Welcome to Back to School Night!

Welcome to Back to School Night! Fourth and Fifth Grades Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:30-7:30

Reading Strategies • Predict/Infer • Phonics/Decoding • Visualize • Monitor/Clarify • Question • Evaluate • Summarize

Mathematics • Numbers to millions and billions • Subtraction, Addition, Multiplication, Division • Decimals and Fractions • Geometry • Data and Analysis • Problem Solving

Science • Fourth Grade • Electricity and Magnetism • Rocks and Minerals • Ecosystems • Fifth Grade • Human Body and Plant Systems • Chemistry and the Periodic Table of Elements • The Solar System, Water Cycle, and Weather

History/Social Studies • Fourth Grade • California History • Native Americans • Explorers and Spanish Missions • Gold Rush • Westward Expansion • Fifth Grade • United States History • Native Americans • Explorers and Colonization • Revolutionary and Civil Wars • Location of 50 states and capitols

Physical Education (P.E.) • 100 minutes per week • Activities/Exercises/Running • Physical Fitness Test • Healthy Life Style • Eat a healthy breakfast each morning • Wear appropriate shoes and clothing

Visual and Performing Arts/P.E. (VAPA) • 90 minutes every other week on Mondays • 45 minutes of P.E. and 45 minutes of Music with credentialed P.E. and Music teachers.

Other Programs • Life Skills Training • Building Self-Esteem • Decision Making • Tobacco Prevention • Communication Skills • Family Life (5th Grade) • Field Trips

Homework • 50 minutes/night • Monday-Thursday • Unfinished work brought home on Friday • Reading, Spelling, Math, • Sometimes Science/Social Studies • Agendas/Parent Signature

Parent Communication • E-mail (will be given in your child’s classroom) • Telephone (714) 894-7261 • Notes • Tests sent home to be signed • Parent Conferences

Academic/Behavior Expectations • “3 R Club” • Making Better Choices • Classroom goals • Stay on Task. • Follow Directions. • Listen to learn. • Respect others. • Complete work on time. • Follow the playground rules.

Academic/Behavior Expectations “3 R Club” Poor Choice Consequences • 1st pink slip- Warning! (missed work results in recess detention). • 2nd Pink slip – Student has recess detention. Pink slip is sent home for the parents to sign and return (student will have recess detention until slip is returned). • 3rd pink slip – The student and teacher will have a conference. Parents will be notified. • 4th pink slip – Referral to the office (behavior will be noted on student’s permanent record). • * Breaking of major school rules results in immediate office referral. • **All pink slips are kept and used for citizenship marks on report cards.

Academic/Behavior Expectations MAKING BETTER CHOICES Student # _______ Name: _____________________ Date: _____/_____/______ I didn’t make a good choice today. I didn’t obey one of our classroom rules (You can see the checked rule below). I’m going to make a better choice next time. Comments:_______________________________________________________________________________________________ Parent Signature: _________________________________

Report Card and Grading • 5 - Exceeding the grade level standards • 4 – Meeting the grade level standards • 3 – Progressing towards grade level standards • 2 – Minimal progress towards grade level standards • 1 – Performance is significantly below grade level standards Grading and Report Card will be discussed at the first Parent-teacher Conference.

Thank you for coming! • Any questions? • Please discuss any questions you might still have when you continue with Back to School Night in your child’s individual classrooms. Miss Keating F-1 Miss Johnson E-3 Ms. Lee F-5 Ms. Lam F-3 Mrs. Derr F-4 Ms. LeBlanc E-2 Ms. Kanemaki E-4 Mrs. Shaver D-2

Welcome to Back to School Night!