Welcome to Back to School

Night!Miss SaffroRoom 4023rd Grade2015-2016

Back to School Agenda• General Rules and

Expectations• Schedule• Curriculum• Common Core

Standards• Grading• Aeries

Gradebook/Report Cards

• Homework/Agenda Book

• Special Activities• Communication/

Website• Volunteer Sign-up• Items that need to be

signed/returned• Questions

General Rules and Expectations• 3rd grade is a year for

organization, taking responsibility for their own learning, focusing on independence and critical thinking.

• State testing in the spring

• Discipline Plan and Dress• Code

Schedule for Room 402

Language Arts• Reading

– Foundational Skills– Literature (Fiction)– Informational Text (Non-fiction)– Multimedia– AR/6 Minute Solution

• Writing– Purpose/Range/Research– Conventions/Language/Vocab– Cursive writing– Spelling City

• Speaking/Listening– Comprehend/Collaborate– Present

– Houghton Mifflin Reading Series

Math• My Math series (McGraw Hill)

• Grade level concepts, games, distributed learning, and projects

Topics: • Operations and Algebraic Thinking

(multiply/divide, choose correct operations)

• Numbers and Operations in Base 10 (place value, add/subtract, large numbers)

• Numbers and Operations of Fractions (form, value, compare)

• Measurement and Data (time, length/volume/mass, graphs, area)

• Geometry (shapes/attributes)

Social StudiesOnline Learning Exchange

Pearson Scott Foresman

• 3rdGrade - Our Communities

– Land and Water in Your Area– California Natives Past and

Present– Your Community Over Time– Rules and Laws– The Economy of Your Region

Science

• Foss Science

• Science Journal

• Main Topics:– Investigation:

Tools and Scientific Method

– Physical Science:Matter and Energy

– Life Science: Structures of Life

– Earth Science: Sun, Moon and Stars

Common Core – What is it??

Common Core Resources for Parents• A set of academic standards

which outline what a student should know at the end of each grade level.

• A progression of learning from one grade to the next.

• Teaches students to access information through a set of critical thinking skills.

• It will help students meet the challenges of today and tomorrow, including communications skills, perseverance in problem solving, technical reading and writing, literacy across disciplines, and the most important mathematical skills.3rd Grade "I Can" Statements

Grading

SVUSD Standards Based Grading Information

District Rubric Grading Scale (on all graded assignments/tests/report cards): 4: Standards Exceeded: Exceeds and Expands –

consistently demonstrates greater depth and application of the standards

3: Standards Met: Consistent Achievement – consistently meets grade level standards independently

2: Standards Nearly Met: Partial Achievement – inconsistently demonstrates understanding of standards addressed, student is beginning to understand

1: Standards Not Met: Minimal Achievement – seldom demonstrates skill or understanding and is not

meeting standards

Aeries Gradebook and Report Cards

WE ARE ON THE SEMESTER SYSTEM Standards Based Report cards will go home

in December and June

You can access grades as they are inputted when you login to the

Aeries Parent Portal

This will eliminate surprises when report cards come due.

Please try to check once a week to keep current.

Homework

Agenda Books should be checked daily!

Assignments are also listed on my website.

• District expectation is approximately 30-45 minutes nightly for all 3rd graders

• Additional reading 30 minutes every night

• Most nights: Math and either Vocab, Spelling or Grammar

• Approx. once a week: Science and Social Studies

• Unfinished class work as assigned by teacher

• Extensions for Science labs, Reading units, Social Studies

Special Activities

P.E. is twice a week for 50 minutes with another 3rd grade class

Library/Computer Lab is once a week for 45 minutes

Chromebooks will be used once a week for special lessons/projects

Field Trips: To be determined

Communication

• Weekly Report/Weekly Note• You may leave me a

message at school at 520-6730, ext. 2233

• Or email me (best method) at jana.saffro@simivalleyusd.org

• Please check out the class website for regularly updated information on current studies, homework, upcoming due dates, etc.

• Sign up for Remind for quick notifications

Parent Volunteers• Volunteer forms/Driver’s License must be updated/on file in the office each year

We need assistance with:• P.E.

Monday 12:45-1:30Thursday 11:00-11:45

• Library Thursday 8:15-9:00

• Co-Room Parents and Assistants

• Special Occasions/Events

Required signed items (*) Please try

to return by TOMORROW

• *Library Permission slip• *Accelerated Reader contract• (0ptional) Parent Volunteer form.

– MUST INCLUDE A COPY OF CURRENT DRIVER’S LICENSE.

PLEASE DON’T FORGET TO GO ONLINE TO UPDATE THE PARENT PORTAL BY NEXT WEEK.

Any questions???