Course Syllabus
Michael.vincent@bexleyschools.org
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Welcome to my digital classroom! I am looking forward to getting to know and working with each one of you this year! We are going to learn a lot this year, with lots of classroom experiences and of course, we will have fun!
I have been so lucky to teach at Maryland Elementary my entire 16 year career. My first year at Maryland, I taught 4th grade. The next year, I moved to 5th grade. I have gladly remained in this grade level ever since! Teaching in Bexley City Schools has been one of my greatest honors. The administration, including Dr. Michael Johnson, Superintendent and Jon Hood, Maryland Principal have fostered my growth as a teacher. The staff at Maryland are my second family. We support each other by sharing ideas, materials and time. I continue to research effective teaching practices and exciting trends in education. Many of my units of instruction follow the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) model. Of course, the arts are essential to supporting STEM and is included as well.
I have been coaching multiple age groups and sports for 23 years. I am currently coaching basketball for middle school girls basketball.
During the summer I work with Bexley Recreation as a camp counselor for middle school students. We travel to many fun locations around Ohio.
I am married to my beautiful wife, Stacy and have two children in Bexley Schools. My oldest is a freshman at Bexley High School and my youngest is a fifth grader at Montrose Elementary.
I am a Bexley graduate. I earned my Bachelor's degree from Ohio Dominican College in 1998 and my Master's degree at Marygrove College in 2006.
Use the link below to view the fifth grade schedule. This can be used to help you choose appointment times for your child.
Fifth Grade Schedule for 2015-16.docx
Student homework will be posted on the weekly schedule. This schedule will be updated each week. An email with the weekly schedule attached will be sent before the start of the school week.
I can be reached at the email address listed above. Please allow 24 hours for me to get back to you. If you send an email over the weekend I will follow-up shortly after the weekend, or earlier if I’m available. If at any time you would like to schedule an in person or a telephone conference call with me please let me know as we work together to organize a schedule.
If there is something significant impacting your student's well being please consider letting me know so I may make adjustments if needed to their workload.
Please sign-up for a parent account into Canvas. A parent/observer account will enable you to view classroom notices, assignments, resource lists, and more. It's important that you have your own account and not use your student's login. Privacy of student information and interactions are covered by Federal Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA). Your account permits you to see your student's work. Your parent Canvas account will work across all buildings and classrooms that your children are in at Bexley Schools.
Please use a desktop or laptop computer to sign-up initially, not a mobile device. Go to the Canvas page (http://bexleyschools.instructure.com) click on Parent of a Canvas user. Enter in the information asked for and then have your child enter in their Canvas/Network username and passcode. Passcodes are unique to each student, this is why you’ll need your child with you when you initially setup your Canvas account or when adding another student. An email will be set which you'll click in the finish the registration process. Once you’re registered in the system you can add additional children under your Account, Settings, Observing. Canvas provides you with one place to view and access course and classroom information across the multiple schools and classrooms. Here is a website that describes the features available to the observer role.
The school-wide rules covered in the student handbook will also be used in this class.
- There are also a few more rules specific to this class:
- Respect yourself
- Respect others
- Respect your things
- Respect others' things
90-100% - A | 80-89% - B | 70-79% - C | 60-69% - D | 59% or lower – F
Participation is expected by all students. No one gets to hide in this classroom because everyone will be an active and engaged learner. The authoritative source for grades is the grade card that is produced at regular intervals during the school year and what is posted in Power School.
I expect myself to come to school excited to teach. I expect myself to create a safe learning environment for all participants in the environment. I expect students to come to school to create trust with me so that we can grow together in our learning environment. I expect students to become self advocates. I expect that after a month of school each student will ask for clarification on any assignment before going home after school.
Study habit expectations:
- Once study guide is given study the content on the study guide for 10 minutes when you get home from school.
- Memorize key terms
- Be able to compare, explain, or analyze content on Study guide.
- Take a break from studying.
- Have a parent or sibling quiz you on the content of the study guide
- Celebrate what you know!
- Be aware of what you don't know or understand.
- Study again for 10 minutes in the evening.
- If there is a need for clarification on any content on the study guide, ask teacher for clarification or schedule an appointment.
**This syllabus is subject to change at any time.
If this occurs, you will be informed of the change immediately.
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