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Curriculum Night Welcome Parents!!!

Curriculum Night Welcome Parents!!!. Tribes Agreements Attentive Listening Mutual Respect Appreciation/No Put Downs Right to Participate or Pass Personal

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Curriculum Night

Welcome Parents!!!

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Tribes Agreements

• Attentive Listening• Mutual Respect• Appreciation/No Put Downs• Right to Participate or Pass• Personal Best• Safety

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Character Counts

• Trustworthiness• Respect• Responsibility• Fairness• Caring • Citizenship

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7 Habits

• 1. Be Proactive• 2. Begin with the End in Mind• 3. Put First Things First• 4. Think Win/Win• 5. Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood

• 6. Synergize• 7. Sharpen the Saw

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Communication

• Email ([email protected])• Phone Call (480-497-4032 ext.119)• Agendas• Responsibility Forms (Blue Slips)• Infinite Campus• Teacher Web Page

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Homework Policy• Assignments are to be turned in before

specials on the due date.• Assignments turned in late receive a 20%

penalty.• Assignments turned in 7 days after the due

date will result in a zero.• Blue Slips may be given for late work.• Late work may result in the loss of recess.

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Dress Code• No short shorts – must cover the buttocks and a modest area of the

leg• Tank tops must have straps at least 2 inches wide EACH• No baggy/saggy pants• No see through clothing• No undergarments showing• No alcohol, drugs, gambling, defamatory, obscene, or gang related

messages on clothing• Ear Piercings only• No Unnatural Hair Colors• No plastic flip-flops• All other items on dress code policy

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Attendance• Please schedule appointments for after school• If after school is not possible, then first thing

in the morning is best• Letter after 5 days missed• Truancy Letter after 10 days missed• Absences result in missed instruction time• Student’s responsibility to complete all

assignments missed due to an absence

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Math

• Glencoe Math Book• Time Tests• Math Skills• TWIST Packets (Science Grade)

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Social Studies

• Glencoe Social Studies Book• Ancient Civilizations w/ Related Projects• Castle Day (March 6th)• Country Research Reports (Ongoing –

Culminating in a Presentation in May)

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Science

• District Kits– Measuring Time (One-Minute Timers)– Landforms– Experimenting with Plants

• Health• Egg Drop

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Reading

• Harcourt Reading Book• Literature Studies• Reading Skills• AR– Daily Independent Reading Expectation is 50 pages

(Based on a rate of 1 page per min for 60 minutes)– Must take AR test on book to show comprehension– Daily participation points for independent reading– Track pages daily

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Language• Write for the Future / from the Beginning• Focus on the following Genres:– Essay (Descriptive, Expository, Persuasive)– Personal Narrative– Story– Letters

• Grammar Skills• Poetry

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Field Trips

• Planned or Being Considered– Kartchner Caverns (Landforms): 2nd Quarter– Renaissance Festival (Middle Ages): 3rd Quarter– MIM (Ancient Cultures): May

• Tax Credits will be gladly accepted and are encouraged when paying for field trips.

• We will let you know how much the field trips cost as the year progresses.

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