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10. Communication and Collaboration (LO 4.1) (APS 10)

A. Family Communication

When assisting students in the learning process, making time to communicate and
collaborate with students families is crucial. When school and home collaborate
and communicate, students are most likely to succeed. Here are three different
times that I will effectively communicate regularly with parents/guardians during
the semesters. I will be communicating with parents/ guardians about classroom
announcements, their childs behavior, or their academics.




1. At the beginning of the year, I will be sending out a welcome letter to
parents/guardians via email or by their child that informs parents/guardians
about who I am and what my plans consist of for their child this year.


*Attached is a copy of the Welcome letter*


2. On every Friday, I will be sending out Weekly Newsletters to parents via email.
These Weekly Newsletters will inform parents/guardians on an array of
classroom information ranging from exams dates, texts dates, quiz dates,
homework, field trips, and picture day.


*Attached is a copy of the Newsletter*


3. When it is necessary, I will communicate with parents/guardians using notes
home to notify parents of their childs good or disruptive behavior.


*Attached is an example*








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B. Communication/Collaboration with Colleagues

To make sure all students needs are met and to reassure their safety while in
school, I will have to communicate and collaborate with colleagues at my school. In
order for my students to make real world connections, I will communicate and
collaborate with members form the community. Here are some ways I could
collaborate with colleagues and the community.



1. In hopes of increasing the amount of participants that show up for the annual
career day, I could publish an ad in the local newspaper asking if anyone would
be interested in coming to our schools Annual Career Day.


*Attached is an example of the Newspaper ad*


2. Since the passing of the law stating that special education students must be
included in general education classroom, the communication between special
education teachers and general education teachers has increased. I will email
the special education teacher about an IEP meeting for one of our students.


3. At least once a year, students take field trips to many different places. When
planning a field trip to the state fire department I would need to email, call, or
have a one on one meeting with the chief firefighter. When communicating, I
will need to know what day would be great, could we bring bag lunches, and
could firefighters show students a mock trial of them putting on their
firefighter gear.















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September 12, 2014


Dear Parents or Guardians,

My name is Marvaye Payton. I am currently a senior Elementary Education
major at Lander University. I will be completing my 429 Field Experience from
September 15, 2014 until November 14, 2014. I will be assisting Mrs. Hamiltons
class in English and Social Studies by co-teaching, grading, filing papers, and
teaching a minimal of five lessons with her supervision. I am extremely excited to be
apart of your childs academic success.

I am a native of Abbeville and I graduated from Abbeville High School in
2010. Currently, I am in the Call Me MISTER Program at Lander University, which is
also preparing me for the classroom. Also at Lander, I am a member of the Palmetto
Teacher Association. I believe that children need a mentor instructing them
towards becoming an effective role model and I am more than capable of doing that.
I am looking forward to watching your child grow!

I hope that we will have a great time this fall and please feel free to contact
me through Mrs. Hamiltons email at hamiltonl@gwd50.org or calling Westview
Middle School at (864)-229-4301.



Thank you,




Mr. Payton







Marvaye Payton



Westview Middle School


Dear Mr. and Mrs. Gable,

I wanted you to know that today, Brendon, your child displayed an extreme
amount of character. After a fellow student fell out of their chair in Social Studies,
Brendon, without being told, helped his fellow classmate up. While others laughed,
Brendon proceeded to them that it isnt funny that he fell; he could have hurt his
self. You all should be proud!



Thank you,



Mr. Payton

















Marvaye Payton



Local School needs your assistance

On November 5, 2014, Westview Middle School will be hosting their annual
Career Day and assistances from the local community are needed. To increase the
knowledge of our students about the different career paths available to them, we would
like for entrepreneurs, business leaders, local politicians, mechanics, and doctors etc. to
come and inform students. If you are interested and would like to participate please
contact Mr. Marvaye Payton at marvaye.payton@lander.edu or calling Westview Middle
School at 864-377-0987.




























Marvaye Payton








6
th
Grade Weekly Newsletter


Reminders:

*All commitment letters are due back to Greenwood District 50 on or before
November 5, 2014.

*Tech Tuesday: November 5, @ 6:00 p.m.

*PASS Writing Assessment: December 4-5

*Picture Day on Tuesday of next week


Noteworthy: The following link provides information on college-sponsored
opportunities for middle and high school students in the STEM areas.
http://www.cec.sc.edu/outreach/index.html

ELA:
This week, students practiced recognizing, evaluating, and formulating
informational text as well as graphic features. Next week, we will continue this
focus by exploring various types of informational writing found in magazines and
newspapers. Students will write a sports column, comic strip, and a feature story to
complement the advertisements and editorial written this week. These assignments
are cross-curricular and will culminate through the creation of a Middle Ages
newspaper.

Caesars XIV is due on Tuesday.

S.S.: This week, students reviewed Feudalism by adopting the personas of peasants
and lords. Next week, they will finalize their newspaper with a feature story
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covering the Crusades, a sports column with tournament highlights, a comic strip,
and crossword puzzle (unit appropriate vocabulary).

S.S test will be on Thursday