1. Curriculum Night PACE Program of Accelerated Curriculum and Enrichment

2. MRS. BERO IN A NUTSHELL Education  QU- B.A. Elementary Edu.  NLU-M.A. Mathematics Edu.  Gifted Endorsement  Teaching Philosophy

3. MRS. BERO IN A NUTSHELL -Addison, Glen Ellyn, Wheaton -Married July 2011 -Batavia -New parents -Jan. 14, 2015 -Lucy ELLIOT

4. EXPECTATIONS StudentTeacher  Follow classroom rules  Preserver  Hand in quality homework consistently  Come to class prepared  Share thinking & Listen to others’ thinking  Produce high quality work  Build relationships  Provide safe environment  Teach Common Core & ELA standards  Teach with enthusiasm  Give timely feedback  Effectively Communicate

5. BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT  PACE Rules, Guidelines, Goals  Logical Consequences  Tickets = Prizes/Coupons  Monthly grade level Lunch Bunch

6. SMOOTH RUNNING CLASSROOM MATERIALS  Folder  Notebook  Student Planner  Pencil Pouch *Build responsibility and indepencence *

7. HOMEWORK  Daily homework  Due back the following day  20-35 min.

8. GRADING Homework Classwork/Assessments/Report Card 0 Not turned in ✓ - Needs improvement ✓ Meets expectations ✓ + Above expectations I- Independent S- With support N- Not yet evident PACE Math- report card insert from PACE teacher PACE Reading- report card from classroom teacher with input from PACE teacher

9. GOALS  Lincoln:“INSPIRING IN EVERYONE A PASSION TO EXCEL.”  PACE: MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF INTELLECTUALLY AND ACADEMICALLY GIFTED MINDS

10. PACE MATH PROGRAM Mathematical Domains  Math Expressions  Operations and Algebraic Thinking  Number and Operations in Base 10  Measurement and Data  Geometry  Number and Operations--Fractions  Ratio and Proportional Relationships (grade 5)  Expressions and Equations (gr. 5)  Number Systems (gr. 5)

11. PACE READING PROGRAM ELA STANDARDS NOVELS SELECTED BY DISTRICT 200 READING FRAMEWORK- GUIDED READING -KEY IDEAS & DETAILS -CRAFT & STRUCTURE -INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE & IDEAS -RANGE OF READING & TEXT COMPLEXITY -PHONICS & WORD RECOGNITION -Fluency

12. 3 RD GRADE NOVELS ●The Fledgling ●The Just So Stories ●American Tall Tales ●Kids at Work ●Morning Girl ●The Krahatau Eruption/Nonfiction ●Poetry Unit ●Daybook

13. 4 TH GRADE NOVELS  Esperanza Rising  A Wrinkle in Time  Lincoln: A Photobiography  Children of the Dust Bowl  Bull Run  Poetry Unit  Myths, fables, drama, fairy tales

14. 5 TH GRADE NOVELS  Nothing But the Truth  Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry  The Hobbit  The Phantom Tollbooth  Wright Brothers Biography  Greek Mythology

15. BLOCK FRAMEWORKS Math- 60 Minutes  10 min.- greet, assignments collected, warm-up problem  10 min- teacher lead lesson  15 min.- group discussion/sharing  15 min. – partner/small group work  10 min.- explain/begin homework/ meet with teacher Reading- 30 Minutes  2 min.- greet, assignments collected  25 min.- mini-lesson or discussion on reading, guided reading  3 min. assign homework

16. PARENT/TEACHER COMMUNICATION  Deanna.Bero@cusd200.org – email is best Deanna.Bero@cusd200.org  Phone  Deanna Bero classroom webpage on Lincoln’s website ■Trimester newsletters ■Links to active internet sites for skill practice ■Photos