Substitute Teacher Plans

Room 17 Guest Teacher Plans Date: 05/28/2014

Special Notes: The emergency bag (blue) is located under my desk and contains a first aide kit. There is also a Room 17 sign located by the backdoor as well. In the event of an emergency, please take out the emergency bag, room # sign and take students out to the far grass area just beyond the blacktop. Please give each student, their health tag, (that is a way to check to see who is missing) or check class roster in bag. If any students are missing-clip the red sign to the room 17 sign.

Welcome to Room 17 at Eisenhower Elementary. The wonderful kids in this class are in 4th grade. They each have their own qualities that make them wonderful and unique. Sara Baker (Room 15), Jacquie Gomez (Room 14) and David Blair (Room 16) are the other 4th grade teachers. If you need something, please don’t hesitate to call x2215, x2214, x2216. For office phone, dial 103. Our classroom management system is based upon signals. To get students attention I will clap 5 times and students repeat this clap. I will also silently raise my hand and students are to stop and do the same. Once I have everyone’s attention I will ask them to put hands down and then I give directions. I also give out table points for excellent behavior-Table points are for the tables that are listening and working together.

Please pick up students at our classroom pole, which is located on the edge of the playground blacktop. You will see students lining up, our pole is about 3 poles down from the drinking fountain (near last basketball court) when you are facing the playground. Please pick up students and walk them to our door. **Aiden heads to speech at 8:35 and then will be in Resource for a majority of the day. You will see him after morning recess. He has work in Resource/Speech that he is working on.**Students will be lined up in two lines (number order)***Emile is very active-he sometimes is moved from his table group and will work at back table alone or at my desk alone. He can also be sent outside to work at bench as long as classroom door stays open and he can be seen. I sometimes send him to Mrs. Crawford (Rm. 18) with his work. ***Colin, Emma, Christina are not to keep any reading books at their desk-when it is reading time they can ask, and be dismissed to get their book from the green basket by door. When time to put books away they should place them in green basket. ***Feel free to bench students or have them fill out their name in the Think about it binder. If continues feel free to have them fill out a Changing Choices paper also found in Think about it binder. They will write down what expectation they did not follow and have to take it home and get it signed(it’s like a class referral). You can also send them to office with note if you feel they need to leave the classroom. Please leave me a note if any Changing Choices sheets were sent home or if student went to the office.

**Before Warm-Up, PLEASE have our “Secretaries” (Arihant and Kate) read what is for hot lunch. I will leave a yellow lunch slip to record number of hot

lunches as well as the roll sheet to mark any absences. Please put an “A” for any absences and “D” for any tardy students. 8:40-9:05 Warm Up-(Kept in their desk)Ask them to come in quietly and take out their homework. Please share with them that at this time they will complete the Wednesday Warm Ups in their packet. While they are working, dismiss table groups to turn in homework to their file(crate on back counter). **Early Finishers can read quietly at their seat. When you see that a majority of students are finished with warm up you can correct as a class. I will leave the answers and a blank warm up you can write on. You can show answers under the ELMO camera. Kids can help turn on projector/camera. **After correcting, please ask students to put Warm Up in their red folder.

9:05-9:45 Story/Questions Please share with students that at this time they will read beginning on page of their Language Arts Books. Please dismiss groups one at a time to get a L.A. books located in book shelf (if facing clock) front/right of classroom.Please have volunteers read story out loud as students follow along in their book. After story, please brainstorm with the class what the story was about. Share with students that now they will complete the packet of activities focused on the story. Please have paper passers Damon, Marcus, and Kenny help pass out the packets. If you feel like students are doing a great job, they can work with someone at their table to complete activities. If you feel like it needs to stay quiet, they can complete activities on their own. At about 9:50 or a little after, can you collect all packets. I will take a look at what the accomplished during that time. Aiden will not need a packet or need to read the story since he will be out.

9:50-10:25 Picture Prompt Please share with students that at this time they will be given a silly picture. Tell students that they are to practice their inferring skills (what they see + what they know) and write about what they think is going on in the picture. Please share with them that they are to write detailed, descriptive sentences about what is going on in the given picture. There are lines on back and front of the sheet. Please encourage students to write as much as they can to explain their thoughts.

***Early finishers can be given a Time For Kids to read/activity to complete

10:30-10:50- Recess/Yard DutyI do not have yard duty at this time. Please enjoy your recess. When you pick up Room 17 after recess they should be sitting down in their two lines waiting for you.

10:50-11:20 Listen to Announcements/Dance Practice Please have students drop off snacks, recess equipment in the classroom. You can listen to announcements outside. Please meet the other 4th Grade classrooms/teachers out on the blacktop. All 4th graders will be practicing their dance for the up coming Dance

Festival. The song is “What Does The Fox Say.” Steven, Veronika, Marcus, and Caitlyn are all representatives from our class that can help teach the dance if help is needed.All classes will get lined up in order and begin practicing. Again, each class has about 4 student representatives that can help teach, review steps to the dance.

11:20-11:30 Read Please bring students back into the classroom and have them read quietly at their seat. You can have them read on their own or I will leave a picture to read to whole class. You can choose which you would like to do.

11:35-12:20 Music A little bit before 11:35 can you please have students lines up in their two lines with their lunches. Please walk students over to Music Class where they will meet Mrs. Rugg. Please drop off students and now is my prep period. I will try and leave some copies or some papers to file. Thank you! About a minute before 12:20 can you please go to the Music Class and pick up the students. Please have them say Thank you to Mrs. Rugg and please walk them to lunch.

12:20-1:05 Lunch Please have students get in a cold lunch line and hot lunch line. Please walk the hot lunchers to the cafeteria and drop them off. Enjoy your lunch! When you pick up students from lunch they should be sitting in their two lines waiting for you.

1:05-1:50 School Talent Show Please have students quickly drop off their lunches, recess equipment and get back in their two lines. Please walk students over to the GLC for the school talent show. When facing the stage, our class will sit on the right hand side. Please have students sit down (boy, girl if possible) in three rows on their bottoms. Sena, Damon, and Marcus should not be sitting near Emile. Emma and Veronika should not be sitting next to each other. If possible, please keep Colin and Emile near you. Students will sit and enjoy the show. Please help by making sure they are not talking, but being respectful. They can do a silent cheer for acts but not screaming or shouting. Feel free to send out any student who cannot show respect. Please walk students back to class after the Talent Show.

1:50-2:45 Entrepreneur At this time please brainstorm with students what an entrepreneur is and what they might have sold during the California Gold Rush. Share with students that at this time they will pretend they are an entrepreneur during the Gold Rush and they are to come up with something to sell that the miners could use while working at the mining camps. Please share with them that they will create an advertisement-They should name whatever they are selling, have a price, and have a colored picture. Share with students that good advertisements do not have a lot of writing but usually the price, color, a catchy saying or words that tell why you need to by that product. I will leave some examples I have that you can show under the ELMO. I will leave paper for the kids to

create their advertisement. Please encourage them to use pencil and then go back with color. Kids can hold onto advertisement. I will give them more time and collect them tomorrow. 2:50-3:00 Write in Planner/JobsPlease put the filled out planner I left under the ELMO camera. Share with students that at this time they will record their homework in their planner. Please have paper passers hand out homework sheets. After kids record their homework, they will pack up and begin their classroom job as well as pick up trash near their desk and straighten up work space so ready for the next day. If time permits, they can sit and read for last few minutes, if not they can put chair up and be dismissed once their table group is cleaned up.

Dismissal is at 3:05

Thank you for your help! Please leave me a note about how the day went. Please pull the curtains shut, unplug the elmo camera/projector, pull in lunch and equipment tubs. Can you please check that all the doors are shut and locked before you leave. Thank you!

Students are prepping for our up coming play called “California Missions and More.” The play is focused on California History. Please ask students to take out their script and have students take turns reading their part out loud. All students have a part. There are students who will introduce the play-they can start reading their lines first. I will leave a radio and CD of the music that goes with the play (radio and CD by front door). Ashima can sit by radio and stop and start music while class practices the script. There are students who close the play, they can read their lines at the very end. ***Have students leave script on their desk and they can finish practicing script after P.E. if more time is needed.

1:50-2:35 P.E.At 1:50, please walk students out to the black top to meet their P.E teacher Mr. Avelar. This is now your prep time. You do not stay out at P.E. with the students. I will leave some papers to correct during this time. Thank you!

*At 2:35 please pick up students from P.E.***2:35- Please send Ben D. to speech class. He will come back at 3 and get his homework and backpack.

2:35-2:45 Record HomeworkPlease have students come in and take out their planner. I will leave a planner and you can put it under the ELMO camera. The planner is where students record homework. They will have a math sheet, spelling sheet (write each word 2 times) and will read for 20 minutes and record reading in their log).

At this time please have a helper pass out one homework packet to each student. Have two helpers pass out student’s eagle folders. Have all students put all items into their backpacks.

2:45-3:00 Read Time For Kids Please give each student a Time For Kid’s Magazine. Share with them they can read the articles in the magazine. If time permits I will leave an activity that goes with the magazine. If not enough time to finish I will have them do the activity tomorrow.

3:00-3:05 Clean UpPlease share with students that they will now clean up, put all supplies away and pick up trash/objects off the floor. Please have them put their chair on their desk.

3:05 Dismissal **Please dismiss students one table at a time to go home. Please shut curtains, unplug ELMO/Projector, pull all tubs inside and make sure doors are locked and shut closed. Thank you for subbing for me today, I really appreciate it. Please leave me a note about the day so I can check in with students. Thanks again!!!

***If it is raining during morning recess students will play in doors. I will leave a tub of board games under my desk they may play. There are also snap cubes and shapes they can build with by the book shelves near round table. Students may also draw or read during recess. If they have a snack they are to eat at desk and throw trash away outside. If you need to use the restroom please ask Mr. Blair to watch the class-he is in Room 16 and is your rainy day partner.

***If raining during lunch, students will at their desk. Please send hot lunchers in one line to the cafeteria to get their lunch. Please ask all other students to get their lunch and eat at their desk. All trash needs to be thrown away outside. Students are to remain in their seat till 12:45 (bell will ring). At this time they may put away lunch and chose a game from the box, draw, read. I will try and leave a video to play during lunch time. So students can also watch a movie. Please plug in projector (white cord), turn on projector, push play on black vcr.

***If you need to use the restroom or take a quick break during lunch please check in with Mr. Blair in room 16 or grab a yard duty (in green vest) and ask if they can come in and watch your class while you step out.

