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Welcome to Class 108

Welcome to Class 108 
Teacher: Mr. Ammirato
How to prepare your child 
Expectations:
-    Google Classroom - Goals will be posted and tracked for Math and ELA
-    30 minutes of reading every night 
-    Connect to Class Dojo
-    Communication - Folders MUST be checked EVERY DAY
Basic Personal Information:
Please make sure your child is knowledgeable about the following:
-    Phone Number:
-    Parent’s Phone Number
-    Their own Cell Phone Number if they have one
-    Grandparent or Aunt or Close Friend’s Phone Number
-    Their own Home Phone Number
-    Address
-    Please make sure your child knows their neighborhood and what blocks their house is near or local stores that could be used as a benchmark
HOMEWORK
Homework will be assigned and posted on Google Classroom  as well as a hard copy in your child’s blue folder
MATH
Number sense 
-    Place value from millions to thousandths (prior knowledge of whole number place value ones to millions)  
-    Multiplication and Division of large numbers both whole and with decimals. (prior knowledge of multiplication tables 1-12)
-    Comparing numbers ( >, <, =) 
-    Word form, expanded form and unit form
Fractions:
-    Addition and Subtraction 
-    Multiplication and Division
-    (Prior knowledge of equivalent fractions, Mixed numbers and improper fractions and simplifying or reducing)
-    Decimal/Fraction relationship
-    Comparing Fractions ( >, < =)
Word Problems
-         Students will use S.C.U.B.E.S to be able to approach and solve word problems.  

ELA
-    HMH (new reading and writing curriculum
-    Reading Fiction and Non-Fiction 
-    Genre awareness
-    Providing text evidence (quotations, page and page #)
-    Annotating text when reading (reading with a pencil)

Writing
-    Informational, Narrative, and Opinion pieces
Websites
-    Epic
-    Zearn.org
-    KhanAcademy.org