Welcome to Back to School Night!!!!

Mrs. Blake’s Language Arts-Social Studies Core

Language Arts

Common Core in Language Arts

Building knowledge through Content-Rich nonfiction

Reading and writing grounded in evidence

Regular practice with complex texts and academic language

Reading/WritingReading –literature book, novels and

Scope magazine 6 +1 writing traits – common

vocabulary, self assessment, peer assessment

Writing Genres –informational, narrative, response to literature and argumentative

Accelerated Reader (AR)

Students took the STAR test and will be given a ZPD on Friday

ZPD tells them the level of books they need to check out

Make sure you sign their reading logs once a week (available on my website under language arts)

Once they finish the book, they can take a test in my class or the library ONLY if they have a signed log. Can take a test Tuesday – Friday in my class

Accelerated Reader (AR)Receive points for percentage

they got correctSIGN UP FOR RENAISSANCE

HOME CONNECT ON MY LINKS SECTION!!!

SOCIAL STUDIES

Ancient CivilizationsEarly HumansMesopotamiaAncient ChinaAncient EgyptAncient IndiaAncient HebrewsAncient GreeceAncient Rome

Project Based LearningMost units have projectsProjects are done in class, if they don’t

finish it’s homeworkCalendars with due dates/test dates

are available on my websiteSmall quizzes throughout unitCumulative test at end of unitAligned to Common Core Standards

GRADING

AssessmentsDiagnosticAcademic Behavior Work (Formative)

10% of domain percentageAcademic Content (Summative) 90%

of domain percentage, except for LA where it is worth 80%

AR is worth 10% of Language Arts’ Overall Grade

Aligned to Common Core Standards

Academic Behavior-10% of grade

● Skills level assignments/assessments/projects

● Practice● Preparedness● Collaboration● Participation● Behavior

Academic Content-80% of LA grade/90% of SS grade

● Scores that reflect student performance on standards

Homework 30 minutes of AR/silent reading

(check in with your child) sign log weekly

Extensions of class work Homework Chart Homework section of my website

Assignment PolicyLate Academic Behavior assignments

will not receive credit!

If your child is absent then they can make up the assignments that they missed. It is their responsibility to check the “Absent Binder” or my website to find out what they missed.

Online Gradebook

Gradebook – Username: Student ID (6-digits) Password: Student's Birthday (March 5, 2003 would be 2003-03-05): Must include dashes (no spaces). *Single digit months and days need to have the zero in front of them. It will have you set a new password right away.

Renaissance Home Connect (AR)AR- To check how many AR points

your child currently has. Username: Student ID Password:

Student’s Birthday (March 5, 1997 would be 03/05/97).

Both the Gradebook and Renaissance Home Connect are listed under my links section of my website

Gradebook FAQWhat does a ‘Z’ mean in my child’s

grades?It means the assignment wasn’t turned

in, completed, or your child did not write their name on it. (Have student check the no-name box).

What does a “X” mean in my child’s grades?

It means that your child is excused from that assignment and it will not affect their grade.

Contacts E-mail: jblake01@rcsdk8.org Please… make sure you have filled

out the contact form-available on my website

My Website:

http://goo.gl/Svpls8 Or Google me! Jaime Blake

Questions??????Thank you for coming to Back to School Night!!!!!!

E Period

Why?

• To better support all students• Intervention, Study Hall and

Enrichment • Tuesday-Friday for 30 mins

Intervention

• Mathematics, Language Arts or Study Hall

• Support for meeting academic proficiency in one or both of these areas.

• Placed based upon assessments given by teacher.

Enrichment

• Students who are meeting grade level standards in math and language arts.

• Enrichment provided based on content areas and teacher.

• Students are given a menu of classes to chose from.

Study SkillsFor students who need support in

completing assignments on time

AR Reading E PeriodGives students who are not reading

at home time to read

Changing Classes• Classes can change throughout

the year. • Assessments given to determine

movement.

Any Questions?