1. Welcome Website Info. Teacher: Mr. Shawn Kohler, M.Ed., BCBA
Inclusion support: Mrs. Dougherty
Contact Information:  
phone:
main office:
Program: Elementary Intermediate Learning Support
Grade: 6th

2. Communication… E-mail is best mode of communication
Long-term assignments (ex: solar journal)
Upcoming assessments to help narrow the studying process
Missed homework assignment(s)
Recess: not showing up when expected to
At times, students may home regarding a behavior choice

3. Extra help opportunities…
1. Morning time – 9:10 to 9:25
2. *Start to think of recess as the “RA” period for middle school*…
Error correction with homework
Extra help with inclusion classes
Study time for upcoming test
Owed time for behavior choices or unfinished classwork

4. Writing opportunities. . .
Writer’s Notebook: seeds, stories and strategies
Narrative (ex: memoir) and argumentative (ex: pro vs con)
Elementary Performance Assessment (EPA): research-based and informational

5. A Writer’s Notebook
“A writer’s notebook works just like an incubator: a protective place to keep your infant idea warm, a place to grow while it is too young, too new, to survive on its own. In time you may decide to go back to that idea, add to it, change it, or combine with another idea”
Ralph Fletcher
1996

6. Resource Room mathematics . . .
Same: 6th grade curriculum-Glencoe
Difference: curriculum based quizzes
Difference: reviews from 5th grade curriculum
Difference: amount & pacing of curriculum

7. Resource Room Language Arts . . .
The Daily 5…
-Read to Self
-Read to Someone
-Writing
-Word Work
-Listen to Reading
Collections program: new to 6th grade this year
Passageways: non-fiction comprehension tool

8. Resource Room homework
Math-nightly (except Fridays or if there is an assessment)
Reading nightly expectations…
-20 to 30 minutes a night
-Log their reading
-Fill-in their Book Check or Reaction
Wall

9. Specially Designed Instruction (SDIs)...
Supplemental notes are offered
“Math tips” for inclusion math classes
Binders: organized into sections and pages are numbered
2nd optional study guide for social studies and science if advocated by student to Mr. Kohler
Check-ins: (reading, writing, hwk book, etc.) per IEP

10. Other information…
IEPs serve as the guide to course recommendations and the transition process to middle school
Restorative Practice philosophy when working through social conflicts
“Taking Time” area…everyone needs a break sometimes

11. Last but not least… Just a “regular dude”…
My two daughters have changed me forever…
Being a good male role model is very important to me…
No one is perfect, mistakes are for learning…
I will try my best daily with your “precious cargo”…
Work as a PARTNERSHIP!