welcome to back to school night ms. learned fabulous room 14 september 7 th, 2011
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Welcome to Back to School Night
Ms. Learned
Fabulous Room 14
September 7th, 2011
THANK YOU PTA!!
P.E.
Computer Lab
Music
Art in Action
Library Time
Accelerated Reader
Supplies
Assemblies
Study trips
Reading Specialist
Upper Grade Teacher
Garden
About Ms. Learned This is my 15th year of teaching, with 9 years in 1st
and 2nd grade, and 4 (starting 5) in 5th grade.
I grew up in the mid-west and come from a family of teachers.
I taught both swimming and skiing to kids when I was a teenager and young adult.
My husband Michi grew up in Japan, but immigrated to the United States in 1997 to learn lutherie. Sometimes I travel with him to attend guitar shows.
In my free time, I cook, play taiko, trail run, swim, participate in boot-camp, and belong to a book club.
Michi, is a luthier (a guitar maker).
Michi and I just got married this summer.
Goma-chan, our one and only pet, is the best cat in the world!
Meet Michelle McKeever
Ms. McKeever teaches 5th grade math and support services in language arts. This is her first year at Highlands Elementary after teaching in San Diego. She also attends graduate school at San Francisco State University specializing in learning differences and literacy. She loves to travel and has lived in Japan for 3 years teaching English.
About Mrs. TranResource SpecialistWill be supporting different grade levels and studentsMay be in the classroom or taking small groups
What’s New at Highlands?
Accelerated Reader
Multi-media technology
School supplies purchased by PTA
Our lunch hour is from 12-1:00, with lunch being from 12:40-1:00
New P.E. teacher Natalie Bensky
New tech teacher Shannon Schadler
Integration specialist Michelle Mc Keever
New RSP teachers Betty Tran and Judith Modlen
What’s New in 5th Grade?
Community Service
Instrumental Music
Persuasive Essay
Social Studies Alive
Science Fair projects
Preparing for middle school
Family Life
Promotion
5th Grade Language Arts
Writing Workshop
Follows the Writing Process (ex: Immersion, Collect, Draft, Revise, Edit, Publish, Reflect, Celebrate)
Kid/teacher models
Units by genre (ex: Responses to Literature, Persuasive Essays, Personal Narratives, and Feature Article)
Reading Workshop
Reading to learn and learning to read
Explicit reading strategy instruction through book clubs and content area reading
Accelerated Reader- Extended reading at students’ levels (school and home)
Spelling and vocabulary instruction around content areas
5th Grade Math Every Day Mathematics website is https://www.
everydaymathonline.com. It has games and the Student Reference Book.
Family letters
Smaller class size
Emphasis of a solid understanding of fractions, decimals and percent and a fluency between the three
Math games that develop fluency
Mars and Problem of the Month
Comfort with math facts=math power
History and Science Curriculum
Project based within cooperative learning groupsProject based within cooperative learning groupsSocial Studies Alive! Social Studies Alive!
-A hands-on, interactive approach to teaching Social -A hands-on, interactive approach to teaching Social Studies Studies
-Covers United States History from Native Americans to -Covers United States History from Native Americans to
Industrialization.Industrialization.
-Has an interactive notebook that children make their -Has an interactive notebook that children make their ownown
Foss Science
- Water Planet for Earth Science
- Mixtures and Solutions for Physical Science
- Living Systems for Biology and Life Sciences
-Emphasis on the scientific method and investigation
Homework
Should take fifty minutes to an hour
Ask questions, send e-mails if homework needs to be modified
Some is practice, some is to connect families to the classroom, and some is working on and finishing up important classwork and projects
Should be completed by student with some parent support
Lunch time study hall if homework is missing or incomplete two days in a row
Parents will receive a phone call if there are problems
Computer lab Assistant
Art in Action assistants
Gardening club support
Accelerated Reader –labeling of class library
Copying
Yearbook photo shooting
Scholastic book ordering
Project support and preparation
Recycling club support
Room Parents
Promotion Committee
Thursday envelope stuffer
Volunteer Opportunities
Some Important 5th Grade Dates
September 30 CSM Planetarium
October TBD Native American Assembly
November 1-10 Conferences
December 14 Science Fair
January 30 Colonial Williamsburg Day
February 23 SJ Tech Museum Chemistry Lab
March TBD Dissections
April 12 and 13 Angel Island
May TBD Borel Theater Performance
June 11 Pool Party
Class Website http://mslearnedathighlands.wordpress.com/
(Will be up on Monday, September 12th)
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NewslettersBack to School Night presentationHomework—posted every nightHelpful linksProjects-monthly projectsStudy trip schedule Parent and teacher collaboration
Questions or Concerns?
• Leave me a note on and index card tonight
• E-mail – [email protected]
• Phone – 650-638-2740
My philosophy summed up well….
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of the leaders are those when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say, “We have done it ourselves.”
Lao Tsu, 604 B.C.E