1. O.A. Peterson Elementary Curriculum Night– September 11, 2012

2. O.A. Peterson Parent Partnership Night Northwest ISD Vision The best and most sought-after school district where every student is future ready: –Ready for college –Ready for the global workplace –Ready for personal success

3. O.A. Peterson Parent Partnership Night Peterson Elementary Mission Statement Our mission is to create a supportive and collaborative learning environment that educates and prepares our 21st century learners for an ever-changing world.

4. O.A. Peterson Parent Partnership Night Peterson Elementary 2012- 2013 Theme There’s a Hero inside everyone You don’t have to have super powers to be a hero. How can you be a hero in your daily life?

5. Daily Schedule Due to the amount of students at Peterson this year, our schedule has adjusted just a tad…. 7:45-8:15 Morning Meeting 8:15-9:30 Math Block 9:30-10:15Reading Block (part 1) 10:15-10:45Lunch 10:45-11:05Recess 11:05-11:55Reading Block (part 2) 11:55-12:50Specials (M/W are PE days) 12:50-1:40Writing Block 1:40-2:37Science Block 2:37-2:43Prepare to go home 2:45Dismiss *Reading Block includes word work and social studies.

6. Daily Communication Please check your child’s plastic “ take home” folder daily. It may contain notes, flyers, or homework. It will also contain a behavior conduct sheet.

7. Conduct Sheet The conduct sheet will mirror work habits, study habits and personal behavior expectations that are on the six week report cards. This will help you to stay connected and view your child’s daily behavior in class. A mark will be made and dated. It will take 2 marks to delete a box, showing your child’s conduct grade. As the six weeks progresses.

8. Website Information Stay Connected! School Website –Link to Gradebook! –All progress reports and report cards will be digital this year. –Username and Password is needed for access. *You can get this information from the office. Teacher Website –Daily schedule –Homework –Helpful videos –Upcoming events *I will send out an email blast as I make updates and add information to the website.

9. take back Homework Please take a minute to refer to my teacher website to review an article about homework. It can be found by clicking on the homework tab. This year your child will not have the traditional homework packet sent home on Monday to be returned completed on Friday. We are allowing the parents to take back the role of practicing and reinforcing learning at home.

10. What will homework look like? Reading –Your child is expected to read 30 books this year. The books should be 125 pages or more. –Your child should be reading a book from cover to cover, meaning they need to take the book home and bring it back to school the next day. –A reading log will not be assigned. Statistics show that reading logs are not beneficial and do not create a love for reading. –Your child is still expected to read nightly. 20-30 minutes is an appropriate time frame. –To ensure your child is reading, have book talks with your child. Ask them what they think about the book, and to explain their thinking. –You will be able to gauge your child’s understanding and comprehension through these book talks. –WE WANT KIDS TO ENJOY READING, NOT CONSIDER IT A CHORE!

11. What will homework look like? Math - Your child will find themselves more successful in math if they have their basic addition and subtraction facts memorized. Flash Cards and math websites with fact practice are great ways to help your child. Just remember keep it light hearted and fun! We will have a fact baseball world series in class, where students are divided into teams and will “play” one another to see who the World Series Math Champs are!!!!! Home practice- I have placed a tab on my website that will house extra practice pages to be completed at home. There is no need to return these sheets to school. This is a tool for you to reinforce and support your child at home. From time to time, a math page may be sent home based on class mastery and needed practice. These will need to be returned to school the next day. * I will send an email blast if there is homework that needs to be completed and returned to school the next day.

12. What will homework look like? Word Work/Spelling Our goal is to have the kiddos to understand the spelling rules and apply them when writing verses bringing a list home, memorizing the words for a test on Friday. We want our kids to actually work with their words and understand the spellings and why the words are spelled the way they are…. Monday- Words will be introduced and spelling rule(s) will be taught. Tuesday-Thursday- Words will be practiced in centers or group activities. Friday- Quick review, game, test *You can support your child at home by referring the the word work/spelling tab on my main web page.

13. Tid-Bits PTA –Our goal is to have every parent be a part of the PTA. –We are sponsoring a contest to have 100% participation, and those classes with 100% participation will be awarded an ice cream party. –You determine how involved you want to be….there are tons of ways to be a part of your child’s education. Ride Changes –Please send a note to school with your child to inform us of any changes. All changes must be reported to the office staff before 2:00 pm to be honored. –Reasoning for the 2:00 rule. Our goal is to keep our kids safe and we would hate to have them lost in the shuffle of dismissal, due to not getting the ride change info in enough time.

14. Questions? O.A. Peterson Parent Partnership Night