Welcome toBack to School Night!

September 11, 2019

College Gardens Elementary School

@IBeducatedCGES

@cgesgators

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MCPS Welcome Message

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CGES Welcome Message

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Mrs. Armi and Ms. SavageOffice Staff

Ms. Mitchell Health Room

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As an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme World School we will provide an engaging and open-minded learning community where all members collaborate respectfully to challenge and motivate one another within a safe and nurturing environment.

Vision MissionWe develop and support a successful and inclusive environment where all students actively participate in and assume ownership of their learning. As a unified staff and community, we create a rigorous instructional program, which promotes globally minded, creative, confident, and reflective lifelong learners.

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The IB Learner Profile

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Start time

9:25 A.M. is when students should be seated and ready to learn

Our doors open at 9:15 A.M., please ensure you arrive in time for your child to successfully unpack to start learning on time.

Breakfast

Students may purchase breakfast in the cafeteria and eat it in their classroom

Kiss & Ride

Open 9:15 - 9:25 A.M.. The entrance to our lot closes promptly at 9:25

If you arrive at or after 9:25, you must park and walk your child into the office to sign them in for a late pass. Please plan accordingly. Remember that it is only a right turn into our lot and right turn out. Do not stop on Yale Place between our lot and bus loop entrance to let your child exit the car.

Walking to School

We encourage students to walk to school

We ask that if parents walk their child to school and pass our side parking lot that they say goodbye and give kisses to their child at the parking lot cross to help us keep traffic flowing and limit the number of times we stop traffic moving in and out of our lot.

Arrival Procedures

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Dismissal Procedures

End time

3:50 P.M. is the end of our instructional school day

Kindergarten students are dismissed first at 3:43 followed by each grade in order.

End of Day Calls to Office

Changes to the normal dismissal procedures should be sent by note in the morning

As we now have over 650 students, we need the communities help by limiting phone calls to our office for dismissal changes. While we understand changes occur, we ask they are reserved for emergency situations.

Walking home

We encourage students to walk

Independent walkers will exit out of the main lobby doors and must have permission to do so. Parents picking up their child to walk home or by car should meet their child’s teacher at the gymnasium lobby. Walker/Car rider pick-up is 3:45-3:55 P.M.. If you have not picked up your child by 3:55 P.M. they will be taken to the office to call home and wait for you there.

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Assessment in the PYP

● Assessment is an ongoing process of gathering, analysing, reflecting and acting on evidence of student learning to inform teaching

● Assessment involves teachers and students collaborating to monitor, document, measure, report and adjust learning.

● Students actively engage in assessing and reflecting on their learning, acting on feedback from peers and teachers to feed forward to next steps in learning.

● Fostering an assessment culture involves the development of assessment capability among all members of the learning community.

● Learning goals and success criteria are co-constructed and clearly communicated

● Both learning outcomes and the learning process are assessed.

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MCPS Grading SystemMeasurement Topic:

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A B C D

Measurement Topic:______________________Level1 2 3 4 5 6Ent Eme Dev. Exp. Brid. Re

Measurement Topic:

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Reading Levels K-2

Grade level End of Q1 End of Q2 End of Q3 End of Q4

Kindergarten Level 1-2 Level 3-4 Level 4-5 Level 6

First Grade Level 6-7 Level 8-11 Level 12-15 Level 16

Second Grade Level J Level K Level L Level M

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Reading Levels Grades 3-5 Reading Level

Description

Above(ABV)

Your child reads and comprehends text within and above the grade level band and receives instruction and enrichment with text above the grade level band during small group instruction.

On(ON)

Your child reads and comprehends text within the grade level band and receives small group instruction to provide support, instruction, and enrichment with text as needed within the grade-level band.

Below(BLW)

Your child needs significant support to read and comprehend text within the grade level band and receives targeted support with text below the grade-level band during their small group instruction.

