2. Welcome Curriculum Night 2015-2016 Third Grade

3. School Day Start Time Students may enter the classroom beginning at 7:25. Instruction begins at 7:45. If your student arrives after 7:45, they will receive a tardy slip.

4. Snack Dry, peanut free snacks only Ten minute working snack Water bottles will be kept at the back of the room.

5. Dismissal If your child is not following his or her normal dismissal routine, please notify the teacher in writing or by calling the front office.

6. Attendance Policy If absent, students have 3 days to send a written note stating the reason they were absent. If a note is not received, it will become an unexcused absence. A phone call is wonderful, but it must be accompanied by a written note per state guidelines.

7. Student Expectations Behavior Calendar and Ticket System: Students will receive tickets as a positive reward system. Alternatively, they will have tickets taken away as a consequence of poor choices and/or misconduct and their behavior calendar needs to be initialed nightly. Behavior Card: For misconduct, students will be given a verbal warning first, tickets taken away second, and a final reprimand of signing the behavior card. The parents will be notified of the behavior either by email or phone and the card will be sent home for a parent signature. Please return the Behavior Card to school the follow day.

8. Helpful Websites Class Web Pages Please check out our class web pages for updates and important information. www.nisdtx.org Select Schluter Elementary Select Staff pages Click on teacher’s name - Zeigler

9. Thursday News Thursday folders will go home each Thursday with completed assignments and important notes from the school. Please remove all papers each week. Please return the folders every Friday.

10. Report Cards Progress reports and report cards are sent electronically unless other arrangements have been made. Please make sure to update your e-mail address and other information with the district.

11. Home Access Center Online Grade book You are able to check your child’s grades 24/7! Set up username and password (Check with the front office for this.) Customize to receive e-mails and alerts

12. Homework Reading - Read each evening and record on the home reading log once a book has been completed (More Information Coming Soon: Students will be responsible for writing one reader’s response per week on a book they read at home. The reader’s response will be due each Friday.) Spelling Words - Tests on Friday, new words given on Friday Math - one assignment each week - Due on Friday

13. Math Math State Assessment (STAAR) – May 9, 2016 Fact Fluency- Perfect Practice Makes Perfect Addition facts to 20 within a snap Recall facts to multiply up to10 by10 with automaticity and recall the corresponding division facts Math homework will be a review of concepts already taught and current concepts for the week.

14. Reading Reading State Assessment (STAAR) - May 10, 2016 Approximately 30 minutes daily of independent reading time to build stamina 3 rd Grade Author Study – Allen Say Social Studies is integrated within the ELA curriculum Reading Homework – help your child build the habit of reading every day, creating life-long readers; use reading log to document texts read; Students will write one reader’s response per week

15. Writing Writing State Assessment STAAR (4th grade only) authentic writers that can express themselves clearly workshop model (opening, work period, closing) 30 minutes daily of independent writing time to build stamina Multiple Writing Genre Studies

16. Spelling Tests Words given on Friday – test following Friday per six week period, all spelling assessments equal 1 formative grade Students will continue with the Words Their Way curriculum used in second grade

17. Science Science Inquiry and PBLs The Inquiry Learning model takes advantage of students’ natural curiosity. It requires well-developed questioning skills. It helps students to develop strategies and processes for collecting and evaluating information. 4th annual Science Night of No Limits will be in the Spring! Topics covered this year include: different types of force, motion and energy; food chains and ecosystems; earth and space including a study of the solar system

18. Birthday Celebrations Last 10 minutes of the day No goodie bags please Cannot hand out invitations to parties in class

19. PTA Membership Please consider joining the Schluter Elementary PTA! The PTA sponsors events such as field day, treat parties, field trip scholarships and much, much more! Sign up tonight and learn how you can help with the many services provided by our PTA!

20. Any Questions?

21. THANK YOU! Thank you for coming! Please make sure you signed in for tonight’s session. Sign up for your October Parent-Teacher Conference. If you would like to volunteer in our classroom, please leave your information on the Volunteer Sign-Up sheet.