8:30-9:00 Library

Please have students quickly come inside, drop off their backpacks and grab their library books. Students will line up outside with their books (they will line up in a boy’s line and girl’s line). Please take students red library cards and walk students to the GLC (the library). Students will come into the library, return their books, and sit at the round tables. Please pass out their library cards. Students will quietly find 2 chapter books to check out and sit down and read quietly. You may have about 3 students who come to library a little late as they are participating in a before school math class. When they arrive please hand them their library card and they can check out books.

8:55-9:00 Line Up Have students quietly line up a few minutes before 9. As another class has library right at 9. Please walk students back to class. Thank you!

9:00-9:15 Attendance/Check in HomeworkPlease have the “Camp Directors” take lunch count (on yellow slip). Please mark who is absent or late and have “Camp Directors” take lunch count and attendance to the office. If time permits, have “Table Captains” check in their table’s homework. On the back table I will leave the clipboards with a homework checklist that captains can use to check in their group’s homework. The “Table Captain’s” can collect all the homework sheets and turn in to baskets by the fish tank and can put Thoughtful Log journals on the back table. ***If not enough time to check in homework before P.E., “Table Captains” can check in homework after P.E.

9:15-10:00 P.E.At 9:15, please walk students out to the black top to meet their P.E teacher Mr. Avelar. This is now your prep time. You do not stay out at P.E. with the students. I will leave some papers to correct during this time. Also, during this time, please place student’s “Friday Journal” on their desk. You will find the pile of Friday Journals on the round table. Thank you! *At 10:00 please pick up students from P.E.

10:00-10:30 Friday JournalPlease share with students that at this time they will write a letter to their family about what they did this week at school. Please brainstorm with students things we did this week. Call on students and you can write down their ideas on the whiteboard. After you have brainstormed as a class for a few minutes, ask students to get started on writing their letter. Please remind students to put the date, Dear Mom and Dad…all the parts to a letter. If students do not have their Friday Journal, please give them a piece of paper to write their letter on. Once students are finished with their letter, please have them put journal in their backpack and they can continue to read quietly at their seat.

10:30-10:50 Recess *You do not have recess duty. Enjoy your break.

10:50-11:00 Announcements After students come in from recess they will listen to the morning announcements. Please ask Carlos to lead the class in the flag salute.

11:00-11:45 MathShare with students that they will complete the “African Safari Adventure” packet. Students are to read the story and use the story to help them answer a page of math questions as well as create a graph. Please have them work quietly at their seats. If you feel they are listening and being respectful they can work with a partner. Whatever you are comfortable with. When students are finished with the packet have them turn it into the math basket by the fish tank.

11:45-12:15 Read through scriptStudents recently found out their part for a play we are performing. The play is focused on the California Missions. Please ask students to take out their script and have students take turns reading their part out loud. All students have a part. I will leave a radio and CD of the music that goes with the play (radio and CD by

front door). Ashima can sit by radio and stop and start music while class practices the script. ***Have students leave script on their desks and they can finish practicing after lunch.

12:20-1:05 Lunch Please dismiss table groups to line up at the door. The Picnic Crew will take out the lunch tubs. The kids will eat first and play second. Have students line up in a Hot Line and Cold Lunch Line. Please walk Hot Lunchers to the cafeteria. Enjoy your lunch!

1:05-1:25 Finish Reading Through ScriptPlease have students continue to read through the script. When finished have students put script away.

1:25-2:30 Martin Luther King Jr. ActivityPlease remind students that on Monday they do not have school due to Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Please read the story . Share with students that MLK’s dream was for everyone to be treated the same. Please ask students to think about their dream for the world-ex. that everyone would recycle to help the earth, that everyone would treat each other with respect…Students will draw a picture of themselves and then write their dream for the world on a speech bubble. Finally, students will glue all the parts together on a piece of construction paper. I will leave a sample. Please brainstorm with students possible dreams for the world. After brainstorming, students can get started on the task.

2:30-2:40 Clean UpPlease share with students that they will now clean up, put all supplies away and pick up trash/objects off the floor. They can check the job board (hanging on gray filing cabinet). Please have them put their chair on their desk.

2:40-2:45 Hand out Weekly Progress Report Every Friday students take home a Weekly Progress Report which shares their behavior and missing tasks for the week. Please pass

out the green Progress Report to each student who then needs to put it in their backpack.

2:45-3:05 Friday Free TimePlease dismiss one table at a time to line up at the door. Students will leave their backpacks lined up outside and then go play on the playground-they can play on upper grade play structure, basketball courts, grass area and at the green wall. You will see other 4th grade classes playing as well.

3:05 Dismissal **Please blow your whistle about two minutes before 3:05 and meet students at our classroom pole. Please walk students to our classroom, have them gather their backpacks and dismiss students.

Please shut curtains, unplug ELMO/Projector, pull all tubs inside and make sure doors are locked and shut closed. Thank you for subbing for me today, I really appreciate it. Please leave me a note about the day so I can check in with students. Thanks again!!!

Room 17 Guest Teacher PlansDate: 05/31/2012

Special Notes: The emergency bag (blue) is located under my desk and contains a first aide kit. There is also a Room 17 sign located by the door as well. In the event of an emergency, please take out the emergency bag, room # sign and take students out to the far grass area just beyond the blacktop. Please give each student, their health tag, (that is a way to check to see who is missing) or check class roster in bag.

Welcome to Room 17 at Eisenhower Elementary. The wonderful kids in this class are in 4th and 5th grade. They each have their own qualities that make them wonderful and unique. Jacquie Oliveira (Room 14), Grady Wright (Room 15) and David Blair (Room 16) are the other 4th grade teachers. If you need something, please don’t hesitate to call them. Use the black phone (ext. 44215 or 44216).

Our classroom management system is based upon signals. To get students attention I say, “Ready to Rock” and they respond with “Read to Roll” I also will clap 5 times and students repeat this clap. Then I have their attention and share with them what I need them to do. I also give out brownie points for excellent behavior-focusing/working/listening. If students are not listening, they can be sent away from their table group, work in the back and write me a letter about why they had to be moved.

I will pick up students at our classroom pole, which is located on the edge of the playground blacktop. 5th grade and I will be leaving on a field trip at around 9 while you remain here with 4th grade.

8:30-8:40 Roll/Lunch Count (I will do this)8:40-9:00 Unpack/Warm Up and Correct Warm up (I will do this)

9:00-9:55 Read Tiger and How Turtle Flew South for the Winter Share with students that they will now read two tales Tiger beginning on page 615 and How Turtle Flew South for the Winter beginning on page 620 in their Language Arts book. Students will read both tales on their own and complete the activity packet which I will on my desk for each student. On page one they will compare the two tales and share which tale is their favorite. For the 2nd activity, students will pretend they are a news reporter and will pretend to explain/describe that they just found a large turtle sleeping in the mud during the winter. **Students who are finished early can go back and read the 3rd Tale which begins on page 612 and can write down four things they read about the tale. They can also then read a book of their choice quietly at their seat.

When majority of students are finished you can call on students to share their answers to what was similar and different about the two tales they read. 9:55-10:30 Hyperbole Activity (probably need to use time after recess to finish as well)Students have reviewed Hyperbole- an exaggeration. Writers use hyperbole to give their writing strong feeling. Share with students this example of a hyperbole-It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets. Share with students that now that the weather is starting to warm up they will be writing hyperboles using the word hot. It was so hot,… Students will fill in the blank. Ask students to brainstorm with one another things that are hot to get their minds going. You can call on students to share out loud. Next, show students the popsicle shaped paper they will write their hyperbole on. Share with them, that they will write the hyperbole on one side and illustrate and color a picture that goes with their hyperbole underneath their writing. Students will cut out and glue this white paper (with their writing on it) onto the popsicle shaped cover they choose. You can call quiet groups to come pick a cover color. Students will glue a popsicle stick on the back of the cover. I will leave an example. Students can put finished, neat hyperbole activity on the long table so they can dry.

10:30-10:50 RecessEnjoy recess-Duty Free . There may be snacks in the Staff Room.10:50-11:00 Announcements/Flag Salute After students come in from recess they will listen to the morning announcements and then the “Patriotic Leader” will lead the class in the flag salute. 11:00-12:10 Finish Hyperbole Activity/Area of First Name

Share with students that they can have some time to finish up their Hyperbole activity. Early finishers can check for neatness and read quietly at their seat.

Math: Once the majority of the students are finished with the Hyperbole activity, share with students that they will now move

onto math. Share with students they will now write their first name large on a piece of graph paper. Next, students are to color in their name. After that students are to find the area of each of the letters of the name. And finally, students are to find the total area of their name. I will leave an example and graph paper .If time permits students can get into small groups and share the area of their name with classmates.

12:15-12:20 Clean Up

12:20-1:05 Lunch Please have the Line king and Queen line up at the door and begin dismissing students to lunch. The Waiters will take out the lunch tubs. The kids will eat first and play second. Have students line up in a Hot Line and Cold Lunch Line. Please walk Hot Lunchers to the cafeteria. Enjoy your lunch!

1:05-1:50 P.E.Students have P.E. right after lunch. After lunch, they will drop off their things and line up at the classroom pole. (Stay by classroom pole)Once all other classes have cleared basketball courts after lunch, please dismiss students to P.E. once you see the P.E. teachers.You now have prep time-I will try and leave some papers to correct-if I do not have time please enjoy this time without kids. **Please pick students up at 1:50 from P.E.

1:50-2:05 ReadingAfter P.E., students will come inside and silent read for about 15 minutes.

2:05-2:50 Science Please share with students that they will review how to create a closed circuit (to show electricity flowing in a circle so a light bulb

can turn on). You can call on students to share out loud what a closed circuit is. Next, please give each student “Illustrating the steps to make a circuit.” Tell students they will use this as planning sheet were they will draw quick sketches of the steps and objects they will need to create a closed circuit. Some students may not use all boxes on planning sheet.

Once students have had some time plan, share with students they will now create a strong, descriptive paragraph describing the steps in full sentences on how to create a closed circuit. They will use their planning sheet to help. Please pass out the final draft paper to each student. Students must be very descriptive when sharing the steps in their writing. Lastly, students will draw and color a picture of what a closed circuit looks like in the box at the top of the paper.

2:50-3:00 Record HomeworkStudents will look at the 4th Grade Homework Board and record their homework in their planner. I will leave homework packets for them which the Distributor can pass out.

3:00-3:05 JobsStudents will complete their classroom jobs and put their chairs up. They can help put 5th grade chairs up as well. Thank you so much for spending the day with Room 17!!!


