1. Welcome To Third Grade!
Miss D’Andrea Room 18

2. Welcome To 3rd Grade and Miss D’Andrea’s Class!
Please Come In!
Sign in on the back table!
- “Reach for the Stars!” If you’d like to donate something inexpensive to our class, please reach for a star in the small red bag for items that we are in need of!
- Take a look around :)
- Find your child’s seat!

3. A Typical Day Focus: Independence Personal Responsibility
Community Values
Advancement of Each Child’s Academics

4. Starring…Your Children

5. Supporting Roles Miss D’Andrea - Classroom Teacher
Mrs. Troccolo - Special Education Teacher (at least 1 hour per day)
Mrs. Artigas - Special Education Aide (all day)
Mrs. Rose - Special Education Aide (1 hour per day)

6. Starting The Day…

7. Math Concept: Graphing!
Choose Lunch
Math Concept: Graphing!

8. Hand In Homework
Working on:
Responsibility
Sorting

9. Time For Morning Work
Skills:
Grammar
Math Review
Critical Thinking Questions
Writing Prompts

10. Word Study (Spelling) Words Their Way spelling program Spelling lists
at each
students’
instructional level!

11. Lastly, we will come back together for our closing share.
Reader’s Workshop
Students gather for a mini lesson, where we teach a strategy…
During this time, Mrs. Troccolo and I have small group instruction or one-on-one conferences with students.
Then they go off and read on their own for a minimum of 20 minutes.
Lastly, we will come back together for our closing share.

12. More importantly, students are to READ, READ, READ!!!
Reading Expectations
According to the CT State Standards, students are to read and respond to 25 JUST RIGHT books this year!
Students are to read for a minimum of 15 (later will become 20 then 30) minutes each night
Students are to log their reading EVERY DAY
More importantly, students are to
READ, READ, READ!!!

13. Writer’s Workshop
Students gather for a mini lesson, where we teach a strategy…
Then they go off and write on their own for a minimum of 20 minutes.
During this time, Mrs. Troccolo and I have small group instruction or one-on-one conferences with students.
Lastly, we will come back together for our closing share.

14. Math Place Value Pictorial Representations of Numbers
Models for Operations
Basic Facts
Decimals, Fractions
Word Problems
Estimation
Geometry and Measurement
Time
Working with Data: Probability and Statistics
Algebraic Reasoning: Patterns and Functions

15. Science Living Organisms Changes in Matter Rocks & Minerals
Earth’s Waters and Resources

16. Social Studies 3rd Grade Big Picture: Norwalk Geography
Native Americans
Norwalk Geography
Economy/Industry of Norwalk
Norwalk History

17. Computer Lab Microsoft Word Microsoft PowerPoint Proper Typing
Study Island program

18. Homework
Homework is the STUDENT’s responsibility (you all already went through 3rd grade!)
Every night, students will have Math, Spelling (on full weeks), Language Arts skills, plus Reading and filling out reading logs!
Your student will also know what special they have the next day!

19. Star Student Awards
Hand in your homework from each night ON THE DAY IT IS DUE! (Personal Responsibility)
Receive:
Star Student Certificate/Bookmark
Star Student Band
Move Watermelons up 2 spaces

20. CMTs… No that doesn’t stand for Child Mind Torture (although it should
3rd Grade is their first CMT experience
- Tests given over 2 weeks in March!
- Tests:
- 1 Writing Prompt
- 2 Reading Comprehension tests - 45 minutes each (multiple choice questions and open ended questions)
- 2 Math tests: 60 minutes each (multiple choice questions and opened ended questions)
- 1 DRP: 60 minutes (multiple choice)
- 1 Editing and Revising: 60 minutes (multiple choice)

21. Agreements (Rules) & Rewards
1. Only talk one at a time.
2. Listen attentively to the speaker. 3. Keep our hands, feet, and objects to ourselves. 4. Follow directions the first time given. 5. Raise our hands to speak. 6. Show respect to EVERYONE!
Rewards
1. Beads in the Reward Jar (Entire class incentive) 2. Individual raffle tickets for the drawing on Friday

22. Discipline System “Flip Cards” System
Green = Great Behavior (start on green each day)
Blue = Warning!
Yellow = Lose 5 minutes of extra recess
Orange = Lose 10 minutes of
Extra recess and write letter about
Behavior (to be signed by parent)
Red = Isolated lunch,
phone call home by student

23. Field Trips Fairfield Audubon (November-ish) Roton Planetarium (April)
City Hall (May)
Little Red Schoolhouse (May)
Lockwood Matthews Mansion (June)

24. How can you help?? Be our reader in the library on “A” days
- Read with your child!
- Chaperone our field trips (more information about this when field trips are announced!)
- Ask me ANYTHING ANY TIME you have a question! (Best way to get in touch with me: !)
- Donate your “Borders Bucks” to our classroom so we can buy more books for our library!

25. Important Info:
- Conferences: 11/4!

26. THE END!