● All students will be reading

grade-level and/or above

grade-level text daily

● Instructional Reading Level

will no longer be reported

● Teachers will use ON,

ABOVE, or BELOW to

indicate student’s

reading level

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Report Card Dates

Report Cards Distribution

MP1 November 20MP2 February 4MP3 April 15MP4 June 23 Mailed home

Interims Distribution (electronically)

MP1 October 10MP2 December 18MP3 March 5MP4 May 15

Want to know more about the report card?

Visit the MCPS Report Card Website

Fall Conferences

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Monday, November 11 Tuesday, November 12

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Be sure to activate your parent portal account. You need it for several

reasons:

● Access grades, interims, and report cards

● Update student information such as address

● View attendance data

● Receive school and PTA communication including weekly packets

Download the

myMCPS mobile

app today!

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Required TestingSeptember/October

● KRA(Kindergarten Readiness - limited student sampling), ● MAP-RF and MAP-P (K,1,2), MAP-M and MAP-R (3,4,5)

November/December

● CogAT (5) - Magnet Middle school programs● Oral Reading Records (K,1,2)

January/February

● MAP-RF and MAP-P (K,1,2), MAP-M and MAP-R (3,4,5) ● ACCESS for ELLs (English Language Proficiency Assessment - selected students)● February- CogAT (3) - HGC(Highly Gifted Center- 3rd Grade)

March

● CogAT(2nd grade, selected 3-5)● Multi-State Alternative Assessment (MSAA),MISA (Maryland Integrated Science

Assessment - Grade 5), ALT-MISA

April/ May/June

● MCAP (Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program) for grades 3-5 ● MAP-RF and MAP-P (K,1,2), MAP-M and MAP-R (3,4,5) ● Oral Reading Records (K,1,2)

College Gardens Discipline Philosophy

At College Gardens, we believe in the development of each

student’s potential for learning in a positive, safe and orderly

school environment. We believe that appropriate behavior can

be taught and maintained. College Gardens actively reinforces

character development expectations that are based around the

IB Learner Profile Program. This character development program

reinforces positive character traits. Additionally, College

Gardens implements Positive Behavioral Interventions and

Supports (PBIS) school wide approach to behavior management

and discipline. As a World School, the expectation of socially

responsible behavior is an essential element of our school

culture. The ten attributes of the IB Learner Profile characterize

individuals with an international perspective and define the type

of learner we hope to develop.

BeIB

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Students may receive ‘Be IB’ stickers throughout the school day.

1 sticker = 1 ticket that can be exchanged at our Gator Store

In order to receive a sticker students must be showing a great example of one of our IB Learner Profile Attributes

Can you name all the traits of the IB Learner Profile?

PTA Updates

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Fundraiser

Boosterthon is June 1 - June 10, 2020

We are having one fundraiser this year. Please help support our school.

Stay Informed

Weekly News Flash

This is a wonderful way to stay informed about what is happening at College Gardens. Sign up on the PTA website.

https://www.myvlink.org/cgespta/

Visiting and Volunteering

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All visitors must scan their driver’s license or state-issued identification card so information can be compared against the state sex offender registry. The system also produces a nametag that should be worn at all times while in the school building.

New this year, parents and guardians will access and complete the Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect training by using their Parent Portal account.

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Lunch information including the menu are found in the myMCPS App!

Does your child know their pin number?

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Upcoming Events

Monday, September 30th No School for Students

Friday, October 4th Early Release Day

Wednesday, October 9th No School for Students

Friday, October 11th Grandparent’s Day

Monday, October 14th Open House

Wednesday, October 16th Book Fair & Family Fun Night

October 31st Halloween Parade

Friday, November 8th Early Release day for all students

November 11th & 12th Early Release day K-8; student led conferences

November 27th Early Release day

November 28th & 29th Thanksgiving- Offices and schools closed

December 23 - January 1st Winter Break

Teams are welcome to use the following slides as a template or use their own. After the school-wide slides they should customize the BTSN presentation to include items such as:

- prioritize building relationships with your parents- what students explore in their classroom daily- curriculum goals including units of inquiry (MT report card proficiency statements)- communication agreements such as how to reach you (please see staff handbook for school-wide expectations)- homework- classroom management - field trips

**PLEASE KNOW YOU ARE SHARING THE TEAM SLIDES TWO TIMES**

Teams/teachers will use a provided copy of this template to add their materials after....