Special Notes: The emergency bag (blue) is located under my desk and contains a first aide kit. There is also a Room 17 sign located by the door as well. In the event of an emergency, please take out the emergency bag, room # sign and take students out to the far grass area just beyond the blacktop. Please give each student, their health tag, (that is a way to check to see who is missing) or check class roster in bag.

Welcome to Room 17 at Eisenhower Elementary. The wonderful kids in this class are in 4th and 5th grade. They each have their own qualities that make them wonderful and unique. Jacquie Oliveira (Room 14), Grady Wright (Room 15) and David Blair (Room 16) are the other 4th grade teachers. If you need something, please don’t hesitate to call them. Use the black phone (ext. 44215 or 44216).

Our classroom management system is based upon signals. To get students attention I say, “Ready to Rock” and they respond with “Read to Roll” I also will clap 5 times and students repeat this clap. Then I have their attention and share with them what I need them to do. I also give out brownie points for excellent behavior-focusing/working/listening. If students are not listening, they can be sent away from their table group, work in the back and write me a letter about why they had to be moved.

Please pick up students at our classroom pole, which is located on the edge of the playground blacktop. You will see students lining up, our pole is about 3 poles down from the drinking fountain (near last basketball court) when you are facing the playground. Please pick up students and walk them to our door.

8:30-9:00 LibraryPlease pick up students right at 8:30. Have them quickly drop their backpack off, grab their library books and line up back outside. Please grab the green library cards and take them with you. Please walk students to the library, where they will enter quietly. The librarian will be absent this day so please have students put any books they are returning in neat piles on her desk (please leave a note on top of this stack of books that says-Room 17 is returning these books). Next, tell students that today is their last day of Library. Give students time to look. If they find a book, have them put their green library card in their book they want to check out and set their book in another neat pile on the librarians desk (please leave a note for her that says “Room 17 books that need to be checked out). Library goes until 9 but you can head back before then if you see students are ready to leave. Share with students that the librarian will check out books and give them to our class later in the day once she returns from her meeting.

9:00 Roll/Lunch Count When you arrive back to class, please take roll. Put a small dot if they are here, A for absent, D for Delay if they are running late. I will write in the names of the two 5th graders from the other class and you can just put a dot next to their names if they are present. Then, have our secretaries come up and take lunch count. They will count out hot lunch orders and write that info. on the yellow lunch slip. Our secretaries will take the roll and lunch count to the office by 9:00. Thank you!

***Students can return any homework into the finished work basket by window.

9:00-9:30 Spelling TestHave the distributors pass out spelling paper to all the 4th graders. Please have students write their name and number on their paper. Students will number 1-20. I will leave the spelling list. Please use each word in a sentence and students will then write word on their paper. Please hand the 5th grade students their vocabulary quiz which they will complete on their own wile you are giving the 4th grade spelling test. Please collect all vocab. Tests and spelling tests from 4th and 5th grade and put on my desk. 9:30-10:15 Create a Father’s Day Card Please share with students that they will now create a Father’s Day Card. Please show students the example of a complete card. Set out the colored copies for the shirt and ties. Call up one group at a time to pick a shirt color and tie. Once all students have picked a shirt color and tie have them sit back down. Share with students to fold their paper in half like a book. Next have students open their paper back up and on the left hand side, they will cut along the long and cut off 1 inch from the top of the left hand side of the paper. Next, students will then cut 2 slits on the right hand side of t he paper. Have students then fold paper, so slits are on top. Have students fold each slit in toward one another to create a collar of a shirt. Have students cut out their tie, glue down on card and then glue down collar. Share with students they can draw buttons and a pocket if they choose to on their shirt card. Next, share with students that they will now create a pocket in the inside or outside of the card which will hold coupons. Hand each student a copy of the coupons page where they will create 6 coupons for their dad-some examples of things they can put on their coupons- good for helping clean the car, make favorite breakfast, clean all dishes from the table, empty trash, let you nap without disturbing you…You can brainstorm ideas with students of what they can write on the coupons they create for their dad. You can write students’ ideas on the board. Once students have finished their coupons

they can cut them out and put them in the pocket in the card. Students will also write a note to their dad in the inside of the card and sign their name.

***At 9:55- Please have all 5th grade students pack up and go to their 5th grade class they rotate with by 10:00. Share with them they need to take all of their things and be at their 5th grade class by 10 so they can go and practice their dance for the dance festival.5th Grade can leave their card right on their desk and they will finish next week. 10:30-10:50 RecessEnjoy recess-Duty Free . There may be snacks in the Staff Room.

10:50-11:00 Announcements/Flag Salute After students come in from recess they will listen to the morning announcements and then the “Patriotic Leader” will lead the class in the flag salute.

11:00-12:10 Finish Father’s Day Activity/Math Enterprise/Social Studies

Share with students that they can have some time to finish up their Hyperbole activity. Early finishers can check for neatness and read quietly at their seat.

Math: Once the majority of the students are finished with the Hyperbole activity, share with students that they will now move onto math. Share with students they will now write their first name large on a piece of graph paper. Next, students are to color in their name. After that students are to find the area of each of the letters of the name. And finally, students are to find the total area of their name. I will leave an example and graph paper .If time permits students can get into small groups and share the area of their name with classmates.

12:15-12:20 Clean Up

12:20-1:05 Lunch Please have the Line king and Queen line up at the door and begin dismissing students to lunch. The Waiters will take out the lunch tubs. The kids will eat first and play second. Have students line up in a Hot Line and Cold Lunch Line. Please walk Hot Lunchers to the cafeteria. Enjoy your lunch!

1:05-1:50 P.E.Students have P.E. right after lunch. After lunch, they will drop off their things and line up at the classroom pole. (Stay by classroom pole)Once all other classes have cleared basketball courts after lunch, please dismiss students to P.E. once you see the P.E. teachers.You now have prep time-I will try and leave some papers to correct-if I do not have time please enjoy this time without kids. **Please pick students up at 1:50 from P.E.

1:50-2:15 ReadingAfter P.E., students will come inside and silent read for about 15 minutes.

2:15-2:30 Clean/Pack Up Please share with students that they will review how to create a closed circuit (to show electricity flowing in a circle so a light bulb can turn on). You can call on students to share out loud what a closed circuit is. Next, please give each student “Illustrating the steps to make a circuit.” Tell students they will use this as planning sheet were they will draw quick sketches of the steps and objects they will need to create a closed circuit. Some students may not use all boxes on planning sheet.

Once students have had some time plan, share with students they will now create a strong, descriptive paragraph describing the steps in full sentences on how to create a closed circuit. They will use their planning sheet to help. Please pass out the final draft paper to each student. Students must be very descriptive when sharing the steps in their writing. Lastly, students will draw and

color a picture of what a closed circuit looks like in the box at the top of the paper.

2:50-3:00 Record HomeworkStudents will look at the 4th Grade Homework Board and record their homework in their planner. I will leave homework packets for them which the Distributor can pass out.

3:00-3:05 JobsStudents will complete their classroom jobs and put their chairs up. They can help put 5th grade chairs up as well. Thank you so much for spending the day with Room 17!!!


Special Notes: The emergency bag (blue) is located under my desk and contains a first aide kit. There is also a Room 17 sign located by the door

as well. In the event of an emergency, please take out the emergency bag, room # sign and take students out to the far grass area just beyond the blacktop. Please give each student, their health tag, (that is a way to check to see who is missing) or check class roster in bag.

Welcome to Room 17 at Eisenhower Elementary. The wonderful kids in this class are in 4th and 5th grade. They each have their own qualities that make them wonderful and unique. David Blair (Room 16) and Grady Wright (Room 15) are the other 4th grade teachers. If you need something, please don’t hesitate to call them. Use the black phone (ext. 44215 or 44216). **5th Graders are currently at Science Camp this week so you will have 4th graders. However two 5th grade students from another class will be joining Room 17 for the day as they are not going to Science Camp. Their teachers sent them with work. They can sit at an empty desk. If they run out of things to do, I made extra copies of the 4th grade activities and they can just complete the activities if they need something to do.

Our classroom management system is based upon signals. To get students attention I say, “Ready to Rock” and they respond with “Read to Roll” I also will clap 5 times and students repeat this clap. Then I have their attention and share with them what I need them to do. I also give out brownie points/table points for excellent behavior-Table points are for the tables that are listening and Brownie points are earned if the whole class is focusing/working. Each child receives 1 warning, if behavior is not corrected they are to go to the back of the room and record their behavior in the Behavior Log. They will write down what happened. If they have to go back a 2nd time they will again write down what happened and grab an orange behavior slip found inside the book. They are to take this home and get it signed by an adult. They are to bring it back tomorrow. You can reward excellent behavior with free time in the class (play games, read a book, draw a picture…).

Please pick up students at our classroom pole, which is located on the edge of the playground blacktop. You will see students lining up, our pole is about 3 poles down from the drinking fountain (near last basketball court) when you are facing the playground. Please pick up students and walk them to our door.

8:30-9:00 Library

Please pick up students right at 8:30. Have them quickly drop their backpack off, grab their library books and line up back outside. Please grab the green library cards and take them with you. Please walk students to the library, where they will enter quietly, return books and sit at the round tables in the library. Please share with students they are to quietly check out new books or look at books (if not checking out) and read quietly. At 8:55 please have students finish checking out, line up at the door in one line with their books. Please collect all library cards from students. **Some students may be late to library if they are in Math Olympiad. As soon as these students arrive to library, they can quickly find a book and check out.

9:00 Roll/Lunch Count When you arrive back to class, please take roll. Put a small dot if they are here, A for absent, D for Delay if they are running late. I will write in the names of the two 5th graders from the other class and you can just put a dot next to their names if they are present. Then, have our secretaries come up and take lunch count. They will count out hot lunch orders and write that info. on the yellow lunch slip. Our secretaries will take the roll and lunch count to the office by 9:00. Thank you!

***Students can hold onto homework and I will collect later.

9:00-9:30 Spelling TestHave the distributors pass out spelling paper to all the 4th graders. Please have students write their name and number on their paper. I will leave the spelling list. Please use each word in a sentence and students will then write word on their paper. Once the test is over, please collect all of the tests and leave them on my desk.

9:30-10:00 Create a Card

Please share with students that they will now create a Thanksgiving Card. Share with students that they are to write a letter to someone they are thankful for. They are to write a kind note to someone telling them they are thankful for them, sign their name, color, cut out letter and fold. They do not have to write a letter to someone at school-it could be a parent, grandparent…Students can hold onto their letter.

10:00-10:30 “The Pilgrim Experience”When students are finished with their letter please have them complete the “Pilgrim Experience.” They will learn what it might have been like to be a pilgrim. If students finish before the bell, they can turn the paper into the finished work basket and read quietly.

