Welcome!

Please use the sticky note on your child’s desk to

leave your child a happy message! J

~Mr. Sahadevan

~Turner and Max

~Boy time, traveling, shopping and reading

~Bachelor’s Degree, Elementary Ed

~Master’s Degree, Reading

~Ed Specialist, Curriculum and Instruction

~Gifted Certification

~Teacher of Year 2005, 2012

Rules

1. Follow directions quickly.2. Listen to others.3. Show respect (self, friends, classroom, teachers)

**Kind words, nice face!**4. Try your best.5. Have fun and learn everyday!

Responsibility through community-Logical Consequences

Daily folder and weekly report

ResponsibilityIndependence

Problem solving What could you do about _____? How could we fix this?It seems you need a ___. Where could

get one?

7:20-7:50 Morning Exploration/Unpack

7:50-8:10 Morning Meeting

8:10-8:40 Phonics (OG/Fundations/sight words)

8:40-9:20 Writing Workshop

9:20-10:20 Reading Workshop Read to Self & Someone, Listen to Reading, Working with Words

10:27-11:00 Lunch and relax

11:00-12:15 Math Workshop (calendar, journals, exploration, small group, ind. practice)

12:15-12:45 Thematic Literacy

12:45-1:05 Recess/snack **SHOES**

1:10-2:00 Specials (9 day rotation)

2:00-2:10 Pack/Review/Dismiss

Transportation~20 kids, 1 billion after school activities J

~Written note required for changes-weekly works!

~No emails

~Bus note available on school page

~School attendance is crucial to learning success.

~If your child is absent, a written note must be submitted in within 3 days of the absence or the absence will be marked unexcused.

*Forgot the note? Email Marlene.Sheats@cobbk12.org. Copy me on the email, too. J

~Tardies are just no fun!

Hands-on LearningSmall groupThink/pair/shareIndependent practiceMath journalsMental Math & Number Talks

Problem Solving“How did you know that?”

Critical thinking skills“Would that work every time?“Show me another way to solve the problem.”

Research tells us…

o Workshop ModelWhole group mini lessonIndependent practiceShare and reflectRepeat!

o Check for Understandingo Building staminao Just Right Books

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~Writing WorkshopPensHug itRevise/editCelebrate!Write independently, with partner & with Mrs. S.Write together as a class.

Zaner Bloser (ball and stick)*Capitals only for first letter of proper nouns and beginning of sentence.*Discuss proper formation with your child.

“I like the way you started your letters at the top.”“I can read every word you wrote because you have spaces between the words.”

*Reversals

Goal is legibility not conformity.

~Sight word practice for both reading and spelling

~Orton Gillingham phonics instruction

~assessments

~”Read what you write.”

Integrated Social Studies, Science and Health

Hands-on projects (small group, whole group, or with a buddy)

Maker Wednesday

Penpals

Book Buddies

Topics/events include:Continents, STEM Day, Economics Day, historical figures, weather, magnets, and so much more!

Due by Fridayish

20 minutes each night

Top TeachCobb Virtual Library Raz Kids! ixl.ComMake 10 PlusMathtopia

Read and write everyday!Books, magazines, grocery lists, stories, letters, newspapers, etc.

Tech Talk RemindSeeSawTwitter

Almost Done!~allergies~New digital report card for 2017!~Field trips (Fernbank, Theater, In house, and more!)~Birthdays (invitations, celebration)~Class shirts/bags*Daily folder and weekly newsletter*~Student number~R.E.D. Folder ~Celebrity Readers~Book orders~Snack/bottled water~Lunch Extras~HELPERS J (mail parent, projects)~Join P.T.A! Support the Foundation. Be involved! J

Carpool Guidelines

Let’s hear from our room moms!

(Break out the wallet!)

J