Chiefs Team

Parents Night Chiefs Team *Please take the handouts on the table

Thursday, August 25, 2016 Mrs. Beckner, Mrs. Griffin, Mr. Jeffcoats, and Ms. Vandagriff

Blue Take-Home Folders Check child’s communication card for teacher comments ➔ Sign communication card each weekend ➔ Three negative signatures in one week = detention with advisory teacher ➔

Blue Take-Home Folders (Cont.) ➔

Things to look for: ◆ ◆

Missing assignments Comments about behavior and organization

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Check for graded assignments and office notes to come home every Friday

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“Clean it out” every weekend

Yellow Homework Folders ➔ “To Do” (Left Pocket) ◆ Nightly homework, rubrics, study guides ➔ “Completed” (Right Pocket) ◆ Work that needs to be turned into teacher Students are strongly encouraged to bring ear buds daily for classwork and homework.

Student Agenda ➔ Students should have homework written down every day ➔ You could support us from home by: ◆ Subscribe to our team Google calendar ◆ Monitoring agenda for homework completion ◆ Asking questions… ● What do you have for homework? ● When is your next quiz, test, major assignment? ● Have you finished…??

Grading Policy ➔ Daily assignments are practice assignments, not averaged into their content grade ➔ Minor assessments include quizzes, quick checks, exit tickets, and typically cover less material than a major assessment ➔ Major assessments include tests and projects

Grading Policy (Cont.) ➔ Each content area will have a “Work Habits” grade in addition to their content grade ➔ Work habits consist of: ◆ Participation ◆ Behavior ◆ Work completion

Reassessments ➔ Students who receive a score lower than 85 may participate in a reassessment ➔ Students must contact the teacher/sign-up promptly and follow the reassessment procedures ➔ Students who retest will receive a maximum score of 85 ➔ The complete grading policy can be found on the MIS website

Curriculum ➔ Refer to handouts for specific content information ➔ Attend open team meetings in the 5/6 Assembly Room from 10:00-10:30 for up-to-date curriculum information ◆ October 12 ◆ January 9 ◆ March 23

Explorations ➔ Some students will be pulled out of their social studies classes twice a week ➔ They will work with Mrs. Hilton in her classroom ➔ New material will not be introduced while students are at Explorations

Tutorials ➔ Tutorials will be offered by each teacher, please see teacher websites for schedules ➔ Students should notify their teacher if they plan to attend tutorials ➔ Occasionally, students will be asked to attend specific tutorial times

Conferences ➔ We meet as a team to discuss child’s performance in each content area ➔ Please email child’s advisory teacher to schedule a conference ➔ Tuesdays and Thursdays ◆ 9:30-10:00 ◆ 10:00-10:30

Chiefs Website ➔ http://bit.ly/chiefsteam ➔ Google Calendars ◆ Beckner LA/SS and Jeffcoats LA/SS ◆ Science and math are included on both calendars ➔ Important dates ◆ Open team meetings, STAAR testing dates, field trips ➔ Links to teacher homepages ➔ Important documents and presentations

Sky Ranch Field Trip ➔ October 17-19, 2016 ➔ Student cost: $215 (This was available during back to school registration. If you did not purchase it then, you may send a check. Details to come!)

➔ Chaperone cost: $150

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➔ Meeting Dates: ◆ Sept. 8th — Informational Meeting in Auditorium at 6pm ◆ Sept. 26th — ALL payments due!!! th

Questions?