Welcome to 3rd Grade

Planners Students are expected to fill out their planner every day from the board. Homework and other events will be written in their planners. Parents – please sign their planner nightly.

Reader’s Workshop Reader’s Workshop is broken into two sections. There is the reading Lesson and Daily 5 time. Reading Lesson - During this time, students will be taught skills that will help them become better readers and be given the opportunity to “try out” these skills. Daily 5 – During this time, I will work with groups of students to work on what they need to become better readers. We call it WIN Time (What I Need). As I work with students, the other students will be working on other various reading skills, such as reading their “Just Right” books to improve stamina and reading comprehension or working on writing, since reading and writing are connected. This is also a time that they could be working on their Quick Jots.

Daily Reading The more practice a student gets reading, the better they are at reading, and the more experiences they have reading. Your child will have a Daily Reading Goal (DRG) based on the length of his/her book. Students will be expected to meet their reading goal each day. Independent reading that is not finished during the school day will be homework. Students will be using sticky notes to record "Quick Jots“ during their reading. b b b b.

Math Math will also be broken down into two parts – the Math Lesson and BUILD Time. Math Lesson - During this time, students will be taught skills that will help them become better at math and be given the opportunity to “try out” these skills. We will focus a lot on mental math skills this year, especially their math facts. Research shows students learn best using hands-on activities and relating learning to the real world. Students will be given many opportunities to use manipulatives for learning math. BUILD Time - Daily 5 – During this time, I will work with groups of students to work on what they need to become better at math. We call it WIN Time (What I Need). As I work with students, the other students will be working on other various math skills, such as playing math games with previously taught skills, working with manipulatives, or working independently on math skills.

Spelling Our Spelling is on a 2 Week Cycle. Research has shown that children only truly learn the spelling patterns if they are exposed to the rules multiple times over a period of time. Week 1 – Spelling Week – Students will take a pretest to determine what list they will work on. Students will use all 20 words (pattern words and high frequency words) to complete activities – Tic Tac Toe. Test on Friday for the spelling of all 20 words. Week 2 – Vocabulary Week – Students will reuse the first 10 words of their list (pattern words) and define and draw a picture of each word. Test on Friday for the meaning of all 10 words.

Science Science is one of the major focuses for the district. SCUCISD feels students should be familiar with how the world around them works. We will cover concepts in each discipline of science – life, physical, and Earth. Students will be given many opportunities to experiment using hands-on activities.

Social Studies Third grade social studies TEKS cover communities. We will focus on community developments: government, social services (hospitals, libraries, schools, etc.), and businesses.

Report Card and Progress Report: Progress report given every 3 weeks Report Card given every 9 weeks Grades can be viewed online at any time. Go to https://txconnpa.esc13.net/PACB/login.aspx Parents should have received a flyer in the mail with directions and your child’s portal ID. Make sure you sign up.

Corrections Students may correct any assignment that is below a 70. They are expected to correct only the questions they missed on a new piece of paper stapled to the original. Corrections should then be turned into the teacher in a timely manner. Erasing and re-writing makes it very hard to see the correction.

New Teacher We as teachers do not have any input or say when deciding which students will join the new class. There is not a set date on when the new class will be formed. More information will be given once we have it

The best way to contact me : mlee@scuc.txed.net 210-619-4700 Conference times M-F, 12:45 – 1:40pm All teachers’ web pages are linked on the Cibolo Valley campus site, TeacherSites link.