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Welcome!
BACK TO SCHOOL
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Ms. O’C--Room 203
SCASD Mission Statement
To
Prepare Students
for
Lifelong Success
through
Excellence in Education
About Ms. O’C
Teacher
since 1985 (CA, China)
BS-PSU,
Cred-UC Berkeley, MEd-
PSU
Began
teaching SCASD 1989
Favorite
Subject=Everything!
My Job: GROW YOUR BRAIN
YOUR JOB: Grow Your Brain
Like Michelangelo: “If people knew how
hard I worked to get my mastery, it
wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all”
Your Brain now…11 years old
Your brain at 21 years old
In Middle School
More
RIGHTS
More RESPONSIBILITIES
(Parent roles MAY change)
Bigger
school
6 Day Cycle
More Friends!
French Philosopher
Jean-Paul Sartre
Who
wrote that “The anguish of
decision is the hallmark of
RESPONSIBILITY”
In
Ms. O’C’s words: “You are
responsible for your own behavior.”
Reading-Choice Books
Reading Zone
(30min EVERY night)
Junior Great Books-Interp
Read Aloud (quiz)
Vocabulary(HW)
Media Literacy
Informational Reading
-Strategies
-Textbooks
Fiction Reading
The
“gateway drug” to reading.
Reading
20 min/night x 1 school year
= about 2 MILLION words
Reading
5 min/night x 1 school year
=about 200,000 words
Writing
(Laptops)
Writers Workshop
Mini Lessons
Writing
Revision
Poetry
Memoir
Persuasive
Gift writing
Homework
30 min writing 2x/wk
Indiv.Spelling Lists
Spelling Tests
Curriculum Units
• Social Studies
• Science
• Bridges to
Understanding
• Ancient Civilizations
• (PreHistory,
Mesopotamia/Egypt,
China, Greece
• Discovery
Science
• Matter&Molecules
• Mixtures
• Drugs/Alcohol
Awareness
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Current Events
Geography
Exploratory Classes
• Art/Music
• (Family Consumer Science, Technology
Education)
• PE **CLOTHES** DAYS 2,5 (shirt, shorts,
shoes)
• Foreign Language-12 weeks each (Spanish,
French, German)
Weekly Letter
• Mondays (hard copy/email)
• Return TEAR OFF by
Wed
• Information, dates
and homework
• On website
• Parent
Help:[email protected]
• 814-231-7744
Homework
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Assignment Book—ON the WEEKLY LETTER!
EVERY school night about 1 hour
Daily: 30 min Reading, Math
Weekly: Vocab, Writing, Spelling
OTHERS as assigned
YOUR
ASSIGNMENT BOOK
(AB) IS YOUR
BEST FRIEND
IN
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Write This: Tues 8/26-Weekly Letter
due
Fri 9/12—Parent Verification due (p. 42 in
AB)
(This is not the end of my
presentation) To RETURN!
FORMS to return to Ms. O’C:
-Parent/Guardian Survey (Orange)
-AB Parent Verification signed-9/12
-Photo/Social Media permission (Classroom
closed blogging only) (Online with
Emergency Contact Forms)
-T Shirt order 9/5
Contacting Ms. O’C
 [email protected]
 Weekly Letter tear-off return notes
 Website--SCASD/PFMS/Staff/O’Connell
(contains Weekly Letters, links to workpages
and Library Research sources)
 Phone--PFMS 272-8464 (messages)
Home-234-1115
Field Trips
 Outdoor--Team Building—Fri, Oct 3 (Chaperones—Parent
Volunteer Form Required—see PFMS Website.
 PSU Matson Museum of Anthropology—March TBA
 Carnegie Science Center Roadshow—April TBA
 Greek Olympics—May TBA
 Parent Chaperones/helpers needed! (Watch WL for dates)
PFMS Stuff
 ROAR Day—Thur 9/4
 Respect, Organization,
Attitude, Respect.
 AREA—Homework
Help, Quiet Study,
Band, Choir and
Orchestra, others
 Extra Curr--IM, Clubs,
Drama, Fun Days
 PSU C.A.L.M.
Study 2012-2014
Participant
 Gentle stretching,
breathing, postures
 “Thinking about
thinking”
 1-2 times/cycle
Mountain Lion Team
Lunch 11:10-11:40
 Healthy Snacks OK (almost) anytime
 Water Bottle w/sport cap-anytime (Laptops)
 Recess or PE daily
 Student- Led Conferences-FALL-Oct 16, 17
(sign up on my website in Sept)
 PSSA-April 15,16 (ELA), April 22,23 (Math)
Next?
Use the BLUE schedule in AB to tour the
building and all off team teachers.
After Exploratory classes, you may come back
for locker practice if you wish.
MATH Workshop
With Ms O’C and Mrs. Simpson
GROW YOUR BRAIN—Like Michael
Jordan: “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots
in my career. I’ve lost 300 games. 26 times
I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning
shot and missed…I can accept failure.
Everyone fails at something. I cannot
accept not trying.”
Math Daily 8:35-9:44
Sharing, puzzling, figuring things out,
teaching each other, practice
BRING to math class:
Math Notebook
Math Folder
Pencil, Assignment Book
(Snacks/water are fine anytime EX
laptops)
Homework
Do in class til late September
EVERY NIGHT Mon-Thurs
5-10 minutes (if apply yourself)
HH if not done, lose points late
Parents sign if work 15 min/not done
Absent—due a day late, ASK for it!
Connected Math
 1. Prime Time (Factors/multiples)
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2. Comparing Bits and Pieces (Fraction, Decimal,
Percent concepts)
3. Let’s Be Rational (Fraction operations)
4. Covering and Surrounding (Area/Perimeter)
5. Decimal Ops (Computation with Decimals,
Percents)
6. Variables and Patterns (Algebra)
7. Data About Us
Grading
Class participation
Tests/quizzes
Homework
Fact practice/IXL
Portfolios will come home w/graded
work
Contact us!
 Ms. O’C—EMAIL is best
[email protected]
School messages: 272-8464
Home: 234-1115
Mrs Simpson
 [email protected]
 (School-272-8480)
Please RETURN
Family/Child info page—on the first day
of school
NOW WHAT?—on to your Homeroom
Teacher classroom