Thank you again for coming on day two!

from their Language Arts Book (they each have one at their seat). They will read the story Akiak beginning on page 30 of their Language Arts book. You can call on volunteers to read the story out loud while classmates follow along. I will leave the Teacher’s Edition which has possible question you can ask students while they are reading. When students are finished reading they will all complete an activity packet that goes along with the story they read. If you feel like they are listening and following directions you can decide if you would like them to complete the activities in groups or continue working quietly on their own.

*Early finishers should check over their work and can turn in packet to the “Finished Work” basket. If time permits later in the day, you can correct as a class.

*Early finishers can read a book of their choice at their seat.

9:50-10:30 Thankful Turkey ActivityPlease share with students that they will now do a small art project. Please ask students to brainstorm with one another what they are thankful for. Ask students to focus on not all material things but focus on people or objects that have special meaning. Call on students to share ideas out loud to the class. Next show students the example of the finished turkey. Share with students they will write 5 things they are thankful for (one on each feather) in their best writing. Next, share with students they will color in their turkey and also around the words on each of the feathers. Students will then cut and glue feather around the turkey. They will need to share glue. The distributors can help pass out the turkey/feathers. When students are finished, have them leave

their turkey on their desk. In the middle of the turkey they can write “I am thankful for” and on the back of the turkey write their name. *** I will leave a book to read if there is time before recess.

grade Eisenhower Folders to the 5th grade classes.

10:50-10:55 Announcements/Pledge At this time students will come on the intercom and share announcements. All students need to listen quietly to announcements. When announcements are finished, please have our patriotic leader lead the flag salute. 10:55-11:25 Math-Enterprise Weekly Test Share with students that they will complete their next Enterprise Weekly activity. The activity has short math questions that review some material students might see on the up coming STAR test. Students are to answer questions quietly the best they can. Some of the questions will be difficult for them. They can work with a partner if you think they can do this quietly. When you see that the majority are finished, please correct as a class. I will leave an

answer key. You can call on students to share answers as well. Please work on problems on the whiteboard. Please have volunteers collect all tests after they are corrected and put them in the “Finished work” basket.

11:25-12:15 Math Contract/Mystery Picture When students are finished with the “Enterprise Weekly” activity, they will work on their Math Contract. This is a packet of more challenging activities. They have it in their desk. Early finishers can practice their math X flashcards (in their desk).

I will also leave a Mystery Picture if students are finishing quickly. They follow directions and color in the graph accordingly.

12:15-12:20 Clean Up/Waiters and Waitresses Please have the students begin cleaning up at this time. Incomplete Mystery Pictures can be put in their desk. Please dismiss the Waiters and Waitresses to take lunch tubs out.

12:20-1:05 Lunch A few minutes before 12:20, please have the Line king and Queen line up at the door and begin dismissing students to lunch. The kids will eat first and play second. Have students line up in a Hot Line and Cold Lunch Line. Please walk Hot Lunchers to the cafeteria.Enjoy your lunch!

1:05-1:50 P.E. **After lunch meet students by our classroom pole and please dismiss them to P.E. with Mrs. O. Have two volunteers come back to class with you and get the P.E. box which they will take out to P.E.

1:50-2:50 Social Studies Please ask students to pull out their Social Studies book (in their desk) and turn to page 91. I will leave a book for you to go through. Please go through this lesson “How did the movement of people and ideas change in California” with the students. Ask for

student volunteers to read out loud and work as a class to answer the questions on each page. The lesson ends on page 96. This lesson mainly focuses on how people communicated with one another and focuses on the construction of the railroad.

1:50-2:25 Father’s Day PictureStudents will be drawing and coloring a picture of their dad for a Father’s Day project we are working on. They may use colored pencil, crayons or markers. For homework last night, they were asked to observe their dad and jot down notes (color of hair, eye color, glasses/no glasses…). They can use their notes to help them when creating their picture of their dad. They are to make their picture look like their dad as much as possible. Please have the Distributors pass out the outline of the head which students will use to draw the picture of their dad. When finished, they are to cut out the picture and write their name on the back (with pencil). Please leave the pictures on my desk. Those students who will not see their dad for Father’s Day can be encouraged to draw a picture of their grandfather, uncle, or male adult that helps take care of them. 2:25-2:45 Record Homework/JobsPlease have students take out their planner and record their homework.

On the whiteboard under Wednesday Homework Please Write:Math- Multiplication Worksheet Spelling- Editing SheetReading-Read for 20 minutes and complete the Book Summary

(Please quietly give the 1st packet to Ji Min and the 2nd packet to Dyaln (I have to modify their homework and try to not make it noticeable to other students). Then have the distributors hand out the homework packets to remaining students. All the assignments listed above are included in the packet).Students will put homework in backpack once it is recorded in planner.

When finished recording their homework, students will begin their classroom job. All classroom jobs are located on the gray filing cabinet. If they are finished with their job, then students are to pick up trash around their area, put up chair and stand by their chair.

2:50-3:05 Free Choice If it is not raining, students may have the remainder of the time for Free Choice (again if behavior is good). Please take them outside. They will put their backpacks by the bench by our classroom. Students can play on Upper Grade Structure, play basketball, on the blacktop or at the Green Wall (on the side next to the fire extinguisher so you can see them).

If it is raining I will leave the “Roll a product” game they can play (dice are on bookshelf by globe-they know how to play the game) I will also leave BINGO and a word search.

3:05-DismissalStudents are to be dismissed at 3:05. At this I have parking lot duty at the front of the school. Please go into the office, get the red stop sign hanging by the bathrooms and head out to the front of the school. All you do is make sure students are not walking in front of cars across the parking lot to get to their car. You can hold up the stop sign if students need to cross the parking lot to get to their car. This duty will end at 3:15.

Thank you again for coming today! Please leave me a note about the day. Please make sure all the ball tubs and lunch tubs are pulled inside and door is locked before leaving. Thank you again for your time!!!!

If it is too warm…kids can stay inside and play board games that are in the red tub by our class library. I will

also leave the “Banangrams” game as well. This is played just like scrabble where the kids build words.

12:00-12:25- MATH BINGOPlease give each student one game board and give each table group a pile of red circle markers they can share to mark their game board. Please read the white cards out loud twice. Example- “B 9 X 2.” Students will then have to look for the number 18 in the “B” column on their board. If they find 18 under the B column they can put a marker. The student who fills up a row will say Bingo. There may be time to play 2 rounds. Students can switch boards after each round. 2:30-1:15 Lunch At 12:30 please have the Line king and Queen line up at the door. Next have students line up one row at a time. Walk students out to the red path way-have cold lunchers continue to walk(they must walk) to lunch and please walk hot lunchers to the cafeteria. Please stay with students until your class has walked inside the cafeteria to get their lunch. Once they are inside you can leave.

****Miranda and Catherine are on Student Council and right after lunch they have to go to each classroom and collect water bottles so they will be late coming into the class after lunch.

1:15-2:00- “I wish I had a chance to”Please share with the students that they will think about one thing that they wish they had a chance to do. Ask them to think for a few minutes and then ask them to share with a neighbor. Ask for volunteers to share what they wish they had a chance to do (ex. I wish I had a chance to travel to China, I wish I had a chance to learn how to play golf, I wish I had a chance to meet the president…) Next, have the distributors pass out the “I wish I had a chance to” papers to each student. Share with students they are going to write about their wish on this sheet. There are lines on the front and back of the paper. Please share with them that

they are to use complete sentences, interesting language and write as much as they can. When they are finished they are to illustrate and color a picture in the box that goes along with their writing.***I will leave a Time for Kids magazine for each student and an activity to go with it that students can work on if they are early finishers.

2:00-2:15 JobsAll students are to complete their classroom jobs and pack up their things.

2:15-3:05 Computer Lab A little bit before 2:15 walk the students to the computer lab. Students will take their backpacks with them.

Have students leave their backpacks on the carpet outside of the computer lab. If the computer lab is locked send a student to the office to get the key to unlock it. Before students walk into the lab please share with them that they are to go directly to their computer, sit down, and work on “Type to Learn.” “Type to Learn” is a keyboarding program and students will work on this till about 2:35. At around 2:35 have students close Type to Learn.

Next, share with them that they will continue working on their Title page for the author report. We already started this last week. Students were asked to type their author’s name, their name and the date. They are to also incorporate pictures on the title page (a picture of their author, and they can also include a picture of one of their author’s books). We go to google, type in the author’s name, click images and pictures should show up. The kids know how to drag a picture to their word document.

*They click on the image they want, drag it to the desktop (blue screen on their computer), then click on the picture they put on their desktop and drag into word.

They should have 1-2 pictures. Students will follow the steps below to open up the title page they have been working on. (If they can’t find their title page, then they can just start again). Please read outloud…“With mouse click on”-GO-Connect to server -Click on server number that ends in 04-Click connect -Choose Rm 14 globe-Choose Rm 14-Click on the blue folder that says “Author Report”-Click on their name-Continue working on their title page

**Share with early finishers that they can go to Kid Pix or freerice.com.

In order to save work students need to click on “File”, then “Save As”

Then students need to make sure they have clicked on the “Room 14 globe”, type their name in the save box if it is not already their, then they will click “Save”

It might ask do you want to replace? Students will click Replace

Students can help each other save!

At 2:50 have students stop, and close programs. DO NOT SHUT DOWN COMPUTERS. They are only going to close programs that are opened, straighten their keyboards, chairs and mouse. You may dismiss them when you are ready. Have them walk out to get backpacks and they can go. Please SHUT OFF LIGHTS AND MAKE SURE ALL DOORS ARE LOCKED BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE LAB. The

emergency exit door should be closed (please just pull on it to make sure it closed all the way) and the two doors at the entrance of the lab (the doors with the windows) should be shut and locked. The open door to the server room should remain open. It is the door right next to the large printer, and metal filing cabinet.

Thank you so much for your help today!!! Please leave notes about the day.

Thank you for your time!

11:30-12:00 Library

Have students line up at the door at 11:30 with their library books. Please take students’ red library cards from my desk and walk them to the library. Please remind them to walk quietly down the hallway. Students will return books and sit down at the round tables. Next, call students up to get their library card and they will search for new books to check out. Once they checked out books, they are to sit and read silently at the round tables.

12:00-12:10 Record Homework At 12, please walk students back to class. In class, please have students take out their planner and record their homework.

On the whiteboard please write:Math- Worksheet #’s 1-8 Spelling- WorksheetReading-Read for 20 minutes and complete the Book Summary

(Please have the distributors hand out the homework packets to each person. All the assignments listed above are included in the packet).Students can put homework in backpack once it is recorded in planner.

