Welcome to Team C! Bobbi Wheaton, Alyssa Juniak, Lisarenee Benz

Morning Meeting Four Components of Morning Meeting Greeting: Children greet each other by name. The greetings are structured and often include shaking hands, clapping, singing, and other activities. Sharing: Students share some news of interest, usually personal news, and respond to each other, articulating their thoughts, feelings, and questions in a positive manner. Group Activity: The whole class does a short activity together, building class cohesion through active participation. News and Announcements: Students practice academic skills and build their sense of community by reading and discussing a daily message written by the teacher.

Snacks: Your child should bring in healthy, clean snacks that they can eat during the first 5 minutes of class. Please do not send in chips or cookies as a morning snack. Also, please do not send in food with nuts or peanut oil.

Communication: The best way to communicate with us is via . We check our several times a day. Typically, we respond to within 24 hours. Please let the office know if there is a same day change in the dismissal plans. Send in a note and your child will receive an early dismissal pass from the front office. Please do not leave a voic message.

Topics for math: Numbers and Operations in Base Ten Operations and Algebraic Thinking Decimal Concepts and Operations Number and Operations - Fractions Measurement and Data Geometry

Math Grading: Students are responsible for bringing their binder and textbook to class daily. All HW assignments are given a 2pt. value unless otherwise noted. Students are allowed to turn assignments in one day late for partial credit. Retests: It is the district policy for math and science tests that any student who earns below a 70%, may re-take it. As long as the student earns a 70% or higher on the re-test, his or her grade will be changed to a maximum of 70%. Otherwise the higher of the two scores will be the final grade. Test 50% Quiz35% Homework 5% Work-Study Habits10%

Multiplication Facts: It’s important that your child spends time each week practicing multiplication facts to increase accuracy and fluency. Flashcards, games and online resources are helpful. Try these websites: You can also use Khan Academy:

Math Enrichment: Envision Math provides many opportunities for enrichment within the program. Additional enrichment will be provided to enhance learning. Your child has already been added to a class roster for this website. Students are encouraged to use the Pearson website for additional activities, HW sheets & videos: URL User name: LMS followed by student 6-digit ID Password: montgomery5

Math Enrichment XtraMath is a program that can be used to increase speed and accuracy in arithmetic. An account has been created for your student. A memo was sent home with instructions on how to enroll your child, their username and password: URL Please if you don’t remember your child’s username and password.

Odyssey/Compass Learning: All students have access to this website. You can find the link on the “shortcut” list of sites on the LMS main web page. All activities are individualized based your child’s MAP assessments in Reading and Math. Frequent practice is recommended in order to build and reinforce skills. If your child is new to the district or if you are having trouble logging on, contact Jaime Velez at Login to CompassLearning Odyssey: 1.User Name: (student’s 6 digit id number-used for lunch acct.) 2.Password: (student’s 6 digit id number-used for lunch acct.) 3.School: mtsd

6 th grade math placement: Average of 5 th grade math tests 5 th grade math MAP testing 5 th grade year end placement test score Work habits/study skills

Science: Four units: Microworlds, Floating and Sinking, Mixtures and Solutions, Ecosystems Science interactive notebook- students will be graded based on labs, RRSCs, performance assessments, tests and quizzes Grading:  Homework : 5%  Tests/common assessments:40%  Other (performance assessment, projects…):45%  Work habits/study skills:10%

Parent Resources: If you do not have a PR password, contact Jaime Velez at Students are given time in class and are responsible for writing HW in their agendas. PR is for back-up purposes only. Graded assignments are typically added to PR on the day the work is first assigned. It is a good practice for your child to begin checking PR. If you see an unexpectedly low grade or assignment marked “missing” etc…on PR, please send us an . We will be happy to offer clarification.

After-School Help All teachers at LMS have one after-school help day per week. Students should arrive at the session already knowing what they want or need to work on and should be prepared with appropriate materials. The help sessions end at 3:55. Parents must pick up their children at that time. There are no late buses. Tuesday – Ms. Juniak Wednesday – Ms. Benz Thursday- Ms. Wheaton