will be taught through the work- shop model and through explicit instruction.

12. Time: 10:45 am daily, 12:45 pm Tuesdays Our New Math program is divided into 5 strands of learning: 1.Number 2.Patterns and Relations 3.Measurement 4. Geometry 5. Statistics and Probability We will follow a three-part lesson approach 1. Minds on… 2. Action! 3. Consolidate/Debrief

13. Time: Wednesdays 12:45 pm Topics that will be covered this year include: -Earth and Space Science - Rocks and Minerals -Physical Science - Light -Physical Science - Sound -Life Science – Habitats

14. Time: Mondays 12:45 pm Topics that will be covered this year include: -Exploration -Our World -Landscapes of Canada -Nature of Exploration (Early Explorers)

15. Time: Thursdays 12:45pm Topics that will be covered this year include: - Healthy Relationships - Healthy Self - Healthy Community Health Education

16. Time: Fridays 12:45 pm Students will explore the world of art in three areas: 1. Creative/Productive: Making 2. Cultural/Historical: Looking 3. Critical/Responsive: Reflecting Visual Arts

17. Students will complete cross-curricular work stations Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays each week. Stations will provide opportunities for review and practice of concepts previously taught. Activities will be hands-on, reflective, independent or collaborative in nature. Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong! -Author Unknown Work Stations

18. Language Arts: Students are encouraged to read every night for a minimum of 20 minutes. At the beginning of each month (closest Mon./Tues.), students will bring home their Genre Study work to complete for the following Monday. Math: Each Friday, we will complete a weekly review of that week’s Math concepts. The review will be sent home with additional activities for those who require it.

19. Music: Tuesdays and Wednesdays Physical Education: Mondays and Tuesdays Library: Wednesdays French: Everyday

20. We will go on several field trips this year to compliment our learning. Our first trip is tentatively booked. 1. Trip to the Blue Beach, to learn about rocks, minerals, and fossils mid October.

21. Any questions?