Parent Information Night Thanks for coming! Please take the Activity Fee sheet from your child’s desk. You can turn in the form and money to my desk tonight or send it in later with your child. Thank you! Did you already sign-up for conferences (sheets outside the room)? Please pay attention. There is a quiz at the end (I’m really not joking-you get to try the “clickers!”)

Curriculum Reading We do whole group, small group and independent reading Spelling We focus on high frequency words and word families. Tests on Fridays. Writing We have a Writer’s Workshop time daily. Math Students started to switch teachers Monday. Letters will came home Monday. Social Studies/Science/Health The newsletter will let you know about current units of study. Curriculum Guide These are available on the website Monthly Newsletter Comes home in the red folder at the beginning of each month

Homework Listed on the Spelling Sheet (starting next week) 15 for Fun reading (working on just right books for them) Goal 5 X week High Frequency Words (5 a week-total of 100 this year-some will be the same as spelling high frequency words.) Assessed at the end of each quarter Spelling words (combination of high frequency words and word families-patterns-starts Monday) Test on Fridays Math weekly review sheet (started this week) Due on Fridays Additional weekly sheet (with choices starts next Monday) Due on Fridays

Behavior Expectations Sweeney Stars to recognize good behavior and earn a class party Take a Break Light System Individual Plans

Communication (hopefully you’ve received some from me by now) Don’t send an in the afternoon to change dismissal plan. You should get responses from me within 24 hours. Send a note (Take home folder or Red Folder). Call the office. I will send your child home the regular way without a note or phone call. I will communicate through the monthly newsletters, calendars, and weekly spelling sheet. I will and call you with specific concerns. Check out the my website (newsletters, pictures, links, etc.). Conferences 2 times a year (Nov. and Feb.)

Parent Involvement Let me know about any concerns or questions. Volunteer Please fill out the back of the Activity Fee note if you want to be contacted about volunteering. Check your child’s work and discuss their day. Come for lunch Check in at the office and meet your child at the cafeteria at 11:30. More details on the website.

Student of the Week Your child can bring in up to 10 pictures and 5 additional items to share with us by Wed. of their week. They share, we interview them and then I put together a book for them. This is kept at school for everyone to read and then sent home after everyone gets a turn to be Student of the Week. The schedule is on the website and I’ll list student names in the monthly calendar.

Daily Schedule 9:05Arrival/Bellwork 9:15Morning Meeting/Calendar 9:30Whole Group Reading/Phonics 10:00Guided Reading/Read to Self 10:30 Guided Reading/Centers/Independent Work 11:15Recess 11:33Lunch 11:53Quiet Time 12:10Writer’s Workshop 1:00Specials 1:50Snack/Math Routines 2:10 Math 2:55Read Aloud/Break 3:10Science/Social Studies/Health 3:40Get ready to go home 3:45Bus Dismissal Next is a quick slide show of our day… (Daily schedule is listed on the website too)

Opening Routine Empty backpack, turn in notes and mark your lunch Organize your locker and get your bellwork

Bellwork Students start this and try to work on it independently. If they want to return a library book before Media Day, they put it on their desk. We correct it together and interact with it on the Smart Board

Class Meeting Greeting and Sharing (Each person has a day each week they can choose to share something about their life with us-not toys.) Play a game and do the calendar and math routines

Reading Workshop Read to self, Whole group reading, Literacy Choices, Independent Work Small groups will start soon

Recess/Lunch and Quiet Time Recess first and then lunch begins around 11:30 Quiet time in the room after lunch (No talking-choice of read, write, draw or rest) About 10 minutes.

Writer’s Workshop Students try to write on their own while I walk around and meet with them individually.

Specials We are on a 10 day cycle (Check the monthly calendar) Day 1-GymDay 6-Art Day 2-MusicDay 7-Gym Day 3-GymDay 8-Music Day 4-Media (Library) Day 9-Art Day 5-MusicDay 10-Gym

Math All students are learning the same standards and using the Harcourt Math series and other materials, but classes are adjusted to meet that group’s particular needs. Mega Math games are on the website for additional practice or to extend their learning at home.

Health/Social Studies/Science We have a new Science resource for all elementary grades. Updates on what we are studying will be in the weekly newsletter and grade level curriculum guides will be available online soon (Shakopee website).

Clicker Quiz You will use the top 3 buttons (a b c) for the following questions. You are pointing your clicker towards my computer (not the screen).

When are the weekly homework sheets due? a. Fridays b. Mondays c. The day after they come home

If your child is not going home the regular way, what do you do? a. Tell your child the plan and they can inform me. b. Send a note, or call the office to make sure I know the change. c. Send me an at the end of the day.

If you want to come for lunch, where can you find out the time to come and other details? a.On my website b.On the Open House Letter c.All the above