Meet Mrs. Bauer This is my 5 th year teaching I was born in Torrance and grew up in the Bay Area I went to Boston College and majored in Elementary Education and History I earned my clear credential at UCLA I am recently married We live in Torrance and have two adorable puppies

Balance of positive reinforcement and consistent consequences (card changes/ marble jar) Classroom environment that promotes responsibility and independence Birthdays: no treats please Two parties a year Send your child with a healthy snack! VAPA: late winter Report cards: 2x a year, 1-3 scale, standards basedå

Goal setting conferences: end of October Sign up please!! F&P Testing 2x a year: December and June BIG on , please keep in touch!

One hour One Hour Reading Workshop Writing Workshop CGI

25 min 50 min 1x week Other PE Music and Science lab Daily 5, Mind Up

NEW THIS YEAR! Workshop style teaching has been shown to be the most effective method of helping children learn Reading is the MOST important subject for young learners Readers will bring home their reading log and reading notebook EVERY night, it HAS to come back to school. Structure very similar to Writer’s Workshop  Mini lesson, independent reading/ guided reading groups, and end of lesson sharing

Incorporated into our “Daily 5” Wordly Wise vocabulary Cursive handwriting Grammar practice Spelling words

Students are familiar with this structure 3 rd graders focus on narrative writing, opinion writing, essays, fictional stories, and memoirs Don’t expect their writing to look perfect– supposed to look like an 8 or 9 year old wrote it

CGI- Cognitively Guided Instruction This is VERY DIFFERENT from how we were taught… this is a good thing! Encourages students to figure out problems using their own reasoning (not an algorithm that does not make sense to them) Structure: Number Sense Talk, unpacking a problem, independent work, strategy share out

CGI- Cognitively Guided Instruction Steer away from rote memorization Students understand the foundation  ability to apply to other problem types

Mrs. Bauer and Mrs. Vavao teach science Science lab every other Monday 9:10-9:55 I will teach Mrs. Hunt’s class and our class We start with the Solar system  Physical science  Life science

Mrs. Hunt and Ms. Hooper teach social studies We switch for 45 minutes once a week Focus on community Students learn all about Manhattan Beach Students use Scholastic newspapers

The district is steering away from a heavy emphasis on homework assignments 30 minutes at most AT LEAST 20 minutes of reading every day Sometimes there may be a math or writing activity List of reading responses in homework reading notebook  students choose the prompt

PE M, T, TH, F: 10:45 AM- 11:10 AM Chromebook cart once a week 45 min Music Thursdays: 9:10-9:55 Science specialist Monday (every other): 9:10-9:55

Incorporated into our routine, no set test I will check based on their ability to apply concepts learned into their writing Program geared towards sight words Individualized to each student

As of now the only set field trip we have is walking to the MB Historical Society in Pollywog Park Open to suggestions

PK PTA & MBEF Need You!! By October 27 th : Donate $350+ per child to the PTA; and Complete your MBEF pledge/donation Why MBEF???MBEF Super Dragons receive a super cool car magnet and DOUBLE the raffle tickets in the PK drawing to win an Apple Watch! Become a Super Dragon!