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Parent Information Night

Welcome to. Parent Information Night. Important Procedures.

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Parent Information Night

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  1. Welcome to Parent Information Night

  2. Important Procedures Attendance: Please send your child to school, on time, every day. On time is 7:30-8:00am. After 8:00 is considered a tardy. Allow your child to walk to their classroom on their own. Please send a written note if your child has been sick. Birthdays: Please contact me to set up a celebration time. Birthday invites may not be passed out at school. Please be mindful of hurt feelings and try not to pick up just certain children from our class for birthday activities. Have them go home first and then pick up any children who are celebrating with your child. Summer birthdays are recognized in May. Lunch: Sign in the at the office, wait at the cafeteria, and enjoy spending time with your child at the family table.

  3. Procedures Continued Medical: Medications need to be sent with a note in a labeled bottle. A medical form must also be filled out to keep in the clinic. Need Extra Help? I will contact you if I feel your child could benefit from after school tutoring. It’s not meant to be permanent, but could be to work on one subject or skill. This will begin the week of September 12th. Snack: Your child can bring a healthy, easy to eat snack each day. They may have a water bottle as well. Transportation: Please send your child knowing how to go home. A hand written note MUST be sent to your child’s teacher for any change in dismissal. If the change is made after your child comes to school, please FAX or drop off a written note to Ms. Plumer or the main office and I will be notified. If Castlewood walker, you must be here at 2:25 to pick up your child on the playground.

  4. Communication Procedures This is so important! We need to communicate in order for your child to be a success in school! School website: www.MorrisBrandon.com Individual website: Click on my name and find A LOT of useful information. This website is also meant to be used by the kids. It is their job to know & understand their homework. Email: salinasm@atlanta.k12.ga.us Email is the best way to reach me. Please make an appointment if you need some time to talk or call the office at 404.802.7250.

  5. Graded Work Procedures • Graded work will be sent home on Thursdays • Look over the work with your child and keep papers at home unless they are stamped “sign & return”! • Sign and return folder to school • Congratulate your child on improvements and discuss goals for their future work!

  6. Conference Procedures • I conference with children frequently • I conference with parents starting in Sept. • Please be on time as I may have another conference right after you! Email if you need to cancel or are late. • Please SIGN UP on Sign Up Genius! The link was sent to you via email. • The parent, teacher, and student are responsible for every child’s success!

  7. Behavior Expectations and Procedures • Behavior folder: I use our grade level system that is based on the I.B. Learner Profile. A weekly conduct grade is given at the end of each week. Please sign the folder. • If children need an additional/modified system, I will communicate with you on this. • Bank Books: Kids and the whole class are rewarded for great thinking, behavior, and choices with tallies in their books. Money is taken as a consequence. • Kids learn to budget to shop at the class store every other week. They need to decide on wants vs. needs at the store.

  8. Class Schedule 7:30-8:15 Arrival, morning work, announcements 8:15-9:30 FRENCH/SPECIALS 9:45-11:20 Reading/ Language Arts 11:20 – 12:20 Math 12:20 – 12:50 LUNCH 12:50 – 1:10 Laps/Recess If you want to come, please sit at the family dining table with your child! 1:20 – 2:15 Shurley English/Science/Social Studies 2:15-2:25 Read aloud 2:25 Dismissal

  9. Reading • We use various strategies to teach reading. • Interactive Read Aloud • Independent Reading • Guided Reading • (small groups) • Novel Studies • Reader’s Theatre • Fluency Practice • (smooth reading/words correct per minute.) • Students expected to be at 120 WCPM by year’s end on end third grade level. • Practice nightly

  10. Language Arts • Writing Assessment: It is due in March and writing samples are collected for it throughout the year. • Four main types/genres: • Narrative • Informational • Persuasive • Response to Literature • Traits of Writing – found in each genre • Ideas* • Organization* • Style* = word choice, sentence fluency, etc. • Conventions* = punctuation, capitalization, grammar • Shurley English • Routine based grammar program that uses jingles to help children remember parts of speech and beyond! It is very successful!

  11. Program developed by The University of Chicago. • Helps children understand WHY math works. • Uses a wide variety of games to introduce, review, and challenge children. • You may start multiplication facts as we start late fall. • Students should have mastered addition & subtraction basics by now. Please help them practice at home! • Family Letters!!! EDM may use different strategies than you have used/learned in the past, so read these carefully! These are posted on the class website.

  12. Science • Our I.B. units are based around Science. • Topics of Study include: • Rocks, Minerals, Soil, & Fossils (Tellus Museum and HTHT) • Pollution & Conservation (Georgia Aquarium) • Heat, Energy, Magnets (HTHT) • Habitats of Georgia (Chattahoochee Nature Center) • Plant/Animal Adaptations (Aquarium and Botanical Gardens in school field trip)

  13. Social Studies Our IB units are also based around Social Studies • Government Branches (legislative, executive, judicial) • Government levels (local, state, national) • Economics (Junior Achievement) • Historical Figures (Center for Puppetry Arts in school trip) • Map Skills • Geography: rivers, mountains of the U.S. • Ancient Greece

  14. Homework • Third Graders will have up to 30 minutes of homework every night (Monday-Thursday). They also complete another 15+ min. of choice reading. • Homework is due daily; the students are responsible for writing their homework assignments in their agenda. • Please do not do your child’s homework for them. In third grade students must learn that it is their responsibility. • If you notice your child taking too much extra time to work on homework, please discuss that with the teacher.

  15. Grading • We use Infinite Campus to record grades. • You can access Infinite Campus with your username and password. You can get this in the office if you do not have one. • Grading Scale: • 90-100 = A • 80-89 = B • 70-79 = C • 0-69 = F • Percentages: • Homework (completion grade) 5% • Tests 30% • Quiz 20% • Class work 25% • Projects 20%

  16. THANK YOU!!!!Still have a QUESTION?Please write it on a post-it and place it on the poster outside the classroom door. I will email you or set up a conference. Thanks for understanding our tight schedule tonight!Please go to the cafeteria for classroom and PTA event sign ups or your next presentation!

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