Transcript WELCOME TO DAVID ELEMENTARY’S PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT!

WELCOME TO
PARENT
INFORMATION
NIGHT!
Daily Schedule
7:50-8:05 Enter Room and Begin Warm Ups
8:05 TARDY BELL
8:05-8:10 Announcements
8:10-9:10 AM Block
9:10-10:05 Specials
10:05-11:20 Continue AM Block
11:20- Switch to PM
11:20-11:35- Begin PM Block
11:35-12:05 Recess / Study Hall
12:05-12:35 Lunch
12:35-2:55 Continue PM Block
2:55 – Switch Back to Home Room
3:05- Dismissal
Parent Access & Student Handbook
All parents need to create a Parent Access Account
through CISD.
(This can be done through the CISD website.)
Through Parent Access, please read and sign electronically
the Student Handbook. This must be done by 9/17 or your
child will not be photographed for the yearbook.
The Student Handbook covers many important topics such
as:District Discipline Policy, Attendance, Grading, & Dress
Code.
(After reading if you have questions, please let us know.)
In Parent Access, PLEASE select to receive all your
student's grades (even if >80). This is how you will know
about your student's progress and will know what papers
to look for.
Attendance Policy
* Students need to come to school every day to provide the
building blocks for a great education.
* Attendance patterns are established early in life for
students.
* Parents model the value of education, including
attendance.
* Please schedule family vacations during school holidays.
* For the school state report card, David Elementary fell in
Quartile 2 for attendance rate , with a 97.1%. Quartile 1
attendance rate was 97.2%.
Attendance Policy cont'd
Students may start entering the room at 7:50. This is when
they complete their morning procedures and warm up.
At 8:05 the tardy bell rings and morning procedures should be
complete.
Instruction and checking of warm ups begins promptly after
announcements.
If your child is going to be absent, please call or email
before 8 am!!!
It is not only important for your child to be at school everyday,
but for them to be here for the ENTIRE day.
STUDY HALL
Study hall is a great place to finish your
work!
Study hall is used for:
•Incomplete work
•Missed work due to absence
•Extra time needed for assignments
•Injury/illness notes- When your child has a no
PE/Recess sticker they will go to study hall or sit
at a picnic table outside.
UFO's/Green Cards
Please check UFO's daily and sign. This is
where homework and important notes and
information are found.
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Green Cards go home each Wednesday.
Please sign and return the next day.
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REMEMBER, no checks are a good thing.
(Which is the equivalent to Satisfactory on
their report card!)
TRANSPORTATION
Changes: PLEASE send a written note with your child.
Include:
– Child's Full Name, Date, Change, & Parent
Signature.
– You can call as well. PLEASE make phone calls
before 2 pm to ensure they are delivered in time
to make the necessary changes.
– If you need to email a change the day of, PLEASE
do so before 2pm to Kim Mount: at
[email protected].
TRANSPORTATION
• If your child is a walker, parents should
establish a meeting place and wait there until
the student arrives.
• Parents of walkers should not be under the
front porch waiting. This will free up the
front area so that the car rider line can move
as quickly as possible.
Rainy Day Dismissal
On Rainy Day Dismissal, ALL Biker/Walkers are released
as Car Riders unless other arrangements have been
made.
If you drove to the school, please stay in your car instead
of parking and getting out. This is for the safety of the
children.
If you walk from home on those days, please do not wait
on the porch. There is no place for the children to sit as
car riders and this slows down dismissal greatly.
You must have your school issued car rider sign with you
to have your child released to you, or go into the office
and show your Driver's Licence.
WELCOME to Lunch Time
* You are always welcome to each lunch with
your child. Our lunch time is 12:05 to
12:35.
* Please eat with them at his/her table and
do not bring students from other tables
over. There is no separate table.
* When the teacher on duty gets on the
microphone for dismissal, please say
goodbye to your child so we can exit the
cafeteria as a grade level.
Birthday Treats
When sending in treats, please drop them off at the front
office or have your student bring them in.
No cake, cupcakes, cookie cakes, or treats with icing are
allowed.
Alternatives would be muffins, cookies (no icing), or non-food items
such as pencils, erasers, etc.
All treats must be store bought with ingredients listed.
Please send in napkins with any edible treats as we do not
have these items in our rooms. The treats will be shared at
the end of the day.
Thank you for following these guidelines!
(Items that do not follow guidelines will not be passed out and returned home.)
