2. education family teaching experience beliefs about teaching and learning Who is this teacher?

3. Projects Development of organizational skills Culminating activities each theme Team name and logo Team building/reputation Increased responsibility Student-centered instruction Student presentations Sense of ownership What will this class be like?

4. ? ? AKS/GPS Common Core Large themes with connections Curriculum

5. ? ? Monday through Thursday: 20 minutes reading math practice (purple book) Thinkermath page weekly spelling tic-tac-toe tasks (at times, completion of a step in a larger project - usually science or social studies - or part of a literature study) Homework

6. ? ? ALWAYS talk to me! email is best (use the magnet info.) daily communication through assignment book (students are to have page initialed each evening at home) no phone calls after 9 pm please Friday folders every week (please initial) and newsletters 2 times a month Communication

7. Team Building

8. ? ? one warning strike one – note in assignment book and 5 minute recess penalty strike two – note in assignment book and 10 minute recess penalty strike three – note in assignment book and loss of all privileges additional strike – meeting with AP Class Guidelines

9. ? ? attendance grading transportation changes cafeteria charges promotion requirements textbooks Harvard Study Other Topics

10. Our Day 7:45bell, breakfast 8:25 – 8:55CQI Math/Language Arts 9:00 – 10:25Literacy 10:28 – 10:53Recess 10:53 – 11:18 Lunch (line #1, table #8) 11:18 – 11:30Read Aloud/Grammar/Spelling 11:30 – 12:30Math 12:30 – 12:55Math Integrated Sc/Social Studies 12:55 – 1:40Specials 1:40 – 2:30Science/Social Studies 2:30 – 2:45SQUIRT/dismissal

11. Our Day signing in and completing dailies

12. Our Day working breakfast

13. Our Day writing workshop

14. Our Day reading workshop

15. Our Day going to lunch and recess

16. Our Day read aloud

17. Our Day math workshop

18. Our Day going to specials Day 1 – PE Day 2 – Art Day 3 – Music Day 4 – Science Day 5 – PE Day 6 – math Day 7 - computer

19. Our Day science/social studies

20. Our Day afternoon responsibilities

21. Our Day SQUIRT (sustained, quiet, uninterrupted, independent reading time)

22. ? ? Questions Evaluation Form