3rd. Grade2013-2014

3rd. Grade TeachersKaren Wade, Denda Caldwell, Bekki Roberts

Tonight Parents Will…Understand their role in the parent community.

The importance of Reading, STAAR, Star Reading & DRA.

Understand the role of a student at Young Elementary.

Understand the rituals and routines that make Young a successful learning community. (SOAR)

Understand the Workshop method of instruction.

ATTENDANCATTENDANCEE

The school day is from 7:50-3:00. (Monday – Wednesday) and 7:50 – 2:45 (Thursday & Friday)

The earliest students may be dropped off is 7:15.

Third Graders arriving early to school will go to the gym until 7:40 when teachers pick students up.

At 7:50 students are considered tardy.

A written note must be sent to school upon a student’s return to school.

How will we communicate?

Young Planner

Emails or text messages

Weekly newsletter from teachers

Newsletters from principal

Newsletters from PTO

3rd Grade Teacher pages

Daily Schedule 7:30 – 7:40 Students to gym

7:40 – 7:50 Prepare for day

7:50 – 9:55 ELA

9:55 – 10:45 Rotation

10:45 – 11:45 Math

11:45 – 12:15 Lunch

12:15 – 1:00 Science

1:00 – 1:50 WIN (what I need)

1:50 – 2:10 Recess

2:10 – 3:00 Social Studies

Dismissal – 3:00 M-W; 2:45 TH, F

Workshop ModelReading, Writing, and Math all follow the workshop model which consist of:

Opening – The teacher introduces a topic, skill, or concept to the entire class. This gives the teacher a chance to model the expectations.

Work Period – Students practice the skill while the teacher gives individual or small group assistance.

Closing – Students share out their learning with the whole group. The students become the teacher.

ReadingReader’s & Writer’s Notebook

Goals (reading fluency, comprehension)

Anchor Charts

Reading Logs

Reading Levels Charted

Star Reading (assessed BOY, MOY EOY)

DRA

Writing Workshop Model

Developing sense of story sequence

Usage of simple and complex sentences

Consistently use conventions such as capitals and ending punctuation

High frequency words and C-V-C words are spelled conventionally

Write expository, procedural, narrative and persuasive text

Overall message is readable and legible

Cursive handwriting

Math Workshop Model

Concepts taught throughout year: Place Value, Addition/Subtraction Foundations and Operations, Multiplication & Division Foundations, Fractions, Measurement, Geometry, Probability, Statistics, Graphs (bar, pictograph, line)

SMI Testing (assessed BOY, MOY, EOY)

Writing in math (note booking)

ScienceScience Notebook/journal

Lab grades

TEKS covered – Properties of Matter, Matter and Change, Weather, Forces, Natural World, Solar System, Living Things, Ecosystems

5 E’s – explore, engage, explanation, elaborate, evaluate

Tested in 5th grade/STAAR

Social StudiesCharacteristics of communities past and present

Concepts of time in chronological order

Physical environment of our community

Maps and globe skills

Concepts of earning, spending, saving and donating

The basic business operations – scarcity, production, distribution

Basic structure of local, state, and national government

Citizenship with historical and contemporary figures

Home PracticeReading every night for 30 minutes.

Reflecting on their reading on a Reading Log.

Writing nightly practicing correct letter formation.

Practicing number sense and problem solving.

Verbal word problems.

Please send a note with your child if they are going home any way that is different from their normal routine.

Without a note stating changes, we must send the child home the normal way.

The office must be notified by 2:00 if there are changes in the way your child will be going home. The office will notify the teachers.

Because your child’s safety is out #1 priority, students will not be released at dismissal without a BLUE card.

Work and Study Habits

Personal Behavior – follow our S.O.A.R. PBS - Safety first, Our Responsibility, Active Learning, Respect Others

SOAR Eagle tickets are given to students who are ‘Ready to Learn’ on a consistent basis.

Clip Chart System:Green – Good Day!Yellow – Slow Down!Orange – Teacher’s ChoiceRed – Parent Contact

You may send individual treats, instead of cupcakes, for your child’s Special Day.

We save treats until the end of the day, usually around 2:30.

Please include paper products as needed.

*Healthy snack – apple slices, banana, grapes, crackers. *Water bottle with sport lid.

Lunch &

Breakfast:*You are welcome to eat lunch with your child.*You may bring lunch to your child.*Lunch is 11:45 – 12:15!*There is no longer a “breakfast to go”.*Breakfast is 7:15 – 7:40!

Headphones/ear buds are preferred for technologyBring or wear tennis shoes every day for recess and PESweater or lightweight jacket for inside the classroom. It gets pretty chilly.

Denda CaldwellBekki RobertsKaren Wade