Welcome to Back to School Night Room 15A and 16 3rd Grade 1

A Little About Me Education Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies (Cal Poly Pomona) Masters of Arts in Education (Pepperdine) GATE Certificate (UCR) My experience One year of intervention in grades 1-5 Seventh year working for WVUSD One year at a charter school Third, Fourth, and Fifth grade experience

A Little Bit More… vmares@wvusd.k12.ca.us

A little about me My background My experiences Grew up in the Walnut district Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies from University of California, Riverside Attended Cal Poly Pomona for my teaching credential and my BCLAD My experiences Middle school counselor at church for 2 years Summer camp coordinator and teacher

A little bit more… ccchen@wvusd.k12.ca.us

Our Educational Philosophy We believe that the classroom is ours, not mine. We believe that the key to a better world is through educating the youth. We believe that teaching takes place not only in the classroom, but in the home as well. Let’s work together. We believe that the students are teachers, too. We believe all children are individuals and all children are gifted.

Tonight’s Topics Daily Schedule Homework Friday Folders/Week in Review Classroom Management Birthdays Curriculum

Daily Schedule Tuesdays: PE 8:20- 9:20 Mondays: Jiji math 8:15-8:30 /11:15-11:25 Morning Business, Read/AR , Rocket Math, JAM session 8:30-8:45/11:25-11:40 Grammar, Writing, and Spelling 8:45-9:15/11:40-12:15 Math 9:15-10:20/1-1:45 Integrated Language Arts/ Chinese 10:20-10:35 Recess 10:35-11:15/1:45-2:30 Science/Social Studies/Technology/Art 11:15 am Switch 12:15-1:00pm Lunch 2:40pm Dismissal Tuesdays: PE 8:20- 9:20 Mondays: Jiji math Mondays: Library Wednesday: Music

Homework Sent home nightly in your child’s binder Recorded daily in their agenda Homework should take about 30-45 minutes in addition to 20 minutes of read aloud. Assignments are meant to reinforce and/or enrich current units of study. Students who miss homework will receive a deficiency notice. Multiple missed assignments in any particular subject will result in an overall trimester drop.

Homework Deficiency

Weekly Communication Check and Sign your child’s weekly folder on Fridays Completed work, test, school, community information, and important updates Sign and Return test that have received a grade lower than a C Review papers with many errors Progress reports will be sent home three times this year First conference will be held in October. Please sign up for a scheduled time before you leave today.

Week in Review & Friday Folder

Room 15A and 16 Expectations Show respect. Solve your problems. Make good decisions.

Classroom Management Learnball Teaches team building skills Makes students accountable for their behavior Accountability Students have designed their own classroom rules under our guidance Positive: Points are awarded to opposing team Shoot out: Ensures the tournament is NEVER over Classroom Jobs=Responsibility

Positive Reinforcements Negative Consequences Smiles Kind words Pats on the back Small rewards (stickers/pencils) Paper Clip Parties High fives Raffle tickets Learnball Points Shoot Out Negative Consequences Reminder Points awarded to opposing team Student-teacher reflection during recess Note/Call home Visit the Principal

Birthdays Your child’s birthday or ½ birthday will be acknowledged this year. Please do not send edible treats to school. You can send stickers, pencils, erasers, notebooks, goody bags, and/or a book donation to the classroom. Please notify our class ahead of time so we can be sure to make adequate time for distribution.

Language Arts In our language program we will integrate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills through a variety of literature activities. Vocabulary development Writing Comprehension Spelling Phonics Grammar skills Handwriting Presentations

Reading Comprehension Activating Schema Mental Imaging Discussions Questioning Inferring Synthesizing

Writing Step Up to Writing/Nancy Fetzer Multiple Paragraphs Letter Narrative Writing Expository Writing Opinion Writing

Math This year’s curriculum will include: Computation Problem Solving Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division Problem Solving Math Fluency (multiplication and division)

Science Ecosystems & Habitats Earth Patterns Energy Adaptations Forms of Matter

Social Studies We emphasize cultural heritage and encourage children to discover their importance in our society. Geography Native Americans Community History Government and Citizenship Standing United Economics

Mandarin Students will be able to: - Identify and write high frequency characters - Apply vocabulary and phrases - Read phrases - Use vocabulary and phrases in writing - Understand verbal questions and answer with complete sentences - Type using pinyin - Present information orally to the whole class - Learn about Chinese culture and traditions - Use the Chinese dictionary

Room 15A If you haven’t yet, please sign in Please sign up (Room 16) Parent Conference Week Volunteer Form Donation List

Thank you!