Back to School Night2015/2016

Welcome!•Feel free to look around and find your child’s seat, please write a short note to your child on the white half sheet

•Please read, sign and fill out the first four pages in your packet.

•Presentation will begin at 6:35 PM

Our philosophy of education includes creating a positive environment where all students learn, excel, and flourish. We believe in encouraging problem-solving and risk-taking strategies so that students are able to reach their potential and develop higher order thinking and reasoning skills. As teachers, we work with students at their individual learning levels encouraging working cooperatively and independently thereby building self-esteem and a sense of community. We strongly believe that creating and maintaining a high level of self-esteem is key in creating a positive learning environment. Most importantly, we try to model a love of learning guiding towards academic excellence and the attainment of daily and long term goals.

Our Philosophy of Education

Create a safe and nurturing classroom environment

Celebrate accomplishments, regardless of size

Provide instruction at an appropriate level so that all students make measurable academic gains

Classroom Goals

Weekly Newsletter : recap from previous week, preview of week to come, important dates. This will be emailed out on Wednesday nights.

Web Site: www.mrsshinnefield.com Phone 760-943-2051 E-mail

Lindsay.Shinnefield@eusd.net Kristie.mahin@eusd.net

Parent/Teacher Communication

Positive reinforcements through rewards and opportunities. Individual: weekly behavior chart, raffle tickets

Team: Points rewarded for whole table on task. Winning table gets raffle tickets

Whole Class Points: P.A.T= Wednesday Fun

Classroom Management

Students will be expected to work for 40 minutes per night on the following…

Paper component will be emailed out on Monday mornings. This consists of Language Arts, Math, and Spelling

Online component may include

- Ten Marks or Xtra Math (5-10 Minutes)

- Spelling City (5-10 Minutes) Silent/Shared Reading (15 Minutes) Please write us a note on the incomplete page(s) if you

find your child is working beyond the 40 min. Parents are encouraged to check work Return packets on Friday in daily/red folder

We do not return homework

Homework

There will be a strong emphasis on conceptual understanding, skills, fluency, and application.

ST Math Online curriculum that is very conceptual and focused on

Common Core standards. Math fact quizzes TenMarksXtramath

Another online math curriculum that reinforces math fluency.

Daily math warm-ups, problem solving, and brain teasers

Math GamesMountain Math

Math

• Marcy Cook Tiles• Blue binders (introducing many third grade concepts) and

white binders (expanding upon second grade standards). • CGI Math

• Problem solving utilizing different strategies• Arithmetwists

• For both second and third grade• Mountain Math• ST Math• TenMarks• To qualify for an accelerated enrichment program, all

students need to have scored above 90% on both common core based assessments. These were administered the first week of school. • This will be discussed on an individual basis, at

conferences.

What is offered for Extension/ Enrichment in Math?

The common core shift is toward building knowledge through content rich non fiction. The students will need to support their comprehension with evidence from the text, using academic language.

Houghton Mifflin Reading National Geographic Reader’s Workshop

Shared Reading Guided Reading

Reading groups Independent reading

Accelerated Reader Phonic and Grammar Center Cards Myon Imagine Learning Daily language practice Spelling

Regular, extension and alternate lists. Writer’s Workshop

Word work, pre-writing, writing, and publishing Genres: expository, narrative, opinion Learning Headquarters Curriculum

Class library Leveled and students will know which “colors” to read They may also check books out from our school library

Centers

Language Arts

Units from the College of William and Mary Beyond Words

Supplemental program Novel sets

Includes curriculum and writing prompts

Junior Great Books- Students use evidence from the text to support their discussions and classwork. Literature series

Guided, leveled, reading groups Students will analyze complex text and will

use and become more familiar with the academic language presented.

What is offered for extension/ enrichment in Language Arts?

We’ll use rubric grades of 1, 2, 3, 4, and +/-.

The rubric numbers stand for the following:

4 = Significantly above grade level standard 3 = at the grade level standard 2 = approaching, but below grade level standard 1 = significantly below the grade level standard

Grading

Previous report card aligned to previous California content standards

CCSS- deeper, more rigorous Focus on acquire, analyze, and apply Find the following on our district website under

the Educational Services Page:- Report Card Overview video- Report Card Draft- Report Card Resources

New Report Card

www.eusd.net

Treats (food and non-food items)Try to keep food treats healthy for

example, fruit popsicles, popcorn, fruit cups, yogurt, fudgesicles, apple dippers, etc.

Alternate treats include: stickers, pencils, yo yos, etc…

Birthdays

Mrs. Shinnefield/Mrs. Mahin- Science- Exploring Earth’s Surfaces

Ms. Roman- SS- Living in Our Country Mrs. Weber- SS- Depending on Others Science Consultant: Physical Science E.O.Thursday 8:10-8:40

Rotations Tuesdays 1:15-2:10

Media Center: Thursdays 10:30-11:00Science Consultant: E.O. Thursday 8:10-8:40Arts Attack: 2-3 Mondays 1-2Garden: once a month on Mondays 1-2Yoga: Mondays 8:15-8:50Wheel: Thursdays from 11:25-2:20

Yoga, PE, Mac Lab and Music

Special Classes

Star student-determined on Fridays Red/Daily folder (comes to school and

home everyday) Tardies and absences Field Trips: zoo, theater performance Wish List: see front door Snack- Keep it healthy!

Odds and Ends

Volunteer Sign-Ups Volunteer Code of Conduct Form We need regular volunteers for language arts

and math. Art Ed./PE/Garden Science Room parent/s Yearbook page coordinator Science Night ECC Fund Scholastic book orders

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!!

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