1. Welcome to Back to School Night Ryan Francis Mason School Phone: 313 - 432 - 4400 My Voicemail: 313- 432- 4428 Email: Ryan.Francis@gpschools.org Check out the room (take your time)… Find your child’s desk and grab an extra chair from the side or back if you need it. Check out their writer’s notebook and start to write on the white sheet tucked inside (borrow a pen from inside their desk). We will start very shortly.

2. Communication  Planner … signed EVERY night  Weekly Reflection … signed over the weekend OR email a quick response back to the electronic version  Data Notebooks … students are responsible for analyzing their test scores, creating goals, and monitoring progress.  Email: Ryan.Francis@gpschools.org  Phone: 432 -4400 (Mason) 432 -5660 (Voicemail) - Important Text message reminders from Remind101. Sign up now by texting the # 81010 and send this exact message: @leaders200. Standard text message rate apply

3. Specials Schedule A B C D Rotation Schedule A = Art B = Spanish/Library C = Music D = PE (gym)

4. Partnering to Ensure Student Success at Mason  Be On Time  Be Informed  Follow Building Procedures  Set Routines at Home  Send A Healthy Snack for Snack Time

5. Classroom Rules and Mission 1. Be Respectful 2. Be Responsible 3. Be Safe  Class Mission: We are getting ready for our futures and careers in the real-world. We will feel happy, confident, and have fun. In class we will be critical thinkers while we collaborate with classmates using appropriate actions.

6. Language Arts  Reading: Making Meaning and Reader’s Workshop with Oakland Schools Units of Study  Writer’s Workshop with Oakland Schools Units of Study  Word Study- Spelling is now graded in every day work. We will do a combination of spelling and vocabulary development on two week cycles

7. Math Everyday Math  Basic Math Facts must be at 95% or higher for all operations on weekly fact tests – Math Masters  Games  Study links homework every night (rare exceptions)  Reviews for tests. The first review is due in class to check. The second review will be sent home with the answers to practice again.  Math Workshop: Rotating groups to work on our own pace will begin once introductory lessons and NWEA testing has finished

8. Social Studies and Science Social Studies –  Regions  Economics  Government Science –  Earth Materials  Solar System  Electricity and Magnets

9. Homework  Planner signed each night  Read for 20 minutes or more  Math most nights except after tests  Finish social studies, science, and language arts  Missed work students will stay in for recess if work is late

10. Technology  “Typins Cool” Keyboarding Program- 15 WPM 85% accuracy  Research through the use of the Internet  Integration of Technology into Science, Social Studies, and Writing  Power Point, Prezies  Web based education and assessment  Ipads, Edmodo, Dropbox, iMovie, Aurasma, ShowMe, Google Accounts (w/email)

11. THANK YOU!