2. ● Born and raised in Laguna Hills, CA ● Graduated from Chapman University ● Previously taught reading intervention and third grade in Seaside ● Loves to travel, read, and spend time with family and friends!

3. 8:40-9:00 9:00-10:30 10:30-10:45 10:45-12:30 12:30-1:15 1:15-3:00 Silent Reading/AR Math Recess ELA Lunch Social Studies, Science, or Projects

4. Spanish: Mondays 10:45-11:15 and Thursdays 11:30-11:50 PE: Tuesdays 2:10-3:00 and Wednesdays 11:40-12:30 Science: Tuesdays 11:15-2:05 Library: Thursdays 9:40-10:30 Music: Fridays 9:00-9:30

5. Sept. Octob er Nov.Dec.Jan.Feb.MarchAprilMay Social Studies California Geography Native Indians California Missions Gold Rush Statehood Immigratio n Science Physical Science Magnetism & Electricity Earth Science Rocks and Minerals Life Science Living things and their Environmen t Field Trips Santa Lucia Preserve Cooper Molera San Juan Bautista Mission Santa Lucia Preserve Novels The Chocolate Touch Island of the Blue Dolphins By the Great Horn Spoon Father Serra Gold Rush books Technol ogy Project s Million Dollar Project Creative Mystery Book Report Native CA Posters Biograph y Book Report Start Endangered Animal Report Complete Endanger ed Animal Report Mission Building Day Academic Schedule

6. Math – “Quick Check” page ELA – Practice pages that review concepts taught in class or a writing assignment Reading Log – at least 15 minutes nightly, signed and turned in on Friday Social Studies or Science – on occasion or when working on a long-term project

7. If a student does not complete their homework assignment, it gets recorded in the “No Homework Binder” and the student will take the incomplete assignment to Study Hall to complete it. Every time a student turns in “perfect homework” for ten consecutive days, he or she will be given a homework pass that can be used on any single assignment.

8. We have three classroom rules: Be respectful Be responsible Be scholarly

9. Check your student's daily planner for their “color of the day” based on our clip chart! Purple – Role Model Blue – Great Choices Green – Ready to Learn Yellow – Oops! Warning! Orange – Teacher's Choice Red – Study Hall and Parent Contact

10. Fourth and fifth grade classrooms get to nominate a Student of the Month. The criteria are as follows: All homework is complete and on-time Exemplifies the “pillars of character” Appropriate classroom behavior Library books returned on time

11. Technolo gy Your student's user names and passwords are in a sheet protector in their homework binder. Feel free to log in to any of the websites and check on their progress! AR and AM goals: 15 points/objectives per trimester (45 per year) Xtra Math: Parent letter in your folder! Almost all writing assignments will be created and stored on Google Docs. Revisions and editing will be done through Teacher Dashboard/Google. Your student's user name and password is also in your parent folder.

12. Cooper Molera January 16 Santa Lucia Preserve November 15 March 21 April 4 Sign ups for chaperones are on the back table!

13. Parent Teacher Communication Online grades will be updated on the class website soon! Completed/corrected work is sent home often in the “Stay at Home” section of your student's homework binder Email or call with ANY questions or concerns!kbeck@carmelunified.org 659-2276 ext 251 Curriculum brochure (CCSS) can be found at: http://www.carmelunified.org/domain/19