12:10-12:30 Practice Spelling Words Students will practice their spelling words. I have put the 10 words in the blue pocket chart hanging in front of the classroom. Please have students pull out their writing journal (cream color-which is in their desk) and open to a blank page. They will complete spelling activities in their journal.

On the whiteboard please write down what students will be doing*Write each spelling word three times in your best cursive*Choose 3 spelling words and create 3 silly sentences using the spelling words(Students will choose a spelling word and create a funny sentence incorporating that word)

12:30-1:15 Lunch At 12:30 please have the Line king and Queen line up at the door. Next have students line up one row at a time. Walk students out to the red path way-have cold lunchers continue to walk(they must walk) to lunch and please walk hot lunchers to the cafeteria. Please stay with students until your class has walked inside the cafeteria to get their lunch. Once they are inside you can leave. (Our waiter and waitress will carry out lunch tubs).1:20-2:00- Social StudiesAt 1:20 four students from Mr. Wright’s class will be coming to join you for social studies. Please wait till they arrive before sharing social studies assignment. They will sit in the empty desks. I have left the ELMO camera and projector for you. Please have Ayub come up and help you turn it on and get set up. When all students have arrived, share with students that today they will be completing Lesson 8 on page 61 (How did Mexican rule affect California) in their social studies book. Have all students turn to this page in their social studies book. I will leave the pages for you to use as an example. Please put them under the camera so the kids can see it on the screen. You can use the knob on the top left hand side of the camera to zoom in and out. Please call on volunteers to read the paragraphs and call on students to help answer questions. Please complete pages 61-64 as a class. You can write on the pages I left for you. I also left the answers. When finished, have students put their social studies books away and take out their chapter book titled Zia (it is in their desk). (Some students will need to share with a neighbor as there are not enough books for everyone to have their own). Students can get up and stretch since they have been sitting.2:00-2:35 Read ZiaPlease read Chapters 10-14. Please start reading out loud while the students follow along. You can also ask for volunteers to read if you get tired of reading . But please try to stop after reading page 96. At around 2:35, please have students put their Zia books away. 2:35-2:55 Share Mission Posters Recently, students have worked together to create posters about a California mission. They are now in the process of sharing them.

Please call on 2 or 3 groups to share their posters with the class. I have left some mission posters on my desk. Please choose one group at a time & ask the group to come up front and share about their mission.**At 2:55-Please send Mr. Wright’s students back to their classroom. 2:55-3:05 Clean up/JobsHave students clean up and do their classroom jobs. The job board is located by the door.3:05-Dissmissal THANK YOU SO MUCH! I hope you had a great day in Room 14. Please leave me a note about the day so I can follow up with any students. Thanks so much!!!

Please have distributors pass out the spelling paper to each student. They will then put their heading at the top-Name, #, date, Spelling test.Next ask those who passed the spelling Pre-Test to step outside (leave door open) and they will give each other a spelling test from a different list of words. (Those who pass a pre-test earlier in the week come up with their own set of words to be tested on Friday mornings). These students will stay outside give each other

the test and come back in quietly to their seats when finished (These students should have their list of words with them that they will give to a buddy who in turn will ask them to spell those words).

Can you please give the remainder of the class who is inside their spelling test (I will leave the list of words). I read the word twice and use it in a sentence twice. When spelling test is over please collect all tests and leave on my desk. You can give the spelling tests to Avaneesh who will take them home and his mom will correct them over the weekend. Thank you!

9:25-9:55 Time for KidsShare with students that they will be reading Time for Kids on their own for the first 7-10 minutes. They are to read silently and find articles that are of interest to them. After this time have the distributors pass out the “Counting Cranes” paper to each student. Please share with students that they can work with a small group and answer the questions (no more than 2 or three people in a group). Tell them this is their ticket out to recess. Please collect sheets and leave on my desk. Have students put Time for Kids Magazine in their backpacks.

9:55-10:25 Language Arts GamesAt this time please have students clean up and return to their seats. Please share with students that they will be play some Language Arts games. Share with them that they can work in pairs or in a group of 3. No more than 3. The groups just get too big and crazy! ;) Share with them that all of the Language Arts game are in the yellow tubs. Please pull them out and spread than out in the classroom. On tables, carpet,…That way when students get up and choose a game they are not all running to one spot. Please dismiss tables that are sitting quietly to get up first. All students will need to bring a pencil with them and are responsible for filling out an answer sheet at the center. Finished answer sheet can be put in “Finished Work” basket.

At about 10:25-have them stop and clean up and return games neatly to the yellow tubs.

10:30-10:50 Recess You do not have recess duty! Enjoy your break!

10:50-10:55 Flag Salute Our patriotic leader will lead the class in the flag salute and then students will sit down.

10:55-11:20 Math-Enterprise Weekly Test Share with students that they will be taking part in their next Enterprise Weekly Test. Have the distributors give each student a test. Students are to answer questions quietly the best they can. When you see that the majority are finished please correct as a class. I will leave an answer key. You can call on students to share answers as well.

11:20-11:45 Math File Folder Games Share with students that they will be playing a math center today. We started these last week so please encourage them to pick a game they have not played yet. The games are in the PURPLE TUBS. Please spread them out in the classroom and dismiss quiet tables to come up choose. No more than 3 people at a center. Each person is responsible for filling out an answer sheet-(Complete answer sheets can be put in “Finished Work’ basket.11:45-12:15 P.E.-KICKBALL

(*I will leave a kickball and bases-and students can help you set up) Walk students out to the edge of the grass, have them run a lap around the big tree-near the metal backstop (at other end of grass-near park area). They will run a lap and come back and meet you by the metal backstop near the green ball wall. Have them line up in two lines-boys and girls. Split them in two teams. First boy and girl in line will go behind the backstop, 2nd girl and

boy in line go on the outfield-continue this pattern until all students have a place to go. PLEASE BE THE PITCHER. Roll ball underhand and student will kick it and run to first base. All students will kick one time before teams switch. At 12:15 please stop-have students help collect bases and ball and head back to get a drink. Then please head in to get lunches. I will leave a book to read out loud if there is extra time.

12:30-1:15 Lunch At 12:30 please have the Line king and Queen line up at the door. Next have students line up one row at a time. Walk students out to the red path way-have cold lunchers continue to walk(they must walk) to lunch and please walk hot lunchers to the cafeteria. Please stay with students until your class has walked inside the cafeteria to get their lunch. Once they are inside you can leave.

1:15-2:00 Inspiration Activity/Finish Art/Read Please share with students that in computer lab this afternoon they will be building a web. They will type in things they think they do well at school and things they want to get better at. For example they might put “I am a good listener, I have great reading comprehension..” For the things they need to work on they might put, “I need to raise my hand, I need to check my work…” Share with them that right now they are going to get ready for computer lab by filling the web in class. That way when they get to the lab all they have to do is type in what they wrote. They are to choose 3 things they want to work on and three things they do well at school. You can brainstorm ideas as a class.

When students are finished filling out their web they may take out their “Op Art” and complete that. If they are through with their “Op Art” students may get a piece of plain white drawing paper and free draw-no paper airplanes or paper objects that fly.

At about 2:00 please have students stop, clean up and start their classroom jobs. At around 2:10 hand each student their Weekly Performance Report which they will take home over the weekend.

Have them put the progress reports in their backpack. Students must have their Inspiration Web in their hands!! They will need this at computer lab! Have students line up and the door quietly with all of their things. Please walk them to the computer lab.

2:15-3:05 Computer Lab Have students leave backpacks outside against the wall and walk into the library/computer lab silently. Share with them that they are to go directly to their computer and sit down. Next, please turn on the projects located at the front of the lab. Push the power button. The projector will turn on. The projector is connected to the computer right next to it, so anything you type or do on that computer will show up on the screen. Please have Ryan (the student sitting at that computer closest to the projector) click on the below commands as you say them out loud. Have all students do the same on their computer.

“With mouse click on”-GO-Connect to server -Click on server number that ends in 04-Click connect -Choose Rm 14 globe-Choose Rm 14-Click on the blue folder that says “Inspiration”-Click on the “Inspiration Template”

**Because students are doing these actions at the same time it might say that the server is busy or it might ask would you like to make a copy of the template/document and students can click yes make a copy if that window should pop up and ask them.

Share with them that they will use the paper they filled out earlier to help them fill in the web on their screen. When they are through, please have students print their web. Please have them save web in the blue folder-they must

save as , room14, inspiration (folder) and type their name in.

Next they may go to Kid Pix or Funbrain.com.

At 2:55 have students stop, and close programs. DO NOT SHUT DOWN COMPUTERS. They are only going to close programs that are opened, straighten their keyboards, chairs and mouse. You may dismiss them when you are ready. Have them walk out to get backpacks and they can go. Please SHUT OFF LIGHTS AND MAKE SURE ALL DOORS ARE LOCKED BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE LAB.




Special Notes: The emergency bag is located by the door and contains a first aide kit. In case of a fire drill, please take out the emergency bag and take students out to the far grass area just beyond the blacktop. Please give each student, their health tag, (that is a way to check to see who is missing) or check class roster in bag.

Welcome to Room 14 at Eisenhower Elementary. The wonderful kids in this class are in 4th grade. They each have their own qualities that make them wonderful, colorful and unique. Grady Wright (Room 15), Jennifer Berry (Room 16) and Leah Quenelle (Room 17) are the other 4th grade teachers. If you need something, please don’t hesitate to call them. Use the cream phone by the door (215, 216, 217). Our classroom management system is based upon signals. To get students attention I say “All Set” and the respond with “You bet”. Then I have their attention and share with them what I need them to do. I also give out gold for excellent behavior-students put gold in a pouch in their desk. Each child receives 1 warning, if behavior is not corrected they are to receive a behavior slip. The behavior slips are located by the air conditioner. They are bright yellow. The student fills that out and hands it to you. Also near the behavior slips are a list of consequences of what will happen if behavior continues-so please look at that. Consequences are typed out on an orange poster. I don’t forsee any problems but please expect excellent behavior from my class (good listeners, work complete/neat, and a positive attitude). You can reward excellent

behavior with free time in the class (play games, read a book, draw a picture…).

11:45-12:30 PEStudents will be at P.E. out on the black top. At 12:30, please pick up the Room 14 students from P.E. They will be waiting for you by our classroom pole (you will see two lunch tubs by our pole). If they are not there right at 12:30 please wait for them.

12:30-1:15 Lunch Please walk students along the red path way-Have cold lunchers continue to walk to lunch and please walk hot lunchers to the cafeteria. All students are to walk. Please stay with students until your class has walked inside the cafeteria to get their lunch. Once they are inside you can leave.

