1. WELCOME TO BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT! Ms. Ng and Yang Laoshi First Grade Immersion September 24, 2014

2. Agenda ◦Introduction ◦Goals ◦Daily Class Schedule ◦Curriculum ◦Homework ◦Reward System ◦Home Support ◦Contact Information

3. Introduction – About Ms. Ng ◦B.A. in Sociology (emphasis in Organizational Studies) from UC Davis ◦Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from San Diego State University ◦Secretly wishes that her life was a musical so people around her would burst into song and dance every 5 minutes

4. Goals ◦Inspire every child to love reading ◦Develop caring and responsible children ◦Teach every child to understand the concepts of math and explain their thinking process ◦Meet the needs of students through different levels of differentiating

5. Daily Schedule: M,T,TH,F Daily Schedule (M,T,TH,F) Prep: TH: 12:00 – 1:00 TimeSchedule 7:45 – 7:55 (10 minutes) Morning routine (DOL/Morning message/Calendar) 7:55 – 8:15 (20 minutes) Shared reading 8:15 – 8:50 (35 minutes) Writing 8:50 – 9:10 (20 minutes) Phonics/Word Study 9:10 – 9:50 (35 minutes) Guided Reading/Centers 9:50 – 10:00 (10 minutes) Math (Warm up/Introduce Lesson) 10:00 – 10:15Recess 10:15 – 10:40 (25 minutes) Continue Math (seat work/small groups) 10:40 – 10:45 (5 minutes) Clean up/pack up and get ready to transition 10:45Line up at Rm. 7 10:45 – 11:20 (35 minutes) Math 11:20 – 12:00Lunch 12:00 – 12:10 (10 minutes) DOL/Messages/Calendar 12:10 – 12:30 (20 minutes) Shared Reading 12:30 – 12:50 (20 minutes) Phonics/Word Study 12:50 – 1:25 (35 minutes) Guided Reading/Centers 1:25 – 2:00 (35 minutes) Writing 2:00 –2:10 (10 minutes) Clean up/pack up and get ready for pick up 2:10Dismissal 10:45 – 11:20 (35 minutes) Math 11:20 – 12:00Lunch 12:00 – 12:10 (10 minutes) DOL/Messages/Calendar 12:10 – 12:30 (20 minutes) Shared Reading 12:30 – 12:50 (20 minutes) Phonics/Word Study 12:50 – 1:25 (35 minutes)Guided Reading/Centers 1:25 – 2:00 (35 minutes)Writing 2:00 –2:10 (10 minutes) Clean up/pack up and get ready for pick up 2:10Dismissal TimeSchedule 7:45 – 7:55 (10 minutes) Morning routine (DOL/Morning message/Calendar) 7:55 – 8:15 (20 minutes)Shared reading 8:15 – 8:50 (35 minutes)Writing 8:50 – 9:10 (20 minutes)Phonics/Word Study 9:10 – 9:50 (35 minutes)Guided Reading/Centers 9:50 – 10:00 (10 minutes)Math (Warm up/Introduce Lesson) 10:00 – 10:15Recess 10:15 – 10:40 (25 minutes) Continue Math (seat work/small groups) 10:40 – 10:45 (5 minutes) Clean up/pack up and get ready to transition 10:45Line up at Rm. 7

6. Wednesday Schedule TimeSchedule 8:00 – 8:10 (10 minutes)Morning routine (DOL/Morning message/Calendar) 8:10 – 9:10 (55 minutes)Science 9:10 – 9:40 (30 minutes)Math 9:40 – 9:45 (5 minutes)Clean up/Get ready for transition 9:45Line up at Rm. 7 9:45 – 9:55 (10 minutes)Morning routine (DOL/Morning message/Calendar) 9:55 – 10:00 (5 minutes)Math (Intro) 10:00 – 10:15Recess 10:15 – 10:40 (25 minutes)Math 10:40 – 11:15 (40 minutes)Science 11:20 – 11:40Lunch 11:40 – 12:00 (20 minutes)Continue Science 12:00 – 12:10 (10 minutes)Clean up/pack up and get ready for pick up 12:10Dismissal

7. Curriculum Standards ◦What is Common Core? ◦http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/tl/whatareccss.asphttp://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/tl/whatareccss.asp ◦ELA/Social Studies/Science ◦http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/finalelaccssstandards.pdfhttp://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/finalelaccssstandards.pdf ◦Math ◦http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/ccssmathstandardaug2013.pdfhttp://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/ccssmathstandardaug2013.pdf

8. Homework ◦ELA packet will be given every Monday and are due on Friday ◦Math and Chinese will be given daily and are due the next day ◦Students are expected to read at least 20 minutes every night (including Friday)

9. Reward System ◦Individual ◦Clips ◦Everyone starts at green and moves up or down ◦Purple: Outstanding Citizen, Blue: Making Smart Choices, Green: Ready to Learn, Yellow: Make Better Choices, Red: Call or Note Home ◦Those who get Purple get a ticket ◦Tables ◦Table Points ◦Table with the most points at the end of the week gets 5 table points ◦Class ◦Marbles ◦50 marbles means a “class party” or extra recess time

10. Home Support ◦Raz-Kids ◦http://www.raz-kids.comhttp://www.raz-kids.com ◦Login information needed ◦Starfall ◦http://www.starfall.com/http://www.starfall.com/ ◦Free!

11. Contacts ◦Ms. Ng ◦Email: bng@sandi.net (best method)bng@sandi.net ◦Phone: (619)224-3306