OPEN HOUSE

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OPEN HOUSE

• WELCOME
• MRS. GOHMAN
• ROOM 421
• FOURTH GRADE

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Perspective

• If you dont believe half the things your child
  tells you about me, I wont believe half the
  things your child tells me about you

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ABOUT ME

• Have a BA in mass communications, with a minor in
  Spanish, from the University of Delaware
• Certified in teaching at Kutztown University
• Masters Degree at Cabrini College
• Worked at Dodd Elementary School in Allentown for
  three years
• Two years at Kratzer
• Third year at Kernsville

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ABOUT ME

• Children
• Twenty-month old boy
• Five year old girl
• Love watching the Eagles and reading

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Rewards

• Individual students are given tickets for a
  variety of positive behavior.
• A ticket is pulled daily for a prize.
• Bears are for whole class behavior.
• When we get ten bears, someone gets to bring in a
  treat for the class.

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Light System

• Every day the students start on green.
• After fair warning, if a student doesnt follow
  the rules, s/he must move their clothes pin to
  yellow.
• Some behaviors result in an immediate red.
• Third warning will result in a red
• If a student is on red the parent will be
  notified.
• S/he will not be eligible for a prize if their
  ticket is pulled at the end of the day.

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SWBS

• School Wide Behavior System
• Focuses on the positive behavior of students
  throughout the school.
• P.A.C.K. behavior
• Proud
• Accountable
• Caring
• Kind

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Absences

• Call Absentee hotline
• Can pick up homework (request prior to 930 PM)
• Vacation 1-2 week notice
• Make-up work complete w/in 2 days

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Lunch Money

• 1.  Caftrac is now called eTrition.
• 2.  By accessing your child's account
  with birthdate or ID, you can check balances,
  purchases and make payment online for a small
  fee.  Need to go to www.myschoolbucks.com.
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• 3.  When sending in cash/check, PLEASE put in a
  envelope with FULL name, teacher's name and
  amount of deposit.
• Checks are made out to PSD Cafe acct.  Envelopes
  can be a PPL envelope, etc, just make sure it is
  sealed.
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• 4.  All blocks on your child's account must be
  requested again. (New system did not carry them
  over.) You can send in a note.
• 5.  Negative balance letters are sent out before
  lunch on Tuesday and Thursday.

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My Expectations For Homework

• Read twenty minutes per night. (Show chart)
• Math will be almost every night, unless we had a
  test or quiz that day.
• There is plenty of time to work on Practice
  Companion and spelling sentences in class.
• Assignments are written on the board and reviewed
  at the end of the day. Students have to have
  their Assignment Book filled out in order to get
  a prize if their ticket is pulled at the end of
  the day.
• If there is not a lot of homework for the
  evening
• Independently read for twenty minutes.
• Work on Compass Math or GoMath assignments.
• Visit the Xtra Math site.

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My Expectations For Homework

• Homework should be placed in their accordion
• folders under the appropriate subject.
• Students move their clothes pins to yellow if
  they forget their assignments.
• Red, if its two days late
• Practice Companion needs to be completed by Day 5
  of the LEAD 21 rotation, or they stay in for
  recess that day to complete it.
• Friday Folders are due Monday.

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Friday Folders

• Please sign on the left-hand side every weekend.
  Write any comments or concerns.
• Will contain
• Tests
• All LEAD 21 assessments need to be signed and
  returned.
• Please sign and return all math assessments as
  well
• All other tests may be kept at home.
• Handouts
• Comments from teacher
• If your child missed homework, or has a behavior
  issue
• Good behavior that stood out

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LEAD 21

• Our literacy program
• Theme Reader
• Differentiated Reader
• You can access both of these on the LEAD21
  website.

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Inquiry

• Inquiry is research-based learning.
• Students work in groups to research questions
  having to do with the theme of the unit.
• Research may be done at home.
• They organize the projects and research. I am
  just a guide.

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Heritage Day

• Family members come to share their heritage
  October 3rd.
• Food
• Music
• Stories
• Art
• History

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AIMS/Intervention

• What is AIMS?
• A forty minute block of time in every childs
  schedule
• Instructional time specifically targeted for
  literacy and some math skills
• Students receive extra support in a smaller group
  setting.
• Groups are based on, but not limited to, multiple
  assessments, and daily classroom performance.