PDF versions should be given to Cyndi Kelly following your BTSN presentation for posting to the grade level’s website.

Other ideas:- snack. class allergies, lunch accounts- transdisciplinary learning- math UCARE-

2nd Grade Team 2019 - 2020

Ms. Rachel Maizel, Ms. Tanya Besiryan, Ms. Jessica Avery, Ms. Anna Uehling

WELCOME TO SECOND GRADE

Second Grade Schedule

• On PE days, please be sure to send your child with appropriate shoes.

• Media is every other week- we had it last week!• Lunch is at 12:00 and Recess is at 12:35

Uehling Maizel Besiryan Avery

Music Monday Thursday Tuesday Wednesday

Art Wednesday Friday Monday Tuesday

PE Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Monday

Media Friday Tuesday Thursday Friday

Chinese Friday Monday Wednesday Wednesday

Homework Policy• Homework and projects are extensions of school

instruction. Homework is part of your child’s task completion grade on the report card.

• There will be daily homework

• Calendar/HW journal- 9/16• Homework journal should be kept at home unless

stated on the homework calendar that it should be brought in to be checked.

• Homework journals will be turned in at the end of the month.

• Other homework assignments may be added (projects, etc)

Words Their Way● Inquiry-based, cooperative learning approach to

spelling/vocabulary● Differentiated by stages of spelling (based on

pre-assessment)● Sorting: students sort words noticing spelling/sound

patterns (badge vs. page)● Hunting: students hunt for words in text that follow the

bi-weekly pattern● Spelling/meaning connection: roots, word families, etc.

***At this time there will not be nightly word study homework. Based on the needs of our students as the year goes on it could become part of our homework***

Agendas• All homework assignments will be

recorded daily.

• A responsible caregiver is expected to

review all completed homework

assignments EACH NIGHT.

• Parents can also use the agenda book

to communicate with CGES staff.

College Gardens Standards of Communication

▪ Communication Folders (Green Folder) & Agenda Books▪ Daily use folder for notes to and from school (dismissal changes)

▪ Homework calendar will be sent home at the beginning of each month

▪ Graded materials will be sent home in this folder

▪Newsletters▪ PYP newsletters will include language arts, math, and grade level information

Keeping in contact▪ Understand that time is limited and valued, staff should respond

within 48 hours during the work week.

Chromebook Usage

- Used daily- research, Daily 5, projects

- Go Guardian

- Access to everything at home through

Google

- Apps

- Headphones ($3.50)

- Right and responsibilities

Class Rewards

- Whole Class Rewards- Group Rewards- Individual Rewards

PYP Throughout the Year• Sharing the planet• How we organize

ourselves• Where we are in place and

time• How we express ourselves• Who we are• How the world works

Our First Unit of Inquiry

IB Theme: Sharing the Planet: An inquiry into rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and with other living things; communities and the relationships within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.

Central Idea: Community thrives on a sense of belonging

Lines of Inquiry: • characteristics of peaceful community• reactions to differences• aspects of problem-solving

Online School Payments

Field Tripshttp://osp.osmsinc.com/montgomeryMD

Please know that we appreciate donations to sponsor additional

students. Also, we want you to contact Mrs. Rogovoy if your child needs support paying for field trips.

We Look Forward To A Great Year!

Don’t forget to sign up for conferences!

Please be sure to visit one of our specialists during the second session if you are not visiting another classroom.

Thanks!