1. Welcome to Parent Orientation!
Ms. Dunbar
Welcome to Parent Orientation!

3. Iles Mission and Vision
Mission: The mission of Iles School is to recognize and nurture the talents and abilities of gifted children as they develop their awareness of themselves as internationally-minded people.
Vision: Iles School creates a rigorous, global learning environment where students will become active, life-long learners by using their skills to explore their passions.

4. Transdisciplinary Themes
Where We Are in Place and Time: Ancient Cultures
Sharing the Planet: Earth’s Systems
How We Express Ourselves: Journey Through Time
How We Organize Ourselves: Man-Made Systems
Who We Are: Exhibition
How the World Works: Astronomy
Our answers for questions about OSC:

5. Curriculum Units of Inquiry Reading and Writing Workshop
Envision Math and Basic Facts
Word Study
Use of Technology
Current Events

6. Organization for Students (Getting ready for Middle School!)
Binders
3 (or 5) subject notebooks
Seesaw and Online portfolios
Student Planners and lists of passwords
On my website: photos, resources, classroom calendar, reminders
GOOGLE Classroom

7. Homework Expectations
Homework is expected to completed and turned in first thing in the morning. If it is not turned in on time, the paper will be marked “late” to communicate that to parents. Students will work on missing assignments during classroom and/or lunch recess. If late homework becomes a habit, we may begin a system of teacher/parent signatures in the student planners.
**This does not apply to work missed during excused absences.
Please write me a note on the rare occasion there are extenuating circumstances.

8. Grades and Classroom Assessments
•Summative Assessments - Graded
1 - Beginning 2 - Progressing 3 - Mastery
•Formative Assessments - Practice
*Stamp/Star *“Corrected together in class” *“DT” Done Together
•Classroom Calendar - on website for tests/large projects
•Google Classroom - Scheduled assignments with due dates

9. Essential Agreements Interventions & Incentives .
Students worked together to develop our Essential Agreements. All of their ideas were then categorized under these four headings:
Respect Myself
Respect Others
Respect Property
Respect Learning
Interventions:
- Redirection
- Reflect during recess (half)
- Reflect during recess (whole)
- Meet and reflect with principal
- Parent contact
Severe Clause: Detention/Referral/Contact Home
Incentives: Group and individual points toward small rewards.

10. District Assessments and Middle School
Testing: *CogAT (Mid October) *MAP Math and Reading (3/year)
*Illinois State Assessments -Spring
Gifted Identification
*Everyone must re-qualify
*Qs??? See District Website
Programs-Gifted-ID process
*Mrs. Jonell Baskett, Coordinator

11. Parent Volunteer Opportunities
*Classroom Parties (Halloween, Winter, Valentine’s Day)
*End of the Year Picnic
*Mentor a “Journey Through Time” Group
*Mentor an Exhibition Group
*Library
*Friday Folders
*Other?

12. What Else Should You Know?
•Please send only healthy snacks and birthday treats.
•There are students with allergies, so please do not send any foods containing peanuts or peanut butter to be eaten in the classroom.
•Remember to wear gym shoes on Thursday/Friday, library books are due Friday.
• me with your preferred address and I’ll add you to my contacts.
•We’re still collecting Boxtops
***Please sign up for conferences and classroom party volunteering tonight!

13. Thank you for attending tonight!