Ms. Decker’s Third- Grade Class · Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA –Go Steelers! Enjoy travel, reading...
Transcript of Ms. Decker’s Third- Grade Class · Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA –Go Steelers! Enjoy travel, reading...
Welcome Parents!As you come in:
•Find your child’s desk and read the letter they wrote!
•Use pens at the tables to write a note back •Feel free to use the materials in their pencil box to decorate your note!
Miss Strong’s 3rd
Grade Class
Welcome to Back to
School Night!
Agenda Teacher Introduction
Classroom Expectations
Schedule
Nine Week Plans
Math Grouping
Homework
40 Book Challenge
Retakes
Vacations
General Classroom Information
Contact Information
Questions
A Little About Me… College: Penn State University
Degree: B.A. Elementary Education (K-8)
Minors/Certificates: Special Education, Deafness & Hearing Studies, English as a Second Language (ESL/ELL),
Grad School: George Mason University (current)
M.Ed. School Counseling
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA – Go Steelers!
Enjoy travel, reading playing piano, and skiing! I also enjoy other outdoor activities.
Classroom Expectations, Rewards, & Consequences
• Students are to be Ready, Responsible, Respectful (The “3 R’s”)
• Students are responsible for assignments, materials, transporting belongings between home and school
•Students will write homework in agenda every day, and return completed homework next day
•Chance Cards and Puma Paws (Individual Students)
•Bingo Points (Whole Class)
•Think Sheet -- filled out in school and sent home
o Parent signature needed, and return to school.
The First Nine Weeks
MATH Place Value
Forms of numbers
Comparing numbers
Rounding
Addition Addition Properties
Carrying over
Subtraction Borrowing
Subtracting acrosszeros
LANGUAGE ARTS Effective Communication
and Listening Skills Group work & team building
Word Analysis Skills
Reading Strategies & Genres Fiction/Nonfiction
Demonstrate Comprehension of Fiction
Paragraph writing Complete sentences
Parts of speech
Paragraph on same topic
The First Nine Weeks
SOCIAL STUDIES Government
Famous Americans George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr.
Cesar Chavez
Holidays Veterans Day
Memorial Day
Serving the community
SCIENCE Scientific Investigation
Scientific method
Experiments
Matter Water stages
Solid, Liquid, gas
Water Cycle Water conservation
Math Grouping
Pre-assessment at beginning of year
Differentiated—classes switch
ALL students’ are taught the same content/standards, but content is delivered according to individual needs and noted concept areas.
Helps to meet increasing rigor of SOL tests
Homework Students should receive approximately
30 minutes of homework every night. About 10 minutes per grade level
In addition students are expected to read 15-20 minutes every night.
Students use their agendas daily.
Parental supervision of agenda use is strongly advised.
Reading Books at home – write in agenda w/parent signature
40 Book Challenge
Reading at home – Do it!
GradingTeachers will use the following grading scale for student work:
4– Consistently goes beyond established goals for achievement/contributions or explains & justifies reasoning behind an answer
Consistently transfers, applies, and expands skills, applies problem-solving and critical thinking skills across areas of the curriculum
Regularly shows originality, creativity, and intuitive thinking beyond standard
3– Consistently meets established goal for achievement
Demonstrates all required knowledge of content area,
Periodically transfers, applies and expands skills or demonstrates originality, creativity, and intuitive thinking
3 + applies some of the “4” expectations
Grading2– Demonstrates partial knowledge of established goal for achievement, but is
progressing toward complete knowledge of standard
Progressing toward expressing original, creative and intuitive thinking
Rarely applies problem-solving and critical-thinking skills across areas of the curriculum
2+ applies some of the “3” expectations
1-Has difficulty/does not meet established grade-level goals for achievement and expectations
Seldom or never understands, transfers, or applies skills
Does not apply problem-solving and critical-thinking skills across areas of the curriculum
1+ applies some of the “2” expectations
Retakes on Summative Tests Students will be permitted to “retake” a
summative assessment if they received an OVERALL score lower than a 2+
The highest score a student can earn on a retake is a 2+ -- IF they complete the requirements!
VacationsIf you are planning on taking a vacation that will be more
than 3 days, you must email the office to have it approved by the administration.
PLEASE let me know if your student will not be in school for an extended amount of time! Several days notice is expected if you wish to receive any work ahead of time for your child to take with you before your trip!
Conference Sign Up
Using Parent VUE:
• Log in to ParentVUE
• Click Conference Tab
• Click “Parent scheduled conferences”
Conference Sign Up
Conference Sign Up
General Classroom Information
Classroom blog: pnbstrong.blogspot.com
Games, Study Guides, Log-In info, Wish List all on Blog
Scholastic Book Orders -- MF3MC class online code!
Class page on Pinebrook website
Remind 101 for short updates and reminders
Contact Information Please feel free to contact me via:
Phone (school phone)
Letters sent in with your
child
Emails
Remind 101 – You can message me
Questions ?
Thank you for coming!
Computers are on in the back to sign up for conferences.