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Back to School Night

jillian.atlas@dc.gov

518-225-8181

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Welcome!

Agenda:

  • Meet the Team
  • Responsive Classroom
  • Peace of Mind Curriculum
  • Second Step Curriculum
  • Schedule
  • Math Curriculum
  • Literacy Curriculum
  • STEM Curriculum
  • Homework
  • The 3rd Grade Lift: PARCC, ANET, Essays, Oh My!
  • Field Trips & Birthdays
  • Room Parent
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Meet the team

Your DREAM team!

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Our DREAM Team!

Our students have big hopes and dreams… how will we get there? … enter… the DREAM TEAM!

Mrs. Jillian Atlas - 8th year teaching, 3rd year at Ross

Mr. Chris Johnson - Educational Aide / teacher in the classroom -- Spelling with Words Their Way, Recess, Lunch, Social/Emotional Learning/support

Ms. Alex Law - Intern from Catholic University, M-F all day every day support and teaching -- full takeover is end of December

Alison Brody - Rockin’ Room Parent / Mom of Eli

brody.alison@gmail.com

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Responsive Classroom

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Responsive Classroom

We are the Powerful Panthers!

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Class Values: Take care of yourself and each other

Honesty (even when it’s hard to tell the truth)

Assume the best

Equity = Everyone gets what they need to succeed

You break it, you fix it

Good sportsmanship

Have fun but don’t lose control

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Responsive Classroom

Morning meeting/closing circle

  • Greeting
  • Activity
  • Share
  • Morning Message

Third graders will begin leading morning meeting

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Peace of Mind

Mindfulness in the Classroom

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Peace of Mind Curriculum

  • Chancellor Antwan Wilson prioritizes social emotional learning and development
  • Pilot school
  • 30 min weekly
  • Breathing techniques
  • Calming
  • Learning about brain / anatomy parasympathetic (rest and digest) and sympathetic (fight or flight) nervous system

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Second Step Curriculum

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Second Step Curriculum

  • Chancellor Antwan Wilson prioritizes social emotional learning and development
  • 30 min 1x per week
  • Erin Edzards, school psychologist on Tuesdays and Fridays - Fridays 9am - 9:30
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Class Schedule

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Class Schedule

  • Back of the Green Folder
  • PE 2x per week Thursday, Friday
  • Library books Monday
  • Water bottles, reusable, stays here
  • EVERY DAY!
  • Fillmore Wednesday 11:45 buses come

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Math Curriculum

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Math Curriculum: Eureka

  • Sprints
  • Fluency
  • Application Problems
    • Read (identify unknown)
    • Draw (show it in a figure/model)
    • Write (an equation)
    • Write (in a sentence -- explain your thinking)
  • Concept Development (main lesson)
  • Exit Ticket
  • Problem Set
  • Homework EVERY NIGHT unless otherwise noted - starting Tuesday
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Literacy Curriculum

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Literacy Curriculum

Unit 1: Laws, Government, and Democracy

Unit 2: Animal Habitats

Unit 3: Novel Study -- Peter Pan

Unit 4: Author Study - Cynthia Rylant

Unit 5 : Porquoi Tales and Literary Analysis

Unit 6: Magnets and Electricity

Unit 7: Water Conservation

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STEM Curriculum

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Project Lead the Way

  • STEM fair is beginning of April 2018
  • Preparing for jobs that do not yet exist in the future
  • Project Lead the Way
    • Real world problem solving
    • Engineering/design process
    • Coding
    • Prototyping and receiving feedback
    • Collaboration
    • Presentation Skills

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Panther Post

  • Important upcoming dates and events (for the class, not schoolwide -- get the PTA newsletter for that)
  • Field Trip signups
  • If you’re not signed up yet, see Alison Brody after the presentation
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Homework Policy

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Homework Policy

  • Reading 20 min. per night
    • Different genres
    • Ask questions -- Panther Post has question stems in Homework section
  • Math - Green Workbook
    • EVERY NIGHT
    • We need the green workbook every single day -- I will call if your child forgets it or loses it because we need it as part of the lesson
    • RDWW for at least 1 problem

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Third Grade Lift: Essays, ANET and PARCC, oh my!

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Essays

  • Literary Analysis Task
    • two texts analyze
  • Research Simulation Task
    • two texts argumentation/opinion using text evidence
  • Narrative
    • Finishing a story, rewriting a chapter from a character’s point of view

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ANET

  • District wide online PARCC-like assessment
  • Comprehension and essay
  • ELA only
  • 3x per year
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PARCC

  • Comprehension
  • Literary Analysis Task
    • two texts analyze
  • Research Simulation Task
    • two texts argumentation/opinion using text evidence
  • Narrative
    • Finishing a story, rewriting a chapter from a character’s point of view

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TYPING! Practice!

  • Typing Without Tears
  • Log on at home
  • 20 min per day practice

But…

We haven’t given up on handwriting

  • Cursive practice 10 min. per day
  • Encourage them to use cursive in homework (even if it’s for just one math problem)

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Nut Free School, Attendance, Uniforms

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Nut Free, Uniforms, Attendance

  • We have a busy schedule…
    • So make sure your child is here on time every day!
    • 8:40 pick up
    • 8:45am considered tardy
    • Uniform Policy on website
  • Nut free school (especially PEANUTS)
  • Pick up is at 3:30
    • Mrs. Atlas has appointments and teaches -- she needs to be out of here!

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Field Trips and Birthdays

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Field Trips / Birthday Parties

Field Trips

  • Signup genius - make an account tonight
  • At least 1 field trip per month
  • 6 chaperones per field trip!
  • Always bring lunch on a field trip day

PARTNERSHIPS

  • Artist Residency & ReSET

Birthday Parties

  • Last Friday each month
  • Coordinate with Alison Brody

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Room Parent

Alison Brody

Brody.alison@gmail.com

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Haven’t received a Panther Post yet? Check with Alison Brody, our room parent to get signed up tonight!

Don’t forget to sign in

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Let’s stay in communication!

Action item #1:

(518)225-8181

Text me right now with:

Your name

Your child’s name

Your phone number

Your email

Your preferred method of communication (text, email, call)

Any hidden talents you may have:

  • Are you great at bulletin boards / organizing?
  • Would you like to be a guest speaker?
  • Do you have any cool connections to museums/art galleries/parks?
  • Does your country have special foods / customs / holidays you’d like to share/teach about?

Action Item #2:

Sign up for Homeroom App:

https://gethomeroom.com/i/CFVZGC3D

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Join Album: Powerful Panthers

This is where you will can upload/view photos from field trips, class happenings, and our Powerful Panthers to our private platform! Please school-only related photos and videos, I know birthday parties are cool but… it needs to happen during school hours.

Action Item #3:

If you haven’t already, click here to join the PTA! This is how I get to go to great professional development sessions, afford books for the classroom, and continue to enhance our classroom experience!

Action item #4:

If you haven’t already, sign up for the Panther Post!

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Thank you! Let’s stay in communication!

jillian.atlas@dc.gov

518-225-8181