1. How to ROCK in 3rd Grade
Please visit Stations 1-3 before you leave.

2. Transitioning Into 3rd Grade
Going from learning to read to reading to learn
Moving from teacher-directed to independent work.
Emphasizing testing in content areas
(Reading, Writing, Math, Science, and Social Studies)

3. Responsibility
On-time attendance
Curriculum
Keep Practicing

4. R – Responsibility (Student)
Students should be responsible for anything sent home that needs to come back to school (i.e. books, forms, agendas, etc.)
Teaching your child responsibility takes some of the pressure off you, AND teaches them a life skill
Students are also responsible for
completing assignments on time.
There will be consequences for
not being responsible

5. R – Responsibility (Parent)
My main communication is through my class blog. Please make sure to check it often for updates.
I am happy to communicate via , too. I will respond to you as soon as 1 can within 24 hours. Please know that I will be teaching during the day. Please do not send transportation changes through .
Check your child’s agenda for
behavior reports (Clean & Green sheet)
and important hand-outs
Parent/Teacher conferences may be
scheduled as well.

7. O – On time Attendance
Our work day begins promptly at 8:00, but getting to school before the 7:50 bell is recommended.
If your child will be checking out early, please let us know in advance so that we can have your child ready to go. We cannot come back to the room during lunch to get book bags and belongings.
We have a LOT of curriculum to cover this year, so it is crucial that your child be at school unless he/she is truly sick (fever, contagious, throwing up, etc.)
Assessments can take place any day of the week.
First major testing year
(CoGAT & ITBS in September, and
GA Milestone Test in April)

8. English Language Arts and Literacy
C - Curriculum
English Language Arts and Literacy
Third grade is a pivotal year for your child!
Learning to read with fluency and confidence
Be able to make sense of multi-syllable words in books
Appreciate that words have meanings that are not literal (e.g., a piece of cake) and have relationships to other words (e.g., company and companion)
By the end of the year, your child
will be writing clear sentences and
paragraphs on a range of topics,
drawing on an expanding vocabulary.

9. C - Curriculum Math Key Concepts
One of the most important topics this year is multiplication and division. ALL students need to be working to have their multiplication/division facts, through the 10s, memorized by December.
Fractions.
Multiplication, division, and fractions are the building blocks for many life skills that students will learn in later grades, such as percentages.

10. C - Curriculum
The International Baccalaureate (IB) offers a continuum of international education. Our six units that we will be teaching are: Who We Are (Rules & Laws, Pollution, Recycling) How the World Works (Rocks, Fossils, Heat, Weathering, and Erosion) How we Organize Ourselves (Colonies, Productive Resources, Goods & Services, Soil) Sharing the Planet (Explorers and Map Skills) Where we are in Place and Time (American Indians, Animals, and Habitats) How We Express Ourselves (Branches of Government and Currency)

11. K – Keep Practicing
Students will be expected to practice math facts and reading each night. (Freckle website for practice.)
If your child is having difficulty with concepts learned in class, he/she may be given practice work.
Students who are still struggling with the addition and subtraction math facts need to
continue to practice in preparation
for the multiplication and division
we will begin learning shortly.
Typing practice (Typing Club website)

12. K – Keep Practicing STANDARDIZED TESTING September 5-8
Cognitive Abilities Test (CoGat) and
September 13-18
Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS)
April 9-24: GA Milestone Test Window

13. Thank you for coming!
Please don’t forget to turn in the following paperwork to the Blue bin before you leave:
Student Information Card
Daily Departure Plan
Permission Form