Welcome to the 2017-18 school year! This is the blog for the teaching team of Josh Hill and Nathan Brown. 5th grade students at Cascadia Elementary.
Josh is teaching Math and Science and Nathan teaches
English/Language Arts and Social Studies. We will both integrate RULER (social/emotional
curriculum) into our class. Additionally,
students will study art and P.E. with our awesome specialists! Our room numbers
are 274 (Brown) and 275 (Hill). We are on the second floor in the Northeast
corner of the building.
We
are excited to be working with your child and I look forward to a wonderful
year. Below is a link to the state websites that shows Washington State
Standards. It has a lot of information and is searchable. Math at Cascadia is
two years ahead with students learn the 7th grade
Common Core Standards. The curriculum for math is the Glenco, Course 2. For
ELA, Seattle has adopted a brand new curriculum called Center for the
Collaborative Classroom (CCC). Lastly, students will journey through American
History, starting with pre-colonial America, and ending with a unit on American
government.
Dates to remember:
Meet the Teacher is Thursday, August 31st from 4:00 to 6:00 PM
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Tuesday, September 5th at 10:30
Curriculum Night, TBD
Meet
the Teacher:
The
Meet the Teacher event tomorrow will include a chance to tour the school and
peek into the windows of each classroom. The teachers will be out on the
playground and they will be sorted by grade level. Feel free to walk into the
building, visit the classroom, and you may leave supplies in the common area if
have purchased them already. Please make sure to label any supplies with your student's
name. We also have a few boxes of books that are in the shared space outside
our rooms.
First
Day:
We
encourage students to take the bus to school or ride their bike. The drop off
area will be congested. Students can get to the back playground on their own
and many adults will be there to help them find the way. They should look for
the 5th grade area and we will pick them up promptly at 7:50am.
School
Supplies:
Classroom Supply Lists: Kleanex,
hand sanitizer, 2 boxes Ticonderoga pencils, erasers, sharpies, flair pens,
highlighters, box of fine tip or thick tip dry erase markers, paper towels,
Post-it notes, scissors, colored markers, colored pencils, box of black or blue
ballpoint pens, glue sticks, clear tape. These supplies will be shared by the
class, so there is no need to label them.
Individual
Supply Lists: 1.5" binders or zipper binder, 5 tab dividers, 5 composition
books (hardback), pencil pouch, lined paper, pencil sharpener, ruler. These
supplies will be managed by each student and we hope that this will prepare
them for middle school responsibilities.
Every day your student needs:
- Water bottle
- Their binder with pens and pencils (homework inside)
- 2 books to read
- Healthy snack
Volunteers:
We
are going to need chaperones and volunteers for events this year. Please get
your paperwork in by the end of September. If you would like to be one of the
overnight chaperones for camp, that paperwork is a little different and needs
to be turned in as soon as possible. Volunteer Paperwork is available on the district website. Also, if you have a job or hobby that
would be relevant to our in-class studies, then we’d love to have you.
Room
Parents:
Room Parents are vital to helping me coordinate volunteer needs for the classroom and with planning and support of parties and other classroom events. If this is something you're interested in, please go to the Cascadia PTA website and sign up.
Room Parents are vital to helping me coordinate volunteer needs for the classroom and with planning and support of parties and other classroom events. If this is something you're interested in, please go to the Cascadia PTA website and sign up.
Josh’s
background is in business and design so he hopes to bring real world situations
to every class period. He feels this helps students to make connections to
their future. He has a master’s in teaching from Willamette University in
Oregon and is licensed to teach, elementary education and both math and science
at the middle school level. He spends much of his off time with his family but
does enjoy traveling and seeing the world. He is Dive Certified and enjoys
exploring the world’s water.
Nathan's
background is in Interdisciplinary Learning and Spanish Language and Culture.
He completed his masters in teaching at Seattle University, and worked in
Highline School District before starting at Cascadia last year. Outside of
school, Nathan loves reading, creating collaborative art projects, playing
Ultimate Frisbee, and spending as much time as possible with friends and
family.
Check back here regularly for information from both teachers and student bloggers. Not only do we post weekly,
we also have sections with resources and activities that you can use to support
learning. Thank you for this opportunity to work with your child and we look
forward to hearing from you.
Our
goal is to create an open conversation about your student’s education, so
please feel free to contact us with any questions related to school. Our
contact information is listed below; we prefer email and we will try to get
back to you as soon as possible.
Joshua Hill
Nathan Brown
State Standards:
Curriculum
Websites:
CCC Language Arts
P.S.
Mr.
Hill would like to get some input from parents about middle school math placement.
If you have some comments or suggestions, he would like to hear from you in an
email or during curriculum night. He hopes to set up a
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