Kohrville Elementary

Third Grade Parent Night

Responsibilities Third graders have more responsibilities. They are

responsible for their work and making sure it is completed and turned into their teacher.

They are responsible for being ready to learn every day.

Their teachers will help them learn how to take care of their school business.

Organization

They will have to organize their time to complete longer and more difficult assignments.

Text books are not consumable. They will learn how to organize their work on notebook paper.

They will learn how to manage the paper flow of more assignments.

Reading

In Kindergarten through second grades the students are learning to read. Now they will read to learn.

The reading curriculum will emphasize fluency, vocabulary development, comprehension, and story element analysis.

Correlation between out-of-school activities and gains in reading comprehension

Home Activities Chores

Homework Watching TV

Listen to Music Hobbies Reading a Book Reading Periodicals Family Dinner

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How Much Do Students Read?

The majority of students don’t read very much, a fact conceded by most teachers and unknown to most parents. Even worse, they don’t read much when they grow up.

Two comprehensive investigations of how 155 capable fifth-

grade students spend their after-school time showed that…

90 percent of those students devoted only 1 percent of their free time to reading, and 30 percent to watching television.

50 percent read for an average of four minutes or less a day 30 percent read two minutes a day 10 percent read nothing at all

(A Place Called School, John Goodlad’s)

Reading Time Per Day Words Per Year

90th

37.8 minutes / 2.3 million words per year

70th 19.5 minutes /

1.1 million words

50th

11.1 minutes / 0.6 million words

30th 5.3 minutes / 0.25 million words

10th 1.1 minutes / 0.05 million words

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Problem Solving

Problem solving strategies will be emphasized in all subject areas.

Students will interpret information presented in many different forms.

Parent-teacher communication

Communicating with your child’s teacher is important for their success.

Email is the quickest way to contact us.

E-mail us! All teachers in the Klein

School district have e-mail addresses.

We will check our mail at least once a day and get back to you as quickly as possible.

Kristi DeShazo

kdeshazo@kleinisd.net

Susan Jones

sjones7@kleinisd.net

Give us a call Teachers have direct lines. You can leave a voice message

any time during the day. We will check our messages at least once a day.

Emergency messages should be left through the office.

Kristi DeShazo 832-484-7256 Susan Jones 832-484-7280

Student Agendas

The daily agenda is a quick and easy way for teachers and parents to send brief messages.

Homework assignments will be recorded every night in this organizational tool.

Tuesday Folders Tuesday folders will be

sent home every Tuesday with your child’s graded papers. If you do not get it ask where it is.

Look for teacher’s comments and concerns.

Parents can use this as a way to send notes to your child’s teachers.

Ask for conferences in the comments column.

Schedule a Parent Conference

Kristi DeShazo and Susan Jones

Monday, Wednesday,

Thursday or Friday

10:45-11:30

Or after school

Parent Involvement Check your child’s

homework and help them when they have problems with an assignment.

Join our school’s PFO Keep up with decisions

made by the Klein School Board. Try to attend at least one school board meeting a year.

Homework

Nightly homework assignments will be recorded by each student in their personal agenda.

It is the students responsibility to complete all homework assignments and make sure they are turned into his/her teacher.

Homework assignments are designed to practice the skills the students are learning at school.

Attendance

Attendance is an important factor in your child’s education. Please make every effort to have him/her in school.

In case of illness or emergency, you will need to notify the school via a parent note or doctor’s note to verify the absence. This can also be done by e-mail or the phone.

GradeSpeed Klein ISD has a new tool for Parent –Teacher

communications. The GradeSpeed program will give parents access to their child’s grades at all times.

You will be receiving a letter outlining the features and access to this sight.

We are very excited about this new tool for communication with you.

Web sites for parents http://www.tea.state.tx.us/

http://www.kleinisd.net

Grading Guidelines

Reading A minimum of 3 major

grades will account for 50% of the nine weeks grade.

A minimum of 8 minor grades will account for 50% of the nine weeks grade.

Grading

Language/Composition A minimum of 3 major

grades will be averaged for 50% of the nine weeks grade.

A minimum of 5 minor grades will be averaged for 50% of the nine weeks grade.

Math Grades Math averages will be

calculated from at least 4 major grades and at least 9 minor grades. Major and Minor grades will each account for 50% of the nine week average.

Social Studies and Science A minimum of 3 major

grades and 6 minor grades will be taken during a nine weeks period for both Social Studies and Science

Major and minor grades will be valued at 50% each in the nine weeks average.

Major and Minor grades

Major grades are unit exams, district benchmark tests, investigative activities, book reports, projects, and presentations.

Minor grades are made up of class participation, class work, daily quizzes, and short investigative activities.

Please come and visit our school! When you visit please

come in through the front doors and sign in the office

We would love to have you join your child for lunch. Warning dress warmly!

Lunch schedule

Mrs. Jones 12:24-12:54

Mrs. DeShazo 12:27-12:57

Thank you for sharing your children with us.

We are looking forward to a great year at Kohrville.