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Welcome to Back-to-School Night Mr. Todd Room 605 Introduction Education Broad Ripple High School (2005) Bachelors Degree from Wabash College (2009) Masters Degree from Marian University (2013) Teaching Experience
Room 605
Education
Teaching Experience
*Interests include coaching and playing ice hockey, hiking, cooking, gardening, and creative art projects, traveling
work
engaging and challenging learning opportunities
result of an entire group moving in the same direction, towards the same goal, knowing that no one person is more important than the group
○ gain confidence ○ make new friends ○ enjoy learning for the sake of learning ○ persevere when faced with challenges, both social and academic ○ make Mary Castle (and the world) a better place
○ experience success in school and go onto college or enter into a field
○ be productive, contributing members of society ○ grow up to be happy and healthy in mind, body, and spirit
Arrival Procedures Whole Group Time Small Group Time Independent Time Expectation #1
arriving and greeting friends
morning work
frame
minimum
frame
Expectation #2
and Learning Environment
level to a minimum
“outside of school”
to make use of instructional time
the rest of the class
ready to maximize instructional time
is talking
that is not disruptive to others
your small group
members’ opinions
unnecessary noises
focused and on task
yourself
answers
Expectation #3
Responsibility
turning it into basket
answered
corrections for later use
role in the group
members on track
given time frame
resources
Expectation #4
the morning
Take down chair safely
to yourself
space during group work time
Dismissal Procedures MATH ELA SS/Science Expectation #1
assignments and resources necessary for homework
leaves more time for instruction
calculator
and with a purpose
afraid of making mistakes
with a purpose
your learning
Expectation #2
Learning Environment
yourself
grades
put away
work strategies
and literacy skills to those in need
while others are reading
member’s ideas
group and partner work equally
people are reading a lesson
Expectation #3
assignments and homework before leaving
and leave a neat and tidy space
paper
positive way
reading a passage
possible
content
assignments and finish at home if necessary
reviewed in class
Expectation #4
fashion
single file line when walking to buses
down on the floor for mini-lesson
appropriately
down on the floor for mini-lesson
appropriately
working on the floor or around the room
experiments carefully (science)
○ Standards-based classrooms ○ Increased expectations for both students and staff ○ More rigorous learning targets ○ More opportunities to show what you know and show what you are thinking ○ More frequent monitoring for learning and checks for understanding ○ Students take a more active role in monitoring their own learning and growth ○ Prepare students for 21st century jobs We are not teaching them what to think; we are teaching them how to think.
65 PERCENT OF TODAY’S STUDENTS WILL BE EMPLOYED IN JOBS THAT DON’T EXIST YET Yes – you read that right. 65 percent of today’s schoolchildren will eventually be employed in jobs that have yet to be created, according to this U.S. Department of Labor report. That also means that many currently employed workers for the first time since the industrial revolution must be thinking about what they will do to make a living 10 to 20 years from now. Rapid technological change is changing the skill requirements for most jobs. Just as manufacturing saw a shift from 80 percent unskilled jobs just 30 years ago to 12 percent today, the next decade will see a shakeout of unskilled jobs in early every industry.
MORNING
○ Journals, vocabulary, Lexia, Dreambox
Arts block AFTERNOON
policy signed by parent and returned to school before taking Chromebook home
are properly maintained
established a pattern of misuse
know in advance if they need to take their Chromebook home with them.
Canvas is an online program used in a variety of ways in the classroom, including but not limited to…
submissions
Skyward is the district grading system. Families can access Skyward and monitor student grades by subject.
Skyward
effort and may be adjusted if necessary
subjective, but every effort is made to be fair and constructive
questions the following morning
assignments could become homework if not completed in class and on time each day
regardless of the subject
to the fact that not everybody has internet at home.
○ Unit 1 - Imagination ○ Unit 2 - Animal Allies ○ Unit 3 - Technology ○ Unit 4 - Fantasy ○ Unit 5 - Adventures
○ Online digital library with standards based practice
○ Required weekly minutes ○ Phonics, spelling, comprehension
○ Two-week vocabulary units with
○ BOY, MOY, EOY
○ BOY, MOY, EOY
No Reading Logs but students should still be reading every night for at least 30 minutes
○ Current skills ○ DMR Quiz every Friday ○ Reviewed in class daily
○ 2 Topics each quarter ○ Topic 1 - Decimals and Fractions ○ Topic 2 - Integers and Coordinate Planes Multiplication Facts are a MUST!
○ Spiraled review of same skills throughout the year ○ Graded activity ○ Goal is to ensure students hold onto skills after finishing each unit
○ Tailored to students’ individual levels ○ Online program
content areas
○ Focus is on grammar and 8 parts of speech ○ Editing and application of grammar rules ○ DLR quiz every Friday
○ 2 entries per week ○ Each entry 1 page minimum
○ Writing and Reading are integrated into one language arts series ○ 1 performance writing task per quarter
○ Geography ○ American/European History and Culture ○ World Religions
○ Spring Semester
○ Hands-on learning
Engineering, Art, and Technology ○ Global Citizens and classroom activities
○ Group work ○ Identifying bullying ○ Responding to bullying ○ Being assertive ○ Choosing friends wisely ○ Responding to peer pressure ○ Substance abuse
Museum of Art
State Fairgrounds (hopefully)
○ Field Trips ○ Classroom parties ○ Walk-A-Thon ○ Must have current background check on file with the main office
Contact Information: Email - andrewtodd@msdlt.k12.in.us Classroom Phone - 317-964-4665 Cell Phone - 317-340-5507 No cell phone calls or texts after 9:00PM please Follow Mary Castle on Facebook and Twitter!