Back to School Night

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Welcome!
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Back to School Night

• Room 3
• 2009-2010

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Welcome

• Introduction
• 9th year at St. Hedwig
• Education
• Undergraduate at CSULB
• Credential and Masters Degree at APU

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3rd Grade Teacher Web Page

• http//teacherweb.com/CA/SaintHedwig/MrsVillalobos
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Curriculum
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Religion (Sadlier Series)

• Jesus Gives us the Church
• We are members of the Church
• The Church leads us in worship
• We are called to Discipleship

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Math (Houghton Mifflin)

• Some of the concepts we will be exploring are
• Place Value up to hundred thousands
• Money and Time
• Addition and Subtraction 4 digit numbers
• Measurement
• MULTIPLICATION and DIVISION!
• Geometry
• Fractions and Decimals
• Data and Probability

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Literature Houghton Mifflin

• Weekly stories read in class.
• Vocabulary, reading comprehsion
• Tests done weekly on Friday

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Writing

• Students will be practicing different types of
  writing including persuasive, descriptive, and
  research.
• Displayed monthly in hallway and/or classroom

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English (Voyages in English)

• Personal letters
• Types of sentences
• Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs,
  Punctuation/Capitalization, and Diagramming.

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Social Studies

• Community and Geography
• Americas Early Communities
• People Move from Place to Place
• Community Government
• Making Economic Choices

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Art

• Meet The Masters Monthly
• Art intergrated into curriculum

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Science Mrs. Creason/Miss Nicholson

• Life Science
• Earth Science
• Physical Science

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Classroom Policies and Procedures

• Each student is responsible for their behavior.
  Students are expected to make good choices and to
  take responsibility for their actions. There are
  consequences, both good and bad, for their
  behavior.
• Responsibility Training
• Reports and Rewards
• Each student begins the week with 100 points.
• Five points (5) are deducted for a violation
  (multiple points can be deducted).
• Parents receive a written report each week.
• Parents then sign the report and return it to
  school the next school day.
• Weekly reports are averaged to determine the
  report card grade for conduct. A serious
  infraction of a school rule independent of the
  Responsibility Record Sheet will receive
  immediate intervention and consequence. An
  additional 65 will be averaged into their
  overall conduct grade.
• Students are responsible for knowing and
  communicating reasons for point deductions.

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Homework/Participation

• Homework will be given daily, Monday-Thursday.
  It is the students responsibility to complete
  and submit homework on time. On time work is work
  that is collected or checked off at the beginning
  of class. Anytime after that, it is considered
  LATE.
• Assignment turned in on time and complete Full
  Credit
• Assignment turned in late No Credit
• Except for Excused Absences
• Agendas will be provided for each student.
• Absences
• If a student is absent, it is the students
  responsibility to obtain any missed
  work/homework. Students have equal to the amount
  of days they are absent to make up the missed
  work.
• Participation will be a combination of class work
  and student involvement in the lessons.

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Grading

• Grading will be based on a point system. Ea
• To calculate the final grade at the end of the
  assessment period, the following school-wide
  grading scale will be used
• 100-93 A 79-77 C 62-60 D-
• 92-90 A- 76-73 C
  59 or Below F
• 89-87 B 72-70 C-
• 86-83 B 69-67 D
• 82-80 B- 66-63 D

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Gradelink

• Gradelink is an online grading system used
  throughout the school designed for teachers to
  communicate student progress.
• It will be updated on a weekly basis. Parents
  and students will be able to access detailed
  information regarding academic development from
  their personal computer.

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Parent Information/Involvement

• Book Order Volunteers
• Classroom Readers
• Craft Helpers
• Birthday Celebrations

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Room Mom
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EMAIL

• Email TVillalobos_at_sainthedwigparish.org
• Please note a 24 hour turn around period is
  expected to acknowledge all email.

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Other Information

• Please do not drop off your childs lunch in the
  classroom. Leave it in the health room for pick
  up at lunch time
• Any test that does not have a name on it will
  automatically be deducted 5 points.
• Home work requests for a sick child will need one
  full school day notice. I
• We will be doing centers every Wednesday at
  145pm. Please join us if you can.
• A requirement of 5 AR tests are to be done during
  each quarter.