Back to School Night

Ben Crandall, Room 2Talbot Hill Elementary

Topics

• Class Procedures• Class Schedule• Homework and Grading• Curriculum / Q&A

Classroom Procedures

If your child is sick or will be absent for any reason, please alert the office with a phone call (425) 204-4900 or a note.

Most of our supplies are for classroom community use. When more supplies are need, I will let you know.

Classroom Procedures - Snacks

Snacks

Snack time is at 10:00 M-Th and 11 F

Please send a snack with your child which can be kept in their backpack.

Healthier snacks: Goldfish and other

crackers, graham crackers, popcorn, pretzels, fruit leather, etc…

Birthdays

Please let me know inadvance if your child

would like to bring a simple

food treat. There are 26

students in our class.

NOTE: This year, we have NUT (all) and DAIRY sensitivities/allergies.

Family Volunteers

I welcome family volunteers to work in the classroom, help with tasks from home, during our computer lab time, as the Room Parent, for one-time projects or field trips, during MicroSociety time, etc….

All volunteers working with children at Talbot Hill must have a current Washington State Patrol Background Clearance on file. These must be updated every two years. If you have had clearance in the past, but are unsure of your renewal date, please call the main office and ask, 425-204-4900. If you are renewing or volunteering for the first time, please complete the packet and return as soon as possible.

Daily Schedule (roughly)

This Schedule is a General Outline of the day’s activities.

It does change for projects, assemblies, and field trips

MON TUE WED THURS FRI8:55 - 9:15

Music PE

10:00- 11:00

11:00- 11:45

12:30 - 1:00

1:45 - 2:15

2:15 - 2:30

2:30 - 2:50

Science / Health

2:50 - 3:35

Start of Day / Crit Thinking /

ELA Soc Studies

9:15 - 10:00

ELA - Independent

Recess

Math (11:00 - 12:00)

Grammar - Grk/Ltn

1:00 - 1:45

Lunch and Recess

ELA Instructional Core: Jr Great Books / Jimenez Trilogy Mini-lesson 15 // Guided 30

12:00 - 12:30

ELA - Socratic Seminar (or discussion strategy) // Close Reading 45ish

Micro Society (2:50 - 3:35)

Finish Up / Clean - up (2:30 - 2:50)

Greetings - Warm up

MathGreet 10:30 -10:45

ELA - Writing (Units and Response to Reading)

MusicLibrary

ELA / Social Studies

Homework

Homework is designed to meet your student’s needs for practicing what they are learning

Homework is not graded, but valued as effort in the report card.

Homework is packaged according to the unit they are studying.

The math textbook (enVision) and some supplemental learning (DiscoveryEducation) is accessible from home

Accelerated Standards & Grading

We begin evaluating students according to grade level standard, then extend instruction according to individual need. A report card revision is coming. We will share this with you in November.

What is Standard then?

Student progress is measured using Common Core standards in Math and Literacy and supplemented with WA state EALR/GLEs for Social Studies/Science.

In my Math classwork and Literacy classwork documents, you may see a standard (code) attached to the work such as 6.EE.1, you can see the standards at http://www.corestandards.org/read-the-standards/

Curriculum

Skills: - Preparing students for middle school

- Self-regulation of behavior- Planning for deadlines- Logical consequences *** work prep

isn’t a grade, but it sure leads to itTechnology:

- Exposure to Word/Excel/Powerpoint through lessons and games

Curriculum

Math: - enVision CC (6th grade curriculum)- Connected Mathematics 2 (6th-8th)- engageNY- KhanAcademy (Adaptive)- IXL.com (at home, Strand – based)

Science:- Foss Kits (Variables, Models and

Designs, Ecosystems)

Curriculum

Reading: - Junior Great Books- America Street Anthology- The Circuit trilogy- Reaching Olympus- Euripides’ Medea- Shakespeares Macbeth

Writing: - Comprehension Toolkit- Multiple Writing events, culminating in a memoir in spring

Curriculum

Social Studies: - Adapted from SCOPE Michigan- Simulation (Discovery)- Supplemented through

Discovery EducationHealth:

- McGraw Hill Health- Family Life

Q & A

Any Questions?