Back to School Night2014-2015Mrs. Brown

Room Number B117

• Aligned to meet the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

• Information is online and was sent home first week of school

• http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/• www.corestandards.org

(Reading, Writing, Spelling, Vocabulary)

Comprehensive literacy program

Aligned to Common Core State Standards

5 units; 5 lessons (cycles/weeks) per unit

Each unit focuses on a “Big Idea,” and each lesson in a unit focuses on an “Essential Question” related to the unit’s “Big Idea”

1 end of year unit (not included in the 5 mentioned above)

Tests every week/cycle on the lesson (whole group story)

Assessment Weekly Tests Unit Tests (at the end of 5 lessons/weeks) Weekly Spelling Tests Benchmark assessments Running records Leveled practice Writing prompts and daily edits Diagnostic assessment (beginning of year and ongoing) Comprehensive Screening Analysis (beginning of year) Fluency assessments Teacher observation in guided reading groups Independent literacy related work Completed writing pieces (long and short)

- Focus on vocabulary in context- Focus on responding to reading- Focus on using proof from the text- Focus on non-fiction, expository texts- Focus on Close Reading

- Guided Reading instruction- Interactive Notebooking and centers - Online: www.thinkcentral.com - Online: www.raz-kids.com

Spelling 18 words per week that go along with the whole

group texts 14 basic words, 2, review words, 2 challenge

words

Daily whole group spelling lessons V-C-e spellings; prefixes and suffixes; double

consonants, etc.

Daily whole group phonics lessons EX) long and short vowels; words with “air” “ear”

and “are”; double “o”, compound words, etc.

New Writing programWRITE STEPS

Write Steps works because it weaves writing pedagogy best practices into highly teachable daily lessons and focuses entirely on Common

Core skills development. Combines Traits Based Writing with the

Writing Process

GRAMMAR

• Taught both in context through the Write Steps program AND in isolation through Journeys

Built Around the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Organized around Essential Questions for focused content Sequenced instruction to ensure student success Written to explicitly address the new CCSS

Focuses on the Standards of Mathematical Practice Multiple experiences to build conceptual understanding Modeling, reasoning, and productive disposition activities Real-world problem-solving examples required for success.

Digital Tools Chapter videos Virtual tutors – great for “at home” support Animations All resources and materials available online under child’s account. Virtual manipulatives – offer anytime, anywhere access to modeling tools such as

base ten blocks, money, counting cubes, attribute blocks, calendar, balance, and more.

Assignments for individuals, group, or whole classes Downloadable math apps to build fluency in computation skills and strategies (Games run on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch)

Multiple ways to ensure success for every student Hands on lessons – introduces key concepts through concrete modeling with

manipulatives. My Learning Station – Center activities, problem solving cards and game boards

offer differentiation and practice. Real World Problem Solving Readers – fun ways to apply problem solving

strategies.

Place Value Addition Subtraction Understand Multiplication Understand Division Multiplication and Division Patterns Apply Multiplication and Division Properties and Equations Fractions Measurement Represent and Interpret Data Perimeter and Area Geometry

Instruction occurs in classroom and science lab

Units of Study: Sun, Moon, Stars Structures of Life Chemical Tests

Social Studies Alive (3 times per cycle)

Teacher’s Curriculum Institute TCI Approach:

Standards Based Content

Preview Assignment

Multiple Intelligence Teaching Strategies

Considerate Text

Graphically Organized Reading Notes

Processing Assignment

Multiple Intelligences Assessment

Theory Based-Active Instruction

Please refer to online Student/Parent Handbook on website.• Attendance Policy

• Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying Policy

• Food Policy (no food for birthdays)• Behavior Policy

Brains, Class points, 3 Strikes You’re Out!

My expectations are that students will come to school prepared and ready to learn. They will try their

best. I also expect students to treat others with respect and kindness.

Our class mission statement outlines the rules we follow in class. We have had several discussions about what the words to the mission statement

mean and how it looks in the classroom.

• Dismissal begins at 3:18 and lasts until 3:25

• New procedures for parent pick up• Try to avoid picking child up between

3:00-3:18• Always send a note or cc Donna

Giampietro if you have any changes to how your child will go home. Please send notes/calls in the morning. No

calls/notes regarding dismissal will be accepted after 3pm UNLESS IT’S AN

EMERGENCY

Grading is based on the following:90-100 = A80-89 = B70-79 = C63-69 = D

62- below = FVarious assignments within each subject area are weighted differently to

assure that students’ grades come from more than just tests and participation

Check Genesis frequently for grades.

MTES: 10 minutes X grade level per night (excluding independent reading)

Students are expected to turn in homework when it is due

Students are responsible for own HW

Not allowed to come back after school hours to get something “left behind”

Encourage independence and responsibility

Students should pack their OWN backpacks

Sign assignment pad each night

Section on report card for HW

Number of days absent = number of days to complete work

Work scan be sent home with a neighbor or you can pick it up at school

Policy of vacations during school

Picture Day is September 26th

PARCC: March and May 2015

Wax Museum (sometime in March/April)

Email: sbrown@mansfieldschool.com

Phone: 298-2037 ext: 5217

Notes: Please write on a separate sheet of paper so I can place it in child’s file, respond to it, or send to

office if needed.

VIP Folders

Assignment Pads

www.thinkcentral.com Journeys

http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com My Math

http://www.raz-kids.com/main/LoginOnline Leveled Reading www.adaptedmind.com

Online math practicewww.frontrowed.comOnline math practicewww.xtramath.org

Online math practce

www.parcconline.orgPARCC testing

www.wordcentral.comOnline dictionary and thesarus for children

www.drive.google.comGoogle Drive

www.corestandards.orgCommon Core

A great way to stay informed!www.mansfieldschool.com

Classrooms; 3rd Grade; 3 Brown

Homework

Access to: Genesis Gradebook, Think Central (Journeys), My Math (online games, fact practice, assignments, etc.

Upcoming Events Links Scholastic ordering info.

Special schedule Links to other helpful online “games”

Other important information

THANK YOU!!Thank you for coming! We look forward to

spending the year with you and your children!

Don’t Forget To:Write a note to you child, sign up for

December Conferences, AND take folder on your child’s desk home with you!