Curriculum Night PACE Program of Accelerated Curriculum and Enrichment

MRS. BERO IN A NUTSHELL Education  QU- B.A. Elementary Edu.  NLU-M.A. Mathematics Edu.  Gifted Endorsement  Teaching Philosophy

MRS. BERO IN A NUTSHELL -Addison, Glen Ellyn, Wheaton -Married July Batavia -New parents -Jan. 14, Lucy ELLIOT

EXPECTATIONS StudentTeacher  Follow classroom rules  Preserver  Hand in quality homework consistently  Come to class prepared  Share thinking & Listen to others’ thinking  Produce high quality work  Build relationships  Provide safe environment  Teach Common Core & ELA standards  Teach with enthusiasm  Give timely feedback  Effectively Communicate

BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT  PACE Rules, Guidelines, Goals  Logical Consequences  Tickets = Prizes/Coupons  Monthly grade level Lunch Bunch

SMOOTH RUNNING CLASSROOM MATERIALS  Folder  Notebook  Student Planner  Pencil Pouch *Build responsibility and indepencence *

HOMEWORK  Daily homework  Due back the following day  min.

GRADING Homework Classwork/Assessments/Report Card 0 Not turned in ✓ - Needs improvement ✓ Meets expectations ✓ + Above expectations I- Independent S- With support N- Not yet evident PACE Math- report card insert from PACE teacher PACE Reading- report card from classroom teacher with input from PACE teacher

GOALS  Lincoln:“INSPIRING IN EVERYONE A PASSION TO EXCEL.”  PACE: MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF INTELLECTUALLY AND ACADEMICALLY GIFTED MINDS

PACE MATH PROGRAM Mathematical Domains  Math Expressions  Operations and Algebraic Thinking  Number and Operations in Base 10  Measurement and Data  Geometry  Number and Operations--Fractions  Ratio and Proportional Relationships (grade 5)  Expressions and Equations (gr. 5)  Number Systems (gr. 5)

PACE READING PROGRAM ELA STANDARDS NOVELS SELECTED BY DISTRICT 200 READING FRAMEWORK- GUIDED READING -KEY IDEAS & DETAILS -CRAFT & STRUCTURE -INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE & IDEAS -RANGE OF READING & TEXT COMPLEXITY -PHONICS & WORD RECOGNITION -Fluency

3 RD GRADE NOVELS ●The Fledgling ●The Just So Stories ●American Tall Tales ●Kids at Work ●Morning Girl ●The Krahatau Eruption/Nonfiction ●Poetry Unit ●Daybook

4 TH GRADE NOVELS  Esperanza Rising  A Wrinkle in Time  Lincoln: A Photobiography  Children of the Dust Bowl  Bull Run  Poetry Unit  Myths, fables, drama, fairy tales

5 TH GRADE NOVELS  Nothing But the Truth  Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry  The Hobbit  The Phantom Tollbooth  Wright Brothers Biography  Greek Mythology

BLOCK FRAMEWORKS Math- 60 Minutes  10 min.- greet, assignments collected, warm-up problem  10 min- teacher lead lesson  15 min.- group discussion/sharing  15 min. – partner/small group work  10 min.- explain/begin homework/ meet with teacher Reading- 30 Minutes  2 min.- greet, assignments collected  25 min.- mini-lesson or discussion on reading, guided reading  3 min. assign homework

PARENT/TEACHER COMMUNICATION  – is best  Phone  Deanna Bero classroom webpage on Lincoln’s website ■Trimester newsletters ■Links to active internet sites for skill practice ■Photos