Mrs' Owenss Third Grade Class

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Mrs. Owenss Third- Grade Class

• Welcome students and families!

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Welcome to Third Grade!

• I will introduce you to third grade and to our
  classroom.
• I will go over our daily, weekly, monthly, and
  yearly sequence.

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All About Me

• My background
• I grew up in Bloomington, Illinois.
• I attended Oakland Elementary, University High
  School in Normal, and Illinois State University.
• My experience
• Ive been teaching for 10 years here at Lexington
  Elementary School.

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My Family

• My husband
• Eric
• My children
• Twin sons Peyton and Matthew (born 2/10/06)
• Baby due in October

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My Goals

• To give you the academic and social skills you
  need to progress to fourth grade.
• To provide a supportive and fun classroom
  environment.
• To help each student learn new skills, retain
  previous concepts taught, and discover new
  interests.

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Class Subjects

• The subjects we cover during third grade are
• Reading and writing
• Math
• Science
• Social studies
• Language Arts

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Reading

• We will be reading a new story each week.
• Several stories are short novels and may take two
  weeks to cover.

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Reading

• Skills that will be taught during reading
  fact/opinion, main idea/supporting details,
  sequencing, story elements, and summarizing.

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Language

• The students will learn the basic parts of speech
  and types of sentences.
• We will write several essays and stories.

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Math

• Topics covered
• Place value,
• Addition and subtraction,
• Multiplication and division
• Geometry
• Time and money

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Science

• Some of the topics include
• Animal Classification
• Solar System

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Social Studies

• Topics include
• World Geography
• Native Americans
• Land Formation
• US Government
• Washington D.C.

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Classroom Community

• Our classroom is a community. In our community,
  we have rules to help us get along with each
  other.
• Our class rules are
• Be respectful and responsible.
• Be organized and follow directions.
• Be prepared each day.

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Homework

• I will assign about 30 minutes of homework almost
  every night. This includes 15 minutes of reading.
• Your homework is due the following morning unless
  told otherwise.
• If you need extra time to work on your homework,
  you can work during recess or studyhall.

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Tardiness

• School starts at 810 A.M.
• If you arent in the classroom by the time the
  second bell rings, please check in at the school
  office before coming to class.
• Any work missed will be made up during your
  recess.

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Field Trips

• We have lots of fun field trips planned for this
  year!
• If chosen to come on a fieldtrip as a parent
  helper, parents must accompany the classroom on
  the ENTIRE fieldtrip and other children are not
  able to come on the trip.

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Lets Have a Great Year!