Welcome to the FelcheLohrian Fleet

Curriculum Night

Parents,You are your

child’s first and most important

teacher.Thank you for

sharing your child with us this year.

Talk With Your Child(ren) and Us

What can we talk about with our child(ren)?• Use binders, daily emails, and newsletters

• Wiki – newsletters are on Mrs. Felcher’s pagehttp://felcherougi.wiki.farmington.k12.mi.us/Home

• ParentConnect/MiStar – we send daily emails through this

• Warner listservhttp://www.farmington.k12.mi.us/subscribe.php

• Curriculum link on FPS websitehttp://www.farmington.k12.mi.us/curriculum/

Co-Teaching

This year your child will benefit from:• 2 teachers = 2 sets of eyes and ears• Some people relate better to others• More opportunities to meet other students and

form friendships• Smoother & quicker transitions with “tag team”• More opportunities for groupings/clinics to meet

individual needs• Combined strengths of teachers = more powerful

learning experiences• Consistency – if something arises and we need a

sub, one teacher will always be here.

Homework • Using the Daily Folder• Setting up a time and

a place• Nightly Math and

Reading M-Th (occasional math on Fridays)

• Signing and returning homework letters (an email will be sent out with a “heads up” to be on the lookout for one)

Read, Read, Read!!• Establishing reading

habits

• Ways to share reading

• Focus on Comprehension Strategies– Reader’s Workshop & CRAFT (bookmark)

• 20-30 minutes a night

• Visit the Library regularly

Literacy CRAFT

CRAFT is an acronym that stands for:

• Comprehension• Response to the text• Accuracy• Fluency• Text features/structures

These are our focus lessons, and the strategies we use to be successful with each one are posted below.

Write, Write, Write!!

• Writer’s Workshop – “study” based learning

• Share your writing

• The “Friday Read Around” and Writing Circles groups

• “Unpacking” our thinking Mondays and a weekly prompt

• Word study – look at various figurative language, poetry, and parts of speech

Our writing board – lessons focus on the VOICES of writing and strategies are listed below each aspect

Mastering Math• Concepts and Computation- Bridges• 6TH – CMP2 is problem solving based• ALL students do Number Corner to bridge

concepts between grade levels• Ways to Practice – nightly homework/games/WIKI

sites on Mrs. Felcher’s page/MOBY Max• Pre-tests, differentiation, clinics• Mastery of Multiplication Fast Facts is a

MUST!

Accepting Responsibility for One’s Actions

• Learning, Leading, Exploring Together – 7 Habits

• Credits and debits

Growing our Garden of Leaders1. Be Proactive

I am a responsible person, I take initiative., I chose my actions, attitudes, and moods, I do not blame others for my wrong actions, and I do the right thing without being asked, even when no one is looking.

 

2. Begin with the End in Mind

I plan ahead and set goals, and I look for ways to be a good citizen.

 

3. Put First Things First

I say no to things I know I should not do, I set priorities, make a schedule, and follow my plan, and I am disciplined and organized.

 

4. Think Win-Win

I balance courage for getting what I want with consideration for what others want, I make deposits in other’s Emotional Bank Accounts, when conflicts arise, I look for third alternatives.

 

5. Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

I listen to other people’s ideas and feelings without interrupting and I try to see things from their viewpoints.

 

6. Synergize

I value other people’s strengths and learn from them, and I get along well with others, even people who are different than me.

 

7. Sharpen the Saw

I take care of my body by eating right, exercising, and getting sleep, I spend time with my family and friends, I learn in lots of ways and places, not just at school, and I take time to find meaningful ways to help others.

The Closer• Love them just as much when they don’t

succeed as you do when they soar.

• Mistakes are deposits in the account of learning - Jim Fay

• Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom

to make mistakes.

- Mahatma Gandhi