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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
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