Welcome to Curriculum Night

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Welcome to Curriculum Night
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Readiness for all students

• Every student will be proficient or advanced in
  reading, writing, and math.
• The academic accomplishment of every student is
  an obsession.
• The school can neutralize many challenges that
  students bring to the classroom.
• Student achievement is the number one topic of
  conversation.
• There are no excuses for poor effort.

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Our Team

• Mrs. Darlene Hoke
• Mrs. Shedera Morrison
• Mrs. Chelsi Ridge
• Mrs. Mylinda Taylor

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Communication

• Wednesday folders
• Email addresses (posted by sign in sheets)
• Newsletter- how will it be received and what it
  contains
• Remind account information-text to 81010
• Message _at_nealk
• Campus
• Twitter- _at_nealcheetahs
• Website- neal.mansfieldisd.org

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Conferences
Parent conferences will be on Thursday, October 8
(pm) and Friday, October 9 (am). You will be
contacted to schedule this conference. Our goal
in these two days is to conference with each
parent in our class. Conferences are by
appointment only and may be requested by the
teacher or the parent at any time during the
school year.
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KINDER SCHEDULE

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• 745-800---Morning Work
• 800-840----Intervention
• 840-910----WG Reading (30 min. daily)
• 910-940----WG Writing (30 min. daily)
• 940-1010---Guided Reading (30 min. daily)
• 1010-1040-Social Studies (30 min. daily)
• 1045-1115-Lunch
• 1115-1145-Recess
• 1145-1230-Science (45 min. daily x 4 days)
• 1230-110---Whole Group Math (40 min. daily)
• 115-215-----CAMP/Planning
• 220-320---Small Group Math (60 min. daily)
• 320-325-----Review/Dismissa
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• WG Whole Group
• SS Social Studies
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Our School Day

• Students are considered tardy if not in their
  classroom at the 800 a.m. bell.
• If a student is tardy, a parent/guardian must
  escort the child to the front office to sign the
  student in and receive a tardy pass.
• After the 800 bell, parents are not allowed to
  the classroom as our instructional days begins.
  Parents in classrooms or in the building must
  leave at the 800 bell. Our staff dedicates their
  time and attention to students once the bell
  rings.

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CAMP Schedule
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PBIS School Wide Expectations

• Positive Behavior Intervention and Support is a
  school-wide strategy for helping all students
  achieve important social and learning goals
  because we know that when good behavior and good
  teaching come together, our students will excel
  in their learning. The foundation of PBIS at
  Nancy Neal is the three school-wide expectations
  Positive Attitude, Act Responsibly, Wise Choices.
  
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Behavior Log

• A behavior log will be sent home daily and used
  to communicate with parents/guardians about their
  childs behavior at school. Included on the
  behavior log is the following key
• met behavior expectations
• P difficult time keeping a positive attitude
• A difficult time acting responsibly
• W difficult time making wise choices
• If the paw print is circled, it means the student
  met all behavior expectations for the day.
• Letters (P,A,W) are circled to represent the
  expectations the student had a difficult time
  following for the day.

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Six Weeks Conduct Grading Scale   E 0-3
letters circled S 4-6 letters circled N 7-10
letters circled U 11 or more letters circled  
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Student Nutrition

• Breakfast is served from 730 755 in the
  cafeteria. Students are still responsible for
  getting to class on time.
• If sending money for lunch or any reason, send it
  in a sealed envelope with your childs name,
  student ID number, the teachers name and the
  purpose of the money.

• Visit the MISD website under Student Nutrition
  for school lunch questions and to learn how to
  pay for lunch online through My School Bucks.
• There is a 1.95 convenience fee for each
  transaction.

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Lunch

• We will have a table designated for parents who
  wish to join their child for lunch. Please note
  that you are only allowed to eat with your child
  and we ask that you and your child follow the
  campus wide behavior expectations.
• If a students parent hasnt brought lunch within
  the first ten minutes, they will go through the
  lunch line.

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Going Home
If there is a change in how your child will get
home, please send a note or email your childs
teacher in advance. We are unable to take the
word of the student.

• After 300 changes to how your child will go home
  will not be accepted. You may contact the office
  before 300 with any changes or email your
  childs teacher before 230.

