Welcome to Back-to-School Night Third Grade – Room 14 Mrs. Dao

Agenda Introduction Important School Personnel Website (hand-outs, homework, projects, special dates) Students Expectations Daily Schedule and Specials Curriculum Assessments Grading Weekly Folder Attendance and Homework Policy Conferences & Report Cards

Introduction Married Graduated from San Jose State University (BA $ MA) GATE certificate from UCI Have been teaching since 1992 Have been teaching at Tamura since 1998 Taught K-6 and 8th Grade GATE Mentor Teacher

Important School Personnel 714-375-6226 Principal – Mrs. Kathy Davis Office Manager – Mrs. Cheryl Hall Office Assistant – Mrs. Helen Moreno School Nurse - TBA

3rd Grade is Wired! Go to: http://tamura.fvsd.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=574393&type=u&pREC_ID=883097

Students Expectations 3 rules: Making good decisions, showing respect, and solving problems. Come to class and be on time. Complete class work on time. Do all homework and bring them to school every day. Bring all necessary materials to class. Be an active learner- participate! AR - Read 20+ minutes every night. Practice multiplication and division facts daily.

Discipline Plan Positive Reinforcement - Money - Class Store - Responsibility Parties Behavior Chart - Individual (Calendar – Green -> earn $, yellow -> warning, pay $, orange -> clean up & pay $, blue -> pay $ & note home, red -> pay $, citation, principal) Group Reward Letter to parents/Citations (Sign and Return)

Curriculum Reading and Grammar- Houghton Mifflin Spelling- Words Their Way. Writing- Writer’s Workshop (Narrative, Opinion, Informative/Explanatory) Math - Houghton Mifflin - Math Expressions – Math Wall + CGI Social Studies – Orange County & Our Communities - Scott Foresman and District materials Science - Beckman Science Kits & Scott Foresman Science Textbook, California Edition. littleBits Cursive Handwriting - Scholastic and Daily Handwriting Practice. Differentiatedinstruction – GATE

Assessments Fountas and Pinnell (3 times) District Benchmark tests (Math, Reading, Writing: - 1st trimester - 2nd trimester - 3rd trimester Smarter Balanced Assessment - May 2017

Daily Schedule 8:00 – 10:00 - ELA 10:00 – 10:20 - Recess 10:20 – 11:20 - Math 11:20 – 12:20 - Cursive, Social Studies, PE 12:20 – 12:55 - Lunch/Recess 12:55 – 1:10 - Read Aloud 1:20 – 2:20 - Science Thursdays – Dismissal at 12:35

Specials Computer Lab-TBA Music-Tuesday – 11:30 Library-Thursday – TBA Class Store- Last Friday of the month

Grading This year students will be given letter grade. A+ 99% - 100% * Excellent A 93% - 99% + Very Good A- 89.5% - 93% √+ Good B+ 87% - 89.5% √ Satisfactory B 83% - 87% √- Needs improvement B- 79.5% - 83% - Below grade level C+ 77% - 79,5% C 73% - 77% Writing C- 69.5% - 73% 4 (90% - 100%) D+ 67% - 69.5% 3 (80% - 89%) D 63% – 67% 2 (70% - 79%) D- 57% – 63% 1 (1% - 69%) F below 57% 0 (0%)

Weekly Folder Signature is required Return folder the following day Read all the notices/flyers from school Keep papers until checking all gradebooks Our weekly communication

Attendance If your child is absent, please call the office or send an email to Mrs. Hall at hallc@fvsd.us and Mrs. Moreno at morenoh@fvsd.us . All assignments will need to be completed the following night for HW.

Homework Assignments will be written on the HW assignment sheet by the students. It is also posted on the website. Parents need to check and sign off the HW assignment sheet every night. All assignments are due the following day unless otherwise directed. Optional: Typing – 10 minutes daily

Conferences & Report Cards Report Card Dates: End of 1st trimester – December 20th, 2017 End of 2nd trimester – March 28th, 2018 End of 3rd trimester – June 21st, 2018 Parent -Teacher Conference Dates : October 30th– November 4th, 2017 (Fall) February 21st – 23rd, 2018 (Spring)

Contact Me Work Phone-714-375-6226 E-mail- daoh@fvsd.us Send me a note in the homework folder Send me a note in the weekly folder

Please write to your child. Thanks for coming, I look forward to a fantastic year!