Timothy Hayes Web Pages
Tim Hayes
thayes@archkckcs.org
Priorities: Teaching skills and forming Christian character in the Catholic Tradition
Expectations: Respect, Responsibility, and Reason; Read minimum 15 minutes a day (3); 20 minutes (4, 5); always have reading book on hand; Homework turned in on time, Friday Folders returned by Monday, My Story (3); birthday treats (prepackaged) , no toys, uniforms (shirts tucked, no changing shoes, follow code); Church behavior: reverent, sit as a class, participate in prayers and songs;
Routines: Come in, place lunch cards in buckets, place items away, morning work; prayer at the beginning of day, before class and lunch, and before dismissal. Use restrooms as group to avoid interrupting class.
Communication: email, (response within 24hours usually); will email weekly updates; Friday Folders, (return on Monday)
What I teach is Story based which leads to:
Reading, Listening, Thinking, Speaking, and Writing
Topics covered3rd ELA/Reading
- Cursive, grammar: parts of speech, capitalization, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, research, and sentences and sentence structure;
- Elements of a story;
- Reading together/alone (story books, bible, texts);
- Writing: friendly letters, paragraphs
- Themes of history via communities, geography, economy, and map making and reading.
- The Creed, The Sacraments, The Commandments, The Our Father, and the Saints,
- Grammar: parts of speech, capitalization, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, research, and sentences and sentence structure;
- Elements of a story;
- Reading together/alone (story books, bible, texts)
- Writing: friendly letters, paragraphs
- Themes of history via communities and geography, map reading and making; and studying aspects of the country, from the indigenous people, to the newcomers, and up to the start of a new nation being formed.
- Grammar: parts of speech, capitalization, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, research, and sentences and sentence structure;
- Elements of a story;
- Reading together/alone (story books, bible, texts)
- Writing: friendly letters, paragraphs
- Themes of history via communities and geography, map reading and making; and studying aspects of the country, from the indigenous people, to the newcomers, and up to the start of a new nation being formed.
- NoRedInk, Readworks, Discovery Education, Busted Halo, Grammarly, Khan Academy, Google Classroom