Welcome to Third Grade

1. Welcome to Third Grade Whitlow Elementary School

2. Lunch • You are welcome to come to lunch with your child during our lunch time. If you do, please sit at the tables provided for families. Only your child may sit with you. There are not enough tables for the children to invite a friend as well. • Please make sure that all lunch money is in an envelope labeled with the child’s name, teacher’s name, and grade. We can’t send down loose cash and/or change. Please include your child’s student number as well. Thank you for your help!

3. Transportation • All changes in transportation must be received in a written note. • Email, faxes, and phone calls are not accepted.

4. Homework • Weekly newsletter • Read 20 minutes • Math practice nightly • Homework is not graded

5. What do we study? • Reading • Writing • Grammar • Math • Science • Social Studies • Health • Spelling Special Area: P.E., Art, Music, Technology, Counseling, and Media

6. The Daily 5 • Read to Self • Read to a Friend • Listening to Reading • Working with Words • Writing

7. Mathematics • Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers • Multiplication and Division • Place Value • Geometry • Fractions • Probability • Measurement • Perimeter and Area • Analyzing and Graphing Data

8. Reading • Fluency • Comprehension • Author’s Purpose • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Sequencing • Story Elements • Context Clues • Compare and Contrast • Cause and Effect • Story Structure • Reading for Information • Making Inference

9. Grammar • Nouns • Verbs • Adjectives • Pronouns • Adverbs • Capitalization and Punctuation • Pronouns • Synonyms and Antonyms

10. Writing Four types of writing according to the Georgia Writing Assessment: Narrative Persuasive Information Response to Literature Writing will be assessed according to the following: Ideas, Organization, Style, and Conventions

11. Science • Scientific Method • Heat and Energy • Magnets • Habits of Georgia’s plants and animals • Fossils • Rocks and Soils • Effects of Pollution • Personal Safety • Healthy Living

12. Social Studies • Map and Globe Skills • Greece and our democratic roots • U.S. Government • U.S. Geography- physical features • Key people in U.S. history • Economics

13. Report Card • We use the standard-based report card in third grade. The grades are as follows: 4- Complete standard mastery 3- Consistent achievement toward standard mastery 2 – Moderate Achievement toward standard mastery 1 – Limited achievement towards standard mastery

14. 3rd Grade Testing Formal Testing: • CogAt (September) • CRCT (April) • Writing Assessment (On-going) Summative Assessment: • Science/Social Studies Unit Testing • Math Unit Tests • County Benchmark (February) Formative Assessments: • Math Spirals • Slate Assessments • Small Group Observations • Daily Activities and Assignments

15. Whitlow Parent Policies • All snacks and food brought to school for the class must be store-bought. We have many students with allergies and need to be able to verify ingredients in food products. • Parent Volunteers are asked to help no more than one hour a day. Please schedule with your child’s teacher in advance.

16. Whitlow Parent Policies • Volunteer hours are between 9:00 and 2:30. • Younger siblings should not accompany volunteers to classrooms. • There will be no visitors on Testing Days or Early Release Days due to a condensed instructional day schedule.

17. Whitlow Elementary Website http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us

18. Thank you for coming.

19. Welcome to Third Grade Whitlow Elementary School