Welcome to Back to School Night!

1. Welcome to Back to School Night! Please find your son or daughter’s name tag and sit in that seat. Please have your driver’s license out for identification for the PSSA results.

2. Who Am I? • Teaching Background – 15 years • 7 years at Chambers Hill & 8 years at Swatara Middle • Childhood – Carlisle, PA • Education – “Ongoing” • Carlisle High, HACC, IUP, Penn State • Family - married for 3 years, with a 2.5 year old daughter

3. Language Arts Grading • Reading: 60% of grade • Major selections, leveled readers (guided reading), theme tests, & other class work • English: 30% of grade • Grammar units, writing pieces, & projects • Spelling: 10% of grade • Tests & contracts

4. Language Arts Materials 2 Pencils Anthology Book Practice Book Pocket Folder/Subject Folder Grammar packet, writing piece packet, spelling contract, & notebook Student Planner

5. Reading Themes Theme 1 – Courage (Focus on Poetry) Theme 2 - What Really Happened? (Focus on Plays) Theme 3 – Growing Up Theme 4 – Discovering Ancient Cultures Theme 5 – Doers and Dreamers (Focus on Speeches) Theme 6 – New Frontiers: Oceans and Space

6. Writing Pieces Personal Narrative Short Story Descriptive Research Persuasive *All writing will follow the 5 stages of the writing process, with the incorporation and use of graphic organizers, checklists, & rubrics.

7. English/Grammar Units • Unit 1 – Sentences • Unit 2 – Nouns • Unit 3 – Verbs • Unit 4 – Adjective & Adverbs (Modifiers) • Unit 5 – Capitalization & Punctuation • Unit 6 – Pronouns • Unit 7 – Prepositional Phrases

8. Spelling • Pretesting - 20 predetermined words • Correcting – using incorrect spellings or unknown words for their list • Additions – using everyday words to add to list • Spelling Contract – choosing 1 activity per group, within 3 groups (3 activities total) • Test & Contract – a week after pretest spelling words, meanings, detailed sent.

9. Helpful Language Arts Sites • Houghton Mifflin Reading • www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/6/com • Houghton Mifflin Grammar • www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/grammar/ • Khan Academy – online video tutorials • www.khanacademy.com • Wolf Ram Alpha – search engine • www.wolframalpha.com

10. A.E. – Period 3 Band-Chorus-Orchestra – on designated days SSR – First 15 minutes Review-Reteaching-Enrichment Classwork-Homework

11. Online Grades Go to www.cdschools.org Click on “hac” (Home Access Center) Input your “Username” and “Password”

12. Homework Hotline The homework hotline is available after 2:30 each day via the internet. Go to www.cdschools.org Under “Select a School” choose Linglestown Middle School Select “Teams/Staff” Select “Dolphins” Select “Homework” - left-hand side of the page Select the correct date and “open” the file

13. Scheduling a Conference Appointments are to be scheduled with our team by contacting guidance. Our team is available to meet on odd days Days 1, 3, and/or 5 (5th period - 10:55 to 11:35 am) Meredith Siget (A-L) – msiget@cdschools.org Kathleen Geissler (M-Z) – kgeissler@cdschools.org

14. Contacting Me Email - jhenry@cdschools.org I will email you back before or after school. Phone - You can leave me a voice message. Call 717-657-3060 and dial extension 75150. I will return your call before school or after 1:45 pm.

15. Thank You For Coming! Any Questions?

16. Welcome LMS Families! • Make yourself comfortable! • You may sit anywhere in the room.

17. Who Am I? • Teaching Background – 15 years • 7 years at Chambers Hill & 8 years at Swatara Middle • Childhood – Carlisle, PA • Education – • Carlisle High, HACC, IUP, Penn State • Family - married for 3 years, with a 2.5 year old daughter

18. Math Grading • Assessments: 75% of grade • 50% - Tests • 25% - Quizzes • Miscellaneous: 25% of grade • 15% - Classwork • 10%-Homework

19. Math Materials 2 Pencils Glencoe Math Book Pocket Folder/Subject Folder Notebook & math packet Student Planner

20. Math Units and Chapters Unit 1 – Ratios & Proportional Relationships Ch. 1 – Ratios and Rates Ch. 2 – Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Unit 2 – The Number System Ch. 3 – Compute with Multi-Digit Numbers Ch. 4 – Multiply and Divide Fractions Ch. 5 – Integers and the Coordinate Plane

21. Math Units and Chapters Cont’d Unit 3 – Expressions and Equations Ch. 6 – Expressions Ch. 7 – Equations Ch. 8 – Fractions and Inequalities Unit 4 – The Number System Ch. 9 – Area Ch. 10 – Volume and Surface Area Unit 5 – Statistics & Probability Ch. 11 – Statistical Measure Ch. 12 – Statistical Display

22. Go Digital! www. connectED.mcgraw-hill.com Username – first initial (first name) – first initial (last name) – ID # (excluding last digit) Example - JH10095344 Password – Password1 eBook Online Resources – Vocab, Watch, Tutor, Tools, Check, eHelp, Masters

23. Helpful Math Sites www.aaamath.com www.coolmath.com www.funbrain.com www.mathplayground.com www.brainbashers.com www.aplusmath.com www.hotmath.com www.khanacademy.com www.wolframalpha.com www.themathworksheetsite.com

24. A.E. – Period 3 Band; Chorus; Orchestra – on designated days SSR – First 15 minutes Review; Re-teaching; Enrichment Classwork; Homework

25. Online Grades Go to www.cdschools.org Click on “hac” (Home Access Center) Input your “Username” and “Password”

26. Homework Hotline The homework hotline is available after 2:30 each day via the internet. Go to www.cdschools.org Under “Select a School” choose Linglestown Middle School Select “Teams/Staff” Select “Dolphins” Select “Homework” - left-hand side of the page Select the correct date and “open” the file

27. Scheduling a Conference Appointments are to be scheduled with our team by contacting guidance. Our team is available to meet on odd days Days 1, 3, and/or 5 (5th period - 10:55 to 11:35 am) Meredith Siget (A-L) – msiget@cdschools.org Kathleen Geissler (M-Z) – kgeissler@cdschools.org

28. Contacting Me Email - jhenry@cdschools.org I will email you back before or after school. Phone - You can leave me a voice message. Call 717-657-3060 and dial extension 75150. I will return your call before school or after 1:45 pm.

29. Let’s Have a Great School Year! Thank you for coming!