This document provides information from a Back to School Night presentation for parents. Mr. Garrison and Ms. Lin introduce themselves and their teaching experience. They describe the curriculum, textbooks, homework policies, assessments, communication methods and classroom rules. Field trips and volunteer training opportunities are also announced. Parents are invited to ask questions.

1. Welcome to the Back to
School Night
CLIP 2013-2014
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Be seated
Time: Presentation starts at 7:15 p.m.
Presented by:
Mr. Garrison Room 14
Ms. Lin Room 11

2. Derrall GarrisonDerrall Garrison
English Academics
Education:
• Bachelors from San Francisco State University
• CA teaching credential with CLAD
Teaching Experience
• 5 years ELD at Collins Elementary
• 2 years 4/5 at Murdock-Portal Elementary
• 1 year 6th grade math and science Lawson
• 6 years in CLIP 4th and 5th grade English
Contact Information
– Garrison_Derrall@cusdk8.org
– School phone, extension 214

3. Chia-ching Lin
Fifth grade Chinese teacher
Education:
• Bachelor and Master in Education from University
of Oklahoma
• OK/CA teaching credential with BCLAD
Teaching Experience
• Preschool
• 7 years in CLIP kindergarten (English and Chinese)
• Fourth year teaching in CLIP fifth grade (Chinese)
Contact Information
lin_chiachingl@cusdk8.org
School phone, extension 211

4. Meeting Student Needs
• Effective Learning
Environment
– Teamwork
– Dialogue
– cooperative learning
– Interaction
– Differentiated and tired
instruction and/or assessment
• Safe Learning Environment
– Equity among the classroom
community
– Celebrate diversity

5. California States Standards
• Language Arts
– Reading
– Writing
– Listening and Speaking
• Mathematics
• History & Social Studies
• Science
– Physical Science
– Life Science
– Earth Science
– Investigation and Experimentation
• Dance, Music, Theater, and Visual Arts
• http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ (current)
• http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/ (commom
core)

7. Chinese Curriculum
Textbooks
 美洲華語第五冊 (MeiZhou fifth volume)
 一千字說華語 (Speak Mandarin in One Thousand Word)
Language Skill:
 Phonetic symbols
 Word recognition: students read aloud different
genres, fluently and accurately
 Vocabulary and Concept Development: students
know synonyms, antonyms, and homographs
 Listening/speaking: students know how to ask
questions, deliver presentation….
 Reading: students discern main ideas and
concepts in the text, identify the main problem or
conflict of the plot……
 Writing: students create multiple paragraphs
essays, write responses to literature
-writing assignment: one narrative, two expository,
and one persuasive essay

8. English Academic Program
• Reading
– Houghton Mifflin
– Integrated Content
– Novels
• Writing
– Narrative
– Expository
– Summary
– Response to Literature
– Persuasive
•Mathematics
–Houghton Mifflin
•Social Studies
•Science
–Foss Science Kit

9. History & Social Studies
Curriculum
Textbook: a translated Scott Foresman
History / Social Science.
• From pre-Columbus to 1850, US government,
and fifty sates and capitals of US
• Social Studies is rich in language and the
history itself is a story.
• The goal of Social Studies Curriculum:
- The concept of major events
- Increase listening vocabulary and word
identification
Unit of Study / Projects
Unit project for each unit
Supplementary Reading Materials
Reading books available in class library

10. Homework from Mr. Garrison
• Practice for the concepts taught in class
• Vary from day to day
• Monday – Thursday, occasionally on Friday
– Due the following school day unless otherwise
stated
• Typical homework assignments each day
– Spelling City and vocabulary cards
– Math practice
• Other homework assignments
– Reading comprehension practice (workbook,
teacher-made)
– Science project
– Language Arts project
– Science notebook
– Writing assignment