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New Standards-Base Report Card

• A committee revised the current elementary report
  card to reflect Standards Based Education. A
  parent advisory team also met 2 times to gather
  information and provide feedback.
• A standards-based report card lists the most
  important skills students should learn in each
  subject at a particular grade level.
• Instead of letter grades, students receive marks
  that show how well they have mastered the skills
  or standards.
• The marks might show whether the student is
  advanced, proficient, basic or below basic for
  each reporting standard.

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Academic Reporting Scale
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Powtoons and District Explanation of New
Elementary Report Card

• http//www.parklandsd.org/curriculum/rc/

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Math Rubric Sample
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Science and Social Studies

• They will receive study guides.
• Science
• Hands on lab and research studies on the
  following
• Environment and Ecology
• Force and Motion
• Light and Sound
• Social Studies
• Pennsylvania
• Regions, landforms, and people of the United
  States

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GoMath

• We will follow the Pennsylvania
• common core for fourth grade.
• Were beginning to shift to more focused practice
  and higher level thinking.
• Tests will be entered online for data analysis.
• Students will be pulled to meet with me based on
  their understanding of the standard for that
  lesson.
• Assessments will be online.
• There is a link on my website to the GoMath login
  page. Here students can access their books and
  their digital assignments.

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Math Practice Online

• Compass Learning
• Username Student ID
• Password Students first name
• GoMath/Thinkcentral
• Username Student ID
• Password gomath

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Spelling

• Rotates on a five day
• cycle.
• LEAD 21 Day 1
• Pre-test
• Theyre given a list on this day.
• Link to Spelling City is on my website. The list
  is there as well as practice games.
• Assignments for practice are given during
  Differentiated Reading stations.
• LEAD 21 Day 5

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Fourth Grade Bulletin

• More information on the curriculum this year is
  in the bulletin.
• Please read at your convenience.

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Parent Visitation

• We will have two events this year inviting all
  parents to participate.
• Poetry café
• Biography reading

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November Conferences

• Please sign up in the cafeteria before you leave
  tonight.

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How to Contact Me

• E-mail gohmanr_at_parklandsd.org
• Phone phone [phone] (ext. 27421)
• Best times 800-830 a.m. 330-400
  p.m.

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My Website

• http//www.parklandsd.org/web/gohman/
• General Information from this presentation
• Contact Information
• Passwords
• Scholastic
• Links to helpful sites
• Spelling City linked to spelling list
• Pictures of your children learning
• This PowerPoint

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Scholastic

• If you turn in the order by hand
• Please fill in the order sheet and send payment
  with the order.
• Every two weeks Ill place an order if I have at
  least 20.00.
• I can only send in orders once I reach 20.00,
  due to shipping fees.
• If you order online
• We get a free book for the classroom.
• Code for our classroom to get started
• L2TW8
• Youll create your own login and password.

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PTO

• PTO sponsors and hosts many events throughout the
  year.
• Money they earn goes back to the students and
  teachers of Kernsville toward programs and
  classroom supplies.
• Visit the PTO website for events, meetings and
  volunteering opportunities.
• www.KernsvillePTO.com

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First Week of School Web Portal

• Make sure you fill out the important paperwork
  online.
• Computer Lab is open to do this if you havent
  already.

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Thank you for your time!!!!!Lets have a great
year!!!!!
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• After a test is completed, the software
  calculates a score, and teachers and
  administrators view and analyze reports that show
  results for an individual, class, grade, or
  school.
• STAR assessments measure specific skills as well
  as overall early literacy and reading ability.
• They compare students achievement to that of
  students across the nation
• estimate mastery of state standards and Common
  Core State Standards and
• report growth over time.
• Results from this assessment will help us to
• provide students with appropriate materials
• identify areas where students need more
  instruction
• set learning goals
• make plans for meeting those goals and
• determine whether the instruction and
  intervention are effective.

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• All Parkland students in grades K-5 will be
  taking a STAR assessment at three different times
  during this school year September, January, and
  May.
• All STAR assessments are computer-adaptive tests.
  Computer-adaptive tests continually adjust the
  difficulty of each childs test by choosing each
  test question based on the childs previous
  response.
• Students take STAR Enterprise tests at individual
  computers.
• The software delivers multiple-choice items one
  by one, and the student selects answers with a
  mouse or the keyboard.