1:20-2:00 Science Four 4th graders from Mr. Wright’s class will be coming over for science. Two will sit at the back table and two will sit at empty desks. Please explain the assignment when the students have all arrived.

Assignment: All students will read pages 123-127 in their Science Book (Books are in their desks. If they do not have their book, they can share) Please call on students to read the pages out loud.

When finished reading, please share with students they are to answer a set of questions. Please have the distributors pass out a set of questions to each student. Please share with students that they are to use their books to help them answer the questions. Please share with them that they are to write complete sentences. Please have students work alone.

At around 2:00-please go over the questions with the class. Please call on students to answer the questions. I will leave the answers.

Around 2:15 Please have students put their questions they answered in their Science folder (it is in their desk). Then they will take out their white science vocabulary cards (in their science folder). Share with them that they will be adding new words onto their card. Please call on a student to help turn on the Elmo camera and projector. Please put the typed vocabulary words I left under the elmo camera. You can adjust zoom by turning the knob on the top of the camera.

Please only show one word at a time. Cover the others with a paper. Please read the word and definition and ask students to record the definition on their white note card. There are 4 definitions for the students to copy down. They will put note cards back in their science folders.

When students are finished copying down the definitions and if there is still time, have students pull out their play scripts. (We are performing a play about the missions/gold rush). Please share with students that the class will practice their speaking lines. They will skip over the songs and just practice their lines out loud. All students have a script. Please have first students read their lines out loud (Miranda and Min Ji have the first speaking parts)

2:30-A parent volunteer will be coming into the classroom to prepare the Thursday folders.

2:55-Please send Mr. Wright’s class back to room 15.

2:55-3:00 JobsAll students will complete their classroom job (jobs located by the front door), pick up trash and put chairs on their desk. Please have the distributors hand out student’s Eagle Folders.

3:05-Dismissal Please dismiss students who are cleaned up.

Thank you for coming in today! I hope you had a great day and that the students were respectful and followed directions. Thank you again!

Vocabulary

Producers- Organisms that make their own food (ex. plants, trees, bushes)

Consumers- Organisms that eat other organisms. They can’t make their own food. (ex. gophers)

Decomposers- Insects, invisible microorganisms that eat dead plants & animals for food. (ex. ants, termites)

Food Chain- The path that food takes from one organism to another organism. The direction the arrow points shows the direction food moves through a food chain. (ex. grass chipmunk hawk)

Carnivore- animals that eat other animals (ex. spiders eat insects)

Omnivores- animals that eat both plants and animals (ex. bears)

Food Chain-


Please pick up students at our classroom pole, which is located on the edge of the playground blacktop. You will see students lining up, our pole is about 3 poles down from the drinking fountain when you are facing the playground. Please pick up students and walk them to our door. The odd #’s line up on the right and the even #’s line up on the left. Have them quiet down –share with them to turn their homework into the “Finished Work” basket before they sit down. 8:30-8:40 Unpack/Flag Salute/RollStudents put bags in their assigned blue tubs, go get a sharp pencil if they need one and stand behind their chair for the flag salute. Our patriotic leader will lead the class in the flag salute and students will sit down. Next, take roll-put a small dot if they are here, A for absent, D for Delay if they are running late. Then,

have our waiter/waitress come up and take lunch count. They will count out hot lunch orders and write that info. on the yellow lunch slip. Our secretaries will take the roll and lunch count to the office.

8:40-9:00 Warm Up Instruct students to begin working on their Monday Warm Ups, which include Daily Language, and cursive. (Have distributors pass out the warms ups to each table group). When you see most are finished, have students stop, take out their green correcting pen and you can correct as a class. Call on students to share answers. When the class is finished correcting their work please have them put their warms ups inside of their red folders (in their desk)

9:00-9:20 Spelling Pre-Test and Correct Please have the distributors pass out binder paper to each table group. Have students put their heading and number 1-20. I will leave the list of spelling words. Please read each word twice and use in a sentence-students will write down word on their paper. After Pre-test, have students switch papers with a partner and correct. Please spell out words so students can correct. Have distributors collect tests and put in finished work basket.

9:25-10:30 Story/Questions Share with students they will read the story “Akiak” beginning on page 29 of their Language Arts book. I will leave these books stacked in the front of the classroom. They are to read the story and if time permits complete the “Hero of the Trail” sheet (comprehension check of the story). *Early finishers can silently read at their seat.

10:30-10:50 Recess

10:50-11:40 Math

Share with all students (including math contract students) they will completing a math assignment in their spiral notebook. Please write this assignment on the board- Chapter Review page 96 #’s 2-24 evens only. 11:45-12:00 Journal Writing If students are not finished with their math work have them continue to work-if not finished by lunch it will become their homework. Have students who are finished, pull out their journals (in their desk) and write about what they did over the weekend.

12:00-12:30 Library Please get the yellow library cards from my desk and ask students to silently line up at the door with their books (odd and even lines). Students will return books and sit down at a table in the library or stand in back. Handout the library cards and rulers-they are search quietly for books-send them out if they can’t handle that. At about 12:25 have them line up quietly and walk back to our room and return books and grab lunches.

12:30-1:15 Lunch

1:15-1:30 Record Homework in PlannerPlease have the distributors pass out the homework I left for Monday. On the whiteboard please writeOct. 20Math: Page 92 Set B 1-11 (all)Social Studies: Work on Salt MapRead: For 20 min.Write a 6 sentence paragraph about what is happening in your book you are reading at home.Spelling: Activities due Friday

Once students have finished recording their homework please have them put it in their backpack.

1:30-2:00 Science Read

Have students one group at a time get a purple science book (I will leave them at the front of the classroom). Have them turn to page 107 and read “How Organisms Depend On One Another” pg. 107-110. Please lead a discussion by asking students the questions on page 110 if time permits.

2:05-2:50 P.E.Mr. K will come at 2:05 to pick up students for P.E. Please have them lined up quietly at the door about a minute before 2:05 so he can just take them out. You do not need to be at P.E. At 2:50 please walk out to the blacktop and pick the kids up. Thanks!

2:50-3:05- Jobs/DismissalHave students complete their classroom job and dismiss quiet tables.



Special Notes: The emergency bag is located by the door and contains a first aide kit. In case of a fire drill, please take out the emergency bag and take students out to the far grass area just beyond the blacktop. Please give each student, their health tag, (that is a way to check to see who is missing) or check class roster in bag.

Welcome to Room 14 at Eisenhower Elementary. The wonderful kids in this class are in 4th grade. They each have their own qualities that make them wonderful, colorful and unique. Grady Wright (Room 15), Jennifer Berry (Room 16) and Leah Quenelle (Room 17) are the other 4th grade teachers. If you need something, please don’t hesitate to call them. Use the cream phone by the door (215, 216, 217). Our classroom management system is based upon signals. To get students attention I say, “All set?” and they respond with “You bet!” I also will clap 5 times and students repeat this clap. Then I have their attention and share with them what I need them to do. I also give out gold for excellent behavior-students put gold in a pouch in their desk. Each child receives 1 warning, if behavior is not corrected they are to receive a behavior slip. The behavior slips are located by the air conditioner. They are bright yellow. The student fills that out and hands it to you. Also near the behavior slips are a list of consequences of what will happen if behavior continues-so please look at that. Consequences are typed out on an orange poster. I don’t forsee any problems but please expect excellent behavior from my class (good listeners, work complete/neat, and a positive attitude). You can reward excellent behavior with free time in the class (play games, read a book, draw a picture…) and gold.

Please pick up students at our classroom pole, which is located on the edge of the playground blacktop. You will see students lining up, our pole is about 3 poles down from the drinking fountain when you are facing the playground. Please pick up students and walk them to our door. The odd #’s line up on the right and the even #’s line up on the left. Have them quiet down –share with them to turn their homework into the “Finished Work” basket before they sit down.

8:30-8:55 Unpack/Warm UpStudents put bags in their assigned blue tubs, go get a sharp pencil if they need one. Please instruct students to begin working on their Tuesday Warm Ups (they are in their desks). The warm ups include a Language Arts section and cursive. (Early finishers may read at their seat). When you see most are finished with their warm ups, have students stop, take out a pen/marker and you can correct as a class. Call on students to share answers for the questions. When the class is finished

correcting their work please have students put warm ups in their desks.

8:55-9:00 Roll/Lunch Count Next, take roll-put a small dot if they are here, A for absent, D for Delay if they are running late. Then, have our waiter/waitress come up and take lunch count. They will count out hot lunch orders and write that info. on the yellow lunch slip. Our secretaries will take the roll and lunch count to the office.

9:05-9:15 Spelling/Vocabulary Students will practice their spelling words. I have put the 10 words in the blue pocket chart hanging in front of the classroom. Please have students pull out their writing journal (cream color-which is in their desk) and open to a blank page.

On the whiteboard please write down what students will be doing*Write each spelling word twice in your best cursive*Early Finishers can choose 5 spelling words and can create 5 silly sentences using the spelling words(Students will choose a spelling word and create a funny sentence incorporating that word)

9:15-10:15 Read Tomas and the Library Lady & Activities *Please warn students that at 10:15 there will be a fire drillPlease dismiss students one table group at a time to get a blue Language Arts book (they are sitting on the side counter by the window). Have students open up to the story Tomas and the Library Lady which is on page 159. Please read the story as a class. You can call on volunteers to read. In the Teacher’s Edition there are Supporting Comprehension questions to ask students during reading. Can you please stop and ask these questions. I will leave sticky notes next to some of the questions. Thanks so much! When the class is finished reading the story. Please have the distributors pass out the language arts sheets I left that go along with the story- Check Your Memory & Completing With Proper Nouns. Share with students that their goal is to finish these two sheets before recess.

10:15 Fire Drill Around 10:10 please have students stop what they are doing and get prepared for the fire drill. Please ask Justin to line up first and grab the blue emergency bag underneath the back table. Please ask Vanessa to line up last and grab the Room 14 number sign, which is by the front door. Share with students that when the alarm sounds they are to line up quietly at the door and walk out to the blacktop (no talking). They will walk out to the #14 and line up in one row. They will face the school and stand quietly in line. When it is time to go back to class please encourage students to walk back silently and head in to finish work. *Early finishers may work on a Language Arts Center (in yellow tubs by the whiteboard) if they are finished with their work.

10:30-10:50- RecessYou do not have recess duty!

10:50-10:55 Flag Salute Our patriotic leader will lead the class in the flag salute and then students will sit down.

