1. Welcome to Back to School Night!!!! Mrs. Blake’s Language Arts-Social Studies Core

2. Language Arts

3. Common Core in Language Arts Building knowledge through Content- Rich nonfiction Reading and writing grounded in evidence Regular practice with complex texts and academic language

4. Reading/Writing Reading –literature book, novels and Scope magazine 6 +1 writing traits – common vocabulary, self assessment, peer assessment Writing Genres –informational, narrative, response to literature and argumentative

5. Accelerated Reader (AR) Students took the STAR test and will be given a ZPD on Friday ZPD tells them the level of books they need to check out Make sure you sign their reading logs once a week (available on my website under language arts) Once they finish the book, they can take a test in my class or the library ONLY if they have a signed log. Can take a test Tuesday – Friday in my class

6. Accelerated Reader (AR) Receive points for percentage they got correct SIGN UP FOR RENAISSANCE HOME CONNECT ON MY LINKS SECTION!!!

7. SOCIAL STUDIES

8. Ancient Civilizations Early Humans Mesopotamia Ancient China Ancient Egypt Ancient India Ancient Hebrews Ancient Greece Ancient Rome

9. Project Based Learning Most units have projects Projects are done in class, if they don’t finish it’s homework Calendars with due dates/test dates are available on my website Small quizzes throughout unit Cumulative test at end of unit Aligned to Common Core Standards

10. GRADING

11. Assessments Diagnostic Academic Behavior Work (Formative) 10% of domain percentage Academic Content (Summative) 90% of domain percentage, except for LA where it is worth 80% AR is worth 10% of Language Arts’ Overall Grade Aligned to Common Core Standards

12. Academic Behavior-10% of grade ● Skills level assignments/assessments/projects ● Practice ● Preparedness ● Collaboration ● Participation ● Behavior

13. Academic Content- 80% of LA grade/90% of SS grade ● Scores that reflect student performance on standards

15. Homework 30 minutes of AR/silent reading (check in with your child) sign log weekly Extensions of class work Homework Chart Homework section of my website

16. Assignment Policy Late Academic Behavior assignments will not receive credit! If your child is absent then they can make up the assignments that they missed. It is their responsibility to check the “Absent Binder” or my website to find out what they missed.

17. Online Gradebook Gradebook – Username: Student ID (6- digits) Password: Student's Birthday (March 5, 2003 would be 2003-03-05): Must include dashes (no spaces). *Single digit months and days need to have the zero in front of them. It will have you set a new password right away.

18. Renaissance Home Connect (AR) AR - To check how many AR points your child currently has. Username: Student ID Password: Student’s Birthday (March 5, 1997 would be 03/05/97). Both the Gradebook and Renaissance Home Connect are listed under my links section of my website

19. Gradebook FAQ What does a ‘Z’ mean in my child’s grades? It means the assignment wasn’t turned in, completed, or your child did not write their name on it. (Have student check the no-name box). What does a “X” mean in my child’s grades? It means that your child is excused from that assignment and it will not affect their grade.

20. Contacts E-mail: jblake01@rcsdk8.org Please… make sure you have filled out the contact form-available on my website My Website: http://goo.gl/Svpls8 Or Google me! Jaime Blake

21. Questions?????? Thank you for coming to Back to School Night!!!!!!

22. E Period

23. Why? To better support all students Intervention, Study Hall and Enrichment Tuesday-Friday for 30 mins

24. Intervention Mathematics, Language Arts or Study Hall Support for meeting academic proficiency in one or both of these areas. Placed based upon assessments given by teacher.

25. Enrichment Students who are meeting grade level standards in math and language arts. Enrichment provided based on content areas and teacher. Students are given a menu of classes to chose from.

26. Study Skills For students who need support in completing assignments on time

27. AR Reading E Period Gives students who are not reading at home time to read

28. Changing Classes Classes can change throughout the year. Assessments given to determine movement.

29. Any Questions?