Our Summit Hill District expectations for all staff and students are “the 3 BE’s”. BE respectful BE responsible BE safe.

 Cool Tools (mini lessons)    Students who are good examples of the 3 BE’s will earn paws to be spent in “Paw Mart” once a week. Students who do all homework and follow the “Walker Way” will earn a coupon and reward at the end of the week.

The whole class earns marbles.

 1 st time = warning. Slip in pocket.

 2 nd time = Notecard in pocket and no coupon  3 rd time = Reflection on note card, miss intramurals, and contact home

    In grammar, always study charts and explanations on the left (odd numbered) page. Memorize any rules we write in our notes. Study notes and D.O.L. in spiral.

The “6 traits” of writing will be incorporated into all writing assignments.

For reading, we will be doing a variety of common core-based activities.

Read 20 minutes 20 days/month. Sign calendar.

    New common core series Go Math covers: +, -, x, ÷ whole numbers, decimals, fractions graphing, measurement, geometry, volume

PLEASE STUDY MATH FACTS!!!!

Go Math is concept-based not just memorization.

Math book is soft-cover. Homework follows the lesson from previous pages. Yes, it is OK to help your child. Think Central also has great help on-line.

 The social studies website is http://www.sfsocialstudies.com

 Notes and study guides are used for chapter tests.

 You will be notified about in-school and at home projects so you can help encourage your child to do quality work.

 The topics we will be studying have concepts related to physical, life, and earth science. We will read and discuss the lessons. Experiments will model the ideas from the text. Notes are in the spiral notebook.

 Every day students should: ◦

WRITE DOWN THE HOMEWORK

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DO THE HOMEWORK

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BRING BACK THE HOMEWORK

    Consequences for late homework are as follows: Day1: Go to lunch study hall to complete assignment and bring home a pink slip to be signed. No coupon at the end of the week.

Day 2: The assignment will lose 10 percentage points phone call.

, another pink note will be sent home along with a reminder e-mail or Day 3 - A phone call home will be made and the assignment will receive a zero .

    Completed assignment notebook comes home each night. No blank days.

Parent signs it to confirm knowledge of the work to do.

After the first quarter, responsible students will earn the privilege of not having to get it signed. (They still need to do the work though)  A copy of the homework is posted on each teacher’s website to use as a backup.

     It comes home every Friday with papers from the week.

Parents sign and return folder on Monday .

Sticker given if all papers are above 70%.

Papers below 70% will be listed on folder.

Feel free to contact me with any questions.

 A child who is absent is allowed 1 day for each absent day to make up work.  If possible, it helps to have the missing work sent home so the child can keep up and understand the new lesson upon return to school.

     My goal is to save the earth. I’m putting this on my web page instead of printing it. I would be glad to make a copy for anyone if requested.  I also encourage students to use the back of their paper. I reuse paper too.

I highly encourage the use of reusable water bottles. I put the weekly newsletter on my website.

 The school phone number is 815-464-2285.

 My e-mail is [email protected]

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 If you just want to check for an assignment, you may look at my web page at www.summithill.org.