Transcript Saddle up for Success

Saddle up for Success
In 3rd grade!!!!!
• This year, your child will have four
teachers that they will rotate through
each day.
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Mrs. Gale- Mathematics
Mrs. Dodge- Reading/ELA
Mrs. Whittington- Science and Writing
Mrs. Sellier- Social Studies and Language
Switching Classes
• On your child’s progress reports
and report cards, your child will
have a grade that is called ELA.
• This grade is a combination of
Reading, Language Arts, Writing,
and Speaking and Listening skills.
• These subject areas are averaged
together in order to have one
grade rather than a grade in
each area.
Behavior Chart
Your child will start on
green every day. Silver and
Gold mean that your child
had an exceptional day!
- If a student is on silver or
gold and gets in trouble,
he/she will clip down to
yellow, not green!
Students with
silver will
receive one
pirate buck/dojo
point, and
students on gold
will receive two
pirate
bucks/dojo
points. Initials
will be signed in
these colors.
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GOLD
SILVER
GREEN
YELLOW
ORANGE
RED
BLUE
A Blue light is an automatic infraction
form or referral.
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Your child will receive
one light per day. The
child’s color on the
behavior chart will
travel with them from
class to class.
Example: If James
clips down once in his
first block and once in
his third block, he will
go home with an
orange in his planner.
Students with light
changes will walk at
recess.
Yellow- 5 minutes
Orange- 10 minutes
Red- All of recess
Blue- All of recess
• Planners are used to keep
communication open between the
teachers, students, and parents.
• Homework and assessments will be
written in the planner weekly. The
planner is the way to know your
child’s homework. There will not be
a homework sheet sent home
weekly. It is your child’s
responsibility to correctly write
down any homework and
assessments.
• Lights from the behavior chart will
be signed in the planner daily.
• Parents MUST sign
planners nightly!!!!
MKAS 2
3rd grade reading gate assessment
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The STAR assessment is
given 3 times a year. This
is a great indicator for
whether your child is
prepared for the MKAS2
assessment. If your child
is reading below grade
level on the STAR
assessment, you will be
notified each time the
STAR assessment is given.
The MKAS2
assessment is given
towards the end of
the year for the first
time. This
assessment is meant
to determine your
child’s reading
readiness.
Your child will have
three opportunities to
take the MKAS2
assessment. If your
child does not meet
the required score
from the state, he/she
will automatically be
retained to the 3rd
grade no matter what
their grades on report
cards state.
The best way to help your child succeed on the MKAS2
assessment is to read with them NIGHTLY for at least 30
minutes throughout the school year!!!!!
PBIS
• PBIS is our school wide positive behavior incentive.
• Students are given pirate bucks and Dojo points for
positive behavior choices throughout the day.
• They can receive these from all adults on campus
from teachers to administrators, to cafeteria
workers, to bus drivers.
• The students have opportunities to turn these
tickets in to receive rewards and prizes such as
classroom coupons, classroom drawings, school
drawings, Pirate Palooza parties, and more.
• Please help encourage your child to make positive
choices every day.
Teacher contact
• If you need to contact one of us, please feel
free to send a note, call the school at (228)
452-5200, or email us at the addresses listed
below.
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Mrs. Dodge- [email protected]
Mrs. Gale- [email protected]
Mrs. Sellier- [email protected]
Mrs. Whittington- [email protected]
Transportation
• Students must have a note from a parent in order to
change transportation. Students are not allowed to
change transportation by simply telling the teacher.
• Please make sure notes are on a sheet of paper that
can be sent to the office, not written on the child’s
planner.
• Transportation notes need to have the date, the child’s
full name, homeroom teacher’s name, and a parent’s
signature.
• The Boys and Girls Club will be closed Thursday, August
6th and Friday, August 7th. Please make sure to fill out
the transportation section on the sign-in sheet.
• If your child is absent, you
have two days to submit
an excuse.
• Once the two days have
passed, the absence goes
on record as unexcused.
• Check-outs and check-ins
do take away perfect
attendance.
• Students are not allowed
to be checked out after
2:00.
• School drop off begins at 7:15
• The first bell rings at 7:35 and
the tardy bell rings at 7:40.
• Dismissal begins at 2:25.
School times
Focus Areas
in 3rd grade
 Developing critical thinking skills (Students are
required to complete a science fair project)
 Multiplication and Division fluency
 Improve reading fluency and comprehension
throughout the year (AR-Accelerated Reader)
 Vocabulary in context
 Constructing well written opinion pieces,
informational writings, and narratives.