Welcome to our Open House

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Welcome to our Open House
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Expectations and Procedures

• P.B.I.S. Positive Behavior Intervention
  Supports
• THE THREE BES
• BE Respectful
• BE Responsible
• BE Safe

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Classroom Rules Consequences

• Rules
• 1. Listen Carefully
• 2. Follow Directions.
• 3. Work Quietly. Do not disturb others who are
  working.
• 4. Respect others. Be kind with your words and
  actions.
• 5. Respect school and personal property.
• 6. Work and play safely.
• Consequences
• 1. Verbal warning.
• 2. Behavior Slip placed on desk.
• 3. Behavior slip moved to students pocket.
• 4. Three Behavior slips moved to pocket in one
  week results in a minor infraction
• (student will sit out from intramurals)
• After three minor infractions a student will be
  referred to the assistant principal.
• 5. Major behavior problems will be referred to
  the assistant principal for immediate action. A
  major referral form will be completed and parents
  or guardians will be contacted immediately.
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Rewards

• Positive recognition of good behavior
• Individual PAWS to be used at PAWMART
• Weekly reward for clean pockets
• Class PAWS
• Class Parties for holidays and special events
  will be organized by the students. Parents will
  be asked to provide nutritional snacks.

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Academics

• STARR TESTING Measures individual student
  growth throughout the school year. Administered
  in the fall, winter, and spring. Please,
  encourage your child to do his/her best as I use
  your childs scores to help pace and
  differentiate his/her instruction.
• PARC TESTING State wide test given to all
  students in April. You will receive more
  information regarding this test as the year
  progresses.
• Grading Scale
  
• 100 90 A
• 89 80 B
• 79 70 C
• 69 60 D
• 59 0 F
• Grades will be updated on Power School weekly.

• Grading Weighting
• Tests 40
• Quizzes 35
• Homework/ 25
• class work

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HOMEWORK

• Homework is assigned daily.
• It is the students responsibility to record
  assignments in the assignment notebook each day.
• Upcoming tests and projects are posted on the
  schools web-site and updated each week at
  www.summithill.org .
• If your child is absent, please arrange for
  the work missed to be sent home with another
  student or picked up in the office. It is easy
  to fall behind!!

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Late Missing Assignments

• Late Assignments
• A notice of the missing assignment will be
  sent home for a parent or guardians signature.
  The signed notice is due along with the completed
  assignment the next day.
• Assignments turned in two days late will
  receive a 10 grade reduction. Assignments
  turned in three or more days late are marked as a
  0 per the district guidelines.

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Repeated Late work

• A student who has four late assignment within
  one quarter will be required to stay after school
  for two days of academic assistance. Parents
  will be contacted at least one day prior to the
  student staying after so arrangements can be
  made. At the beginning of each quarter every
  student gets a fresh start.
• The fifth late assignment results in three days
  of academic assistance. At that point a parent
  conference will be arranged so we can work
  together to create a solution geared toward
  helping your child succeed.

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Homework Help

• If your child is struggling with a particular
  problem or assignment and you are unable to help
  him/her, please initial or sign that problem so
  that I know he/she attempted to complete the
  assignment.
• This will let me know your child needs reteaching
  or more support with that skill.
• Prior to tests or when a difficult concept is
  being introduced I offer extra help and support
  in the form of study groups that meet during
  intramural time. I will let the children know
  when we are having a study group.
• Academic Assistance is available after school.
  Please, send a note with your child letting me
  know he/she will be staying after. Include in
  the note how your child will be getting home from
  Academic Assistance.

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Daily Schedule

• 820 830 Announcements/Opening
• 830 1049 Language Arts (Reading English)
• 1004 1049 Science
• 1051- 1136 Lunch/Intramurals
• 1139 1239 Math
• 1241 121 Social Studies
• 123 153 Rti
• 155 240 Special Classes (P.E./Art/Music)
• 245 250 Dismissal

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Reading/Language Arts

• Our Reading and Language Arts block meets daily
• from 830 1002 a.m.
• Curriculum
• Comprehension, Vocabulary,
  Phonics Skills
• Fluency/Oral Reading
• Reading Improvement Time
• Grammar skills
• Writing skills
• Spelling Handwriting

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Science

• Three key areas
• Life Science
• Earth Science
• Physical Science.
• Concepts are developed through hands-on
  activities. Your child will keep a science
  notebook where he/she will take notes and write
  lab reports.

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Math

• Math meets daily from 1139 -1239
• Curriculum
• Decimal place value and computation
• Fractions
• Problem solving and application skills
• Geometry Measurement
• Your child will have math homework each day.

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Social Studies

• Daily from 1241 121 p.m.
• The curriculum covers American History from
  Colonial America to the Civil War.
• Your child will keep an interactive journal
  where they take notes and respond with their
  feelings and impressions.

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RtI

• We have RtI daily from 155 240 p.m.
• Reading RtI meets three times a week
• Math RtI meets twice weekly
• During RtI students will work on a range of
  activities based each students specific learning
  needs. These activities include opportunities
  for reteaching, reinforcement, and enrichment.

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Specials Schedule

• Physical Education
• Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 155
  240 p.m.
• Please note this schedule will change
  for the 2nd semester
• Special Classes
• 155 240 p.m.
• 1st Semester Art (Tuesday Friday)
• 2nd Semester Music (Thursday
  Friday)

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Communication

• Please, feel free to contact me anytime
  throughout the school year at [phone] or
  e-mail me at cmaranto_at_summithill.org.
• Weekly Newsletter Posted on district website,
  www.summithill.org.
• Please sign-up for Parent Conferences before you
  leave.
• My classroom expectations and procedures are
  posted on my webpage. Please review this
  information with your child, sign and date the
  final page, and have your child return it to
  school by Tuesday, September 2nd.