11. Homework from Ms. Lin
• Reinforcement / independent level
- The goal is to work on organizational skills and be responsible
• Daily 20 minutes reading in Chinese and record on agenda
Monday to Thursday)
• A journal with assigned topics or free topics is due every other
Tuesday (starting on September 10)
• A book summary is due every other Tuesday. (first one due on
September 3)
• 2 weeks phrase contract 生詞合約 and projects
• Recording for read aloud
• Record Keeping through Agenda and Classroom Homepage
• Excuse: due to an emergency and sickness
• Pass due: A note or email will be sent home for every three times
their work is late
• Long-term: use time wisely and plan on completing by the due
date
• All assignments will be checked for completion, but some work
may not be scored nor commented on

12. Homework Policy
• Agenda
• Incomplete or no
homework
– Complete during recess
– Record
– Parents be contacted
• Homework Contract

13. Assessment
• Formative Assessment
o Observations and anecdotal notes
o Response to questions
o Questioning strategies
o Interaction
o homework and classroom assignments
o Portfolios
o Quizzes and writing drafts
o Science notebook
• Summative Assessment
o End-of-chapter/unit tests
o Vocabulary, DOL, and spelling tests
o Writing assignment (final draft)
o End-of-chapter/unit projects or reports

14. Chinese Assessment
• Character tests
• Writing samples
• Miscue analysis
• Unit/Chapter tests
• Projects
• Informal observation
• STAMP 4S Chinese proficiency test
(end of the year)

15. Communication
 Daily Agenda
 Notes/Handouts
 Room Parents
 Thursday Folder
 Monthly Newsletter
 Classroom homepage/google calendar
 Appointment for after school meeting
 Meyerholz Bulldog on Thursday
 lin_chiaching@cusdk8.org
 Garrison_Derrall@cusdk8.org
 Phone: (408)252-7450 ext. 211 and 214

16. How to extend learning from
school to home
Recognize any efforts and accomplishments
that your child makes!
• Help your child to organize his or her schoolwork
until they can do it independently
• Listen to your child read even if you don’t speak
Chinese
• Ask your child what he or she has learned at
school
• Remind your child of the upcoming events or
homework
• Sign forms that are required by the school or
class
• For Social Studies, you can refer to English
textbook to reinforce learned concepts and
history events. Under HSS on CLIP5 wiki,
American History Alive and Scott Foresman
student login website will be helpful for
reinforcement at home.

17. Scoring
All scoring will follow the district’s rubric:
• 6 – Exceptional Proficiency
• 5 – Advanced Proficiency
• 4 – Proficient
• 3 – Developing Proficiency
• 2 – Limited Proficiency
• 1 – Minimal Proficiency
• For daily work, number grades (9/10 –
nine out of ten possible points) and
symbol grades (+ Excellent, + Good,
Average/Completed, -
Unacceptable, - Redo) are also given.

18. Classroom Rule
• Rule
– Be Safe 安全第一
– Be Respectful 尊重人事物
– Be Responsible 有責任心
• Code of Conduct
– Consequences determined
by students and teachers

19. Classroom Management
90 percent of positive reinforcement
- individual/pair/group work
- money system
- Friday homenopoly game 大富翁
Praises
Connection and caring
Interesting and engaging lessons
Intrinsic motivation

20. Field Trips
• Age Of Sail over night
trip to San Francisco –
about $135 donation
needed per student
• Science Camp over
night to Walden West –
about $250 donation
needed per student

21. Age of Sail
Room 11 – September 5 and 6
(please pick up your child
around 11:30 am)
Room 14 – September 6 and 7
(please pick up your child
around 10:30 am)
* write a letter to your child (please see
the sample of the letter from the packet, turn it in
to Ms. Lin and Mr. Garrison in a sealed envelope
by Wednesday, September 4th
.)
* galley gear (metal only)

22. Volunteer Training
Will share in yahoo group once we find out
Room Parent Training
Training on 9/4 at 8:30 am
Project Cornerstone helpers meeting
Will share in yahoo group

23. Questions?
Please join clip_5_2013_2014
yahoogroup (contact Annie Kao)
Please go to Ms. Lin to find out
whether your child still has any
missing form or donations.
Thanks for coming tonight!
(tall sailors from both rooms stay
afterwards please)