Before We Begin…

2. Before We Begin… Questions are very important and I want to answer them all! As you find yourself with a question: • Write it on a post it (at tables) • Place it on the whiteboard under the “Questions” section. ***I will be responding to all of these through a group message on class dojo” ******For student specific questions- please send me a message for a conference so we can meet******

3. Choose a Sticky, Don’t be Picky On our door are a few classroom needs. Please choose 1,2,3,4 or more to help our classroom!

4. Welcome! Mrs. Poustforoush www.mrspoustforoush.com Email: Arielle.hattan@doralacademynv.org Or Message me on Class Dojo Office Hours: M-F 8am-8:30am, M,W 3:45-4:30pm ***Other times may be used on a need basis to accommodate schedules***

5. CHAMPS Rules • Be Safe • Be Respectful • Be Responsible • Incentives Class dojo points, Money on Credit Cards Class Dojo Behavior system earning positive or negative points during the day Access through the computer or by phone (download the app!) Communication regarding behavior takes place via class dojo, or email if necessary. Please sign up if you have not done so to stay connected about your child’s daily progress and behavior!

6. How Else Can We Work Together? • Check Class Dojo regularly • Keep me updated with a message about how your child is doing at home • Encourage life skills we are working on in class and outside of school • Celebrate wonderful moments at home!

7. ^ Sample Morning work (reading, writing, reviewing) Math Brain Break & Snack Lunch & Recess Reading Language - spelling, grammar, vocabulary Writing Special Pack up Read Aloud type here type here .KJBK

8. Formative vs. Summative • Classwork (20%) • Assessments (80%) • Minimum F • Infinite Campus • Progress Report Grades Grading

9. WONDERS Focusing on Current Learning Skills • Building a strong reading foundation • Accessing complex text • Finding and using text evidence • Engaging in collaborative conversations • Writing with and referencing sources The Curriculum- Common Core Aligned • Reading, Writing, Vocabulary, Spelling, Phonics/Fluency • Reading: Whole Group, Shared, Independent *****Focus on comprehension***** • Writing Workshop: developing good writing habits

10. WONDERS What We’ll Be Learning • Reading/Writing Workshop-“The Key” to Common Core Standards • Literature Anthology- Close Reading, builds stamina, connects reading to writing • Leveled Readers- ELL, Approaching, On-Level, Beyond • Assessments- Weekly- multiple choice, fluency Why it’s Great! • Teaches current learning skills • Differentiation ability for all levels • Helps to address the achievement gap Ways To Help Your Child • Practice spelling and vocabulary words at home with child • Have child read at home for pleasure as often as possible

11. 6 prompts throughout the year • 3 formative (20% of total writing grade) • 3 summative (80% of total writing grade) Writing Prompts based of the standards of narrative, informational, and opinion.

12. Circle Map • Topic inside • Ideas outside • Circle main ideas

13. Flee Map • Writing prompt • Introduction • Main ideas • Supporting details • Conclusion

14. Investigations The Curriculum • NVACS, adapted to fit real world scenarios • Use of games, manipulatives, discussions What We’ll Be Learning • Story problems with addition, subtraction, and multiplication • Introduction to division and fractions • Area, perimeter, geometry, and measuring Ways To Help Your Child • http://www.pwcsmath.com/investigations2.htm • TenMarks • Xtra Math Fact Practice • Family letters for each investigation • Practicing addition, subtraction and multiplication facts

15. FOSS: Full Option Science System • FOSS is a research-based science curriculum developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley. • FOSS is also an ongoing research project dedicated to improving the learning and teaching of science. • The FOSS program materials are designed to meet the challenge of providing meaningful science education for all students in diverse American classrooms and to prepare them for life in the 21st century. FOSS KITS • Science Curriculum Coach • NGSS Standards http:/www.nextgenscience.org/ • FOSS Website http://www.fossweb.com/home

16. Thematic Units: The organization of a curriculum around a central theme or a series of lessons that integrate subjects across the curriculum that will tie into the main theme of the unit. Each activity has a main focus toward the thematic idea. • History • Geography • Economics • Civics

17. 30-40 minutes of homework per day: • Reading and Reading Log (30 Minutes) • Math or Language Arts Review • Vocabulary Words Homework goes home Monday. Homework is due Monday of the next week. *Homework is checked for completion, timeliness, and a parent signature*

18. Arts Integration • Arts integration is instruction that integrates content and skills from the arts—dance, music, theater, and the visual arts—with other core subjects. Arts integration occurs when there is a seamless blending of the content and skills of an art form with those of a co-curricular subject. • Throughout the year students will learn Arts Integration strategies to enrich their learning. Some of these strategies include Tableaus, and Moving through Math.

19. Wellness Policy • Doral Academy - Fire Mesa will be participating in the National School Lunch Program during the 2017-2018 school year to provide free and reduced priced school meals to families that qualify. Implementing a Wellness Policy is a component of this program. We will be closely following the guidelines as listed in the Wellness Policy. Please contact Beckie Dehner at Doral Academy - Fire Mesa if you have any questions at beckie.dehner@doralacademynv.org or 702-901-4950.

20. Transportation • Please make sure your child knows how they will be picked up that day. • Carpool Lane: Students wait inside with Mrs. Wise and sent out when your code is scanned. • Walkers: Students wait on their dot with their designated teacher and wait for parents to walk up. Students must inform a 3rd grade teacher that they are leaving. • Please communicate with the front office or myself if there is a change in your child’s pick-up.