10:55-11:20 Math-Enterprise Weekly Test Share with students that they will take their next Enterprise Weekly Test. The tests are just short exercises to get students ready for STAR. It is not a real test. Have the distributors give each student a test. Students are to answer questions quietly the best they can. Some of the questions will be difficult for them. When you see that the majority are finished please correct as a class. I will leave an answer key. You can call on students to share answers as well.

11:20-11:45 Math File Folder Games Share with students that they will be playing a math center today. We started using these a few weeks ago. Please encourage them

to pick a game they have not played yet. The games are in the PURPLE TUBS. Please spread them out in the classroom and dismiss quiet tables to come up choose. No more than 3 people at a center. Each person is responsible for filling out an answer sheet-(Complete answer sheets can be put in “Finished Work’ basket with name on the sheets. Around 11:40 ask students to start cleaning up, return to their seats and pull out their planners.

11:45-11:55 Record Homework Please have students record their homework. On the whiteboard please write:Math- pg. 49 #1-8 all in math workbookSpelling sheetReading-Read for 20 minutes and complete the Book Summary

(Please have the distributors hand out the spelling sheet and book summary to each person. Students will tear out the math page in their math workbook which is in their desk).Students can put homework in backpack once it is recorded in planner.

12:00-12:25P.E.-KICKBALL *If raining students can continue playing math file folder games. I also have board games underneath my desk.

Walk students out to the black top, have them line up in a line standing side by side. Tell them they are to run one lap around the big tree and meet you by the metal backstop near the ball wall. Please blow whistle so students can take off. While they are running please pull out one rubber ball and three bases in the primary P.E. closet located next to Erin Canepa’s room. Have students line up in two lines-boys and girls. Split them in two teams. First boy and girl in line will go behind the backstop, 2nd girl and boy in line go on the outfield-continue this pattern until all students have a place to go. PLEASE BE THE PITCHER. Roll ball underhand and student will kick it and run to first base. All students will kick one time before teams switch. At

12:25 please stop-have students help collect bases and ball and head back to get a drink. Please return equipment to the closet. Then please head in to get lunches. I will leave a book to read out loud if there is extra time.

12:30-1:15 Lunch At 12:30 please have the Line king and Queen line up at the door. Next have students line up one row at a time. Walk students out to the red path way-have cold lunchers continue to walk(they must walk) to lunch and please walk hot lunchers to the cafeteria. Please stay with students until your class has walked inside the cafeteria to get their lunch. Once they are inside you can leave. (Our waiter and waitress will carry out lunch tubs).

1:15-1:50 STAR of the Week When students come in from lunch have them sit quietly at their seats. Please have the distributors quietly give each person two pieces of paper. Ask Elizabeth to come up and she will share her Star of the Week poster I have left on my desk. Please hang up the poster on the whiteboard near the table points. Please write Elizabeth Yamamoto at the top of the whiteboard. Students will fold one piece of binder paper in half and write her name at the top. While Elizabeth is sharing her poster students will take notes about her on their paper. I also take notes on the board during this time. When Elizabeth is finished sharing her poster she can call on 4 people to ask questions. When questions are finished students will use their second piece of binder paper and write a paragraph about Elizabeth. Please remind them they are to include an opening sentence, transitions and closing sentence. Please give Elizabeth a piece of white printer paper (in my printer) and she will design a cover for her Star of the Week book.She will write “Elizabeth Yamamoto Star of the Week” for her title and then decorate the page with things she enjoys doing.

*Early finishers can check over their paragraphs and read quietly.

At around 1:50 please collect the finished Star of The week papers and leave on my desk. Please have students who are not finished with their writing-take it home for homework and return tomorrow.

1:50-2:00- JobsPlease dismiss students by table groups to start their job. The job board is hanging next to the front door.

2:00-Dimissal

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I hope you had a great day in Room 14. Please leave me a note about the day so I can follow up with any students. Thanks so much!!!


Special Notes: The emergency bag is located by the door and contains a first aide kit. There is also a Room 14 sign located by the door as well. In case of a fire drill, please take out the emergency bag, sign and take students out to the far grass area just beyond the blacktop. Please give each student, their health tag, (that is a way to check to see who is missing) or check class roster in bag.

Welcome to Room 14 at Eisenhower Elementary. The wonderful kids in this class are in 4th grade. They each have their own qualities that make them wonderful, colorful and unique. Grady Wright (Room 15), Jennifer Berry (Room 16) and Leah Quenelle (Room 17) are the other 4th grade teachers. If you need something, please don’t hesitate to call them. Use the cream phone by the door (215, 216, 217). Our classroom management system is based upon signals. To get students attention I say, “All set?” and they respond with “You bet!” I also will clap 5 times and students repeat this clap. Then I have their attention and share with them what I need them to do. I also give out gold for excellent behavior-students put gold in a pouch in their desk. Each child receives 1 warning, if behavior is not corrected they are to receive a behavior slip. The behavior

slips are located by the air conditioner. They are bright yellow. The student fills that out and hands it to you. Also near the behavior slips are a list of consequences of what will happen if behavior continues-so please look at that. Consequences are typed out on an orange poster. I don’t forsee any problems but please expect excellent behavior from my class (good listeners, work complete/neat, and a positive attitude). You can reward excellent behavior with free time in the class (play games, read a book, draw a picture…) and gold.

12:30-1:15 Lunch Please pick up students on the blacktop at 1:15. They will be lined up at our classroom pole.

1:20-2:00- Science At 1:20 four students from Mr. Wright’s class will be coming to join you for Science. Please wait till they arrive before beginning the assignment. Mr. Wright’s students will sit at the empty desks. 1 student may need to sit at my desk as well. I have left the ELMO camera and projector for you. Please have Ayub come up and help you turn it on (and off before you go home) and get set up. When all students have arrived, share with students that today they will be discussing the layers of the earth. You can then hold up the example of the finished assignment so they can see what it looks like. Tell them this will be hung up during Open House so they must do a neat job.

Please have all students take out a pencil and have the distributors give everyone one large index cards with lines. *Ask students to write their name in the top right hand corner. *Next, have students write the title “Layers of the Earth” at the top of the index card.

*Put the sample of the complete index card I left under the Elmo camera and cover up the definitions with a piece of paper. You can use the knob on the top left hand side of the camera to zoom in and out. Uncover each layer one at a time as you read each layer to the students.

*Students will copy the definitions of the layers on their index card just like they see it on the screen.

*When all students have finished copying the layers, have the distributors give each student a copy of the earth picture. Have students take out a blue, red, green, yellow, and orange CRAYON. They should have crayons in their desk. Some may need to share with a neighbor.

*Put the example of the colored earth under the ELMO Camera so students can see the colors of the layers. Please have students label the layers of the earth with a pencil and then go back and color the layers in using the correct color. Yellow-Inner Core, Orange-Outer Core, Red-Mantle, Crust, Green-Land, Blue-Ocean

*When students are finished labeling and coloring the layers of the earth they will then glue their picture to the orange background and their index card will be glued on a yellow background. Please collect ALL of students work and leave it on my desk.

*Early finishers will complete the worksheet I left for them. They will read about the layers of the earth and answer the questions on the back of the sheet.

*Students may read quietly at their seat (get a book from the classroom library) if there is extra time.

**Mr. Wright’s class will return to their classroom at 2:55 (They will leave their work on my desk)

2:55-3:05 Clean up/JobsHave students clean up and do their classroom jobs. The job board is located by the door.

3:05-Dissmissal

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I hope you had a great day in Room 14. Please leave me a note about the day so I can follow up with any students. Thanks so much!!!

Name:____________________ #_______

Questions

1. What is food? Why is it important?

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2.Do plants need food? Why or why not?

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3.What happens to hawks when they die?

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4.What is the role of producers in the ecosystem?

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5.Look at the food web for a California river on page 126. Give three examples of animals that compete for a food source.

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6. What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

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Special Notes: The emergency bag (blue) is located under my desk and contains a first aide kit. There is also a Room 17 sign located by the door as well. In the event of an emergency, please take out the blue bag, sign and take students out to the far grass area just beyond the blacktop. Please give each student, their health tag, (that is a way to check to see who is missing) or check class roster in bag.

Welcome to Room 17 at Eisenhower Elementary. The wonderful kids in this class are in 4th grade. They each have their own qualities that make them wonderful, colorful and unique. Grady Wright (Room 15)is another 4th grade teacher. If you need something, please don’t hesitate to call him. Use the black phone (ext. 44215).

Our classroom management system is based upon signals. To get students attention I say, “All set?” and they respond with “You bet!” I also will clap 5 times and students repeat this clap. Then I have their attention and share with them what I need them to do. I also give out gold for excellent behavior-students put gold in a pouch in their desk. Each child receives 1 warning, if behavior is not corrected they are to receive a behavior slip (they are on my desk. The student fills that out and takes it home to be signed. Also near the behavior slips are a list of consequences of what will happen if behavior continues-so please look at that. Consequences are typed out on an orange poster. I don’t forsee any problems but please expect excellent behavior from my class (good listeners, work complete/neat, and a positive attitude). You can reward excellent behavior with free time in the class (play games, read a book, draw a picture…) and gold.

**Don’t hesitate to have a student work at the back table by themselves if they are having a difficult time working at their table group because they are talking.

**Some students work at a slower pace. So please just have them turn in what they finished and I will work with them to complete the activity.

12:00-12:45 Lunch Students will be eating lunch outside during this time.

*****If it is raining-lunch will be from 12:00-1:00. Students will play inside the classroom from 12:00-12:20. There is a box of games under my desk, they can also draw, read, build with blocks or talk with friends. Please stay inside with them and supervise. At 12:20 please dismiss students to get hot lunch. Other students will get their lunch box and sit and eat. All students need to be seated while eating. All trash should be thrown outside. At 12:45 students can clean up and have the last couple of minutes to continue playing. There will be yard duty walking down the halls if you should need something. Leave the door open.

12:45-(If not raining) Please pick up my students by our classroom pole which is located near the blacktop. They will be coming in from eating lunch. Ask them to come in quietly and have a seat.

12:45-1:30 Read Skylark/Answer QuestionsPlease share with students that they will read the story Skylark from their blue English book. Please dismiss one table group at a time to go and grab an English book (they are located next to the sink, behind the round table). Have student turn to page 689. Please ask for volunteers to read the story out loud as the class follows along in their book. I will leave the Teacher’s Edition for you so you can follow along as well. When finished reading, have students complete the activity packets. The activities packets go along with the story Skylark. Please have students complete the activities quietly at their own seat.

