Academic Session 1 Presentation: 7:00-7:30

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Welcome! ELA Team Mrs. Quinn Ms. Leess

• Academic Session 1 Presentation 700-730
• Academic Session 2 Presentation 730-800

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Schedule

• 840-900 Arrival and Breakfast
• 900-945 Specials
• 945-10 15 Spanish
• 1015-1215 Academic Session 1
• 1215- 100 Academic Session 2
• 100-200 Recess Lunch
• 200-315 Academic Session 2
• 315-325 Pack up and Dismissal

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Agenda Books

• All students will copy their homework assignments
  into their agenda book daily.
• The agenda book needs to be signed by a
  parent/guardian on a daily basis.

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ELA Homework Policy

• The 4th grade teams homework policy is as
  follows
• All students will copy their homework in their
  agenda/assignment book daily. The agenda book
  should be signed on a daily basis by a
  parent/guardian.
• Homework can be done with adult supervision, but
  the student should complete the assignment.
• All homework should be returned by the assigned
  date. Assignments not turned in on the date will
  not receive full credit.

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Homework Policy Cont.

• Homework is assigned daily. Notes to excuse or
  extend assignments will not be accepted, unless
  under extreme circumstances.
• Students who are absent should see the teacher
  for each subject immediately.
• Make up work (class work and homework) should be
  completed in a timely fashion. For every day
  absent, he/she will have a day to make up that
  work.

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• Reading Requirements
• Children who are solid readers
• perform better in school
• have a healthy self-image
• become lifelong learners
• All of the these outcomes lead to our childrens
  viability in a competitive world.

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WORD STUDY A Powerful New Approach
Prefixes
Phonics
Suffixes
Vocabulary
Greek Latin Roots
Spelling
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Word Study

• THEN

• Assigned word lists
• Little or no connection to curricular areas or
  each other
• The weekly assignment Find and write a
  definition for each word, or Use each word in a
  sentence
• A test came at the end of the week (rote
  memorization)

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Word Study

• NOW

• Word lists are organized through meaningful roots
  or patterns
• Expand and deepen word knowledge during
  content-area study
• The weekly assignment
• Meet the Root, Combine and
• Create, Read and Reason,
• Extend and Explore
• Applied spelling and language conventions tests

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ELA Homework
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Dictation
Word Meaning
A New Look for Assessments
Applied knowledge
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PBIS at Phelps Luck Elementary School

Fabulous Falcons Respect Self Respect
Others Respect Property
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STEPS FOR SOARING TO SUCCESS

• Step 1 GREEN GOAL LEVEL
• Everyone starts here when you follow the Phelps
  Luck Elementary School expectations of
• Respect Self
• Respect Others
• Respect Property
• STEP 2 YELLOW STOP AND THINK LEVEL
• Student will be asked to move to another area.
• STOP AND THINK FORM completed
• Teacher conference
• STEP 3 RED STUDENT SUPPORT LEVEL
• If the behavior continues the teacher will seek
  office support

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Fabulous Falcons

• Fabulous Falcon incentive tickets are used
  through out the school day. Students can receive
  Falcons during their bus ride and during the
  school day.
• When a student demonstrates the expected
  behaviors
• (Respecting self, others, and property) they
  receive a Falcon. The Falcons are redeemed for
  incentives in the classroom, team, or
  school-wide.
• Class Dojo
• A real time behavioral management tool
• Engages students, tracks data and focuses on
  positive behaviors
• Parents have access from home

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How can parents support PBIS at home?

• Talk with your child about what it means to
  respect self, others and property at home.
• Focus on the positive things that your child does
  at home and talk about why these behaviors are
  important to you.
• Assist teachers in the classroom with management
  of the PBIS program if needed.

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Working Together Professional Development

• Rationale To provide all students with enriching
  differentiated instruction
• Teachers co-teach in Reading and Math
• Teachers co-plan on a weekly basis
• Teachers participate in quarterly long range
  planning sessions
• On going professional development on best
  practices and Common Core
• Monthly meeting with Reading and Math Support
  Teachers

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Accessories

• Cell phones are not encouraged to be brought to
  school.
• Students can make phone calls on the classroom
  phone and in the office with the help of an
  adult.
• However, cell phones that are in school must be
  kept off and in the childs backpack during the
  school day.

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Teacher Contacts

• 4th Grade Teachers
• Keri Quinn (Team Leader)- keri_quinn_at_hcpss.org
• Megan Kelly- megan_kelly_at_hcpss.org
• Rachel Leess- rachel_leess_at_hcpss.org
• Amanda Lardner- amanda_lardner_at_hcpss.org
• Kaye Simon (Paraeducator)- kaye_simon_at_hcpss.org
• 4th Grade Co-Teachers
• Jennifer Silbaugh (Special Educator)-
  jennifer_silbaugh_at_hcpss.org
• Art Wong (ESOL)- art_wong_at_hcpss.org
• Tracy Jones- tracy_jones_at_hcpss.org
• Mary Ellen Davis- maryellen_davis_at_hcpss.org
• Kara Emond- katherine_emond_at_hcpss.org
• Carol Ann Stevens- carol_stevens_at_hcpss.org