4th, 5th, 6th grade with Mrs. Rucci | Mrs. Ball -Paraprofessional

START YOU ENGINES

Rev Your Brains and R.A.C.E. your way to the top!
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ATTENDANCE	*It is very important for your child to be in school everyday. CONSISTENCY AND ROUTINE are key to a child’s education. Our day is filled with learning experiences for every child in the classroom!

HOMEWORK PLANNERS and COMMUNICATION	* Each child will be required to bring it to school everyday. Please make sure to SIGN the planner every night. This will let us know you saw your child’s homework and any notes we may have written. *Homework will be assigned each night and is expected to be turned in the following day(unless otherwise stated) for full credit. Homework that is not completed will be count against your child's final marking period grade. Be consistent with time and place in your home to complete assignments. Time-management is key! This planner will be used to write homework COMMUNICATION between teacher and parents is very valuable. Please feel free to write to us if you have questions, concerns, or responses to any notes we may have written.

LUNCH and SNACK	4th Grade: 1:00pm (you may bring a small healthy snack to be eaten at 11:00)(Specials 9:15) 5th and 6th: 10:45 or 11:30 (with specials the opposite period)

RESPONSIVE CLASSROOM

A social curriculum can help build a classroom into a learning community where high social and academic goals are both attained. The approach we are following is known as The Responsive Classroom. It is based around six main components that integrate teaching, learning and caring in the daily classroom.

The Teaching Practices of the Responsive Classroom include:

Morning Meeting: A daily routine that builds community, creates a positive climate for learning, and reinforces academic and social skills.
Rules and Logical Consequences: A clear and consistent approach to discipline that fosters responsibility and self-control
Classroom Organization: Strategies for arranging materials, furniture, and displays to encourage independence, promote caring, and maximize learning
Guided Discovery: A format for introducing materials that encourages inquiry, heightens interest, and teaches care of the school environment
Academic Choice: An approach to giving children choices in their leaning that helps them become invested, self-motivated learners.
Family Communication Strategies: Ideas for involving families as true partners in their children’s education

The Guiding Principles of the Responsive Classroom include:

The social curriculum is as important as the academic curriculum
How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and content go hand in hand.
The greatest cognitive growth occurs through social interaction.
There is a set of social skills children need in order to be successful academically and socially: cooperation, assertion, responsibility, empathy, and self-control.
Knowing the children we teach- individually, culturally, and developmentally- is as important as knowing the content we teach.
Knowing the families of the children we teach and inviting their participation is essential to children’s education.
How the adults at school work together is as important as individual competence: lasting change begins with the adult community.

CLASSROOM RULES AND LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES

Under ConstructionLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES

The goal of logical consequences is to help children develop internal understanding, self-control, and a desire to follow the rules.

Logical consequences help children look more closely at their behaviors and consider the results of their choices.
The intention of logical consequences is to help children develop internal controls and to learn from their mistakes in a supportive atmosphere.

Contact Information

Mrs. Rucci
If you need to speak to me, please write in your child' s planner.
I check planners every morning.

If you need to speak to me via telephone, the best time to reach me would be:

732-657-5741(main office)