Welcome to Room 110!First, please find your child’s seat & please read their note to you in their “Weekend Update.” Feel free

to write a short response!The index card is for you to write

down any questions that you might have. Thank You!

Meet the Teacher

• A little about Miss Gahan• A little about Ms. Esdale

Parent/Teacher Communication

• Ways to reach us:– Phone– Email– Notes

• Important: Any change in dismissal procedures must be communicated to the main office by 10:00am in written form.– hoffice@hopkinton.k12.ma.us

Homework & Agenda

• Homework is given 4 nights a week and should take an average of 45 minutes per night.

• All homework will be placed in the homework folder.

• Time is set aside each day to write in homework.

• Missing homework policy

Homework continued…

• Spelling tracker, reading log, & math log

• Weekend Update • Signed assignments• Homework expectations– Homework Buddies– Envision student access– Problems with homework

Binders

• We will keep all reading packets, worksheets, and other work in binders

• Replaces folders in the desks

Binders• We have discussed as a class about

taking home binders each day• Cannot call home if forgotten• Please do not clean out your child’s

binder. We will do this together in class.

Classroom Expectations

• Responsive Classroom–Morning Meeting

• C.A.R.E.S– Cooperation– Assertion– Responsibility– Empathy– Self-Control

Reading

• Guided Reading/Reader’s Workshop format to build and reinforce skills

• All students reading at their appropriate level

• Just right books & multiple genres• Reading is thinking• Fountas & Pinnell benchmarks twice

a year (fall & spring)

Writing

• Writer’s Workshop format• Focuses on developing strong,

descriptive writing pieces– Grammar– Sentence structure– Parts of speech– Paragraph and story constructions

• Multiple genres/styles

Writing continued…

• Weekend Update– Letter to you from your student telling

you about their week– Sent home on Friday– Please read, write a short response &

send back to school on Monday–May not be every week…

Math

• EnVision– Fully aligned with new Common Core

math standards– Designed to build strong problem

solving strategies– Core lessons are highly visual– Students engage in hands-on and

minds-on activities daily to build mastery in key mathematical skills

Math continued…

• EnVision–Materials are differentiated for a wide

range of learning styles & needs– Research based program

• Homework – be on the lookout for the “circled” page numbers…

Spelling

• Spelling for Writers– Lists are individualized–Weekly activities & practice

Social Studies

• Focusing on:–What is a Social Scientist?– Peopling of the United States– Immigration Day– Regions of the United States

Specials

• Daily specials– Physical Education – Tuesday &

Thursday– Library - Friday

Parent Volunteers

• We welcome you!• Must have a valid CORI form on file

with the office

Other…

• Birthdays:– School policy – no invitations handed out

at school– No food sent in– Summer birthdays– Picture book

• Allergies– No sharing of food

THANK YOU!

• Thank you for all the tissues!• Wish List – by the door if you would

like to donate • Tissues needed all year….