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WELCOME
Parents: Please wait at the back of the room
Students: Please find your nametag and have a seat
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Class Act
• Choose one of the following to act like:
• Dog
• Monkey
• Cat
• Horse
• Pig
• Find someone who is making the same noise and sit by them.
• Parents hang in there!!!
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Mr. Couch
• Freedom, IN
• Spencer Elementary
• Owen Valley High School
• Indiana University
• Elementary Education [Concentration: Mathematics]
• Minor in Philosophy
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5th Grade
• Homework 20%
• Quizzes 15%
• Tests and Exams 30%
• Papers 30%
• Participation 5%
• Out of class materials
• Mid-Units
• Full Units
• (3) Narrative, Critique, and
Research and speech
• Group work and in class
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Papers 30%
• Critique
• 3 page paper describing something wrong with an article. Articles will be prompted
• Narrative
• 5 page story that is derived from prompt
• Research and Speech
• 3 page paper about a controversial subject (subjects are prompted and appropriate)
• Speech that is made from the paper (we will enhance public speaking tricks)
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Quizzes 15%
• Quizzes will be given at a “mid-unit.”
• Some quizzes will have study guides
Example: 50 states quiz.
We will cover 25 states and take a quiz. Then we will cover the other 25 states and
take another quiz.
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Tests and Exams 30%
• Tests
• Given at the end of every unit
• Study guides will be given for some tests
• Exams
• “Mid-Term” the week before spring break
• “Final” given at the end of the year
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Homework 20%
• Must be attempted for full credit!!!
• Effort is key to life. Without effort knowledge is wasted! –Mr. Matthew Couch
• Social Studies and Science are graded on correctness
• Math and Language Arts are graded on completion
• Except papers
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Participation 5%
• Group project participation
• Do your share of the work
• In class participation
• Show me you’re paying attention and care
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100% Class
• Strive to always do your best!
• Do all of your homework!
• Care about school!
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Lunch
• Students will follow AI to the cafeteria. Parents will remain in classroom.
• Parent meeting with Mr. Couch. Student lunch and recess.
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After Lunch
• Meet the AI
• Parents go with AI. Students meet with Mr. Couch
• Tour the classroom Scavenger Hunt!
• Parents help students
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P.M.C.
Promise to Mr. Couch
I ____________ do hereby state that I: 1) Know the terms and conditions of
the classroom and promise to abide by them 2) be ethical in my work and
attendance 3) try to strive for the goal of 100% class!
Parent:_________________________________ Date:___/___/_____
Student:________________________________ Date:___/___/_____