Back to School Night

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Back to School Night

• Memorial Elementary
• Third Grade
• 2008 - 2009

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The Third Grade Team

• Bill Blatz
• Mandy Brock
• Tejal Dave
• Millie Lebron
• Veronica Rodela
• Jessica Brice, Team Leader

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Daily Schedule

• 730 - 745 Arrival, Morning Work
• 745 - 920 Math
• 920 - 1045 Integrated
• 1045 - 1115 Recess
• 1115 - 1145 Lunch
• 1145 - 1250 Language Arts
• 1250 - 145 Specials
• 145 - 230 Language Arts Stations
• 230 - 245 Pack-up and Dismissal

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School Rules

• ROARS
• DINES
• SLIDES
• FLUSHES
• WALKS

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ROARS

• Respectful
• On-Task
• Actively Learning
• Responsible
• Safe

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DINES

• Do take top tray
• Inside voice
• Neat cafeteria
• Enter and exit quietly
• Stay Seated

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SLIDES

• Safe play
• Listen to teacher
• Include friends
• Do stay in area
• Equipment correctly used
• Stop when whistle blows

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FLUSHES

• Flush the toilet
• Leave area clean
• Use a quiet voice
• Sanitize hands
• Help conserve supplies
• Exit promptly
• Stay with buddy

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WALKS

• Walk quietly
• Allow for personal space
• Look forward
• Keep hands to self
• Stay to the right in line

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Attendance

• Tardy bell rings at 745
• Absent at 900
• Please send a note with reason for absence
• Call teacher in advance if possible

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Curriculum

• Math
• Reading and Language Arts
• Integrated Curriculum (Science, Social Studies,
  and Health)
• Specials
  
  (PE, Music, Art, and Library)

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Math

• New Math Curriculum beginning this year
• Two new adoptions Investigations and Envision
• Excellent program that we will discuss more a
  little later

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Reading

• Reading adoption McGraw Hill
• Class story and leveled books with same theme,
  vocabulary, and reading strategies
• Guided Reading
• Read Aloud
• Par 3 Comprehension, Word Study, Fluency, Retell

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Language Arts

• Weekly Spelling
• Daily Language Activities
• Grammar Lessons
• Writing Workshop
• Handwriting Cursive
• Language Arts Stations

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Integrated Curriculum

• Science, Social Studies, and Health
• Six Week Unit studies called Organizing Ideas
  (OIs)
• 1st Unit Continuity and Change
• 2nd Unit Interactions
• 3rd Unit Diversity
• 4th Unit Systems
• 5th Unit Communication
• 6th Unit Balance and Stability

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No Child Left Behind

• The Student Success Initiative states that every
  child will be reading on grade level or above by
  the end of Third grade
• More information presented at conferences
• Please visit the TEA website at
  http//www.tea.state.tx.us/

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TAKS

• Students will prepare for the TAKS test
• Reading March 3, 2009
• Math April 28, 2009
• More information to come at conferences and
  closer to the date

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Homework

• Daily Homework
• Read for 20 minutes
• Math
• Spelling
• Additional Work
• Special Projects
• Integrated

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Homework

• Each student has a Homework Folder - should be
  taken home and returned to school daily
• If a homework assignment is confusing or unclear,
  please write a note to your childs teacher
• Homework will be checked (not graded) and
  returned in Homework Folder
• Students will receive a spelling list every
  Friday for the following week

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Agendas

• Initialed by teacher daily
• Signed by parent/guardian nightly
• Use for frequent communication between school and
  home
• Useful information listed at the front

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Grading

• Students receive numerical grades in 3rd grade
• Grades will be taken on projects, daily
  classwork, quizzes, and tests
• Homework will not be graded, only checked and
  returned.
• Grades are not weighted

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Report Cards

• Sent home every 9 weeks
• Please sign and return report card cover
• Will receive E, S, N, or U in Handwriting, Study
  Skills, Citizenship, and Specials

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Thursday Packets

• Sent home every Thursday in Homework Folders
• Will have the Bobcat Weekly attached at the front
• Important forms and notices

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PTA

• PTA President Kim Mayfield
• 6 to join
• PTA meetings held at school

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Volunteers

• Please sign up to be a volunteer
• Complete application and background check
• May help with field trips, class parties, and
  other school functions

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Thank you for being a partner in your childs
education!!!