*i live in pitman with my husband and two children.

*i enjoy being outdoors for hiking, fishing, or playing sports.

*when indoors, i like to read, do crafts, or play board games with my son.

*i graduated from mahanoy area high school and bloomsburg university.

*my undergraduate degree is in special education and my master’s degree is in reading.

*i have been teaching for 15 years.

*i have been in the frackville building for the past 2 years and with the schuylkill intermediate unit #29

for the 13 years prior.

*i currently teach learning support 2^nd to 4^th grade and in the past, i’ve taught kdg. to 3^rd grade.

*i had been a former coach of track and field and cross-country for 5 years.

-MY HOMEWORK HELPLINE NUMBER IS : 7430

-MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS: joprey@northschuylkill.net

*The are two basic principles:

RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY

The students need to show they care about themselves and others and always display good manners. I need to know that I can count on them to do the right thing and take care of personal and school property.

*My is as follows:

THE BANANA SPLIT PARTY

The students will earn a portion of their banana split for every week they display classroom cooperation, by having less than five marks on the WORK and BEHAVIOR CHART. The portions must be earned in order during a nine week marking period as follows:

WEEK #1 spoon

WEEK #2 dish

WEEK #3 banana

WEEK #4 scoop of chocolate ice cream

WEEK #5 scoop of vanilla ice cream

WEEK #6 scoop of strawberry ice cream

WEEK #7 toppings

WEEK #8 whipped cream

WEEK #9 cherry

This behavior modification plan is an “add on” plan rather than a “take away from” plan. The student participates in the party to the extent that they have met their weekly goals. If a student cooperates for only three weeks, they will have only a spoon, dish and a banana at the party, etc…

* My expectations:

I would just like to reiterate some of the homework that is required for my classroom. Due to the school-wide detention policy for missed homework, I want to make sure you all have a clear understanding of the expectations. If your child does not return the packet of signed tests on a Monday, it is a missed homework assignment (unless of course, they are absent). Another area of concern is having their reading tablets signed. The tablet will be sent home every time they have to practice their new reading story. By you signing it, I then know that they have practiced their new words and definitions. If not signed, it is a missed homework assignment. If by chance, the parent is unable to sign this tablet, it is ok for whoever else goes over the words with your child to sign in place of you. (Of course, I would not like to see this on a regular basis, but I understand things happen that are sometimes out of your control.) The last area of concern is handing in homework that is done incorrectly, half completed, or not in the child’s own handwriting. That would also be considered a missed homework assignment.

Since your child has numerous teachers, (i.e. me, regular ed. teacher, and possibly speech or OT), it is the teacher’s responsibility to speak with one another about any missed homework from their particular classroom. The way this will be handled is if they miss an assignment on the same night for 2 of the teachers, it is considered only one miss. If for example they miss a speech assignment on Monday, but have the classroom teacher’s homework done, it is still one miss. If on Tuesday they have their speech done, but missed a reading assignment, then it is considered a 2^nd miss and so on…

Please remember that we are all a team for your child’s education. Classwork teaches the new concepts, but homework reviews what was done during school that day. Thanks ford all of your support thus far this school year and keep up the good work!!!!

*My procedures:

Your child will be bringing home an additional reading folder every evening. It will be entitled, Read Naturally. The purpose of this reading is to monitor their reading fluency and comprehension on a weekly basis to show improvements or lack of. (I know I’ll be seeing the improvements!!)

This is how it will work:

1. On a Monday, your child will read the new, never before

seen reading to me for one minute. I will tally the words

read correctly and any errors. This is called a cold reading. On a graph, your child will color in blue how far up the chart they read the words correctly. Your child will then take that same story home every night and continue practicing it until they have read it to me again on Friday.

2. On a Tuesday, I will read the passage to the entire class so

they can hear a fluent reading of it.

3. On a Wednesday, we as a group will choral read the

passage.

4. On a Thursday, I will pair them up with a partner and they

will take turns reading it to one another.

5. On a Friday, your child will then read that same passage

to me for one minute and I will tally words correct and any errors. This is called a hot reading because they have now had an opportunity to practice before reading it to me again. On the same graph as the cold reading, your child will color in the same column with red to show how they have improved their words correct per minute.

6. After they have read the story to me, they will then have

to answer 5 different types of comprehension questions and write down 5 facts from the story in a complete sentence.

*When they bring the folder home, they just have to practice reading the passage.

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