Welcome to Room B136

Mrs. Gibeault

 This is my 16 th year of teaching     I was in the Colonial School District for 12 years, and have been at BME for 4 I have taught 8 th grade Science, 3 rd , 2 nd , and 4 th grades I am the mother of 2 Appo students, and the aunt of another Teaching runs in my family

Schedule

 Monday-Language  Tuesday- Related Arts and Talent Development  Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday- Related Arts

Language Class

 Ms. Cintora, Mrs. Chang  Chinese, Japanese, French, and Spanish  9 Weeks of each

Related Arts

Related Arts

  Technology Guidance  Physical Education  Art  Music  Foreign Language 

Rotating schedule

Writing Instruction

 Purposes- Narrative, Persuasive, Informative, Expository  6 traits- Ideas, Organization, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Voice, Conventions  Rubrics- used for feedback and assessment 

Writing Academy

Working with Words

      Traditional Spelling- test each week on 5 most frequently missed words and 5 new words with the same pattern. Also, students will do one dictation sentences to practice grammar.

Word Wall Words- reinforcement of high frequency words Spelling contract Word sorts/ practice pages Scored for information only. Not part of writing grade.

Included in scoring rubrics

Guided Reading

 Reading Text book-Reading Street has short stories are used to teach comprehension skills on grade level  Whole group instruction and small groups  Fiction and non-fiction reading is equally represented throughout the series.

 Tests will include vocabulary, skills, and strategies covered during the week. However, unit tests will use a new piece of text to test student understanding.

 RARE extremely important

Self Selected Reading

 Apply guided reading strategies to personal reading level.  Student and class goals are set  Accelerated Reading (AR)- students are expected to read and test on books approximately every week or more often. The tests are on the computers and reports will be shared with parents on progress every few weeks.

RARE

R A R E Restate Answer Revisit Explain

RARE Example

 Where was Martin’s family travelling?

Martin’s family was traveling west. In the book, he used a compass to point him westward. I learned in 3 rd grade that settlers travelled west in search of a better life.

Math

 TERC Series used to introduce, teach, and reinforce math concepts  Hands-on lessons  Big Concepts- Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Decimals, Geometry, Money, Patterns, and Probability  Please review telling time with your children.

IXL

 Computer program that reinforces fact fluency  Student practices independently skills that will be helpful to him or her.

 Progress is tracked by the computer and reports will be generated every few weeks

Science

 Smithsonian and Foss Kits- Structures of Life, Magnetism and Electricity, Land and Water  Crayfish, Bess Beetles, Circuit boards, and Stream Tables

Social Studies

 History, Economics, Geography, and Civics  1700-1850  Focus on events in US history and how they relate to Delaware  Government set up and citizenship  Goods, services, opportunity costs

Homework Policy

 Agenda books will be filled out at the end of the day  Approximately 40 minutes of homework each day  Spelling due at the end of the week  Reading 20 minutes each day- AR or self selected (

Your initials in the agenda indicate that your child has read

).

 Occasional large projects-support given in class

Talent Development

 Will begin in September on Tuesdays for 1 hour  Four sessions-the first three are exploratory and the third is project based  Student selected class based on their interests

Positive Behavior Support

 Dolphin golds- given to students throughout the day by teachers recognizing responsible, respectful, and/or ready behavior  Monthly Assemblies- held to recognize individual students and classes for the 3R’s

Additional Support

    Reading support- Mrs. Plummer is our reading specialist and identifies students with needs in reading for small group support. In addition, teachers monitor on going progress of all students and provide in class support.

Enrichment- Groups are formed based on student needs and meet 4 times a week for a half hour.

Guidance- Small groups to help students with social needs in specific areas English Language Support- students as English as a second language will be support by ESL teacher

Additional Activities

 Library Lunch Bunch- students interested in doing novel studies meet with Mrs. Haney weekly during lunch  Basketball Club- Mrs. Sumner will put a letter out for sign ups. It is held after school.  Drama Club- Mr. Jalbert holds try outs in the later part of the year for the School Play.

 Chorus- Mr. Jalbert will send out information on sign ups  Band- Information will be coming regarding sign ups