1. Welcome to 3H
Parents: Make sure you have signed in at the front table. Please do not leave today without your HAC information and red folder.

2. Welcome to 3H’s Meet the Teacher Night
Mr. McGinley and Miss York
Tilden Elementary Center

3. Daily Time Schedule 9:00 – 9:30 - WIN 9:35 – 10:40 – Language Arts
10:40 – 11:25 - Special
11:25– 12:10 – Language Arts
12:10 – 12:45 - Lunch
12:45 – 2:25 - Math
2:25 – 2:55 – Science/Social Studies
2:55 – 3:20 - Recess

4. Special Schedule 10:40 – 11:25 Day A- Art Day B- Gym Day C- Music
Day D- Library
Day E- Rotation

5. Snacks Please provide your child with a healthy snack daily.
We will have our snack around 10:15
Please provide your child with a healthy snack daily.
Examples include: crackers, pretzels, fruit, vegetables, and snack bites
Only water please

6. SUPPLIES- Students would benefit from having the following supplies.
Pencils (as many as possible)
Crayons, glue sticks, folders, etc.
A box of tissues to share with the class
Earbuds

7. BOOK COVERS
Students are required to cover their books. We have three textbooks that will need to be covered.
Please be sure to get the extra large size

8. Homework Homework will generally be given 4 nights a week.
Assignments will be a review of previously taught material.
All homework is due the next day.
Missed assignments will result in loss of recess to complete the homework.
Since we only have one recess it is imperative that homework be completed nightly and returned to school the next day.

9. Reading Homework
In order to practice fluency and comprehension, reading homework will be assigned on a weekly basis.
The students will work with the same story the entire week.
Instructions and a recording graph will be sent home each week.
On Monday the students will make a prediction and read the story for 1 minute.
On Tuesday through Wednesday they will read the story for 1 minute each night
On Thursday they will read the story again for 1 minute and answer a couple comprehension questions.

10. Study Guides
There will be tests and quizzes in Science and Social Studies since these subjects will be graded on report cards in 3rd grade.
Before any test, a study guide will be distributed and the test will be announced in the assignment book a week before the test.
The study guide will include all needed information for tests.
A Jeopardy game will be on my webpage that reviews necessary information for tests.

11. Assignment Books
Student are required to write their homework each night in their assignment books.
Please be sure to check books on a daily basis and sign them Monday through Thursday.
I check these books everyday for assignments and signatures.

12. Class Dojo
What is it?
ClassDojo is a behavior management tool for the classroom. Each student has a profile with their own avatar (that they have created) to which teachers can assign positive and negative points throughout the school day.

13. Class Dojo Benefits Parents Students View their child’s feedback
points and teacher comments
See posts on the class story of what is happening in the classroom
Students
View their own feedback
Customize their own monster
Engaging and motivating

14. SWEBS: School Wide Effective Behavior Support

15. Attendance
Excuse cards or a note must be returned within 3 days or a fine will be imposed.
Work missed during the day will be sent home with another student or can be picked up in the office.
It is extremely important for students to be in school every day unless they are ill.

16. What is Co-Teaching?
Co-Teaching is when two teachers work together with groups of students; sharing the planning, organization, delivery, and assessment of instruction, as well as the physical space.
Types of co-teaching models
One teach, one observe
One teach, one drift
Parallel (both presents same lesson)
Alternative (both presents same lesson just in different ways)
Station
Team

18. Benefits of Co-Teaching
Brings diverse expertise
Provides specialized learning instruction strategies for ALL students to maximize their
learning potential
Opportunity for more small
group and individualized instruction
Increased opportunities for reinforcement
More effective behavior management
Most importantly, increased student success!!!

19. Curriculum
Reading- Reading Wonders is the first and only reading program designed specifically for the Common Core State Standards for Reading/Language Arts
Math- This is our second year using the enVisions math program
Spelling/Writing/Grammar- contained within the Wonders program
Science- We will cover topics such as ecosystems, matter, ideas and inventions, and space
Social Studies- Maps, Formation of the United State, Landforms

20. AIMSWEB
3 times a year all third grade students will be given a reading fluency assessment that is recorded on the report card.
The fall benchmark is 87 words per minute.
Summer reading loss can profoundly effect the student performance from the end of second grade to the beginning of third and result in large losses.
This is easily prevented by encouraging daily reading ( it is not too late- we still have a few weeks before benchmarking )

21. HAC (Home Access Center)
Each guardian will be given a password to access your child’s grades online from the Hamburg Area website.
This is for all grades 3-5
You will be able to check on your child’s grades in each graded subject area

22. PSSA Testing
All PA 3rd grade students will be required to take the PSSA tests in the spring.
We will begin preparing for state tests after the winter holiday.
Students will also be taking 4-sight tests to determine areas of instruction that are needed 4 times each year.

23. Volunteers and Visitors
If you wish to volunteer in the classroom on a regular basis or if you wish to chaperone the field trip, new state regulations require you to have PA clearances.
This process is lengthy and can take anywhere from a few weeks to a month or longer.
These clearances are provided free to all volunteers.
Forms will be on the Hamburg Area website shortly for you to use.

24. Hamburg Area Website www.hasdhawks.org
Type in the above web address
Scroll down to “Teacher Pages”
Type in the teacher’s last name and click “Search”
Click on “Mr. McGinley or Miss York” to search the web page
- Note: please visit the resources/links page to find Jeopardy games to review for tests

25. Contacting US
The easiest way to contact us is via school at or
Agendas are also a great tool for communication.
If you have an emergency or change in transportation please call the office in the event that I don’t check my before the end of the day.

26. Learning Takes Time Every child learns at different rates.
What one child learns in one day might take another a month to learn.
Multiplication facts, spelling words and science words are great examples.
Please be patient with your child and support them with additional help whenever they are struggling.
3P’s – patience, perseverance, and praise

28. Thanks for coming!!!!