Berlin Intermediate School Back-to-School Night

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Welcome

• Berlin Intermediate School Back-to-School Night
• Mrs. Masters Class

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Facts about BIS

• Did you know?

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BIS is an Arts Integration School

• These natural connections reach all learners and
  make learning fun!

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There are 18 fifth grade classes.

• 10 classes on our Sailfish Team
• 8 classes on the Marlin Team

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Our School Motto is

• Believe, Imagine, Succeed

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BIS Rocks with the 3 Rs

• Our Students are
• Respectful
• Responsible
• Ready to learn

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Meet the Teacher

• Mrs. Ellen Masters
• 4th year at Berlin Intermediate
• B.A. in Economics from St. Marys College of
  Maryland, and B.S. in Elementary Education from
  Salisbury University. Working on M.Ed. at
  Wilmington College.
• Teach reading, math, and social studies.

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Our Schedule

• Reading 800-1000
• Math 1000-1130
• Recess 1135-1150
• Lunch 1200-1225
• Specials 1230 127
• Social Studies/Science 130-225

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Reading/Language Arts

• Houghton Mifflin Reading Program
• Organized by 6 themes
• Interactive Reading 45 minutes grade level
  materials
• Guided Reading 45 minutes student level
  materials
• Language/Spelling/Writing 30 minutes

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Accelerated Reading Program

• Students select accelerated reader books to read
  and test independently
• I require 4 books each term, 2 before midterm, 2
  after

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Mathematics

• Houghton Mifflin
• Grade 5 Program
• Place Value, Multiplication, Division
• Fractions, Decimals, Geometry, Percents
• Graphing, Problem Solving, Probability,
• Algebra

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Six Reading Themes

• Natures Fury
• Give it All Youve Got
• Voices of the Revolution
• Person to Person
• One Land, Many Trails
• Animal Encounters

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Social Studies

• Two week blocks, to learn about
• First Americans
• Native Americans
• Exploration
• Colonial America
• Founding a Nation
• Growth of a Nation

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Science

• Ms. Howe, soon to be Mrs. Pettolina, will be
  teaching your child science.

• The first 2 science units are
• Weathering/Erosion
• Space

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Homework

• Purpose
• To practice skills learned at school
• To complete activities started in class
• Policy
• Amount of homework
• Due date/Parent notes

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Homework (continued)

• Weekly assignments
• Reading Log
• Parent read aloud
• Nightly assignments
• Math practice
• Spelling
• Grammar
• Science/Social Studies

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Rewards Recognition

• Rewards
• Tickets (individual)
• Marbles (class)
• Recognition
• Verbal praise
• Work posted in classroom
• Notes/Calls home
• Its All About Attitude Slip
• Student of the month

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Consequences

• Nonverbal warning
• Verbal warning
• Detention
• Parent Call
• Office Referral

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Attendance/Tardiness

• Notes
• Please send a note if your child is absent
• Make-up work
• Your child is responsible for making up all
  missed school work

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Bus/Pick-up Notes

• Change from daily routine send a note in the
  morning

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Communication

• Agendas / Homework Folder
• Important Papers Folder
• Notes
• Phone calls
• Email
• EDMasters_at_mail.worcester.k12.md.us
• dont hesitate to call with
• questions, concerns or questions.

Please
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I Believe

• that when parents and teachers work together,
  children receive the best education possible!

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Unity

• I dreamed I stood in a studio
• And watched two sculptors there,
• The clay they used was a young childs mind,
• And they fashioned it with care.
• One was a teacher the tools he used
• Were books and music and art
• One, a parent with a guiding hand
• And a gentle, loving heart.

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• Day after day the teacher toiled,
• With a touch that was deft and sure,
• While the parent labored by his side
• And polished and smoothed it oer.
• And when at last their task was done
• They were proud of what they had wrought,
• For the things they had molded into the child
• Could neither be sold nor bought.

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And each agreed he would have failed If he had
worked alone. For behind the parent stood the
school, And behind the teacher the
home. Anonymous
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Thank you

• for visiting our classroom.
• Mrs. Masters and Class