4. Who is Mrs. Blum???  Donna DelGuercio-Blum  23rd year of elementary teaching  Kindergarten 1 year in NJ  3 rd grade 9 years in NJ  5 th grade 2 years in VA (Falls Church City)  6 th grade 2 years in CT  6 th grade 7 years in NJ  4 th grade (2 nd year at Antietam)  BS Elementary Education/Psychology

5. PARENT-TEACHER COMMUNICATION  AGENDA (DAILY ASSIGNMENTS, REMINDERS)  MONDAY FOLDER (NOTICES, GRADED WORK, TEST SCORES)  FUSION PAGE (SCHEDULE, ASSIGNMENTS, TEST REMINDERS, BLOG, WEBSITES/LINKS)  NOTES  EMAILS  PHONE CALLS  CONFERENCES  PARENT PORTAL (GRADES)  INTERIM REPORTS  REPORT CARDS

6. COMMUNICATION & CONTACT INFORMATION  ANTIETAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOMEPAGE  MRS. BLUM’S FUSION PAGE  PHONE: EXT. 272  EMAIL: delgueDM@pwcs.edu

7. EXPECTATIONS  ESSENTIAL AGREEMENT  VISION  MISSION  CODE OF BEHAVIOR  QUALITY STUDENT/QUALITY TEACHER  LEARNER PROFILES  ATTITUDES  FUN FRIDAYS  LUNCH BUNCH  PRIZES

8. STEPS TO SUCCESS  ATTENDANCE  AGENDA  HOMEWORK COMPLETION  CLASS WORK COMPLETION  MATERIALS/SUPPLIES  TEST PREPARATION  WATER BOTTLES  SNACKS  NECESSARY BATHROOM BREAKS

9. SCHEDULE *INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE WINDOWS OF INQUIRY 8:30-9:45 MATH 10:00-11:30 LANGUAGE ARTS 11:30-12:30 SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE 1:50-2:30 SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE 2:30 CONTINUED INQUIRY 9:45 RECESS 12:30 LUNCH 1:05 SPECIALS

10. SPECIALS 12 DAY ROTATION SPANISH/LIBRARY DAYS 1, 5, 9 MUSIC DAYS 2, 8 ART DAYS 3, 7, 11 PHYSICAL EDUACTION DAYS 4, 6, 10, 12

11. GRADE SCALE  A 100-90  B+ 89-86  B 85-80  C+ 79-76  C 75-70  D+ 69-66  D 65-60 C is a solid/average grade! Time and effort is needed for above average grades of As & Bs! Students receiving Ds or Fs will have an opportunity to FIX work and receive extra help if necessary!

12. IB UNITS OF INQUIRY (6 Planners used throughout year) Central Idea & Lines of Inquiry Key Concepts, Learner Profile, and Attitudes *SUMMATIVE PROJECTS WITH REFLECTIONS *STUDENT PORTFOLIOS

13. VIRGINIA STUDIES VA Geography and Native Peoples First Permanent English Settlement Life in a VA Colony VA in American Revolution Role of VA in New American Nation Differences that lead to Civil War Reconstruction of VA VA in the 20 th and 21 st Centuries Government and Economics of VA

14. LANGUAGE ARTS  VOCABULARY (SYNONYMS, ANTONYMS, HOMONYMS, PREFIXES, SUFFIXES)  READING/COMPREHENSION SKILLS (MAIN IDEA, DETAILS, CAUSE & EFFECT, MAKING INFERENCES, DRAWING CONCLUSIONS, SEQUENCING, SUMMARIZING, AUTHOR’S PURPOSE, QUESTIONING, COMPARING & CONTRASTING)  NON-FICTION ACTIVITIES (TEXT FEATURES)  WRITING (NARRATIVE, PERSUASIVE, EXPOSITORY)  SPELLING & GRAMMAR  ACCELERATED READER

15. MATH PLACE VALUE/ROUNDING ADDITION/SUBTRACTION MULTIPLICATION/DIVISION MULTI-STEP WORD PROBLEMS GREATEST COMMON FACTOR LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE DATA ANALYSIS/GRAPHING GEOMETRIC AND NUMERIC PATTERNS FRACTIONS/LEAST COMMOM DENOMINATOR PROBABILITY DECIMALS MEASUREMENT/TIME GEOMETRY *MASTERY OF MULTIPLICATION FACTS IS CRUCIAL!!!

16. SCIENCE VIRGINIA’S NATURAL RESOURCES WEATHER SOLAR SYSTEM EARTH-MOON-SUN PLANTS ECOSYSTEMS MOTION ELECTRICITY WEEKLY LABS USING THE STEPS OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

17. SOL TESTING (END OF SCHOOL YEAR)  READING  MATH  VIRGINIA STUDIES  STUDENTS ARE PREPARED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND MATERIALS TO USE AT HOME FOR FURTHER PRACTICE!  ALL END OF UNIT TESTS WILL BE DONE ONLINE USING INTERACTIVE ACHIEVEMENT!

18. FIELD TRIPS  GUNSTON HALL (OCTOBER 15th) ****We are all set with chaperones! ****Thank you!!!  JAMESTOWN/YORKTOWN (APRIL 14th)

19. THANK YOU FOR COMING!!! ANY QUESTIONS? I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOUR DURING OUR SCHEDULED CONFERENCE NEXT MONTH!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR 4 TH GRADER WITH ME! TOGETHER WE WILL HELP YOUR CHILD REACH BEYOND HIS OR HER GOALS! I AM EXCITED FOR A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR!