1. Mrs. Weber’s Class

2.  Husband – Andrew – firefighter in Forest Park  Daughter-Julia-5  Son-Zachary-9months  Dog-black Labrador named Cosmo  This is my eighth year of teaching fifth grade.  I have also taught three and ½ years of 4 th grade and ½ of a year as a teaching assistant.  Received my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from National Louis University and my bachelors from ISU. Meet Mrs. Weber

4.  Call the office  Please send a note if you know in advance  Check in with the office and leave items with the office  Homework will be given for vacations, if requested with enough notice given.

6.  Various writing lessons that are more real world, research based, not 5 paragraph essays  Narrative, informative/explanatory, and opinion  Words their Way  Grammar/Vocabulary  StoryWorks magazine  Daily 4 / CAFÉ  Read to Self  Read to Someone  Work on Word Work  Work on Writing  Literature Circles  Teacher Read Aloud  Student Goal-30 books  Readers/Writers Notebooks  StoryWorks magazine

7.  Will ensure that all children are working at their level of challenge while taking responsibility for their learning and behavior.  Will provide meaningful instruction blocks.  The Daily Five-(we are only using four) is a series of literacy tasks (reading to self, reading with someone, writing, and word work) which students complete daily while the teacher meets with small groups or confers with individuals.  The Daily Five is a structure that will help students develop the daily habits of reading, writing, and working with peers that will lead to a lifetime of independent literacy.

8.  Ecosystems  Ecology  Levers and Pulleys  Landforms

9. Civil War to Today  Lewis & Clark  Civil War & Reconstruction  World War I  World War II  20 th Century  We will do projects during many units that will connect to our writing lessons.

10.  Mrs. Weber, Mrs. Majewski, Mr. Perry: utilize EDMath and CCSS with small & whole group instruction; opportunities for re- teaching and extension.  Mrs. Stortz and Ms. Vlakancic: utilize EDMath and CCSS, accelerated pace with small & whole group instruction; opportunities for re- teaching and extenstion. Mrs. Maaske will push into these classrooms daily  All classrooms will focus on problem-solving and critical thinking.

11.  Number Theory  Estimation  Computation  Geometry  Division  Fractions  Decimals  Percents  Using Data  Exponents  Negative Numbers  Ratios  Coordinates  Area  Volume  Algebra  Probability  Rates

12.  Classroom Rules › Character Counts  They should be circling the green, yellow, or red face in assignment notebook.  Positive Reinforcement- › Pillar Poms  Homework Board  Class Dojo  Class Participation  Independent work and homework  Tests  Late assignments- accepted, but possible lower grade

13.  Expect homework every night-although there is time in class  Reinforces concepts  Encourages responsibility, organization and independence  Projects › will always include directions and time frame › chance for creative and unique style to come through › will present several times in front of class

14.  Harris Woods-September 17 th - permission slip went home today  Sign up in the hall to chaperone

15.  Robert Crowne  FAST Math  Map Testing  Weekly updates to your email  Reminder 101  Sign up for Connect 308  Check with office to be sure that they have a correct email.

16.  Mondays: › P.E. 1:40-2:25 › Music 2:35-3:05  Tuesdays: › P.E. 1:40-2:25 › Computer 2:50-3:35  Wednesdays: › Music 2:35-3:05  Thursdays: › L.R.C. 1:40-2:25  Fridays › Art 1:35-2:35

17.  Sara Weber  630-630-3138  sweber1019@oswego308.org sweber1019@oswego308.org › Email works best for me!  Please sign up for conferences in the hall.