1. Ms. Torres’ 3 rd Grade Class 2012 - 2013 Welcome parents!

2. Welcome to Third Grade  Please sign in at the kidney table.  Sign up for a conference time.  Have a seat at your child’s desk.  Each student has a hope and dream posted for this school year. Please read your child’s hope and dream. Then create your own hope and dream for your child this school year.

3. Introduction  Meet Ms. Torres

4. Classroom Rules  Treat other with respect  Treat personal/school property with respect  Do your own work  Try your best  Make good choices

5. Consequences  Lose the privilege  You break it, you fix it

6. Goals  Students develop self-control and self discipline.  Students develop good listening skills.  Students develop as independent thinkers and workers.  Students develop as responsible individuals.  Students develop respect and social awareness.

7. Specials Schedule  Monday: COMPUTER LAB, PE, LIBRARY  Tuesday: SEARCH/GUIDANCE, MUSIC  Wednesday: PE  Thursday: PE, MUSIC  Friday: ART  Lunch: 12:25 – 12:55  Recess every day

8. Snacks  Healthy snack  Fruit, vegetables, grains  No candy  No nuts  Late lunch  Nutritious and substantial snack to help focus

9. Homework  Homework is a nightly 20-30 minute process  Read 20 minutes – Reading Log  Projects  IXL, Renzulli Learning, and word study homework is available

10. Homework  No Homework Binder for conference records  No Homework slip sent home  Word Study homework given as deemed necessary

11. Field Trips  Parent volunteers for students with Epi- pens  2 field trips  Mount Vernon – Thursday, October 25 th  Native Lands – spring  Link to Native Lands will be on third grade website

12. Parties  No baked goods  Room parent volunteers  Winter party – December 20 th  Ancient Civilizations Day  End of the year party

13. Reading A balanced or comprehensive literacy approach is used. This includes shared reading, guided reading and independent reading as well as read-alouds, literature study and explicit skills lessons. The Skills include the following: 1)Connecting 2)Predicting 3)Questioning 4)Inferring 5)Synthesizing/Visualization 6)Evaluating/Applying

14. Writing  Writing Students write for many purposes with emphasis on explanatory and descriptive writing. Students also practice basic research skills, with an emphasis on information collection, summary and paraphrasing and identifying resources.  Grammar Usage & Mechanics  Word Study Approach Discovering patterns, rules and meaning.  Cursive Writing

15. Math  Graphing  Probability & Statistics  Addition & Subtraction  Geometry  Patterns, Functions, Algebra  Multiplication & Division  Measurement  Money  Time  Problem Solving

16. Science  Units  Matter  Life Cycles  Energy Resources  Simple Machines  Animal Adaptations  Life Cycles  Scientific Process  Asking Questions  Communicating  Gathering Data  Making Sense of Data

17. Social Studies Units 1.Map and Globe Skills 2.Communities/Citizenship 3.Government 4.Famous Americans/Explorers 5.Economics 6.Greece 7.Mali 8.Rome

18. Assessments  Assessments will be graded with 4, 3, 2, 1.  Formative and summative assessments will be used  Observations  Discussions/conferences  Work samples  Verbal and nonverbal participation  A copy of the report card as well as the guidelines for achievement marks (1, 2, 3, 4) are attached

19. Communication  Newsletters  Hard copy- monthly in Thursday folders  Website  Upcoming events  Specials Schedule  Frequently used documents

20. Communication Continued  Conferences  Sign up sheet for 1 st quarter conferences  Additional conferences  End of the year  Thursday Folders  PTA and school information  Student work  Teacher letters

21. Contact Methods  E-mail tatiana.torres@lcps.org  School Phone: (703) 327-7801  Notes placed in “Take Home” folder in “Notes to/from home” pocket

22. Attachments  Your packets also contain the following:  Nine week plans for 3 rd grade  Daily schedule – Keep for reference  Class wish list  Report Card sample  Guidelines for achievement marks (1, 2, 3, 4)

23. We Are Looking Forward to a Great Year!

24. To Do List… Sign in at kidney table Conference sheet at kidney table Hopes and dreams