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Welcome Parents Before you go…. Sign in Sheet Class Directory Form Volunteer Sheet First Day Go Home Sheet Early Dismissal Form (purple) Car Rider (yellow) Note to your child for the first day of school Hopes and Dreams for My Child Welcome to Room 11! Grade 3 Kim O’Hara [email protected] My Family Specials Schedule Monday Guidance on A week & Search on B week Music w/ Ms. Murphy & Library Tuesday Wednesday PE w/ Music w/ Mr. Shockley Ms. Murphy & Art w/ Ms. Zoldos Thursday Friday PE w/ Mr. Shockley & Reading Buddies w/ Ms. Brizzi Computer Lab & PE w/ Mr. Shockley Goals for the 2015-2016 School Year To create a safe, nurturing, and exciting learning environment for your child. To allow your child to grow as an independent thinker, problem solver, and take responsibility for their own learning. To provide your child with tools that will help them achieve their goals and access information in a responsible way. To enable all children to explore new ideas and expand their knowledge base. To use critical and creative thinking skills that can apply to learning throughout their life. To create a class of culturally aware and sensitive students that will work hard to make the world around them a better place to be. What third graders can do: During this school year, I hope to see many child grow and develop skills. In third grade, children continue to extend and refine their reading and writing to suit varying purposes and audiences Read fluently and enjoy reading Use a range of strategies when drawing meaning from the text Use word identification strategies appropriately and automatically when encountering unknown words Recognize and discuss elements of different text structures Make critical connections between texts Write expressively in many different forms (stories, poems, reports) Use a rich variety of vocabulary and sentences appropriate to text forms Revise and edit their own writing during and after composing Spell words correctly in final writing drafts Reading A balanced and comprehensive literacy approach is used. This includes shared reading, guided reading, and independent reading, as well as read-alouds, literature circles, Daily 5 of reading, and explicit reading and writing skill lessons. The skills include the following: 1) Connecting 2) Predicting 3) Questioning 4) Inferring 5) Synthesizing/Visualization 6) Evaluating/Applying Writing Writing using the Writer’s Workshop Students write for many purposes with emphasis on explanatory and descriptive writing. Students also practice basic research skills, with an emphasis on information collection, summary and paraphrasing and identifying resources. Paragraph writing will also be a focus. Writing progression scales Six Traits of Writing Grammar Usage & Mechanics Word Study Discovering patterns, rules and meaning. Cursive Writing Math Flexible grouping Students are placed into classes based on pre-test performance for each unit. Post tests given as well. Students are grouped flexibly throughout the year. Start memorizing basic multiplication facts in September. Graphing Probability & Statistics Addition & Subtraction Geometry Patterns, Functions, Algebra Multiplication & Division Measurement Money Time Problem Solving Math classes will participate in many hands on activities, centers, math talks, and math based projects. Science Units Matter Life Cycles Energy Resources Simple Machines Animal Adaptations Life Cycles Scientific Process Asking Questions Communicating Gathering Data Making Sense of Data Social Studies 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Units Map and Globe Skills Communities/Citizenship Government Famous Americans/Explorers Economics Ancient Greece Mali Ancient Rome * Project Based Learning/One to the World Routines Morning Procedures Please try to arrive on time – 7:50 Meals Snacks @ 9:30 with Read Aloud or “working snack” (Healthy and EASY) Lunch is from 11:35-12:05 Dismissal @ 2:35 Please notify the front office in advance of any dismissal changes. Homework Reading: Silently/Read Aloud- 15 minutes Word Study – see notebooks Math 3-4 times per week Reflex & Dream Box Special Projects Homework should not cause TEARS! Agendas Daily communication between teacher and parent. Filled in daily. Please sign the agenda daily and add any notes. Special projects, tests, and school activities will be added to the calendar. Standards Of Learning Series of assessments given to the students during the last two weeks of May. Math, Reading, Science, Social Studies Tests are cumulative, covering material from K-3 Reflex/Dream Box/PBL/OTTW Quarterly Benchmarks Classroom Expectations B.A.R.K. Rules Follow PBIS & School Norms Daily Chart Responsibility back on student Clear and obtainable expectations. Celebrations/Birthdays We will always celebrate and make your child feel extra special on their big day! x21 No lunch time treats or edible treats. (COUNTY POLICY) Pencils, erasers, bookmarks, donate a book to class library, etc. Class Parties Fall Festival Winter Break End of year /ol Take Away or Stay? STAY: Any forms that are Legacy or O’Hara class forms can be turned in to me. AWAY: BTSN Night packets, Car Rider pass, & manila folder. Don’t forget! I will be using the email distribution list to send class notices, Sign Up Genius links for conferences, and any other pertinent information from school or the team. Please feel free to call, email, or stop by if you need anything. I am looking forward to a great year with your children! Thank you so much for being here!