All kinds of good info for starting a great new school

year

Education: BS in Elementary Education from DePaul University. Endorsements: Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science Concentration: Spanish

Experience: 1 year of 2nd Grade 5 years of 1st Grade 2 years of 5th and 6th Grades

Favorite Books: To Kill A Mockingbird A Short History of Nearly Everything

Hobbies: playing with Gus (my dog) and Adam (my partner) (you’ll hear a lot about these two ), biking, yoga, volleyball, knitting, reading, cooking, and recently “tennis”.

Contact: hmreed@cps.edu 773.534.4415 x 60615

• Language Arts• Novel studies:• Skills we’ll focus on in the first quarter will include making

inferences, using and understanding analogies; developing an understanding of theme (we’re starting with ideas about morality); using context clues

• related vocab and spelling; grammar work; writing process• Grammar/Vocab/Conventions supplements

• Homework:• Weekly practice with vocabulary; reading Independent Choice Novels

and completing responses

• Assessment:• Weekly spelling and vocab quizzes• Occasional quizzes on content/comprehension of novels• Journaling• Projects

• Science• Earth Systems Science: Our beginning unit will be an exploration of

the interconnectedness between the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.

• Homework: Occasional (every other week, approximately)• Assessment: Small quizzes, larger tests, science notebooks

• Social Studies• With Mr. Weissbuch

• Social Studies• With Mr. Veal

• Classwork:• Daily checklist of items to have been completed that day• If a box is not checked, please add item to homework• Please sign off each night in planner

• Homework:• Will also keep track in planner• Please sign off each night in planner• Should take about 45 minutes

• Specials:Monday: Library (Sem 1); Tuesday: Spanish;

Wednesday: Music/Art; Thursday: PE; Friday: Spanish

• Grading Scale• Homework: 25%• Classwork: 40%• Tests/Projects: 25%• Participation: 10%• Late work will receive a maximum of a 69%, as

dictated by school policy.

• Each day students will have the opportunity to earn recognition and have the chance to reflect on their personal conduct based on Respectful, Responsible, and Safe behaviors.

• We will use a mix of Positive Behavior Intervention System practices and Responsive Classroom practices. This will help students become more accountable for their own behaviors as they recognize the positive and negative impacts their choices have on their classroom community and themselves.

• Students will track their own behaviors throughout each day, and will have the opportunity to fill a chart based on positive behaviors. This can earn them little perks in the classroom. Some favorites from last year: Desk Swap, Steal a Job, Teacher Chair

• If multiple warnings are given throughout the day, a Behavior Notice will be sent home. Two in a week= a detention.

• While we will decide upon our policies and rules together, we will start the year by trying to recognize the need for fairness, compassion, patience, and teamwork/community-mindedness in our classroom. Right away we will strive to recognize the good in each other every day. My hope is that within that framework of mutual respect and support, everyone will feel secure taking the plunge into new and challenging material in a way that will allow for ultimate understanding and success. Hooray!

All kinds of good info for starting a great new school

year

Education: BS in Elementary Education from DePaul University. Endorsements: Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science Concentration: Spanish

Experience: 1 year of 2nd Grade 5 years of 1st Grade 2 years of 5th and 6th Grades

Favorite Books: To Kill A Mockingbird A Short History of Nearly Everything

Hobbies: playing with Gus (my dog) and Adam (my partner) (you’ll hear a lot about these two ), biking, yoga, volleyball, knitting, reading, cooking, and recently “tennis”.

Contact: hmreed@cps.edu 773.534.4415 x 60615

• Language Arts• Novel studies:• Skills foci for the first quarter will related vocab and spelling;

grammar work; writing process• Grammar/Vocab/Conventions supplements

• Homework:• Weekly practice with vocabulary; reading Independent Choice

Novels and completing responses

• Assessment:• Occasional quizzes on content/comprehension of novels (will

include vocab)• Journaling• Projects

• Science• Earth Systems Science: Our beginning unit

will be an exploration of the interconnectedness between the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.

• Homework: Occasional (every other week, approximately)

• Assessment: Small quizzes, larger tests, science notebooks

• Classwork:• Daily checklist of items to have been completed that

day• If a box is not checked, please add item to homework• Please sign off each night in planner

• Homework:• Will also keep track in planner• Please sign off each night in planner• Should take about 45 minutes

• Grading Scale• Homework: 25%• Classwork: 40%• Tests/Projects: 25%• Participation: 10%• Late work will receive a maximum of a 69%, as

dictated by school policy.

• Each day students will have the opportunity to earn recognition and have the chance to reflect on their personal conduct based on Respectful, Responsible, and Safe behaviors. We will keep track on a clip board that will travel with them, and will spend some time each week ref

• We will use a mix of Positive Behavior Intervention System practices and Responsive Classroom practices. This will help students become more accountable for their own behaviors as they recognize the positive and negative impacts their choices have on their classroom community and themselves.