• We understand that emergencies may arise, but
  consistency is critical for a smooth dismissal
  process.

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Going Home

• Students are not called from class for early
  release after 320.
• Students that are dismissed prior to the
  dismissal bell receive an early release for the
  day.

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Dismissal

• Parent drop off (AM), car riders, and parent walk
  ups are dismissed from the back of the school.
  For safety reasons, we ask that you drive through
  and not get out of your cars. Adults will assist
  your child with getting in and out of the car.

• Parent walk up is at the GYM door. Parents must
  have their school issued placard available for
  pick up. If not available, the student will not
  be dismissed and the parent must sign the student
  out through the office so identification can be
  verified.
• Car riders are dismissed from the cafeteria.
  Parents or parent designee must have the school
  issued placard available for pick up.
• Bus riders and day care are dismissed at the
  front of the school. No other students will be
  dismissed nor should be picked up at the front
  of the school.

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Name Placards
As an extra effort to keep your children safe, we
have developed a new safety feature that we will
use with our name placards used for car riders
and parent walk ups.

• If parents in the car line or the parent walk up
  line, do not have the school issued placard, the
  parent will need to go to the office to request a
  new one. Students will not be dismissed without
  the school issued placard.

• The only placards that will be used are ones
  created, provided, and issued by the school. Any
  time a new one is needed, the parent must contact
  the school.

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Attendance

• State law requires that students attend school at
  least 90 of the days that school is offered.
  This includes whole and parts of days.
• Students are considered tardy if they are not in
  their classrooms when the 800 a.m. bell rings.
• Students are considered absent if they are not
  present by 1000 a.m.
• Students who are checked out early will be
  recorded as an early release.
• When a child reaches five tardies, early
  releases, and/or absences a letter will be sent
  home as reminder of District and State policies.
  
• When a child reaches ten tardies, early releases,
  and/or absences a letter will be sent home
  inviting parents to a meeting with the Attendance
  Committee.
• When a child has been absent from school, without
  excuse, on three days or parts of days within a
  four-week period, a letter will be sent home.
  

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Makeup Work (Because of Absences)
It is difficult to give appropriate make up work
in Kindergarten due to the hands on, concrete
nature of our instruction. However, the teacher
may choose to send home an activity to be
completed by an assigned due date.
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Homework

• Reinforcement of skills already learned in class
• Not a recorded grade
• Read nightly and practice sight words. Check
  newsletter and take home folders for special
  projects.

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Skyward

• Show parents how to get to Skyward
• What parents can do and see

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Report Cards

• Report cards are issued every 12 weeks for
  Kindergarteners.
• Report cards are sent home with the students the
  Thursday after the end of the six weeks grading
  period.

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Kindergarten Report Card

• S Satisfactory Meets the grade level
  expectation
• P Progressing Approaching grade level
  expectation
• N Needs Improvement Below grade level
  expectation
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Progress Reports

• Kindergarten students will receive a progress
  report created by the grade level. These will
  come home at the end of the 1st, 3rd, and 5th six
  weeks.

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Kinder 4th Grade Six Weeks Awards

• Neal Citizen
• Neal Citizens are students who display
  outstanding character, citizenship, show great
  improvement in a subject area, work to improve
  behavior, goes above and beyond, gives 100 in
  class, or has a positive attitude. These students
  will be recognized during special ceremony hosted
  by the school counselor.
• CAMP Leader
• Our CAMP teachers will also select a student per
  grade level to receive the CAMP Leader award.
  These students will be recognized during Family
  Time.

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Kinder 4th Grade Attendance Recognition

• To encourage school attendance, students at
  school every day and for the full school day will
  have the opportunity to participate in a
  school-wide attendance incentive. This incentive
  will replace the attendance awards previously
  given.

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Kindergarten End of Year Awards

• Kindergarten graduation will be held Wednesday,
  June 1st at 900.

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Campus Visitors

• To ensure the safety of all of our students, all
  campus visitors must have their license scanned
  through our Raptor system in order to receive a
  visitors badge.
• The badge must be worn while visiting the
  campus/classrooms.
• A new badge must be obtained at each visit.

