Welcome to 3rd Grade Parent Orientation

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Welcome to3rd Grade Parent Orientation
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Take Home Folders

• Take Home folders will be sent home weekly. The
  purpose of Take Home Folders is to keep you
  up-to-date on your childs classroom performance.
  Please keep your childs papers at home, sign
  the sheet, and return the folder on the
  following school day.

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Agenda

• The agenda is a tool to provide students the
  responsibility of recording daily assignments.
• It is a tool which provides daily communication
  between parent and teacher.
• Students are required to write their assignments
  in their agenda each day.
• The agenda should be signed daily by the teacher
  and parent.
• The agenda should be brought to school every day.

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Monday, August 8

• Reading Placement test
• Language
• Math p. 2 5-15
• Science
• Social Studies
• Spelling rainbow spell words

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Cafeteria

• Free and Reduce lunch applications can be done
  online. (Must pay until approval is official)
• Charges combined breakfast and lunch charges
  cannot exceed 7.75. An alternative meal will be
  offered until account is paid.
• Cost Breakfast 1.25
• Lunch 2.00

• Money Grades 3-5 will be responsible for taking
  their money to the cafeteria during their lunch
  time. Meal Pay Plus Program is an online means
  of paying and managing your childs account.
  Send money in a sealed envelope with name and
  amount written on the outside.
• Lunch with child Parents/visitors will be able
  to eat lunch with their child after Labor Day.

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Car Rider Drop OffArrival/Dismissal

• Car riders are dropped off and picked up in the
  back of the school. Car riders use Parsons Rd.
  to enter and exit campus. The front drive is for
  buses only.

• Doors open at 715 a.m. Students arriving early
  to school will sit in a line outside their
  classroom until the 745 bell.
• Tardy/Early dismissal Students not in their
  classroom at 800 a.m. will be considered tardy.
  Checking your child out early is also documented
  as a tardy.

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Behavior Management PlanThe Wildcat Way

• Students will bring home a copy of our Classroom
  Expectations and rewards/consequences for
  following those expectations.
• Students have a Behavior Tracking Chart where
  they will receive stickers for school attendance
  and following expectations.
• At the end of nine weeks students who have filled
  their Behavior Tracking Chart will attend the
  ROAR Celebration.

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Outside Reading

• We expect your child to read at least 10-15
  minutes every evening (Mon.-Thurs.). The only
  way to become a stronger reader is to read.
  Books, magazines, newspaper, etc are acceptable
  and can only make them better readers.
• Please document the time your child spends
  reading each night in the agenda along with your
  signature.
• Students can earn an extra sticker for their
  Behavior Chart by getting parents to log their
  time in the agenda or reading log.

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Snack and Rewards

• Students may supply their own snack daily. We
  ask that the snack be healthy.
• Students will have an opportunity to purchase
  snacks for 0.50 from the school snack cart.
• Students may bring bottled water.
• We need rewards for the students stickers,
  individually wrapped candy, small toys,
  bookmarks, etc

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Visitors

• If you plan on visiting the classroom, eating
  lunch with, or checking your child out early you
  are required to have a picture I.D. in the
  office.

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Medication

• Medication MUST be signed in through the front
  office by the parent or guardian. The nurse will
  give Tylenol or Advil for temps over 102.
  Benadryl will only be given in an emergency.
  Tums, cough drops, and meds for headaches will
  not be given out to children this year.

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Absence andMoney

• If your child is absent from school please send a
  note for the office stating the reason for their
  absence.
• Send all money to school in a sealed envelope
  with your childs name, the amount, and what it
  is for written on the outside.

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Grading Scale

• Third Grade Grading Scale
• 93-100 A
• 85-92 B
• 75-84 C
• 70-74 D
• 69 and below F

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Homework

• Homework is an extension of daily classroom
  assignments.
• Most homework is unfinished class work. However,
  they may be assigned homework for extra practice.
• Check the agenda daily for homework assignments.
  (circled assignments need to be completed at
  home)

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Other Information

• All classrooms are in need of tennis balls.
• Scholastic Book Orders will be sent home
  periodically.
• Be on the lookout for PTO information.

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Wish List

• Tennis balls
• Individually wrapped candy
• Colored copy paper
• White copy paper
• Band-Aids
• Small prizes (treat box)