powerpoint for parents
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AHAP New Parent Orientation
4th Grade October 12, 2010
If we teach today’s student the same way we taught yesterday’s then we rob them of tomorrow.
HousekeepingWhat should I bring to AHAP?
– Pencils– Folder– Snack (please pack separately)– Water– Lunch– A book (puzzle books, good reads etc.)
They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them,
glorify or vilify them. About the only thing that you can’t do is
ignore them. Because they change things.
7 things your kids hear in my classroom
• Use the big lightbulb • Speak metric• Can you make a fair test?• Read it again.• Have you listened to a good book this week?• Ask three before me• Find a seat on the grass
Communication
• Communication channels– E-boards/wikis– Take Home Folder– Email/Important Phone Numbers
– AHAP Main Board – Mrs. Geiler – Mrs. Kenney– Mrs. Meirs and– The wikis
Housekeeping
• Please keep in mind there is no cafeteria, student food service or vending machine in this building
• District Health & Wellness Policy *especially food allergies*
• Field trips – Manhasset Children’s Museum comes here– Planetarium/Discovery Center
Housekeeping
• AHAP expectations – Work at AHAP– Code of Conduct
• Homework– on AHAP day– Home Building
Medication/Health Alerts
• NO NUTS!We have a number of peanut/tree nut allergic students.
• DUPLICATE MEDS– If your child needs an epi-pen/inhaler/other
medication at school - we need duplicate medication here.
– SICK? Stay home. Please.
Alternate Mailings
• If you need to add an address to AHAP mailings please email Mrs. Geiler with the request.
If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood,
and don’t assign them tasks and work,but rather teach them to long for the endless
immensity of the sea.
Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupery
4th Grade Curriculum• 4th grade schedule
– Day switches when the semester changes (2/4/11)
• Courses– Web Spinners – History on the Move– Toy Story (part 1)
• 4th period– Highway to Health– Movers & Shakers– Are You a Hobbit?
Looking Forward
• AHAP monthly PTA meetings (10/15)• Spring Semester
– Web spinners continues– LOST!– Mission to Mars
• 5th Grade
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