Welcome, Parents!Mrs. Clyne’s Third Grade

Classroom Schedule

7:30-7:45 School starts, Attendance

7:50-8:45 Social Studies/Science

8:45-10:30 Math

10:30-11:15 Specials

11:15-11:50 Reading

11:51-12:21 Lunch

12:21-12:40 Instructional Break

12:45-1:05 Grammar

1:05-1:55 Learning Stations - ELA

1:55-2:05 Pack up/afternoon announcements

2:05 School is Dismissed

This is what a typical day in our classroom looks like.

Learn About Our Class• The teacher

• Class goals and community

• Subjects

• Homework and field trips

• Schedule/Tardiness

• Supplies

• Getting help

• Questions?

My experience

• I’ve been teaching for 15 years.

• I taught kindergarten, 2nd grade, Montessori 1st-3rd and 3rd grade.

• Here’s a funny classroom story…

My background

• I grew up in Atlanta.

• I attended B.B. Harris Elementary School, Duluth High School, and Georgia State University.

Get to Know Me

My Family• My husband is the principal at Lakeside High School. He’s currently at Mercer

University getting his p.h.D in Educational Leadership.

• We have two children; Ryleigh 8 and Dylan 13

• We have two cats; Bo and Luke

Hobbies/Interests

• Reading

• Traveling

• Relaxation

Communication

• My email: gwendolyn_c_clyne@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us

• My phone: 678-874-5902

• Class web site: http://fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us/~GWENDOLYN_C_CLYNE/

Class Goals

• Learn new skills

• Become independent learners

• Discover new interests

• Increase our reading level and understanding of what we’ve read

• Have fun and support each other

Classroom Community

• Our classroom rules help us get along with each other:

• Be polite

• Be honest

• Work hard and pay attention

• Be nice to the materials

Behavior Plan• Students begin each day with a green card.

• Students not following directions/rules must change a card.

• Yellow is a warning (possible time out)

• Red means the child will write a note home to describe his/her behaviors, the note will be signed by parents and sent back to school.

• Students have sticker charts. They can be “caught” doing a good deed or behaving exceptionally well. After the sticker chart is full, they can turn it in for a prize from the prize box.

Class Subjects

• Reading and Writing

• Math

• Science

• Social Studies

• Music, Art, PE

Reading

• Ask and answer questions about what they’ve read

• Retell stories of all genres

• Describe character traits, motivation or feelings

• Compare and contrast pieces of writing

• Stories Worth Retelling (current Unit of instruction)

• Gloria’s Way, The Memory String, Through Grandpa’s Eyes, The Apple and the Arrow, Sign of the Beaver

Writing

• Write opinion pieces that state a point of view and reasons they support that view

• Narrative writing should have details, character development, sequencing of events, and create interest in the reader

• Use conventions of Standard English

Math

• Use place value to manipulate numbers

• Round whole numbers

• Continue addition and subtraction strategies

• Multiply whole numbers

• Draw picture graphs, create bar graphs

• Interpret data

Science

• Habitats of Georgia

• Rocks and Soils

• Fossils

• Heat Energy

• Magnets

• Interdependence of man/conservation/pollution

Social Studies

• Greece and its affect on democracy

• Branches of government, rights, government services

• Latitude/longitude, major rivers/mountain chains, political maps

• Producers and consumers, currency, spending and saving choices

• Paul Revere, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Mary McLeod Bethune, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, Franklin Roosevelt, Cesar Chavez

Music, Art, PE

• Week to week rotation

Homework

• 45 minutes of homework every night.

• Due on Monday morning

• Need extra time? Go to homework club during recess.

Tardiness

• School starts at 7:50 A.M.

• Running late? Check in at the school office before coming to class.

• If you are tardy six times, the school will contact parents.

Bring these items each day

• Number 2 Pencil

• Homework folder

• Great attitude

Don’t bring these items

• Electronic Devices

Supplies

Resources

• Library

• Computer Lab

• Counselors

• Parent Volunteers

Questions?

Let’s Have aGreat Year!