Our Team
Ms. P (4/5 ELA and Social Studies Teacher)
Ms. Juriga (English Language Teacher)
Mr. Hackenjos (Catholic University Intern)
Welcome
A Day in the Life of a student begins with
Morning Meeting:
Greeting
Morning Message
Theme of the Week
Share
Energizer-Me Too!
Language Arts and Social
Studies Block:
Reading Lesson (Strategy based, Close-Reading, etc.)
C.A.F.E. Time
Comprehension (Guided Reading and Independent Reading)
Accuracy (Spelling and Grammar)
Fluency (NewsELA Typing)
Expanding Schema (Vocabulary Development and Content Learning)
Social Studies
Grade 4 Units
Grade 5 Units
Our Frameworks for Learning
Framework
Resource
Habits of Discussion and
Socratic Seminar
http://betterlesson.com/blendedlearning/strategy/resource/2979/peer-evaluationshabits-of-discussion-guidelines-pdf
Close Readings of Complex
Texts
http://nieonline.com/tbtimes/downloads/CCSS_reading
.pdf
Historical Thinking Skills
http://teachinghistory.org/nhec-blog/24434
Cognitive Reading
Strategies
http://assets.pearsonglobalschools.com/asset_mgr/pe
nding/SerravalloSamplefmandIntro.pdf
Guided Reading and Book
Clubs
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=
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Project Based Inquiry
http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning
Interact Simulations
http://www.teachinteract.com/c/storypath.html
Community Building
Our classroom uses the Responsive Classroom
approach to community building and classroom
discipline.
Please see “Our Class Vision” to see what we
are working towards together this year.
Our Class Supports
Conference Couch
Chilax-Chill out Chair
“What’s Bugging You?” Strategy chart
Logical Consequences
Responsive Instruction
Formative
Assessments
Summative
Assessments
Rubrics
Report Cards
Quarterly assessments
RI (Reading Inventory)
Class work
Fountas and Pinnell
Reading Assessment
Homework
PARCC
Homework
Homework is assigned in a packet distributed at
the beginning of the week and should be
initialed and returned in the HW folder daily.
If a student misses HW they will complete a
yellow “Missing Homework” slip that you must
sign and return.
Field Trips and
Celebrations
Class Parent: Maria Salmi (Sebastian D.’s Mom)
Birthday celebrations on Fridays at 12:45 pm
during lunch.
We have many fun field trips planned this year.
Be on the look out for updates via our weekly
newsletter.
Communication
http://www.rosselementary.org/
[email protected]
Parent-teacher conferences outside of conference
times can be made for most Monday, Thursday, and
Friday mornings at 8:15 am. Please contact me
directly to schedule a specific time.
Weekly newsletter via mail chimp.
Registering for Email List
Go to Ross website
www.rosselementary.org
Click on “Classes Tab” and select “Email Lists”
Select your child’s GRADE level. Mr. Markus and
I will email by grade level.
Thank you!!
Questions?
Feel free to email me.