Chinook Trail Elementary August 17, 2016 Back to School Night
Chinook Trail ElementaryAugust 17, 2016
Back to School Night
• Agenda:
– Intro
– Mission statement/goals.
– Classroom policies:
– Schedule
– Standards
– Behavior
– Homework
– Grading
– Volunteers
– Conferences
Welcome Parents!
• 14th year teaching, 3rd year at Chinook
• Pretty much a Colorado Native
• teaching
Jenny Williams
• The mission of Chinook Trail Elementary, a unique school with an integration of cultures and a critical world language, is to develop all students into self-directed lifelong learners in a safeand respectful learning environment, by providing challenging, individualized, and comprehensive learning opportunities that nurture strong character, global citizenship, and diversity in a collaborative community of stakeholders.
• •Responsibility is a lesson best learned early
• •Working together is essential
• •We are all their teachers!
Mission Statement/Goals
• School Hours
– 8:35: students are allowed into building
– 8:45: tardy bell rings
Classroom schedule:
8:45-10:20 – literacy 2:40-2:55- recess
10:20-11:05 – specials 2:55-3:45 – Soc. Stu/Sci
11:05-12:05 – small groups (literacy) 3:45- dismissal (front of bldg.)
12:05-12:35 – lunch/recess
12:35-1:45 - math
1:45-2:40- Social studies/Science
Class Policies
• A days = library Chinese = Tuesday/Thursday @ 1:50-2:35
• B days = PE Counselor = alternating Wednesdays @ 2:00-2:30
• C days = Art
• D days = Music
• Bathrooms
• Water bottles
• Homework: Monday-Thursday night
– Math and/or spelling
– Reading every night (20-30 minutes)
– Plan ahead
Class Policies, cont’d
• Reading for all purposes
– Comprehension (making inferences, main idea/details, summarizing, etc)
– Fluency (reading accurately and with expression)
• Writing & Composition
– Create a variety of literary genres
– Correct sentence formation, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling
• Research & Reasoning
– Alone and in groups (Cultural Presentation in December, Leaders Project in May)
• Oral Expression & Listening
– Effectively deliver and receive information
Literacy
• Geometry
–Attributes
–Measurement tools for objects and time
•Data Analysis, Statistics, & Probability
–Test predictions, gather data, display data
•Patterns, Functions, & Algebraic Structures
– Symbols and properties
•Number sense, properties, & operations
–Decimal numbers
–Multiplication & division(accuracy & efficiency)
–Fractions
–Multistep word problems
Math
• History
–Chronology of concepts and events in Colorado history
–Historical events and people
• Geography
–Geography of Colorado (group project)
• Economics
–Positive & negative incentives
–Choice, opportunity costs, & financial literacy
• Civics
–Analyze & debate multiple perspectives
–Colorado government
Social Studies
• Life Science (1st quarter)
–Fossils, interactions between living and nonliving systems
• Earth Science (2nd quarter)
–Solar system
• Variable unit (3rd quarter)
–Study of the scientific method
• Physical Science (4th quarter)
–Energy & electricity
Science
• Letter grades for each subject
• ***new: Standards grades will be on a scale of 0-4.0
– no longer Unsat, Progressing, Meets, or Exceeds
– Characteristics of a successful learner: 1-3
Grading
• Volunteers
– Must complete District Volunteer training to help in classroom or go on field trips!
– 8/26: 9 am 8/30: 9 am and 4 pm 9/8: 9 am
DOGS night 9/14
– Help during workstations/small groups, projects to do, RED FOLDERs
– must also have background check done through the police
Volunteers / Parent Conferences
Questions?