1. Parent Night
Fall 2016
3rd grade

2. Welcome to 3rd Grade!
We are thrilled to have your child in our class this year! I know this year is going to be fantastic! This presentation is just to give you a few helpful hints about some of our procedures and routines we will be following throughout this school year. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to /text/call us.

3. Mrs. Serjeant Mrs. Mowery
The Teachers
Mrs. Ortwein
Mrs. Hill

4. Contact Info? M.E. main phone:
Mrs. Serjeant, Room 120
Mrs. Mowery, Room 119
Ms. Ortwein, Room 117
Mrs. Hill, Room 118

5. Parent-Teacher Communication
Our main way of communication will be Remind 101. If you have not signed up, please see your child’s teacher.
I need a working that you check daily.
I will be using /phone/school newsletters for communication on everything.
Other items will be posted on our website. It is important that you check the site/weekly newsletter for updates or for useful information!

6. Daily Schedule 7:30: Arrival/First Bell
               
7:30: Arrival/First Bell
7:30-7:40: Unpack/turn in homework/morning work/announcements (7:40 Tardy Bell)
7:40-7:50: Finish morning work
7:50-8:20: R.T.I. Interventions
8:20-10:30: Block 1
10:30-12:20: Block 2
12:20-12:45: Lunch/12:45-1:05: Recess
1:05-2:00: Specials (Art, P.E., Music)
2:00-2:25: Finish Block 2
2:25-2:35: Dismissal

7. Grading
You can access your student’s grades online with Power School/Parent Portal. The log- in/sign up is on the mustangps.org website. You will need to get the log-in code from the office. We will update grades every week. Every grade is weighed the same, making them all equally important!

8. Home Links / Reading
Home Links are a part of MPS Every Day Math curriculum.
Home Links will be in your child’s Take Home Binder. The students will be doing a home link every day of the week except for Fridays (weeks permitting).
Instead of grades for math and reading homework, we will be doing an incentive plan. They must complete 20 Home Links or read and recall pages to get to eat with any friend at lunch in third grade. Every month completed, they will receive a Pizza Hut Book It coupon for a free kids pizza. The top reader for each class will also receive a Thunder prize.

9. Other Homework
Spelling Lists will be put on our websites/Newsletters. Tests will be on Friday for ELA stories, Spelling Tests, Math Tests unless there is a holiday or otherwise posted.
Practice spelling words.
Reading 20 minutes a night is recommended.

10. Take Home Binder
Please check every night, the items in this binder come back every day, and are only to be taken out to do the work or study.

11. Folder
These will have graded papers and extra pages from the district, town events, and activities. The items on the left can be left at home. The items on the right need to be brought back to school.

12. Class Website Go to mustangps.org Click on Teacher Sites
Search for our last name
Bookmark the page :)

13. Helpful Websites
ccss.everydaymathonline.com/g_login.html (Math, family letters, the student reference book, home links, activities, and games) Students’ log- in and password information should be taped on the inside cover of the take-home binder.
Softseven- Math races for practice.

14. Classroom/School Expectations
Two years ago we became a Great Expectations model school. In our classrooms, we are working very hard to learn and follow Great Expectations as well as Love and Logic.

15. Great Expectations
-We will value one another as unique and special individuals.
-We will not laugh at or make fun of a person’s mistakes, nor use sarcasm of putdowns.
-We will use good manners, saying “please,” “thank you,” and “excuse me” and allow others to go first.
-We will cheer each other to success.
-We will help one another whenever possible.
-We will recognize every effort and applaud it.
-We will encourage each other to do our best.
-We will practice virtuous living using the life principles.

16. Bronco Best
Ready!
Responsible!
Respectful!

17. Snack
We will be having snack.
Each child will be responsible for bringing their own snack. They are not required to bring them. Each snack should be healthy, goldfish, cheez- its, fruit, pretzels are some examples. Sweets are only permitted on special occasions.
Students may bring a water bottle also. Water is the only beverage allowed in the classroom.

18. Birthdays
Feel free to send or bring a birthday snack such as cupcakes or cookies for your child’s birthday (it has to be store bought.)
Please do not send invitations to school. We are not allowed to hand them out, per district policy.

19. Specials P.E., Art, Music 1:05-2:00 everyday
Please specials teachers regarding any questions.

20. Library Have a question regarding the library or media?
Book fines? Overdue books? Yearbooks?
Please Tanya Bernhardt at

21. Lunch
Feel free to join your child for lunch! (check in with the office first, please.)
3rd grade eats at 12:20- 12:45.

22. Tardiness
School doors open at 7:15 (Your child will not be supervised if dropped off beforehand.)
Bell rings at 7:30
Tardy bell rings at 7:40
Please remember to call the office when your child is absent so it is verified.

23. Bronco Bash
Bronco Bash is at 7:30 in the new gym every Monday, which started August 29th.
We will send home a note with your child, and we will use Remind 101 to let you know that your child will be receiving an award on that upcoming Monday.

24. Reading Sufficiency Act
See Jessika Hill’s teacher page for contact information and questions.
Click on link, mustang reading presentation, for information on the R.S.A. law.

25. THANK YOU!
Lastly…thank you for sharing your child with us! We are looking forward to helping your children grow and learn. Here’s to an amazing year! – Third Grade Teachers