1. Welcome to Back-to-School Night
Mrs. Kepler: Room 43
Thank you for the generous school supply donations!!!

2. Welcome to 3rd Grade!
BUSY!! So far…2 DRAs, Study Island Benchmarks for ELA & Math, 3 Reading Tests, & Spelling Test. WHEW!!
Typical Daily Schedule
Book Exchange Day 1
Change from K-2: LOTS of technology use, assessments, organization expectations, responsibility, & more reading to learn and less learning to read

3. 3rd Grade Curriculum Journey’s Reading Program – Guest Speakers
Journey’s Writing- focus, content, organization, conventions: Narrative, Opinion, Informative
Journey’s Grammar
Journey’s Spelling
Go Math! – New this year – May skip problems/worksheets instead/math tools

4. 3rd Grade Curriculum
Science - Sound, Objects in the Sky, Water, Simple Machines, Animal Adaptations
Social Studies - Civics/Government, Economics, Geography, Early History
See our website for more thorough listing with links for resources

5. 3rd Grade Assessments Journey’s Reading:
-3 Assessments on Day 5 - online (Comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar)
-Unit Assessments every 5 lessons - online
Spelling: Pretest Day 1 & Post-Test Day 5
Writing Pieces: Rubrics – will be sent home
Math: Assessments after each chapter, quizzes, & fluency checks

6. 3rd Grade Assessments PSSAs – Results beginning of 4th grade
ELA (now 3 days): week of April 9th
Math (now 2 days): week of April 16th
DRAs – Sept., Feb., May
Study Island ELA & Math Benchmarks – test knowledge of all 3rd grade – online – Sept., Jan., May (scores sent home in envelopes)
All online assessments – paper home with score

7. Report Cards Letter (%) Grades – New last year
Based on PCS – Pennsylvania Core Standards
3,2,1- based on assessments, classwork – independent & group work, & class performance
Not all standards taught every trimester
Trimesters – 2 conferences – Nov. 16th (evening), Nov. 20th (day & evening), March 8th (evening), March 12th (day & evening)

8. Achievement Key Standards under each subject are marked with:
3 - Meeting grade-level standard-Producing quality work
2 - Progressing toward the standard-Producing required grade-level work with teacher direction & assistance
1 - Beginning to develop the standard-not yet able to produce grade-level work
X - Not assessed or observed at this time

9. Academic Grades
Each subject area is marked with an overall % taken from the gradebook:
A: C+: D-:
A-: C: F: 59
B+: C-:
B: D+:
B-: D:

10. Approaches to Learning
Behaviors:
O – Consistent quality work, beyond grade- level expectations
S – Meets grade- level expectations
N – Needs some improvement to meet grade- level expectations

11. Positive Behavior Plans
ROAR - Respectful, Openly Caring, Always Safe, Ready to Learn
Tallies - Fun Fridays & Monthly Celebrations
ROAR Cards - 100s Chart - Bingo
Green Chips, Proud Clouds (character traits) - certificates home/name in jar/ QR rewards
Cougar Celebrations – Whole Class
Monthly Golden Awards
Secret Student

12. Homework Monday – Friday (30 min.)
15 minutes of reading - their pick/group book/Think Central
Spelling Practice – list of ideas on website
Math Workbook Pages – do independently/ask for help Please check over – circle if need help – NOT Mrs. Kepler’s way- let me know if struggling - get from a friend if forget
5 minutes of math fluency practice - flash cards, multiplication.com, other options on website
Study Island can always be accessed as additional practice for reading or math if desired (70%) 

13. Homework
On occasion: Study Island Assignment, PSSA Practice, Projects for Science or Social Studies
HW Binder & Folder System - Please remember to sign planners every night. Your signature indicates to me that all homework was completed. Unsigned planners will count as incomplete homework. The Homework Binder and all homework should be returned everyday.
Their responsibility to write in planner and get signed.
Homework can be found on my website - Absent
Thank you for your support!

14. Class Activities Need Class Helper – snacks (PSSAs, V Day, etc.)
Winter Wonderland Party – Friday, Dec. 22nd – Noon Dismissal
Guest Speakers – List of Topics
ROAR Celebrations
December Guest Readers
Music Field Trip – Harrisburg Symphony
Race for Education/Field Day
3rd Grade Zoo
Field Trip – Messiah College – Museum of Natural History – Tuesday, June 5th – Clearances

15. Communication Newsletters, Emails, Phone Calls, Remind App, Website
If you do not have access to the Internet & would like hard copies please let me know.
/call with questions at any time

16. THANK YOU FOR COMING! Take a peek in your child’s desk & around room
Leave a note for your child
Sign-Ups on front table
Take all papers & your treat 
Questions?