Here is the CATCH about 3rd Grade

Mrs. Moyer’s ClassRoom 106

Meet-the-Teacher NightSeptember 22, 2010

Welcome to Our Classroom!

M, T, TH, F

8:55am-3:30

Wednesday Early Dismissal at 1:30pm

Volunteer OpportunitiesWork Station Monitor-4x/week (M, T, TH, F)

Mystery Reader-1x/ week (Monday 3:00-3:15)

Class Celebrations-4-5x/year

Room Captains-???

Our DayUnpack & Welcome Work

Problem of the day

Math

Bathroom & Snack

Language Arts

Lunch/Recess

WIN time

Science/Social Studies

Specials

Our Specialist ScheduleT-Library 2:30-3:00W-Music 10:10-10:45TH- Gym 2:30-3:10F- Art 2:30-3:10

Language ArtsHarcourt “Storytown”

Theme 1 – School DaysTheme 2 – Together We CanTheme 3 – As We GrowTheme 4 – Tales to TellTheme 5 – A Place for AllTheme 6 – Discoveries

Practice and grammar books accompany and enhance the textTheme Tests (weekly)Multiple choice, free response, open-endedRubric graded – sign and returnIt is also available on-line https://ep-storytown.wikispaces.com/3rd_Grade.

Math Curriculum AreasInitial Placement – Students will go to their math teachers on Thursday, September

23rd.Harcourt Math Series

Unit 6 – Geometry (Chapters 17 – 19)Unit 1 – Understanding Numbers & Operations (Chapters 1 – 4)Unit 2 – Money & Time (Chapters 5 – 6)Unit 3 – Multiplication Concepts & Facts (Chapters 7 – 10)Unit 5 – Data, Graphing, & Probability (Chapters 14 – 16)Unit 7 – Measurement (Chapters 20 – 22)Unit 8 – Fractions & Decimals (Chapters 23 – 26) Unit 4 – Division Concepts & Facts (Chapters 11 – 13)Unit 9 – Multiply & Divide by 1-Digit Numbers (Chapter 27 – 30)

* Please note: Not all of the chapters will be taught in specified sequence due to district guidelines.Students will get a letter grade for math on their report card.Resources are also available online at http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/math.html

Science

Topics:Exploring Energy and ForcesEarth’s Land/GeologyCycles on Earth and SpacePlants and Animals Interact

Students will get a 4, 3, 2, or 1 on their report card. No letter grades in third grade.

Social StudiesTopics:

Lehigh Valley

Geography

Students will get a 4, 3, 2, or 1 on their report card. No letter grades in third grade.

Home FoldersMust come to school every dayPlease empty the “Leave at Home” side daily-check for notes Homework should be sent back in the “Return to School” side of the folderEncourage responsibility by allowing your student to place papers in his or her folder & to place the folder in his or her backpack each night

HomeworkSent home Mondays-ThursdaysCheck assignment books daily.Homework will also be posted on the website nightlyRemember names on all homeworkPlease check it to make sure it is done neatly and correctly~we don’t want to reinforce wrong answers!

Notes/ExcusesGreen “Notes to the Teacher” are being sent home today for any correspondence for me. When you need more please ask!

Remember that after 3 days out in a row, your child needs a doctor’s note.

An absence without a corresponding note or email will be marked illegal and fines can follow if your child has too many illegal days absent.

SnackSnack should be small and nutritious

Please pack only 1 snack

Water only, no juice please

We will use Instant Antibacterial Hand Gel to clean hands before snack if we didn’t get to the bathroom to wash hands

Behavior SystemWe practice the FISH Philosophy!

The students made the classroom rules

Green =Great day, Yellow =warning, Orange=5 minutes recess, Purple=a note home from me, and Red=a phone call home

You will be able to see daily how you son/daughter did for the school day at the bottom of their assignment book. It will be colored to the fish color.

Book OrdersScholastic Book Club

Build a library for your child at homeBooks are on a grade 3-4 reading levelChecks only~ payable to “Scholastic Book Clubs”For online ordering our code is GY2GPForm and check due date will be indicated on homework chart/monthly calendarHelp build our classroom library and supplies through bonus points

Star Students

Monday – Share your favorite short story

Tuesday – 2-5 family pictures

Wednesday – favorite song (school appropriate)

Thursday – something you like to do in your free time

Friday – return journal, animal, and share

Misc. ItemsEight Literary Strategies

(Research completed by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Douglas Williams and implemented in schools across the country.) Purpose: To link strategic teaching and student learningRead Aloud – or shared reading

Teacher read aloudMystery Readers

Student read aloudKWL chartsGraphic Organizers – visual representation of informationVocabulary instruction – Study word families, prefixes, suffixes, word roots, word sorts, and so onSmall group instruction/Guided reading/Literature circlesWriting to Learn – Help students inquire, clarify, or reflect on the content

Math and science journalsWriting Process (brainstorm, rough draft, edit, revise, good

copy/publish, share)Teaching comprehension strategies – Use of highlighters, making connections, predicting, inferring, questioning, monitoring comprehension, summarizing & synthesizing, evaluatingReciprocal teaching – Allow students to become instructors of the learned content, when working in small groups

When you Wish Upon a StarPlease consider

donating supplies to our

classroom by selecting a

star from the bulletin

board outside our room

on the way out.

Thank you!

Your turn!

Any questions?

Let’s have a great year!Thank you for coming!

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Final Thought:An apple for the teacher

is really nothing new. Except when you remember

that parents are teachers, too!