1. Welcome to Meet the Teacher 2017-2018
Mrs. Brown
&
Ms. Hairgrove

2. Conference Time
Our conference time is
from 1:30pm-2:20pm

3. Morning Procedures Students can be dropped off beginning at 7:15am.
PLEASE do not drop off students in the bus circle or the faculty parking lot.
Parents who come into the building throughout the day must sign in at the office.

4. Late Arrivals/Absences
The tardy bell rings at 8:00AM.
If your child is absent, send a note on the day he/she returns.

5. Going Home
If your child will be going home a different way, please send a note or call the office before 2:00.

6. Snacks and Parties
There are three class parties per year: Winter Holidays, Valentine’s Day & End of School, as well as Right Choice Celebrations!
You can drop off or send cookies or cupcakes to school for your child’s birthday. We will serve the treat after lunch.

7. Daily Folder/Friday Folder
Daily Folder will go home each day and come back to school each day. Check it for notes and assignments. A reading log, math/science homework, daily conduct report, and a list of spelling activities should be in the daily folder at all times.
Planners will go home each day and will consist of the TEKS, assignments, and notes/conduct report. Please sign!
Friday folder goes home every Friday. Graded papers for the week are in the folder, along with a weekly conduct and work habit grade.
Please return the Friday folder back on the following Monday.
The Peek of the Week will be posted on Bloomz, and posted on the teacher’s website every Friday for the following week. (Please request for paper copy.)

8. Teacher Webpage
Our teacher websites includes information over the current nine weeks, the grading scale, homework information, Peek of the Week, class schedule, contact information, ticket prize list, class wish list, and important dates.

9. Conduct Goals I will treat everyone with kindness.
I will use appropriate behavior in all areas of the building.
I will talk at appropriate times.
I will follow directions at all times.

10. Work Habit Goals I will be prepared for class.
I will use my time wisely.
I will complete assignments and turn them in on time.
I will always do my best.

11. Discipline
Refer to discipline contract
Please sign and turn into your homeroom teacher

12. Grades Available on Skyward Daily Work-80%, Test-15%, Homework 5%
Grading Scale
A = 90 – 100
B = 80 – 89
C = 75 – 79
D =
Redo work- If a child receives a failing grade on a daily assignment that is below 70, they will get the chance to redo the assignment in class after a re-teach for up to a 70.
Test/Quiz - If a child receives a failing grade on a test or quiz, they will get a chance to retake the test or quiz, after a re-teach for up to a 70.

13. Content Areas Ms. Hairgrove teaches Math, Science, & Social Studies
Ms. Brown teaches Reading, Language, Spelling and Handwriting

14. Math Input / Output Decimal Place Value Lines, Angles, and 2-D Shapes
Angles on a Protractor
Area and Perimeter
Data Analysis
Measurement
Financial Literacy
Place Value
Math Vocabulary
Problem solving
Add/ Subtract Whole Numbers
Multiplication/ Division Whole Numbers
Fractions

15. Science Matter Forms of Energy Science Process Skills Thermal Energy
Electrical Energy
Investigating Forces
Plants & Animals
Patterns of Change
Weather
Water Cycle
Change’s to Earth Surface
Earth’s Resources
Soil
Ecosystems

16. Social Studies Regions of Texas/Geography Skills
Celebrate Freedom Week
American Indians of Texas
Explorers and Early Colonization
Texas Revolution
The Republic of Texas
Civics and Citizenship in Texas
Annexation of Texas
Civil War/Reconstruction/The Indian Wars
Texas Growth and Development
Texas in the 20th Century
The Future of Texas
Texas Government

17. Reading Guided Reading (Small group) Independent Reading
Shared Reading (Whole group instruction)
Read Aloud
Literacy Work Stations
Strategies include schema, visualizing, asking questions, making predictions, inferring, determining importance and synthesizing.
Reading skills include genre, cause and effect, main idea and details, text evidence, plot structure, text structure, summary of fiction and informational text, sequencing, context clues, author’s purpose, predicting, and analyzing characters.

18. Language 6 +1 Traits of Writing The Writing Process Journaling
Ideas
Organization
Word Choice
Voice
Sentence Fluency
Conventions
Presentation
The Writing Process
Journaling
Preparation for 4th Grade Writing STAAR
Grammar
Penmanship

19. Spelling
A list of spelling words is sent home on the Peek of the Week each Friday.
A list of spelling activities is located in the daily folder. Students should complete at least 2 activities each week in the daily folder.
Spelling homework will be turned in and checked each Friday.

20. STAAR Testing Dates
The Math and Reading STAAR test will be the week of May 14. We will discuss STAAR with you during the spring semester.

21. QUESTIONS???
THANK YOU FOR COMING!