Longfellow Elementary ▸Back to School Parent Orientation◂

Parent Orientation Goals● Schedules● Procedures● School Rules● Academic Expectations

Longfellow Staff

Classroom TeachersCirrus RobinsonTonia Tombaugh

Laura TomlinDanielle Yeager

Instructional AideKate Harris

Guidance CounselorAlisha Porter

ESL TeacherKristin Cimaglia

NurseAmanda Ward

Instructional CoachWhitney Marshall

Chris Poynter, PrincipalMary Zarley, Secretary

SpecialsAndrea Avers - MusicThomas Carter - P.E.

Summer Weinheimer - ArtReading Teacher

Julie Berg

Building Schedule● 8:55 Doors Open ● 9:10 Classes begin● 11:00 - 1:00 Lunch/Recess (classrooms alternating)● 3:30 Dismissal

AttendanceNew Law in Ohio (HB 410)

● Important to be at school every day and on time, unless the student is sick● Contact the school if you know your child is going to be absent.

Attendance Line: 614-797-7190 ● Schools now define absences in terms of minutes.● By law, the school must send written notice home concerning

excessive absences (excused or unexcused).

Please be aware that Ohio’s Child Passenger Safety Law requires the following of car riders:

● Children less than 4 years old or 40 pounds must use a car seat.

● Children less than 8 years old, unless they are at least 4 feet, 9 inches tall must use a booster seat.

Arrival ● Bus riders are dropped off in the front of the building on Hiawatha

Ave. Students will walk to their designated line-up area.

● Car riders are dropped off in the designated DROP-OFF/PICK-UP area at the corner of the parking lot. Independence is encouraged.

*If students arrive after 9:10 they need to be signed in to the office by the parent/guardian. Do not go directly to the classrooms.

Dismissal

● Dismissal is at 3:25 p.m. If you are picking up your child, please be prompt. Supervision is only available until 3:40 p.m.

● If there is a change in your child’s transportation schedule please send an email or written note to the teacher/office.

● Call the office if your dismissal plans change once school has started for the day.

Transportation TagsA transportation tag will be placed on the outside of your child’s backpack so the driver can easily view the schedule for your child.

PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THIS TAG!

Safety & Contact Information ● It is important that your child knows his/her full name, address,

and telephone number. This is something EVERY child should know for safety situations. Please practice and reinforce regularly at home.

● It is extremely important that all parent or guardian information is kept current with the school.

Please remember to update changes on the parent portal.

Clothing● Please be sure that your child has a full change of weather

appropriate clothing & clean mask in his/her backpack at all times. Accidents happen... mud, bathroom or lunch spills.

● Please label all items (coat, backpack, lunch, clothes, etc.)

Water Bottle● Please send a water bottle● Spill-proof preferred● Label

Lunch Choices● Lunch A - changes daily - check menu

(no pork)● Lunch B - Salad● Lunch C - Turkey & Cheese Sandwich

*We are unable to refrigerate or microwave foods brought from home. Please practice independence with food containers.

Daily Snack● Please send a labeled daily, healthy snack for your child. ● Some ideas: fruit, veggies, pretzels, crackers, granola bars, goldfish● Pack separately from lunch box.● Please save messy snacks for home

Birthday Celebrations

● Longfellow recognizes this special day by giving the birthday child a crown, pencil, and book.

● NO edible treats to share with the class are permitted due to allergies.

● Do not send birthday invitations to school. Please use the Classroom Directory for communications outside of school. Thanks for your cooperation.

DonationsThroughout the year parents often ask if we need anything. We can always use glue sticks, crayons, and dry erase markers.

● Take-home folders contain your child’s work or papers from the office that may need to be signed and returned.

● Put any notes you need us to see inside the folder, as loose papers in backpacks or small hands often get lost.

● Please check and empty this folder weekly so it doesn’t become cluttered.

** Return on Mondays **

Friday Folders(Home-School Communication)

Be Safe● Keep hands and

feet to self● Use walking

feet inside● Feet first down

slide

Be Respectful● Listen● Raise hand● Share & take

turns● Use nice words● Appropriate voice

levels

Be Responsible● Clean up● Do best work

Longfellow Rockets’ Rules

Positive Approach to Classroom Management

Good Choices(“bucket fillers”)

● Fill a Ten Frame(individual Incentive)

● Compliment Chain(Whole Class Incentive)

Logical Consequences for Sad Choices

(“bucket dippers”)● If you break it, you fix it● Loss of Privilege● Take a break● Think Sheet

Dreambox for 20 minutes

Rainbow write your name 5 times neatly.

i-Ready Math for 20 minutes

Do an activity from your Orange Bridges Math Book.

Write a story about your favorite toy.

