Welcome to the FelcheLohrian
Fleet
Curriculum Night
Parents,
You are your child’s
first and most
important teacher.
Thank you for
sharing your child
with us this year.
Talk With Your Child(ren) and Us
What can we talk about with our child(ren)?
• Use binders, daily emails, and newsletters
• Wiki – newsletters are on Mrs. Felcher’s page
http://felcherougi.wiki.farmington.k12.mi.us/Home
• ParentConnect/MiStar – we send daily emails through
this
• Warner
listservhttp://www.farmington.k12.mi.us/subscribe.php
• Curriculum link on FPS website
http://www.farmington.k12.mi.us/curriculum/
Co-Teaching
This year your child will benefit from:
• 2 teachers = 2 sets of eyes and ears
• Some people relate better to others
• More opportunities to meet other students and
form friendships
• Smoother & quicker transitions with “tag team”
• More opportunities for groupings/clinics to meet
individual needs
• Combined strengths of teachers = more powerful
learning experiences
• Consistency – if something arises and we need a
sub, one teacher will always be here.
Homework
• Using the Daily Folder
• Setting up a time and a
place
• Nightly Math and Reading
M-Th (occasional math on
Fridays)
• Signing and returning
homework letters (an
email will be sent out
with a “heads up” to be
on the lookout for one)
Read, Read, Read!!
•
Establishing reading
habits
•
Ways to share
reading
•
Focus on
Comprehension
Strategies– Reader’s
Workshop & CRAFT
(bookmark)
•
20-30 minutes a night
•
Visit the Library
regularly
Literacy CRAFT
CRAFT is an acronym that
stands for:
• Comprehension
• Response to the text
• Accuracy
• Fluency
• Text features/structures
These are our focus lessons,
and the strategies we use to
be successful with each one
are posted below.
Write, Write, Write!!
• Writer’s Workshop – “study”
based learning
• Share your writing
• The “Friday Read Around” and
Writing Circles groups
Our writing board – lessons
focus on the VOICES of
writing and strategies are
listed below each aspect
• “Unpacking” our thinking
Mondays and a weekly prompt
• Word study – look at various
figurative language, poetry, and
parts of speech
Mastering Math
• Concepts and Computation- Bridges
• 6TH – CMP2 is problem solving based
• ALL students do Number Corner to bridge concepts
between grade levels
• Ways to Practice – nightly homework/games/WIKI
sites on Mrs. Felcher’s page/MOBY Max
• Pre-tests, differentiation, clinics
• Mastery of Multiplication Fast Facts is a MUST!
Accepting Responsibility for
One’s Actions
• Learning, Leading, Exploring Together – 7
Habits
• Credits and debits
Growing our Garden of Leaders
1.
Be Proactive
I am a responsible person, I take initiative., I chose my actions, attitudes, and moods, I do not blame others for my wrong
actions, and I do the right thing without being asked, even when no one is looking.
2. Begin with the End in Mind
I plan ahead and set goals, and I look for ways to be a good citizen.
3. Put First Things First
I say no to things I know I should not do, I set priorities, make a schedule, and follow my plan, and I am disciplined and
organized.
4. Think Win-Win
I balance courage for getting what I want with consideration for what others want, I make deposits in other’s Emotional
Bank Accounts, when conflicts arise, I look for third alternatives.
5. Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
I listen to other people’s ideas and feelings without interrupting and I try to see things from their viewpoints.
6. Synergize
I value other people’s strengths and learn from them, and I get along well with others, even people who are different than
me.
7. Sharpen the Saw
I take care of my body by eating right, exercising, and getting sleep, I spend time with my family and friends, I learn in lots
of ways and places, not just at school, and I take time to find meaningful ways to help others.
The Closer
• Love them just as
much when they don’t
succeed as you do
when they soar.
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Mistakes are deposits in the
account of learning - Jim Fay
Freedom is not worth having if
it does not include the freedom
to make mistakes.
- Mahatma Gandhi