1:30-2:15 P.E.A few minutes before 1:30 please have students stop working and get lined up for P.E. Please walk the students out to P.E. on the blacktop. If it is raining, P.E. class may be held in the GLC. You can have one student walk ahead and check to see where Mrs. Scott will be holding P.E. if you do not see her on the blacktop. Once you drop students off with Mrs. Scott, you now have Prep Time. I will leave some papers to grade if you have time during this Prep Period. You do not need to be out at P.E. with them because Mrs. Scott is a credentialed teacher. If Mrs. Scott is absent and does not have a sub but her aide is present than you need to stay with the students during P.E. as the instructional aide is not credentialed. Thank you!

2:15-2:45 Enterprise Weekly At 2:15 please go out and pick up students from P.E. Please have students come back in and sit down. If they are finished with the Skylark activities they can turn them into the “Finished Work” basket. For those students not finished they can continue working through the activities. For those students who are finished, please given them an Enterprise Weekly math sheet. Students will quietly complete this sheet the best they can on their own. I will

leave the answer key for you. If time permits, you can correct the Enterprise Weekly sheet as a class. Call on volunteers to share their answers and share how they solved the problems. Again, finished sheets can go into the “Finished Work” basket.

2:50-3:05 Jobs/Pack UpPleas have students complete their classroom jobs, which are located on the gray filing cabinet. Once students are finished with their jobs share with them they are to clean up around their desk space. If there is still time, I will leave a book to read for the last few minutes.

3:05-DimissalAt 3:05 please dismiss students one table group at a time to go home.

Thank you again for your time! Please leave me a note about the day. Thank you!

****Please make sure the doors are locked and all Lunch and Ball Tubs are brought inside. Thank you!!!

on the outfield-continue this pattern until all students have a place to go. PLEASE BE THE PITCHER. Roll ball underhand and student will kick it and run to first base. All students will kick one time before teams switch. At 12:00, please stop-have students help collect bases and ball and head back to get a drink. Please return bases and ball to closet and make sure closet is closed behind you. Then please head back to class.

***Other options for P.E. if you do not want to do kick ball-kids can have free choice…play on upper grade play structure, and at green ball wall (they must stay on the upper grade side of the playground). They can use our classroom balls.

If it is too warm…kids can stay inside and play board games that are in the red tub by our class library. I will

also leave the “Banangrams” game as well. This is played just like scrabble where the kids build words.

12:00-12:25- MATH BINGOPlease give each student one game board and give each table group a pile of red circle markers they can share to mark their game board. Please read the white cards out loud twice. Example- “B 9 X 2.” Students will then have to look for the number 18 in the “B” column on their board. If they find 18 under the B column they can put a marker. The student who fills up a row will say Bingo. There may be time to play 2 rounds. Students can switch boards after each round. 12:45-1:30 Book Clubs At 12:30 please have the Line king and Queen line up at the door. Next have students line up one row at a time. Walk students out to the red path way-have cold lunchers continue to walk(they must walk) to lunch and please walk hot lunchers to the cafeteria. Please stay with students until your class has walked inside the cafeteria to get their lunch. Once they are inside you can leave.

****Miranda and Catherine are on Student Council and right after lunch they have to go to each classroom and collect water bottles so they will be late coming into the class after lunch.

1:30-Please share with the students that they will think about one thing that they wish they had a chance to do. Ask them to think for a few minutes and then ask them to share with a neighbor. Ask for volunteers to share what they wish they had a chance to do (ex. I wish I had a chance to travel to China, I wish I had a chance to learn how to play golf, I wish I had a chance to meet the president…) Next, have the distributors pass out the “I wish I had a chance to” papers to each student. Share with students they are going to write about their wish on this sheet. There are lines on the front and back of the paper. Please share with them that

they are to use complete sentences, interesting language and write as much as they can. When they are finished they are to illustrate and color a picture in the box that goes along with their writing.***I will leave a Time for Kids magazine for each student and an activity to go with it that students can work on if they are early finishers.

2:00-2:15 JobsAll students are to complete their classroom jobs and pack up their things.

2:15-3:05 Computer Lab A little bit before 2:15 walk the students to the computer lab. Students will take their backpacks with them.

Have students leave their backpacks on the carpet outside of the computer lab. If the computer lab is locked send a student to the office to get the key to unlock it. Before students walk into the lab please share with them that they are to go directly to their computer, sit down, and work on “Type to Learn.” “Type to Learn” is a keyboarding program and students will work on this till about 2:35. At around 2:35 have students close Type to Learn.

Next, share with them that they will continue working on their Title page for the author report. We already started this last week. Students were asked to type their author’s name, their name and the date. They are to also incorporate pictures on the title page (a picture of their author, and they can also include a picture of one of their author’s books). We go to google, type in the author’s name, click images and pictures should show up. The kids know how to drag a picture to their word document.

*They click on the image they want, drag it to the desktop (blue screen on their computer), then click on the picture they put on their desktop and drag into word.

They should have 1-2 pictures. Students will follow the steps below to open up the title page they have been working on. (If they can’t find their title page, then they can just start again). Please read outloud…“With mouse click on”-GO-Connect to server -Click on server number that ends in 04-Click connect -Choose Rm 14 globe-Choose Rm 14-Click on the blue folder that says “Author Report”-Click on their name-Continue working on their title page

**Share with early finishers that they can go to Kid Pix or freerice.com.

In order to save work students need to click on “File”, then “Save As”

Then students need to make sure they have clicked on the “Room 14 globe”, type their name in the save box if it is not already their, then they will click “Save”

It might ask do you want to replace? Students will click Replace

Students can help each other save!

At 2:50 have students stop, and close programs. DO NOT SHUT DOWN COMPUTERS. They are only going to close programs that are opened, straighten their keyboards, chairs and mouse. You may dismiss them when you are ready. Have them walk out to get backpacks and they can go. Please SHUT OFF LIGHTS AND MAKE SURE ALL DOORS ARE LOCKED BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE LAB. The

emergency exit door should be closed (please just pull on it to make sure it closed all the way) and the two doors at the entrance of the lab (the doors with the windows) should be shut and locked. The open door to the server room should remain open. It is the door right next to the large printer, and metal filing cabinet.




Special Notes: The emergency bag (blue) is located under my desk and contains a first aide kit. There is also a Room 17 sign located by the backdoor as well. In the event of an emergency, please take out the emergency bag, room # sign (these items are near the backdoor/under the round table) and take students out to the far grass area just beyond the blacktop. Please give each student, their health tag, (that is a way to check to see who is missing) or check class roster in bag.Welcome to Room 17 at Eisenhower Elementary. The wonderful kids in this class are in 4th grade. They each have their own qualities that make them wonderful and unique. David Blair (Room 16), Jacquie Oliveira (Room 15) and Sara Baker (Room 15) are the other 4th grade teachers. If you need something, please don’t hesitate to call them. Use the black phone (ext. 44215 or 44216…). Our classroom management system is based upon signals. To get students attention I will clap 5 times and students repeat this clap. I also count to five and hold up quiet coyote signal (kids can show you ). Then, I have their attention and share with them what I need them to do. I also give out table points for excellent behavior-Table points are for the tables that are listening and working together. A Mr. Potato Head part can be earned if the whole class is focusing/working (Mr. Potato Head is located under the calendar). You can

reward excellent behavior with free time in the class (play games, read a book, draw a picture…). If students are having a hard time focusing and being respectful, move them to the back table and if continues please call the office and they will escort student out of the room. ***If Jacob has more than 2 outbursts-needs to be calmed down more than 2 times please tell him to go directly to Mrs. Jacques class. He is on a behavior plan and has to report to her room if he has more than 2 times he has to be asked to quiet down and control himself. She will speak with him and then send him back once she feels he has calmed down. 12:00-12:20 Read Quietly Please share with students that at this time they are to read a book of their choice quietly at their seat.

***At 12:17 Please dismiss Eco-Eagles to go help with their recycling job. Please dismiss Ball Cabinet helpers at this time as well.

12:20-1:05 Lunch Please dismiss table groups to line up at the door. The Picnic Crew will take out the lunch tubs. The kids will eat first and play second. Have students line up in a Hot Line and Cold Lunch Line. Please walk Hot Lunchers to the cafeteria. Enjoy your lunch!

1:05 Pick up students from lunchPick up students at our classroom pole on the blacktop. Please pick them up, have them walk inside quietly to the classroom, and have them bring in the lunch tubs.

1:10-2:10 “Build Your Dream Park”Please share with students that today they will design their dream park. We have been studying/learning about different shapes/lines in our Geometry Unit. Please tell students they will use what they learned and incorporate those shapes/lines into their park somehow. Please have volunteers pass out the “Build Your Dream Park” requirements sheet. Share with students that their park must meet all of the requirements on the given sheet. Please ask students to pull out their Orange Geometry Vocabulary books in their desk. Share with them that they can use this book to help them remember what the different geometry terms are. Please have volunteers pass out the plain white copy paper. Share with students that they can use this paper as a rough draft sheet as they sketch out their ideas. Brainstorm with students some things you might find in a park (ex. Swings, slide, small pond, path to ride bikes, trees, skate ramps…). Give students time to sketch out their ideas on the plain white paper. When students are finished sketching out their rough draft ideas please hand them the white construction paper. Share with students their final design will be completed on the white construction paper. Please ask them to use color on their final design-they can use crayons, colored pencils, or markers on the final draft. Please ask them to come up with a name for their park and put that name at the top of their paper.

2:10-2:30 Time For Kids Once students have finished up their park design, please have volunteers give each student a Time for Kids magazine. Ask students to read through the magazine and focus

on the article that discusses technology use. Please give each student a copy of the “Kids and Technology” paper and have them answer the questions.

2:35 Please give Jacob his pink Weekly Progress Report and have him pack up his things and head to speech class.

2:35-2:45 Clean Up/Weekly Progress Reports Please have students clean up. Return supplies, pick up trash on the ground, chairs up. Please pass out the pink Weekly Progress Reports to each child. Students need to take this home. Please dismiss students one table group at a time to line up at the door. Have students line up backpacks outside and have them walk out to the playground. Please give them time to play on the playground. Please stay outside with them and monitor students while they are on the playground. They can play on playground, blacktop and grass area. Please monitor students. Other 4th grade classes will probably be outside as well. Around 3:00 please blow your whistle, line up students at the pole and walk them to get their backpacks. Please dismiss students to go home.

3:05 Dismissal Please shut curtains, unplug ELMO/Projector, pull all tubs inside and make sure doors are locked and shut closed. Thank you for subbing for me today, I really appreciate it. Please leave me a note about the day so I can check in with students. Thanks again!!!

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