Please sign-in on the back table and find your child’s desk. Please sign up for conferences as well. 5 th Grade Room: 309 September 21,2015

Room 309  Contact Information  Oberle Elementary School  500 Caledonia Way, Bear, DE  Phone: Fax: 

The Professional Qualifications of the Classroom Teachers who Instruct Your Child. To Ask for Certain Information About Your Child’s Classroom Teachers & Requires Us to Give You This Information in A Timely Manner If You Ask for it. Whether the Teacher Has Met All Delaware Licensing & Certification Requirements for the Grades And Subjects He/She Teaches. Whether The Teacher is Teaching Under an Emergency or Other Provisional Certificate Because of Special Circumstances. The Teacher’s Major, Whether the Teacher Has Any Advanced Degrees &, if so, the Subject of the Degrees, & Whether Any Paraprofessionals Provide Services to Your Child and, if They Do, Their Qualifications. If You Would Like to Receive Any of This Information, Please Contact Mr. John Lynch at or Oberle is a Title I school, as are All Christina School District Elementary Schools. You have a right to know as a parent of a student at Oberle:

INSTRUCTIONAL DAY It is Imperative Your Child/Children Arrive to School on Time: Before 9:00am & Remain to End of Day Until After : 3:30pm

Student electronics AT SCHOOL “If You Love It, Keep It At Home”  Investigations Will Not Occur for Lost/Stolen Electronics  Student’s Responsibility

HEALTHY SNACKS We Provide: * Free Breakfast & Lunch to All Students * Healthy Snacks & Encourage You to Support

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS To Minimize Disruptions to Your Students’ Instructional Day Do Bring “Labeled” Healthy Snacks for Celebrations Celebrations (Birthdays) Will Take Place During “Lunch Only” (Your Child’s Teacher Will Give You Your Child’s Lunch Times) Due to Allergies No Balloons/Stuffed Animals/Flowers ( These items are Not Permitted on the Bus & Will Be Discarded at the End of the Day)

 TEXT (NO Twitter Account Required)  NOTIFICATION  STATE OF DELAWARE SCHOOL CLOSING INFORMATION  CSD SCHOOL CLOSING TELEPHONE LINE (302)  RADIO STATIONS WDEL 1150AM WILM 1450AM WJBR 99.5 AM WSTW 93.7 FM  TELEVISION Channels 3, 6 & 10

 Arrival/Morning Work: 8:45-9:10  Expressive Arts: 9:15-10:00  Reading Intervention: 10:05-10:35  Whole Group Reading: 10:35-11:05  Reading Flex Groups: 11:05-12:05  Lunch: 12:05-12:35  Recess: 12:35-1:05  Math Intervention: 1:10-1:40  Math: 1:45-2:45  Writing: 2:45-3:15  Science/Social Studies: 3:15-3:35

 P.B.S (Positive Behavior Support) school wide rules and expectations  Our Morning Routine  Morning Work, Agendas/Point Cards Checked, Notes  Bathroom Procedures  Early and Late Dismissals  Please know that I will do my best to get your children packed up as soon as possible.

 Assigned daily (Monday-Thursday)  Practice Fluency (Try reading a book for 20mins. daily)  Math Skill / Fluency Practice  Agenda signed every night if homework complete  Point Card signed every night  Workroom  Missed Homework

 Point Cards  Immediate re-direction of PBS/Classroom Expectations  Class DOJO  Student Manual

Guided Reading Journeys Reading Anthology, Novels 6 Units Focus On:  Reading Strategies  Academic Vocabulary  Listening Comprehension  Written Comprehension Writer’s Workshop 1. Reading/Research 2. Development 3. Organization 4. Language/Conventions

Whole Group  Teacher Read Aloud  Choral/Partner/ Whisper read  Whole Group /Partner Work  Biweekly Tests Flex Groups  Small group instruction  Reading Strategies  Literacy Centers  Write to Self  Read to Self  Word Work Intervention  Small Group Pull-Out  Based on specific needs of students

 Math Connects Curriculum  Collaborative Group Work  Direct Instruction  Guided Practice  Independent Work  Chapter Tests  Teaches students to understand why

 Science Hands-on Smithsonian Kits  Ecosystems  Mixtures and Solutions  Motion and Design

 Our Hometown  Delaware’s Mock Election  The Bill of Rights  Analyzing and Interpreting History  Reasons for Banks  International Trade  JA Biztown

1. MP- Meeting Proficiency 2. NP- Near Proficiency 3. BP- Below Proficiency  1 st Trimester –  Interims Home: October  Trimester Ends: November 20 th  2 nd Trimester –  Interims Home: January  Trimester Ends: February 22 nd  3 rd Trimester –  Interims Home: April  Trimester Ends: June 2016  Conferences – (please sign up in on the back table)  Fall: November  Winter: February 12

 Reading, Math, Science  Spring

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