1. While you are waiting, think about this! See if you can answer it … shhhhhhh

2. Welcome to Curriculum Night for the Mavericks Our Room Parent is Ms. Stephanie Patel. Your children’s teachers: Mr. James Morris and Mr. Richard Williamson We are so glad you are here!

3. Schedule 7:15-7:45 Attendance, Morning Work 7:45-8:00Morning Announcements/HW 8:00-8:45Specials 8:45-9:40Social Studies / Science / Health 9:40 -10:40Math 10:40-11:10Lunch 11:10-11:45Add’l. Math/SocialStudies/Science 11:45-12:00Recess 12:00-1:00Spelling/ELA 1:00-2:00Reading 2:00-2:25ASP/Car Riders/1 st & 2 nd Load

4. Grading Scale  A=90-100  B=80-89  C=74-79  D=70-73  F=0-69  Homework 3 (best), 2, 1, 0  Grades will be determined through a variety of assessment tools.

5. English/Language Arts-CCGPS  Reading  Integrated with Social Studies and Science  Use a variety of genres and materials  Use a variety of strategies  Focus: Text complexity/Rigor  Delivery: Large/Small Group Flexible Skills Group-inference, sequence, main idea, etc.

6. English/Language Arts-CCGPS  Grammar and Vocabulary  Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)  Spelling  Words from curriculum / Weekly Spelling Tests  Writing  Fifth Grade Writing Workshop using Lucy Calkins resources  Focus: Opinion, Information, Research, and Narrative Writing

7. Mathematics-CCGPS  Content Standards  Understanding of and Fluency with core skills  Number sense, Operations including fractions and decimals  Practice Standards  Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them  Reason abstractly and quantitatively  Construct argument and critique reasoning of others  Model with mathematics

8. Social Studies  Citizenship  Civil War and Reconstruction  The Changing Nation  World War I, Jazz Age, Great Depression  World War II, Cold War  America 1950-1975  America 1975-present

9. Science  Constructive and Destructive Forces  Matter  Electricity and Magnetism  Cells and Microorganisms  Classification of Organisms and Genetics

10. Health  Nutrition/Personal Health*  Medicine Safety*  Disease Prevention*  Growth and Development*  Personal Safety*  Human Growth and Development *These classes are primarily taught through the Counseling Curriculum

11. Rules  Be nice  Work Hard  Be respectful  Exercise restraint  Be responsible  Etiam si omnes, ego non (If all will take offence at you, I shall never take offence.)

12. Outside the curriculum  Confidence  Solve Problems  Accountability  Responsibility Mountains and missteps are opportunities for students to grow and mature. Help the students grow. Please do not make excuses for them.

13. Planned Field Trips  Atlanta History Center – 9/15, 18  Locomotive Museum – 10/12, 16  Tellus Museum – TBD  Civil and Human Rights Museum – TBD  Possible Anne Frank in-school presentation

14. Behavior Log/ Assignments  Each student has a behavior log in their assignment book. If issues occur, I will mark in this. This should be signed every Thursday night.  Strikes will be noted here and you will be informed via email.  In a 9 weeks the first time the agenda is not signed – lose Fun Friday. The second time – Fun Friday, one week recess. The third time – Fun Friday, one week recess, parents contacted, a strike.

15. Counselors  Kellie Oakes- Kindergarten and 2 nd grade  Mary Rees- 1 st grade, 3 rd grade, and 5 th grade  Kristie Gordon- 4 th grade

16. How does a student see a counselor?  Professional School counselors work with all students in the classroom through bi-weekly lessons. Topics covered include: academic success, career exploration, and personal/social concerns.  A teacher or administrator may ask the counselor to talk with a student.  Parents may ask the counselor to talk to their child.  Students can ask for a conference by filling out a counselor pass and placing it in their counselor’s mailbox.

17. Homework  Reading Daily: 20-30 minutes Monthly Reading Log  20 AR points every nine weeks  Practice fluency in math facts  Review the website and assignment book http://cobblearning.net/jamesmorris/ http://cobblearning.net/jamesmorris/  Please review their HW. If it is not acceptable to you-make them redo it.

18. Few thoughts  Dress code – “finger tips”  Check your student’s homework.  Birthdays: Let me know if you want to send in a treat. No cookie cakes please. Please bring treat in morning.  If there is a change in your child’s afternoon transportation, it must be done in writing or by phone call to the school office. No emails.

19. A Few Important Dates  ITBS: October 5-8  Conferences: October 19-23  Immigration Day: December 11  Winter Holiday Celebration: December 18  Milestone (old CRCT) Testing: April 13-22  5 th Grade Picnic: May 20  Awards Ceremony & Walk of Honor: May 24  5 th Grade Breakfast: May 25

20. Communication  The agenda  Behavior sheet  Email: james.morris@cobbk12.orgjames.morris@cobbk12.org  richard.williamson@cobbk12.orgrichard.williamson@cobbk12.org  Call Mount Bethel: 770-578-7248  Morris and Williamson websites: http://cobblearning.net/jamesmorris/ http://cobblearning.net/richardwilliamson/ http://cobblearning.net/jamesmorris/ http://cobblearning.net/richardwilliamson/

21. Thank you Thank you for sharing your child with us. We will take good care of them and do our best to grow them well for you and them.