Welcome to Back to School Night

Welcome to Back to School Night

Casablanca American SchoolPre First -PFBMrs. Nellor

Agenda

• Introduction/Parent Communication/Webpage• Overview of Pre First and Class Expectations• Dispositions/Student of the Week• Schedules/Library/PE• Lunch and Snack – Monthly Menu• Invitation to Join Us - Room Parents• Homework and Homework Folders• Course Descriptions• Open Circle• Class Activities for Parents - Data Surveys• Parent/Teacher Conferences• Student Portfolios and Moving Up Folders• Field Trips• School Dress Code• Questions

Learning is Fun!

Learning is Fun!

Learning is Fun!

Learning is Fun!

Learning is Fun!

Learning is Fun!

Learning is Fun!

Learning is Fun!

Learning is Fun!

Learning is Fun!

Learning is Fun!

Learning is Fun!

Introduction –Classroom Environment• Supportive and fun! Engaging!• Center-based & Hands-On• Developmentally Appropriate• Kids should want to be at school!• Learning should be challenging

and motivating!• Responding to literature.• DISCOVERY! Life-long learning.• Problem-solving skills • Multiple intelligences celebrated. • Integrated learning

The Home Connection-Communication

• Homework Folders• Reading Journals• Weekly Homework Packets• Special Projects• Challenge Math or Activities• Reading Support in Home Language• Tutoring• Webpage as a resource• Web links on Webpage• Notes can be translated or contact

Miss Fatima Zahra by e-mail.

Management Plan• Points System – Popsickle Chart• No one has the right to interfere with

another’s learning, safety or well-being.• Tomorrow is a Better Day!• Class meetings and compliments- Open

Circle• Management plan supports student

success!• Dispositions support positive learning

environment.• Cooperative learning emphasized• Home Connection – Notes or calls if

concerns• Positives also celebrated!

Classroom Expectations

• Listen• Respect others and our

school • Walk quietly in the

classroom and the hallway• Follow directions

• Be safe• Have fun and learn!

Dispositions

• Respectful• Enthusiastic for Learning

• Creative• Responsible• Reflective

• Community-Minded• Ethical

*Open Circle is a time to focus on dispositions, classroom

concerns, social skills and compliments.

Student of the Week• Each child in alphabetical order will get a week to be a

Super Star/Super Kid!• Paper to fill out at home will

be sent out the week before.• About Me Bag• Favorite Snack

• Sharing Time with Class• Opportunity for public

speaking and to feel special.

Invitations to Join Us!

• Room Parents Needed• United Nations Luncheon• Field trips• Holidays Around the World• Field Trips• Read Alouds to Class in Home Language• Showcase Night• Parent Classes on Home Literacy• Puppet Shows• Community Service Projects• *Please fill out data surveys ASAP. Thank

you!

Reading• Open Court basal reading series• A-Z Reading Books• Phonics Instruction• Phonemic Awareness• Reading in class in English • Reading in Home Language• Story vocabulary words • Focus on reading strategies *• Integrated into the curriculum• Library ~ Tuesdays• Reading Journal – Book Log

Writing

• Six Trait Plus One• Start with pictures and dictation• Journal Writing• Portfolios• Writer’s Workshop- Publishing• Connection of Reading to Writing• Author’s Chair• Word Wall• Invented spelling• Home Writing Journals for

Vacations

Math• Investigations• Calendar Time• Hands-on & Engaging• Games that can be played at home

for extra practice• Continued practice in knowing

math facts• Problem-solving• Use of manipulatives for concrete

understanding• Assessment – Formative and

Summative• Supplementing for more practice

Social Studies

• Welcome to Pre First- Rights and Responsibilities

• Personal Safety• Explore Morocco• All Around the World• Martin Luther King Jr.• Project and performance-

based assessment with rubrics.

Science

• Hands-on science with emphasis on inquiry and discovery

• Seasons – Fall,Winter, Spring

• Dental Health• Magnets• Rainforest – Caring for our

World• Integration with specialists

Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences

• Student Portfolios and Moving Up Portfolios• Formative & Summative Assessment• Phonics and A-Z Reading• Basic Math Skills• Performance-based Assessments with

rubrics• Writing assessments• Observational and Developmentally

Appropriate

Grading

• Trimester grading periods• Student-led conferences and portfolios• Weekly packets of daily work sent home in

homework folder• Grading scale:

4- Above grade-level expectations3-Met the standard2-Not quite at grade level, needs more practice.1-Just beginning, a lot more practice is needed.

*Homework not graded but monitored Rubrics being designed to be more qualitative and informative to students

Thank you for coming!E-mail addresses: [email protected] and

[email protected]

Classroom Website via CAS Home Page.

Office: 662-8300Casablanca American School

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions!