1. Welcome to Third Grade Orientation Please read your child’s letter and write a note back to him/her while we wait to get started. There are sign-up sheets for PTO events on the front table.

2. About Me ● BA in Elementary Education ● Masters in Curriculum and Instruction ● Martha Jennings Scholar ● 12 years of teaching experience

3. Atmosphere/Discipline ● be respectful ●take responsibility ●encourage students to take risks ●learning is fun ●it’s okay to make mistakes

4. Organization ●binder ●homework folder ●Friday folder ●assignment notebooks ●homework routine at home

5. Communication ● newsletters ● e-mail joelle.ehrbar@westg.org ● phone calls: 729-5901, ext. 4225 ● webpage

6. Differentiated Instruction I will do my best to help each student reach his/her full academic potential. ● pretests ● enrichment ● remediation ● options

7. Homework Monday – Thursday ● math (worksheet and study facts) ●word study ● read (reading log) ● study for content area tests

8. Grades ● report cards – standards based - letter grades ● online grade program access for parents is coming soon ● progress reports mid-quarter

9. Snacks ● healthy ● water bottles ● please limit whole class snacks to those approved on the list

10. Reading ● Fundations ● whole class ● guided reading ● author studies ● independent reading ● readers’ theatre ● poetry

11. Writing EVERYDAY :) ● writing process ● letters ● stories ● poems ● informational reports/non-fiction

12. Math ● Everyday Math ● supplemental materials ● practice math facts ○ addition/subtraction ○ multiplication and division this year

13. Handwriting ● review cursive ● write many assignments in cursive after winter break

14. Social Studies ● citizenship ● communities ● map skills ● cultural studies ● economics ● local history ● local government

15. Science ●Earth’s resources and their properties ●soil and rocks ●energy ●matter ●animals ○life cycles ○habitats ○adaptations ●experiments ●scientific method

16. Technology ● computer lab ● classroom ● iPads ● research ● multimedia presentations

17. Testing ● Reading Achievement test October ● Reading Achievement test May ● Summative and Formative Assessments