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

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

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  

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!

Seven Habits of Happy Kids

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

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

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

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

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 email, CC: Angela Ferrer to ensure request is received

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

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

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

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. 

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

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

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

Conferences– sign up for October’s conferences is linked on my website Communication E-mail: amy.sorensen@lcps.org Phone 571.252.1535 Website will be updated daily with homework NLE notepad Conferences– sign up for October’s conferences is linked on my website

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