Mrs. Heths 2018-2019 Back to School Night Presentation - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• Mrs. Heth’s 2018-2019

Back to School Night Presentation

COMMUNICATION

• Email me (mheth@fcusd.org), but if time sensitive

please call

• Ask another classroom parent
• Check my website
• Check the weekly Newsletters!
• Wednesday Folders Notes
• Conferences via

Supplies

• Supply list posted on Oak Chan’s website
• water bottle
• Red and yellow folders as well as a testing folder
• Mechanical pencils preferred
• Headphones

BIG CHANGES FROM 2ND -3RD GRADE

• Increased pace
• Nightly home practice/homework
• Weekly homework sheet
• More problems in math
• Tests harder
• Typing/Writing google classroom (docs)
• Grades online

SCHOOL RULES Safe Kind On task Responsible Respectful

BOOKS

• Any classroom book (including my classroom library

books) can be taken home

• 2 books checked out at the Library returned weekly
• Scholastic Book/Computer Club (when no book fair) --

Optional with a one week turn in

Curriculum

• Language Arts Series -- Benchmark -- AR tests; weekly

reading log; consumable books; fewer spelling words; and book reports once a trimester

• Social Studies -- NEW ( California Communities) TCI --

Open Book Tests and reports

• Math -- Pearson (Can access through student login on

PowerSchool)

• Science -- New NGSS based, Supplementary Packet/

Scott Foresman/Mystery Science experiments

• Nightly homework sheet -- students fill out from list on board-- parent signature
• Generally 3 Items:

Reading Log, Math Practice Page, Cursive, (and Thursday night spelling)

• For clarification on assignment:

call neighbor, check newsletter, or website for big projects

• Monday - Thursday
• Filed papers sent home in Wednesday folders -- check for redo's

hold on to papers until grade check-- errors occasionally made

• Please proofread/check work
• Due the next day by 8:25

GRADES

• M=Meets 85-100%

D=Developing 60-84% L=Limited 0-59%

• PowerSchool Portal access to grades-- Updated at least once weekly
• Most classwork/homework is 2 points
• Rubrics are used for larger assignments
• Quizzes are generally 5-25 points
• Math, Science and Social Studies tests are generally 100 points
• Late work is half credit or 10 percentage points per day on large projects
• redos not fixed -- after a week become permanent
• can’t redo tests
• Missing work = 0% and is a major grade drop!

CLASSROOM HELPERS

• I LOVE PARENT HELPERS!
• Must have a TB test, category

2 form, and be fingerprinted

• Parent Helper sign up sheet
• PTO