The Renaissance Center Welcomes our Parents to Curriculum Night

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The Renaissance CenterWelcomes our Parents to
Curriculum Night!
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Weekly Schedule
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Teacher Schedule

• Steve works everyday.
• Johanna works all day Monday and Tuesday and
  Wednesday morning.
• Ms. Nichols works Wednesday afternoon and all
  day Thursday and Friday.

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Expectations

• We presume that students are
• Responsible
• Respectful
• Willing to follow our class rules

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Class Rules

• I learn
• I let others learn
• I take care of materials

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Expectations

• In other words
• You can do anything you want to as long as it
  doesnt cause a problem for you, us (teachers),
  or anyone else.
• - Love and Logic

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But if you cause a problem

• We will ask you to solve it.
• If you dont solve it, then we will make choices
  for you, and what we do depends on the situation
  and the student. here are our steps

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A Teacher will guide a student with

• Non-verbal indicator
• Verbal redirection
• Action Apology
• Complete at recess/ in Den
• PARENTS/Guardians SIGN
• Time out may be in or out of class
• Referral
• Mr. Baldwin, Parents / Guardians called.

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Birthday Celebrations

• One birthday party per month for all of the
  students who had a birthday that month (students
  with summer birthdays can pick one month during
  the school year to celebrate their birthday).
• Parties are held on the last Friday of the month
• Students plan the party and bring in the supplies
  for their month.

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Language Arts

• Reading
• Improve reading and comprehension skills.
• Read a variety of genres (fiction, poetry,
  information)
• Discuss thoughts and present ideas.
• Writing
• Expand writing content and expect conventions.
• Use writing to narrate stories, present
  information, and support ideas.

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Math Curricula

• 4th 5th Expressions
• 6th CMP Connected Math Project
• Homework
• Expressions has preprinted homework
• CMP uses student book and notepaper systems.
• CHECK YOUR CHILDs AGENDA for Assignments

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Math- Big Ideas Rational Numbers

• Understand and do all operations ( - and x)
  with
• Decimals
• Fractions

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Math- Big Ideas Geometry

• Calculate the area of two dimensional shapes
  (triangle, parallelograms
• Learn algebraic formulas for these calculations

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Math- Big Ideas Measurement

• Apply standard (feet, cups, square inches, etc.)
  and
• Metric (meter, liter, square centimeter, etc.)
  measurements to given situations

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Math- Big Ideas Data, Probability Statistics

• Methodically
• Ask questions
• Gather Data
• Represent the data graphically
• Report on the data and draw conclusions

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Math Curricula

• Fluency
• Students must have fluency with their math facts,
  especially multiplication and division
• 4th 20/min 5th 30/min 6th 40/min

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Fluency Practice

• Practice daily 3-10 min 5days/week
• Box Cars and One Eyed Jacks
• Webware (see Links)
• Games see our website
• Software
• Just practicing!

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Science- Big Ideas Experimental Methodology

• Methodically
• Ask questions
• Make Hypotheses
• Gather Data
• Represent the data graphically
• Report on the data and draw conclusions

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Math- Big Ideas Data, Probability Statistics

• Methodically
• Ask questions
• Gather Data
• Represent the data graphically
• Report on the data and draw conclusions

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Science- Big Ideas Experimental Methodology

• Methodically
• Ask questions
• Make Hypotheses
• Gather Data
• Represent the data graphically
• Report on the data and draw conclusions

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Science- Big Ideas

• Geology Landforms connected w/ Wa State
• Life Science Ecosystems
• Physics Circuits II

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Social Studies

• Washington State History
• How Washington came to be
• Personal Rights
• Ideals
• What Washington is now

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Social Studies

• Research
• Museum Walks
• Journals
• Washington Trucker

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Field Trip Ideas

• Childrens Film Festival (Feb)
• MOHAI
• Mercer Slough
• Homewater Projects

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Communication

• MIT website - BearFacts
• http//www.madronabearfacts.com/
• Renaissance center website
• http//teacher.edmonds.wednet.edu/madrona/sescando
  n/index.php
• Agendas look for information in here

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Homework

• Weekly - found on website
• Out Wednesday
• In following Tuesday
• Nightly - found in Agendas
• We hope for
• reading nightly
• Practice in areas of need

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Mail

• Mailboxes found in Steves room
• Check mailbox daily
• Madrona Mail goes home on Weds.
• Paperless begins this month
• MIT
• Notes from the Office

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Volunteers

• We welcome volunteers who
• Work behind the scenes
• Work with students
• Work regularly or only once or twice!
• Please sign in on the Volunteer sign up sheet. ?

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Were looking forward to a FABULOUS year in
the Renaissance Center!Copy of this ppt
available on our website.