Transcript At Roxbury Elementary School Solon, Ohio

At Roxbury Elementary School
Solon, Ohio
How to get in touch with me:
Voicemail: 440-349-7757, ext. 5861
If calling about a bus change or pick-up change, please call the office
directly instead of leaving me a voicemail. 440-349-6220
*Email: [email protected] (preferred)
I check email throughout the day
Fall Conference:
Please sign up at the end of the presentation for a conference time. I will
remind you on the first quarter report card.
Additional Conferences:
As needed, please call or email to schedule a time to meet.
Behavior Expectations
Roxbury Rules:
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I choose to follow directions
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I choose to do my best
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I choose to use kind words, kind hands and kind feet
Rewards:
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Rocket Rewards
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Individual, Table and Class
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Maximum learning, good grades and good friends
Consequences:
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Clip Down on behavior chart (warning, consequence, parent contact)
Growth Mindset
Roxbury is a growth mindset school. “When students and educators have a
growth mindset, they understand that intelligence can be developed.
Students focus on improvement instead of worrying about how smart they
are. They work hard to learn more and get smarter.”
Family Information System
The Family Information System is a vital parent-teacher link. On my classroom
website, you will find:
• Calendar:
– Upcoming assessments
– Holidays
– Field trips
– Homework (we also fill in a planner page daily)
– Special events
• Class News and Photos
• Useful website links that can support your child’s learning
• Email access to the teacher
Homework
• Students are to be reading an average of 30 minutes nightly – should be
completing their reading log nightly.
• Math homework nightly
• Students are to practice math facts 3 times a week for 10 minutes.
Expectation that students will be fluent in facts by end of third grade.
• Please check over your child’s homework.
• Occasional content area (science and social studies) homework.
Mrs. Armentrout’s Schedule 2014-2015
7:45 - 8:00
8:00 - 9:10
9:10 – 10:00
10:00 – 11:00
11:00 - 12:00
12:00 - 12:55
1:00 - 1:50
1:50 - 2:00
2:00 - 2:30
2:30
Bellwork
Math
Specials
Reader’s Workshop
Writer’s Workshop and Word Study
Lunch/Recess
Science or Social Studies
Prepare to go home
No New Instruction-Differentiated Math Activities
Dismissal
Snacks and Birthday Treats
• We snack between after specials at 10. Snacks must be healthy – no
candy, cookies or cake, please. Only water is allowed.
• You are welcome to send in individual birthday treats on your child’s
birthday. These do NOT have to be healthy. (24 students)
• Napkins and treats that are all the same are appreciated!
• We typically enjoy the treats during NNI time.
• If your child has a food allergy,
please let me know. We do have a student with a
peanut allergy.
Reading Workshop
Mini-Lesson - Daily, brief, whole group lessons about how reading works
or how readers work.
Independent Reading – daily, silent, sustained reading from a selfselected text. Students are expected to read “just right” books from a
variety of genres, stay on task, and analyze their thinking, completing a
daily reading log
Guided Reading - Students are grouped according to needs and
appropriate focus. Book levels are based on Developmental Reading
Assessment results given in the fall, and January.
Word Study
Word Study – looking at spelling generalizations
Grouped according to needs, based on DSA given in September
How can parents help their children with spelling?
• Encourage your child to reread his/her work. Have your child identify
words that do not look correct. This is the first step to better spelling.
Encourage your child to apply the spelling patterns he/she knows.
Writing Units of Study
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Crafting True Stories
The Art of Informational Writing
Information Writing: Reading, Research, and Writing in the Content Areas
Changing the World: Persuasive Speeches, Petitions, and Editorials
The Literary Essay: Equipping Ourselves with the Tools to Write Expository Texts
that Advance an Idea about Literature
• Once Upon a Time: Adapting and Writing Fairy Tales
• Poetry: Writing, Thinking, and Seeing More
• Revision
Math
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New math series – enVision math
Aligned to the Common Core,
Daily “Quick-check” at end of each day – corrective instruction provided during No New
Instruction time
Enrichment for students as needed
Third Grade focus:
• Operations and Algebraic Thinking
• Numbers & Operations in Base 10
• Numbers & Operations in Fractions
• Measurement and Data
• Geometry
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Fluency in all facts by end of year!
How can I help my child in math this year?
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Tell time and count money together. Ask real-world questions such as:
“What time is it? What time will it be in 15 minutes?”
“How much time before soccer practice begins?”
“How much change should we get after we buy these pencils?”
“How much more money do you need before you can buy ....?”
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Check over math homework together.
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Check over math assessments together.
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Let the teacher know if there is a concept that is particularly difficult for your child.
Science Units
• Plants and Animals
Life cycles
adaptations
• Matter
• Earth’s Resources
Rocks and soil
Renewable and non-renewable resources
Social Studies Units of Study
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Citizenship and Problem Solving
Solon History & People in Societies (Culture)
Geography
Economics
Third Grade State Testing
Fall Reading OAA will be given October 7th. Students who do not get 395 or above in the fall will
retake the Reading OAA in the spring.
3rd Grade Guarantee – if Developmental Reading Assessment 2 is not at benchmark the diagnostic
will be given. If a student doesn’t pass the diagnostic, they will be placed on the 3rd Grade Guarantee.
Parents will receive a letter and students will be closely monitored in our Response To Intervention
(pyramid) process with a reading intervention plan for 1 year with parents coming in on a monthly
basis.
PARCC Assessments
•Assessments will be online.
•End of Year Expectation is 1 typed page double spaced in size 12 pt, per writing workshop session composed on
computer.
•Type to Learn – practice at home, also during library time
•Students will have access to these types of assessments as we go through the year
Performance Based Assessments (March)
•In ELA/literacy, this will involve analyzing literature and a narrative writing task. Students will read texts and
write several pieces to demonstrate they can read and understand sufficiently complex texts independently;
write effectively
when using and analyzing sources; and build and communicate knowledge by integrating, comparing and
synthesizing ideas.
•In math, students will be asked to solve problems involving the key knowledge and skills for their grade level (as
identified by the CCSS), express mathematical reasoning and construct a mathematical argument, and apply
concepts to
solve model real-world problems.
End of Year Assessment (April)
•Students will demonstrate knowledge by answering computer-based, machine-scorable questions.
Visit our school website under News and Notes to learn more about PARCC.
Specials
Monday - Music – Mrs. Scott
Tuesday -Art – Mr. Booth
Wednesday -Physical Education – Mr. Atienza
Thursday -Media / Library – Miss Armstrong
Friday – please see rotational schedule
Important Upcoming Dates
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Picture Day – September 11
Topic 2 Math Assessment – September 17
Plants & Animal Assessment – Week of October 6th
Fall OAA – Tuesday, October 7
Important Reminders
Security – please remember to enter through the front doors. If you
are dropping an item off, it must be dropped off in the office, not
brought to the classroom.
Eforms –Please go directly to the computer lab to complete if you
have not done so.
Planned absences – parents must complete a Planned Absence form.
Forms are in the office, or you can email Mrs. Piscura or me.
We are a team!
• Together, we can make this a positive, successful year for you
child!
• Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions or
concerns.
Reminders
• Please write a note to your child and leave it on or inside
his/her desk
• Send in headphones for computer work
• Complete forms for PTA and return as soon as possible
• Sign up for conference times
• Sign up to help with parties and/or field trips
PTA Announcements
Thank you for coming
tonight!
I look forward to seeing each of you at our fall
conference.