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Preschool Children and/or Visiting School Aged
Guests

• Our campus policy is that parents may not bring
  preschool children and/or visiting school aged
  guests to visit while the parent is working in
  classrooms.
• Preschool children and/or visiting school aged
  guests may not attend class parties or field
  trips.
• Preschool (before school) infants, toddlers,
  preschool, etc.

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Classroom Parties

• Winter Holiday (December 18th, 2-3)
• End of Year (June 2nd 2-3)

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2015 2016 MISD Calendar

• 2015-2016 MISD Calendar
• How to get the calendar
• www.mansfieldisd.org
• Scroll down under Quick Links and choose
  calendars
• Scroll down and click on the picture of the
  calendar.

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2015 2016 Early Release
Days

• November 13
• January 15
• February 26
• April 15
• Bad Weather Make-Up Days
• April 15 Bad Weather Make-up Date 2
• April 18 Bad Weather Make-up Date 1

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MISD Student Handbook

• How to get to it
• www.mansfieldisd.org
• Schools
• Scroll down to Resources for Parents Students
• 2015-2016 Handbooks

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The MISD Curriculum

• The MISD Curriculum can be found online at
  www.mansfieldisd.org.
• Departments
• Curriculum Instruction
• K-12 Foundation (content areas) or K-12
  Enrichment (CAMP)
• Choose content area
• Choose grade level
• Choose six weeks

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Reading

• Istation
• Computer-based diagnostic assessment used to
  tailor reading instruction for each student
• All students participate

• DRA
• Reading assessment that determines students
  reading level
• Results are used to tailor reading instruction
  for each student
• All students participate

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Guided Reading

• All students participate
• Differentiated instruction
• Focus is on grade level TEKS
• Develops students ability to process texts
• Guided Reading Lesson Demo

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Spelling

• Word Journeys
• What it is
• Why we use it
• Grade level TEKS

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Writing

• Empowering Writers
• Grade level expectations
• Campus goal

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Math

• Moby Max
• Computer-based diagnostic math assessment used to
  assist in determining students individual math
  skill level

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UPSC
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Science

• STEMscopes
• What it is
• How we use it

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Social Studies

• Harcourt
• What it is
• How we use it

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Ways to help at home

• Resources
• Vocabulary
• Technology www.starfall.com
• Nancy Neal Destiny Ebooks
• www.mycapstonelibrary.com
• Username neal Password read

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Response to Intervention (RtI)

• RtI is a 3-tier approach to providing
  high-quality instructional practices to meet the
  needs of all students.
• The students needs are determined through
  multiple sources of data. Research based
  interventions are delivered within the tiers.
• The primary focus of the RtI process is to
  intervene early when students begin to show signs
  of struggling to meet grade level standards.
• The development of strategies to help the
  individual student is based on how the student
  responds to interventions, hence the name
  Response to Intervention.

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Response to Intervention (RtI)

• What are the tiers of RtI?
• Tier 1 (General Classroom Instruction) This is
  the instruction (teaching) that everyone in the
  class gets. It involves lesson delivery in a
  variety of formats.
• Tier 2 (Small Group Instruction) This is the
  instruction the teacher gives when he/she notices
  that some students had difficulty with the
  concept.
• Tier 3 (Small Group Instruction) This is the
  instruction the specialist will give after the
  student continues to experience difficulty
  despite Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruction.

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Intervention

• Students on Tier 2 or 3 of the RtI process
  receive intervention during a designated time in
  our daily schedule 4 days a week.
• During this time, the teachers and the campus
  specialists meet the needs of students who are
  struggling with the grade level content.
• The skills covered and the activities used are
  based on the students individual needs determined
  by the data (ISIP, Moby, DRA, class performance,
  etc.).
• Intervention takes place 4 days a week and is
  built into our daily schedule.
• Intervention focuses on reading and math.

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Think Tanks

• Students who are on or above grade level
  participate in Think Tanks during Intervention
  time.
• Think Tanks are a spiral review of TEKS already
  taught in class.
• Think Tanks provide engaging, interesting, and
  challenging activities to meet the needs of these
  students.
• Think Tanks are literature based and integrate
  reading, writing, math, science, and social
  studies.
• Students who are generally in intervention during
  the week, participate in Think Tanks on Fridays.

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• We look forward to partnering with you in your
  childs education here at Nancy Neal Elementary
  and in Mansfield ISD!

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