welcome to third grade orientation please read your child’s letter and write a note back to...
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Welcome to Third Grade Orientation
Please read your child’s letter and write a note back to him/her while we wait to get started.
There are sign-up sheets for PTO events on the front table.
About Me
●BA in Elementary Education●Masters in Curriculum and
Instruction●Martha Jennings Scholar●12 years of teaching experience
Atmosphere/Discipline
●be respectful●take
responsibility●encourage
students to take risks
●learning is fun●it’s okay to
make mistakes
Organization
●binder●homework folder●Friday folder●assignment
notebooks●homework routine
at home
Differentiated Instruction
I will do my best to help each student reach his/her full academic potential. ●pretests●enrichment●remediation●options
Homework
Monday – Thursday●math (worksheet and study facts)●word study●read (reading log)●study for content area tests
Grades
●report cards – standards based - letter grades
●online grade program access for parents is coming soon
●progress reports mid-quarter
Snacks
●healthy●water bottles●please limit whole
class snacks to those approved on the list
Reading●Fundations ●whole class ●guided reading●author studies●independent
reading●readers’ theatre●poetry
Writing
EVERYDAY :) ●writing process●letters●stories●poems●informational reports/non-fiction
Math
●Everyday Math●supplemental materials●practice math facts
○ addition/subtraction○multiplication and division this year
Handwriting
●review cursive ●write many assignments in cursive
after winter break
Social Studies
●citizenship●communities●map skills●cultural studies●economics●local history●local government
Science●Earth’s resources and their
properties●soil and rocks●energy●matter●animals
○life cycles○habitats○adaptations
●experiments●scientific method
Technology
●computer lab●classroom●iPads●research●multimedia
presentations
Testing●Reading Achievement test October●Reading Achievement test May●Summative and Formative
Assessments