Thursday, September 19th, 2015
5:30 Welcome with Mr. Cramer
5:45 Classrooms Open
6:30 Camp Killoqua Meeting
7:00 Curriculum Night Ends
• Classroom Schedule
• Classroom Expectations
• Behavior
• Consequences
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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 Reading
9:50 Writing
10:32 Recess
10:52 Math
12:17 Lunch and Recess
1:10 Social Studies/Science
1:40 Word Work/Health/Art
2:05 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.
• Be Organized, Stay Organized
• Home-School Communication
• ‘Boomerang’ folder.
• Be Prepared for Class!
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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
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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
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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
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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-hall
• 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