welcome parents! thank you for coming! miss birckholtz
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Welcome Parents!Welcome Parents!Welcome Parents!Welcome Parents!Thank you for coming!Thank you for coming!
Miss Birckholtz
Nuts and Bolts• Change of Dismissal: If your child will be going home
in a way that is different than usual, please write a note informing the office of the change.
• Lunch Money: If your child is buying lunch with money, please send the money to school in a labeled envelope or wallet.
• Pin-Number: If your child is buying lunch (with money or with the pre-paid account), they will need to give their 5-digit pin number. *See inside of folder for pin.
• Birthdays: Birthdays are now celebrated with non-food items only.– Alternative Ideas: distributing a small gift such as
pencils or stickers to the class, bringing in a favorite song to play, bringing in a favorite book to share
•Invitations: If your child is distributing party invitations in school, please make sure that there is one for each person in the class.
Nuts and Bolts (cont.)• Water Bottles: Your child may bring a water bottle to school to
keep in their backpacks. This prevents from frequent trips to the water fountain.
• Snack: We have snack every afternoon. We do not have any food allergies in the classroom. Please do not send any glass containers to school.
• Gym: We have gym on Thursdays and Fridays. Please help your child choose appropriate footwear.
• Home Folder: Please check your child’s home folder each night, as important documents will be sent home on a regular basis.
• Classroom Website: Please visit our classroom website to see what we are learning each week, and to find special announcements.
– *See sticker on folder for website address!
http://teacherweb.com/NJ/FrostElementarySchool/Birckholtz/apt1.aspx
Scholastic• 2 ways of ordering: by catalogue or online
• Catalogue: Select books and return order form to me by the due date below.
• Online: Order online by the due date below and our class receives a free book! (See letter for details on how to order online.
Due Date For Month of September: 9/30
Reader’s Workshop
• My Goals/Goals of the Curriculum:
– To help your child become a confident, fluent, and active reader.
– To provide differentiated instruction so that every child, regardless of his or her reading level, can be successful and reach his/her fullest potential.
– To provide children with “just right” books that are on their independent reading levels.
Reader’s Workshop• “Just Right” Books:
– Your child will be “shopping” for just right books from the classroom library each week.
– Our classroom library is leveled. As independent reading levels change, your child will shop in different bins.
• Bag of Books: – Your child will bring home their “just right” books in a bag that
will go back-and-forth to school each day.– We use these books in reader’s workshop every day.
• Sight Words: Your child’s sight word rings will also be kept in his/her bag of books. New words will be added to the word ring each week.
• Reading Log:– This log will come home every Monday. Children are required to
read for 10-15 minutes each night, and record their reading on the log. Logs are turned in on Fridays.
*Reading and rereading “just right” books at home and at school is the key to helping your child grow as a reader!*
Writer’s Workshop• Children will be writing both fiction
and non-fiction pieces this year.– Small Moment Stories– How-To Books– All-About Books– Poetry
Everyday Math Program• Spiral Program
• Differentiated instruction allows students of all levels to achieve success
• Centers: Teacher center, partner center, independent center
• Home Links will come home almost every night.• Practice fact fluency at home.*
ScienceWe study:
•Weather
•Organisms: guppies, pill bugs, millipedes, bess beetles
•Plants
Social Studies• Text Book - Text Book - People and PlacesPeople and Places • We study:We study:• FamiliesFamilies• Our WorldOur World• All Kinds of JobsAll Kinds of Jobs• Good CitizensGood Citizens
HealthText Book – Text Book – Your HealthYour Health
We study:We study:
our body and how it works,our body and how it works,
how to stay healthy,how to stay healthy,
feelings and emotionsfeelings and emotions
Character Education
• Tickets for positive behavior• Teamwork board• Character ed. Lessons taught
school-wide in the beginning of the year
Grading
• Tests that come home will no longerhave a letter grade or a numeric grade.
Thank you for coming!
Please don’t forget to sign up for Octoberconferences on your way out!