Welcome to Back To School Night Mrs. Dewey

Schedule Website Homework Language Arts Science and Social Studies Writing Science and Social Studies Math Questions

Homework Homework is sent home on Monday and returned on Friday. Your student should be completing the homework independently with your guidance. Each night your student should do one math assignment, 20 minutes of reading, and spelling homework. Some nights your student will have writing homework which is to be completed in the white notebook. The white notebook also needs to be returned to school on Friday. In a few weeks I will be sending zip lock bags home with your students name on them. These bags will have books inside. Please return these books on Friday along with your students homework.

Additional Homework Resources Raz-kids We Give Books Beacon Heights Library Page Spelling City Search kielydewey or go to our class website

Discipline Class rules Listen when your teacher is talking Follow directions quickly Keep your hands and feet to yourself Raise your hand to speak or stand Be safe, be kind, be honest

Discipline Bucket filling http://www.bucketfillers101.com/faqs.php

Discipline Clip Chart Every day the students have an opportunity to move their pin up the chart or down the chart. Once they reach the top, if they make another good choice, fill someone's bucket, or set good example they can move their pin onto my necklace for being “off the chart” good. If the students are on pink by the end of the week they get a sticker on their pin. Once they have four stickers their pin goes on the hall of fame. Once they have four pins on the hall of fame they get a prize from the grab box. Four is the magic number!

Assessments I use continuous ongoing assessment to ensure your students are learning and to ensure that my instruction is effective. I will go over each assessment in more depth with you at parent teacher conference in October. PowerSchool

Literacy in the classroom We use the program Story Town. I read an wide array of literature in the classroom. We focus on: comprehension strategies story elements reading strategies genre studies All of these things impact students’ writing abilities. I teach using the gradual release of responsibility.

Literacy in the classroom Daily Five: Read to self Read to someone Word work Writing Listen to reading

Writing We focus on three types of writing Argumentative Opinion Narrative Common Core- aims to prepare students for the workforce. The creators saw what graduating high school students needed to be successful in the workforce and created the curriculum based on their findings. The increased rigor in writing expectations is also based on their findings.

Science and Social Studies I teach science and social studies through integration. Students will be reading and writing all day, across all content areas.

Math We use the program Math Expressions Hands on Engaging Integrates literature Teaches multiple strategies Math Talk

Curriculum Map Language Arts Writing Workshop Social Studies Science/Health Math August & September Reading Level 1-4 Author Study: Mo Willems Donald Crews Unit 1---6wks Launching Writing Workshop Narrative stories   Rules & Procedures-Review Class and School COOL rules All about Me-Sharing with class Fire Safety for Fire Drill Personal Hygiene & Dental Care Nutrition with school lunch The Human Body Unit 1 Partners & Number Patterns Through 10 Unit 2 Addition & Subtraction Strategies October Reading Level 6 Author Study: Gail Gibbons Unit 2---6wks Nonfiction Halloween safety and history Review friendship building Season: Autumn & Weather Plant parts & seeds Unit 2 continued Unit 3 Unknown Numbers in Addition & Subtraction November Reading Level 8 Author Study: Ezra Jack Keatz Family-Culture-Community Unit Then & Now connecting to Native American culture Thanks Giving Traditions Unit 4 Place Value Concepts 10 more 10 less 1 more or less Unit 3---6wks Writing Reviews (Opinion) December Reading Level 8+ Author Study: Jan Brett Mapping part 1 - symbols Holiday Traditions Around the World Season: Winter & Weather January Reading Level 10 Genre Study: Poetry Unit 4---4 weeks Poetry Martin Luther King Jr. lessons Patriotic Symbols & Songs Mapping part 2 - Continents, Oceans, NSEW Physical Science: forces of motion and matter Unit 5 Place Value Situations February Reading Level 12 Author Study: Cynthia Rylant Unit 5---6 weeks Series writing (Chapter books) Presidents holiday Earth and Space Science Moon, Sun, and Earth Unit 6 Comparisons with data Graphing March Reading Level 14 Genre study: Non-fiction Unit 6---6 weeks Nonfiction Writing Procedures and animal reports with chapters *Extra weeks to adjust unit studies if necessary Mapping Part 3 - Reading and making maps Rocks Living and Nonliving Season: Spring & Weather Unit 7 Time, Geometry, Measurement April Reading Level 16+ Life Science: Animal & Plant basic needs for survival Unit 8 Two-digit Addition May & June Reading Level 16-20+ Life Science: Plant & Animal Habitats Gravity or Australia Season: Summer and Weather CRT Review Unit 9: Money

Questions?