Welcome to Room 206!

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Welcome to Room 206!
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• Get used to being the best class in
• the state of Pennyslvania!

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About the Teacher

• I am a graduate of Pennsylvania State
  University where I received a Bachelors degree
  in Education, a Masters degree in Curriculum and
  Development, and Reading Specialist
  certification.
• I am not a native Pennsylvanian like my mother
  and grandmother however, I have lived in the
  Harrisburg area for 25 years. I currently live
  in a beautiful but smelly area in Millersburg on
  four acres adjacent to an Amish Dairy and a
  quarter of a mile from a chicken farm. Before
  moving to Pennsylvania, I was a Navy wife for a
  short time after having grown up an Army brat.
• I have been married to my best friend for 36
  years, and I have three grown children, eleven
  grandchildren, and two stubborn but adorable
  long-haired, black and tan mini-dachshunds.
  Truly, I am a blessed person!

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About the Teacher Continued

• My husband and I enjoy watching DIY shows,
  viewing Pinterest, and refurbishing, repairing,
  and repurposing castoff items in our spare time.
  We (meaning my husband is completing the
  skilled labor duties and I am deconstructing,
  painting, and decorating) are currently
  remodeling a circa 1900 house that is taking
  three times as much money and time as
  anticipated, but we are beginning to see the
  light at the end of the tunnel.
• We just opened up a booth at By they River
  Antiques on Church Street in Elizabethville.

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Rules/Expectations/Homework Policy/Routines

• Under construction.

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• 3 Rs of Room 206

Relationships
Rules for a successful school year
Responsibility
Respect
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Rules of the Road

• Be Safe
• Be cooperative
• Be respectful
• Be responsible

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Academic Success Tips

• Attend school consistently
• Pay attention
• Ask questions
• Get started on your work right away
• Use your time wisely
• Do your best
• Do all homework and do your best!
• Seek help if you dont understand
• Stay in from recess to get help
• Study for all tests
• Dont wait until the night before the test to
  study
• Begin projects immediately!
• Keep organized file papers in the right spot
  right away!

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Suggested Supplies

• A college dictionary
• A large three-ring notebook
• (1.5 - 2 inch ring) with tabbed dividers
• Pencil pouch for the notebook
• Pencils
• A portable sharpener that holds shavings
• A tiny stapler with standard-sized staples

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Caution

• Scissors, colored pencils, pencils, erasers,
  crayons, math templates, rulers, calculators,
  textbooks, workbooks, 3-ring binders, and
  assignment books must be in school and
• available at all times!!!!!!!!!!

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2015-2016Party Dates

• Fall Festival/Parade Friday, October,
• parade at 910 and party at 245pm.
• Winter Party Monday, December, at 245 pm.
• Valentines Day Party Thursday, February , at
  245 pm
• End of the Year Party June TBA at 245 pm.

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2015-2016Special Dates

• Progress Reports September
• Fall Picture Day September 25
• Grandparents Day October
• Dads and Donuts
• Testing Dates
• Below is the PSSA testing schedule for 2015-2016
  school year
• 2016 PSSA  (test window April 11 29)
• April 11-16, 2016 -  Language Arts
• April 18-22, 2016 -  Math
• April 25-29, 2016 - Science (Fifth grade does not
  take this one)

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Go Math

• Fluency of basic facts is crucial!
• How grades are obtained
• Math journal pages, Math Minutes
• Quizzes
• Tests
• Worksheets
• Fluency Tests
• Class work and homework Math Journal pages
  (M.J.),
• worksheets,
• Study Guide

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Reading
Key Learning Vocabular
y development Fluency development Comprehension P
redicting, Inferring, Evaluating, Summarizing,
Identifying Fact Opinion, Main Idea, Supporting
Details, and Story Structure Writing, citing,
and providing support for responses to
comprehension questions. Skill Grouping will
begin in September 29
Grades are obtained
through Vocabulary worksheets, tests, projects,
preparedness for class Responses to comprehension
questions Participation Graphic
organizers Tests Skills, Theme, Quizzes Fluency
Tests Homework Finish class assignments if not
done
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English

• Grammar, speaking, and listening skills
• Grades are obtained through
• Practice Book, Note pages, Worksheets (packet
  pages), D.O.L.
• Proper mechanics across the curriculum
• Quizzes
• Tests
• Process writing pieces

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Spelling

• Grades are obtained through
• Contracts (completed in class and/or at home)
• Tests
• Daily application across the curriculum
  (possiblity)
• Spelling Homework weekly assigned Day 1
• Homework Contracts- due Day 5
• Tests are Day 5

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Writing

• There are mini-lessons and writing conferences
• throughout the week. Pieces may take 2-3 weeks
  in
• small sessions.
• Fast finishers usually publish on the computer.
• Two good/excellent pieces are usually sent to
  the Eagles Nest for publication
• Poetry may be sent to Pine Tree Poetry and/or
  Young Poets
• Homework At times, a new writing practice piece
  and/or editing and rewriting of the piece will be
  assigned. This will include brainstorming,
  completing graphic organizers, rough drafts, and
  rewriting the final piece.
• Feel free to edit/help your child.
  Students may word-process pieces, but please
  save pieces on the computer in the case that
  further changes are required or a student is
  asked to submit the piece via e-mail attachment
  to the teacher to be forwarded to the editor of
  the Eagles Nest for publication.
  

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Social Studies

• Grades are obtained from
• Projects
• Notes
• Quizzes
• Tests
• Study guides
• Activity pages
• Classwork
• Presentations

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Volunteers
Volunteers must have Child Abuse, Police Record,
and FBI clearances.
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Lets get started on our exciting year!