RAZ-Kids for 20 minutes.

Practice your letter sounds.

Do an activity from your Orange Bridges Math Book.

Write a letter to someone at school.

Go outside and use your senses to study nature.

Do an activity from your Orange Bridges Math Book.

Write a story about playing with a friend.

i-Ready Reading for 20 minutes

Find five words that start with the same letter as your name. Draw and label a picture.

Write your name neatly using a pencil, crayon, and a marker.

Lexia for 20 minutes. Make up a new game to play outside.

Dreambox for 20 minutes

Write a story about your first day of school.

Do an activity from your Orange Bridges Math Book.

Complete an activity and color in the box. If you complete 10 boxes you can turn in at the end of the month for a

FREE book from Principal Poynter!F

Monthly Optional Homework Choice Board

HEGGERTY (Phonemic Awareness Skills - sounds in SPOKEN words)

● Rhyming (hop, mop)

● Identifying Onsets (ball /b/)

● Blending (tea…..pot = teapot)

● Identify end & middle sounds (bed /d/)

● Segmenting (inside, in…..side)

● Substituting sounds (anybody, change /body/ to /one/ = anyone)

● Adding sounds (snow, add /ball/ at the end = snowball)

● Deleting sounds (anyway, without /any/ = way)

● Language Awareness (repeat a sentence and count the number of words in it)

Fundations ● Letter Recognition & Sounds● Finger Tapping for Blending and Segmenting● CVC Words● Handwriting (Sky Line, Plane Line, Grass Line, Worm Line visuals)

● Trick Words● Sentence Structure

Geodes

● Wordless picture books to build on the understanding of story structure

● Sound-search books help with letter-sound awareness● Decodable, content-rich books for phonics practice

● Students will gain experiences with fiction, non-fiction, and poetry text with weekly stories.

● We incorporate Science, Health, & Social Studies into stories.Comprehension Strategies

- Ask and answer questions about details/unknown words

- Tell role of Author/Illustrator

- Identify title, characters, setting (story elements)

- Retell stories & key details

- Compare and contrast events/characters

- Make Connections & Predictions

- Identify Problem/Solution

Interactive Read Alouds

● Students progress from drawing pictures and labeling to eventually writing sentences that include “kid spelling” and punctuation.

- personal narratives- opinion pieces with a reason- informational pieces

● Building stamina is encouraged.

● Opportunities for “Writing Share Time”

MEASUREMENT & DATA● Sort and graph by color, shape, and size● Compare length and weight

OPERATIONS & ALGEBRAIC THINKING● Add & subtract fluently to 5; Add & subtract to 10 with counters● Break apart numbers 1 to 10 in multiple ways (for example: 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1)● For any number 1 to 9, find how many more are needed to make 10 (2 + ? =10)

NUMBERS in BASE TEN● Make numbers from 11 to 19 with a ten and ones (15 = 10 + 5 ones left over)

COUNTING● Count to 100 by 1’s and 10’s; Count to 100 beginning at any number, such as 57● Identify numbers 0-20● Write numbers from 0-20 to represent a number of objects

GEOMETRY● Identify and describe 2-D (flat) and 3-D (solid) shapes: square, circle, rectangle,

triangle, hexagon, cube, sphere, cone, and cylinder

Math

Math 1. Calendar Grid: Algebraic patterns and structures that introduce and reinforce a variety of key number and geometry skills

Examples: shapes, numbers, patterns

2. Calendar Collector: Collections that promote deep understandings of estimation and counting, place value, measurement, and data

3. Number Line: Activities that promote counting skills and number sense

4. Days in School: Activities and routines that capitalize on the number of days students have been in school Examples: ten frames, number chains, ones, fives, and tens, and growing number line

5. Computational Fluency: Activities and games designed to develop and maintain fluencyExample: using mental images of numbers (finger patterns or five frames) to think about quantities quickly and accurately without having to count from 1

Questions? Email Rachel Lacy: lacyr@wcsoh.org

Technology

Gentle Start Overview ● Aug. 12th-16th (9:30am-2:30pm)

● Small groups of students are assigned to report to school on one of these days. (NO bussing for Gentle Start)

● Teachers and students get to know each other in a small setting.

● Bussing begins on Friday, August 17th, the first day students report to school with their full class.

Gentle Start Activities

● Drop off school supplies● Meet & play with a few friends● Learn about school procedures● Skills Assessments● Tour the school● Finger Scan

Tuition & Fees

Kindergarten Fee- $18.50Families need to pay their grade-level fees by cash or check (made payable to WBOE) prior to or during Back to School Days. Fees may also be paid online by credit card. Go to: www.wcsoh.org & click on EZ pay under the Resources section.

Tuition