Open House 2015 Mrs. Tucker ELA & MathHomeroom

Setting Up for Success All Year• Classroom/Team building – all students invested in class community, willing to take

risks, to learn something new, challenge themselvesI WANT TO BE HERE.• Accountability – students are accountable to themselves, peers, teachers, and

parents I AM NEEDED HERE AND OTHERS NEED ME HERE.• Goals and Affirmations – teacher and studentsI HAVE A PURPOSE HERE. I HAVE SOMETHING I’M WORKING TOWARDS. I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AND TALK POSITIVELY TO MYSELF.• Encouraging engagement – active participation (asking questions speaking, listening,

moving, reading, writing, interactive notebooks)I MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY OWN LEARNING AND MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE ENGAGED.

How can my child have a successful year?

• Be organized (write in Agenda, have correct materials for class, everything in its place, work area neat)• Be responsible (with homework, materials, management of time, absences)• Be focused and engaged in learning (ask questions, participate in class discussions,

participate fully at task at hand)• Be a self advocate (if you need help – ask); math study groups on Thursdays• Effort – every day, your child should be working harder than we are• Be here!• Have a growth mindset

Bottom Line: Support and encourage; don’t solve all problems for your children.

Absences/Early Dismissals• Very difficult to make up work – class discussions, activities, instruction, notebooks

• Very stressful when days are missed – pace is very fast, we don’t just use the textbook, I can not reteach every lesson, hard to schedule time to make up assessments

• Student is responsible to make up classwork, homework, notebooks, etc. Student should: check website, check with teacher and classmates, check Absent Folder, makeup notebooks, makeup missed assessments, COMMUNICATE

• Bottom line: Your child should be at school unless he or she is sick (contagious, throwing up, etc.).

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Mrs. Tucker's ELA Goals1. You will learn to persevere and enjoy being challenged. REACH YET

2. You will develop habits of Lifelong Readers (see next page).

3. You will learn to be a Close Reader.

4. You will find your own voice and style as a writer.

5. You will be confident writing an opinion, informative, or narrative essay.

6. You will improve your ability to speak and listen in small groups and in front of the class.

• Dedicate time to read. They spend substantial time reading in spite of their hectic lives. Wild readers capitalize on the moments in their days when they are bored or waiting, and rack up significant reading time by stealing it.

• Successfully self-select reading material. Wild readers are confident when selecting books to read and have the experience and skills to choose books successfully that meet their interests, needs, and reading abilities.• Share books and reading with other readers. Wild readers enjoy talking about books almost as much as they like reading. Reading communities provide a peer group of other readers who challenge and support us. As literacy expert, Stephen Krashen reminds us, “Children read more when they see other people reading.”• Have reading plans. Wild readers plan to read beyond their current book. They anticipate new books by favorite authors or the next installment in a beloved series. Reading is not a casual, once-in-awhile pursuit.• Show preferences for genres, authors, and topics. Yes, children need to read widely and experience a wide range of texts as part of their literacy educations. But wild readers express strong preferences in the books they like to read—gravitating toward specific genres, writing styles, topics, and beloved authors.

5 Habits of Lifelong Readers

ELA – English Language Arts

• Reading (40%) Writing (40%) Language (10%) Speaking/Listening (10%)

• About half of ELA time spent on reading and writing habits, half spent on specific lessons• Reading – iReady may be assigned as weekly homework• Writing – opinion, informative/explanatory, narrative

• Language (vocab, spelling, grammar) – vocab tests weekly, spelling (individually done in rotations), grammar (individual and whole group)

• Speaking and Listening – daily, small groups, whole groups, Book Talks

• Accelerated

Textbooks•Notebooks are the primary source of information!

•Ready Book (Grade 5)

• Springboard (Grade 6)

•Many other resources are used!

Grades Coming Home• Check notebooks (Reading and Writing) occasionally

• Reading Unit Assessments will not go home – you may make an appointment to view

• Other grades will be sent home as graded – under 80% sign and return

Volunteers• Room Parents – Mayor, Mathias

• Party Parents – Acosta, Akella, Angel, Bach,Change, Mathias, Sibinkic, Ulvestad, Mayor

• PV Fair - Mathias, Rajeev, Sibinkic

• Pinnacle - Ulvestad

• PACE Sponsors – Thank you to those that gave!

• At Home Helpers – Acosta, Akella, Angel, Bach, Chang, Mathias, Sibinkic, Ulvestad, Mayor

Mrs. Tucker's Math Goals

1. You will learn to persevere and enjoy being challenged.

REACH YET

2. You will become a problem solver who doesn't just know how to get an answer, but knows WHY the particular strategy worked to get the answer.

3. You will be capable of reading word problems critically, organizing information neatly, and using multiple strategies to solve the problem.

4. You will continue to develop number sense (math common sense) which you will use to determine if your answers are reasonable.

5. You will be fluent in your math facts.

6. You will talk and write about your mathematical thinking using your math vocabulary.

3 Ways

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Math• Tests (40%) Quizzes (30%) Classwork/Homework (15%) Projects (15%)

• Math 4 Today quizzes provide a spiral review of 5th Grade Content - weekly

• Tests and other quizzes are on current content

• Classwork/Homework Grades taken occasionally – timed tests (best score), homework (completion grade), iReady may be assigned

• Projects – one at home per quarter (Survival Math); one in class per quarter

• Accelerated

Textbooks• The math notebook is your child’s textbook!

•GoMath! (Grade 6) – used occasionally – available online

•MANY other resources are used!

Daily Structure

• Check homework

• Mini-Lesson in Notebook

• Formative Assessment

• Practice (meeting with small groups and individuals)

• Math Menu or Rotations

Got It!

Don’t Get it YET

Bump it Up

Sort of Get It

Name: ____________ Name: ____________

Name: ____________ Name: ____________

Grades Coming Home• All Tests will need to be signed, returned, and have

corrections attached

• Other grades will be sent home as graded – under 80% sign and return

• Check your child’s math notebook occasionally – it is their textbook!

Reasons for Math MistakesR = Reading Error

Read the problem wrongDidn’t understand what the question was askingMisunderstood certain vocabularyS = Silly MistakeMissed a basic fact which led you to the wrong answerWrote down the wrong final answer due to messy work or not being carefulSubtracted or added wrongM = Math MistakeDid not understand how to do the math needed to answer the problem

Math Fluency/Timed Tests

•Baseline letter with information was sent home last Friday!

•If not at mastery (90% or above), daily practice is needed

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2ACriteria:

Teacher recommendation

95% cumulative math average

95% cumulative math test average

3.75 cumulative GPA in core classes

Top FSA Math and Reading Scores

Qualifying score on Algebra Readiness Test in May