Birthday Parties
Please only allow your child to pass out party
invitations at school if they are inviting all the girls,
or all the boys, or the entire class. This helps to
alleviate any hurt feelings.
Students also are not allowed to pass out invitations
to students in other classes at school. We ask that
you please make other arrangements to deliver
these.
Thank you!
Water Bottles
Students may bring water
bottles to class to keep at
their desks.
Bottles should not be able to
be spilled if tipped over &
should only have water in
them (no additives).
(Screw on tops or flip tops aren't allowed as often the tops aren't put
on tightly or closed fully. Sports top bottles and Camelbacks are
examples of bottles that work well.)
Components to Math Instruction:
Daily Math Review
Curriculum
Problem Solving
Math Fluency
Number Sense
Logical Reasoning
Critical Thinking
Analogies & Visual Discrimination
Notebooks
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NOTEBOOKS ARE USED EVERY
DAY.
THEY ARE INTERACTIVE IN SUCH
THAT STUDENTS COPY NOTES,
CREATE CHARTS, DRAW PICTURES,
GLUE IMPORTANT INFORMATION,
RESPOND, etc.
THEY WILL GO HOME TO STUDY
FROM, BUT MUST BE RETURNED
EACH DAY!
Math Instruction
This year we will be doing Guided Math.
During Guided Math, students will rotate
through different activities as I work with a
small group.
Groups will be changed frequently and are
based on many factors.
All students will rotate through my station
and work with me.
We also do many cooperative and partner
activities, as well as switch students and
teachers at times.
Components to Science
Instruction:
* Curriculum
* Hands-On experiments
* Cooperative Learning
* Investigation
* Research
* Critical Thinking & Application
NEW Textbooks/Resources
This year, the district has adopted new
resources in both Math & Science. We are
working very hard to learn all of the ways that
they can be used.
Both resources will be available online as soon
as classes are uploaded and
username/passwords set.(Information will be
sent home as soon as it becomes available.)
Math & Science Homework
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Tuesday and Thursday will be Math and
Science homework nights.
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Please check the UFO for assignment
details. Homework is due the next day
unless otherwise written in the UFO.
Thank You!!!
Now it is time for your
child's switch teacher.
Stay seated and she
will be right in.
Language Arts
Components
-Cursive
-Word Study
-Writer's Workshop
-Poetry Performances
-Reader's Workshop
Reader's Workshop
Components of the program:
Daily Reading Log
Importance of Library Books
AR (Accelerated Reader) is a supplemental program to
my curriculum that is taught through Reader's
Workshop.
AR is a computer based program that consists of
vocabulary and comprehension tests that students will
take after completing books.
Students will take a placement test next week to
determine their individual reading range. This range
will change throughout the year.
A major grade will be taken each nine weeks based on the
progress and test scores from reader's workshop and
AR. The grade is determined by an average of their
overall percentage correct and percentage of goal met.
Students will have an individual goal set each nine weeks
based on their previous and current performance.
Students conference with me in order to determine an
appropriate goal to work toward.
Goals can be found at the top of the weekly green card
along with username and password.
Please sign up to get email alerts regarding your child's
AR account.
Weekly Reading Logs
Reading logs are sent out each Friday and should be
returned the following Friday.
•Students are responsible for filling out the logs for
the week.
•Parent signature is required for complete credit.
•If there is a “Think Sheet” or activity copied on the
back of the reading log, it is also due on Friday.
Language Arts/Social Studies
Homework
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Monday and Wednesday will be Language
Arts and Social Studies homework nights.
Please check the UFO for assignment
details.
Dropped off homework will still be
considered late. Each day late will result in
10 points deducted from the final grade. After
3 days the assignment will not be accepted.
Social Studies
Notebooks will come home to study for
tests. Please send back the next day.
-Homework will be assigned approximately
2 times per 9 weeks.
So.....what can you as a parent do to help
your 3rd grader be successful this year??
1. Read with your child and talk to them about their reading.
2. Ask your child why they got the answers that they did,
rather that just checking for accuracy.
3. Help your child study math facts.
4. Sign up to receive email alerts for AR so you can be an
active participant in their progress.
5. Sign up to receive email alerts for all grades so you can
have conversations at home about their school work.
6. Please help me to encourage your child to be responsible
for their own assignments. One of our biggest goals this
year is to foster independence!
Thank You
Contact Information:
Conference Time:
Mondays and Fridays from 9:10 -10:05
[email protected]
http://david.conroeisd.net/Teachers/hsommer/
[email protected]
http://david.conroeisd.net/Teachers/asolis/