Back to School Night Ms. Valentine

My Background Saint Mary University Graduate Masters of Education degree from Mid-America University +60hrs. 23nd year in the Shawnee Mission District. This is my 11 th year at Sunflower.

Reading Open Court Text –Phonemic Awareness –Phonics –Vocabulary –Fluency –Comprehension Themes: Sharing Stories, kindness, Fossils, Look Again, Courage, and Our People and Country.

Math Scott Foresman Concepts will focus on number/computation – addition and subtraction, regrouping, time, money, fractions, story problems, measurement and beginning multiplication concepts.

Science Themes covered in science are: Weather, life cycles, camouflage, nutrition, the skeletal system and muscles. Other areas covered are the phases of the moon, the sun and stars. We will learn about fossils, dinosaurs and land forms.

Social Studies The location of the seven continents and map skills. We will be learning about the country of China and the continent of Africa. We also have an economics strand which we incorporate into the Social Studies curriculum.

Spelling Test on Thursday Bonus words are given for all children to try. Bonus words do not count against a child’s score, however if students correctly spell additional words they may earn extra points.

Testing DIBELS(ORF in wpm and Retell)fall, winter,spring Math Basic Skills: qtrs. 1-4 MBSP- monitoring math skills qtrs.1- 4

Homework Homework packet goes home on Friday. The completed packet should be returned in your child’s folder on Thursday of the following week. Home work concepts should take no more than 20 minutes each night to complete. Please check the work. Work not completed at school may go home as homework.

Grading Considerations in grading. Work completion, working independently, pride in the quality of work. Test scores, daily work and growth.

PBS/Cyclone Cash Positive Behavior System Cash for following the ABC’s Daily class drawings Weekly Drawing by Mr. Way The class earns rewards for a complement. The rewards may be extra recess or other privileges.

Field Trips (Rough draft) K.U. Natural History Museum The Nutcracker Ballet Other trips are in the planning stages

Food Matters Birthday Treats – birthday or half birthday Mid morning healthy snacks water bottles Lunch 11:55-12:20 Please be aware of allergies

Sign up sheets are on the tables for conferences, classroom parties, help with field trips, and mystery readers. Please take a moment to sign up.

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