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

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. 3rd Grade is Wired!
Go to:

6. 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.

7. 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)

8. 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

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

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

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

12. 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% % √ Satisfactory
B 83% - 87% √- Needs improvement
B % - 83% Below grade level
C+ 77% - 79,5%
C 73% - 77% Writing
C- 69.5% - 73% (90% - 100%)
D+ 67% % (80% - 89%)
D 63% – 67% (70% - 79%)
D- 57% – 63% (1% - 69%)
F below 57% (0%)

13. 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

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

15. 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

16. 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)

17. 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

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