Welcome to Third Grade

Whitlow Elementary School

Lunch

You are welcome to come to lunch with your child during our lunch time. If you do, please sit at the tables provided for families. Only your child may sit with you. There are not enough tables for the children to invite a friend as well.

Please make sure that all lunch money is in an envelope labeled with the child’s name, teacher’s name, and grade. We can’t send down loose cash and/or change. Please include your child’s student number as well.

Thank you for your help!

Transportation

All changes in transportation must be received in a written note.

Email, faxes, and phone calls are not accepted.

Homework

Weekly newsletter

Read 20 minutes

Math practice nightly

Homework is not graded

What do we study?

Reading

Writing

Grammar

Math

Science

Social Studies

Health

Spelling

Special Area: P.E., Art, Music, Technology, Counseling, and Media

The Daily 5

Read to Self

Read to a Friend

Listening to Reading

Working with Words

Writing

Mathematics Adding and

Subtracting Whole Numbers

Multiplication and Division

Place Value

Geometry

Fractions

Probability

Measurement

Perimeter and Area

Analyzing and Graphing Data

Reading

Fluency

Comprehension

Author’s Purpose

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Sequencing

Story Elements

Context Clues

Compare and Contrast

Cause and Effect

Story Structure

Reading for Information

Making Inference

Grammar

Nouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Pronouns

Adverbs

Capitalization and Punctuation

Pronouns

Synonyms and Antonyms

Writing

Four types of writing according to the Georgia Writing Assessment:

Narrative

Persuasive

Information

Response to Literature

Writing will be assessed according to the following:Ideas, Organization, Style, and Conventions

Science

Scientific Method

Heat and Energy

Magnets

Habits of Georgia’s plants and animals

Fossils

Rocks and Soils

Effects of Pollution

Personal Safety

Healthy Living

Social Studies

Map and Globe Skills

Greece and our democratic roots

U.S. Government

U.S. Geography- physical features

Key people in U.S. history

Economics

Report Card

We use the standard-based report card in third grade. The grades are as follows:

4- Complete standard mastery

3- Consistent achievement toward standard mastery

2 – Moderate Achievement toward standard mastery

1 – Limited achievement towards standard mastery

3rd Grade TestingFormal Testing:

CogAt (September)

CRCT (April)

Writing Assessment (On-going)

Summative Assessment:

Science/Social Studies Unit Testing

Math Unit Tests

County Benchmark (February)

Formative Assessments:

Math Spirals

Slate Assessments

Small Group Observations

Daily Activities and Assignments

Whitlow Parent Policies

All snacks and food brought to school for the class must be store-bought. We have many students with allergies and need to be able to verify ingredients in food products.

Parent Volunteers are asked to help no more than one hour a day. Please schedule with your child’s teacher in advance.

Whitlow Parent Policies

Volunteer hours are between 9:00 and 2:30.

Younger siblings should not accompany volunteers to classrooms.

There will be no visitors on Testing Days or Early Release Days due to a condensed instructional day schedule.

Whitlow Elementary Website

http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us

Thank you for coming.

Welcome to Third GradeWhitlow Elementary School