Thursday, September 19th, 2015

5:30 Welcome with Mr. Cramer5:45 Classrooms Open 6:30 Camp Killoqua Meeting7:00 Curriculum Night Ends

• Classroom Schedule • Classroom Expectations• Behavior• Consequences

• Homework and Responsibility• Curriculum (Math, Reading, S.S., Science…)• Information and Home-School Communication• Transition to Middle School• Your Questions

•Library and Checkout: Monday 2:05 – 2:35 pm

•Physical Education: Wednesday 2:40 – 3:10 pm and Friday 2:05 – 2:35 pm

•Music: Tuesday and Thursday 2:40 – 3:10 pm

•Band or Orchestra: Tuesday and Thursday, 2:25 – 3:10 pm

8:40 Welcome/Prepare for the day.9:00 Reading9:50 Writing10:32 Recess10:52 Math12:17 Lunch and Recess1:10 Social Studies/Science1:40 Word Work/Health/Art2:05 Library(Monday), PE(Friday)2:25 Band, Orchestra(Tuesday, Thursday)2:40 Music(Tuesday, Thursday), PE(Wednesday) 3:10 End of Day

• Listen.

• Expect to work.

• Always have a purpose.

• Respect yourself and others.

• Never give up.

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• Be Organized, Stay Organized• Home-School Communication• ‘Boomerang’ folder.• Be Prepared for Class!

• Reading Journal • Writing/Word Work Journal• Math Journal• Science/Social Studies Journal• Math Homework and Remembering• 30 minutes of reading per night

• Math• Literacy• Reading•Writing • Vocabulary

• Social Studies • Science• Health• Technology• Art

• Rates, Ratios, and Proportions• Area of Polygons• Operations with Whole Numbers, Fractions and

Decimals• Surface Area of Prisms and Pyramids• Expressions and Equations• Volume Formulas• Percent• Analyzing Stats• Data• Discuss, Compare and Graph Integers• Circles• Probability

Number operations and computation• Decimals • Fractions• Addition and Subtraction• Multiplication and Division• Apply strategies and tools• Estimation strategies

• Sustained Silent Reading • “Just Right Books”• Individual Reading Conferences• Literature Circles• Read Aloud (Modeling Strategies)• Strategies•Word recognition strategies• Vocabulary building strategies• Comprehension monitoring strategies

• Students understand and use different skills and strategies to read.• Word recognition strategies• Vocabulary building strategies

• Students understand the meaning of what is read.• Comprehension monitoring strategies.

• Students think critically and analyze author’s use of language, style, purpose, and perspective in literary and informational text.

• Read a variety of genres (fiction, non-fiction, biography, historical fiction, fantasy, humor, etc.)

• Students read for a variety of purposes• Students set goals and evaluate progress to

improve reading.

• Ideas and Content: clarity, focus, interesting details.

• Organization: inviting opening, sequencing, linking ideas, good ending.

• Voice: personal quality, commitment, makes you want to read on.

• Word Choice: accurate use, vivid, original use of everyday language.

• Sentence Fluency: variety in beginnings and length, smooth and easy flow when read aloud.

• Conventions: spelling, punctuation, capital letters, grammar (a focus with all traits)

• Editing•Teacher-Editing•Peer-Editing•Self-Editing

• Weekly Vocabulary lists and tests

• Learn Vocabulary Words

• Spelling Stories

•Geography – World Mapping

•Rise of Civilization

•Science Integration

•Earth History – Geology, Grand Canyon•Diversity of Life – Observation and Classification•Possible flight and solar units.

• Family Life

•Sexual Health and HIV

•Google Apps for Education(GAfE)•Intro to code, code.org•PowerPoint Presentations•Excel Spreadsheet for Data collection and display•All programs will be used as integrated tools when appropriate

• Classroom• Direct Classroom 425-431-2473

• Before or after school only please, otherwise please call the office with same day information.

• halltr@edmonds.wednet.edu• Website: http://teacher.edmonds.wednet.edu/cedarway/mr-

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• Meeting: Available to meet 60 minutes prior to school, and 15 minutes after school.

• Conferences: October 26-30 and March 16-18• Send a note or call if your child:• Will be absent due to illness, vacation, or appointments• Will be leaving early

• Volunteer needed to help with art.

• I will send a note home if extra supplies are needed.

• Tests• Honors• Tours

Moby Max – www.mobymax.com

Khan Academy – www.khanacademy.org

OSPI – www.K12.wa.us

Common Core Standards – www.achievethecore.org

Code – www.code.org