1. Welcome to Back-to-School Night!
Miss Sorensen’s 3rd Grade Class

2. About Me
Graduated from UVA in 2012 with a BA in History and a Masters in Elementary Education.
Lived in Blacksburg Virginia and taught 3rd grade at Eastern Montgomery.
Taught at NLE 4th grade and 3rd grade the last two years

3. Attendance Agendas School begins promptly at 7:50 am
Please let me know in advance if your child will be absent for an extended period of time
Make-up work will be provided after the student returns to school
Adequate time will be given to complete make-up assignments
Agendas
Assignments written daily
Homework will also be posted on the website
Reading and Math Homework Daily
Taken home every evening
Check and sign nightly

4. Classroom Management
Positive Reinforcement– rewarding the ‘good stuff.’
Earn Dojo Points for individual behavior
Earn Fuzzies for whole class behavior
Setting expectations clearly.
Communication with parents is key!

5. Seven Habits of Happy Kids

6. Birthdays
Please refer to the Student Handbook regarding birthday and party foods and invitations at school
Non-food items to celebrate your child’s special day
Invitations may be distributed in school if each child receives one
Register with PTO for your directory

7. Snack Working snack time in the morning
Please pack 1 healthy small snack
Water Bottles

8. Lunch Lunch time: 11:00-11:30 Our ice cream day will be Wednesday 
Send in a note if you are joining us for lunch– No restaurant food!
If you would like a school lunch, your child can make your lunch choice in the morning
Check in office
Lunch money in baggie with name and number

9. End-of-the-year Party
Class Parties
Fall Festival
Winter Celebration
End-of-the-year Party
Information about volunteering will be sent out as the dates get closer

10. Transportation
Students are required to go home each day as indicated at the beginning of the year
Send in a note with transportation changes
If a change is necessary by , CC: Angela Ferrer to ensure request is received

11. Homework Policy Agendas and Homework Folder
Check Daily
Usually includes Math and Reading
Check Miss Sorensen’s website
Study Guides and Tests
Vacations
Thursday Folders

12. Curriculum Nine Week Plans Differentiated Instruction
Math: flexible grouping according to student needs with common unit assessments
Readers and Writers workshop
Science & Social Studies
Rotating Units

13. Reading and Writing Workshop
Shared Reading
Read Aloud
Reading Workshop– Mini Lesson, Independent Reading, Strategy/Reading Groups, Share Time
Writing Workshop
Word Study

14. Phoenix
For the 2017 school year, all teachers will continue to use Phoenix Grade Book to enter student grades. Parents and students will also still have access to a new and improved portals called ParentVUE and StudentVUE.
Parents and students will have near real-time access to information on assignments and grades, attendance, class schedules, graduation status and more.
ParentVUE offers a single sign-on to view school information for all siblings, regardless of the grade level or school of attendance. 

15. Grading Grading will be 1, 2, 3, 4 (with pluses)
Percentages will not be given on tests, instead it will be on the 4 point scale and they will also not have a letter grade assigned. Report cards will still have a letter assigned.
Differentiates master of skill vs. “going beyond” (application)
Grades will be updated in a timely manner in Phoenix
Papers will be sent home on Thursdays

16. BYOT Newton-Lee is now a BYOT school Initially, will not be everyday
Working towards integration
To sign: Signature Form and Student/Parent Technology Usage (Green forms)
Students Rights and Responsibilities/Media release

17. SOL Testing Math and Reading– 2 days testing
CAT testing
Science and Social Studies– Performance Task Assessments
Benchmark Testing

18. Conferences– sign up for October’s conferences is linked on my website
Communication
Phone
Website will be updated daily with homework
NLE notepad
Conferences– sign up for October’s conferences is linked on my website

19. Thank you for coming! Parent Homework:
Sign up to Volunteer- enroll in session if have never volunteered before
Giving Tree
Add on Parent Communication page
Go to website to sign up for conference!
Sign up for PTBoard on NLE website