Third Grade Open House

1. Third Grade Open House Miss Mason’s Third Grade Class 2012-2013 School Year www.haynes.lubbockisd.org

2. How Can You Reach Me? • Student’s Agenda Book • By phone –301-743-5454 • By email • Miss Mason – kmason@ccboe.com

3. Overview • Reading program • Math • Science • Social Studies • Health • Homework • School Wide Behavior Plan • Working Together You have already received an abundance of information regarding our school’s policies, class schedules, supplies needed, information regarding field trips, lunch accounts, celebrations, medical concerns, etc. If you need another copy of the packet sent home on the first day of school, please let me know.

4. Working With Words • Word Wall Words • Vocabulary • Spelling • Grammar www.grammar.phillipmartin.info

5. Close Reading • Whole group (class)-reading the main selection. • Follow up activities relating to comprehension skills and strategies. www.cltlblog.wordpress.com

6. Guided Reading Rotations • During guided reading, we have three rotations. • When students are not meeting with me for their guided reading group, they are either working independently on their seat work assignment, or they are at a learning center. • When they hear the bell, that signals that it’s time for the next rotation. www.dr.coolclips.com

7. Rotations

8. Centers Students’ names will appear on clips to indicate what center they are assigned to. The clips will rotate around the center wheel each day. Reading Writing Computers Word Work

9. Reading Center • At the reading center, students may pick the text from our classroom library they want to read and decide how they want to read it. www.book-clipart.com www.allfreelogo.com www.ebps.net

10. Reading Center • After students finish reading a story, they complete an SSR activity at their desk. They choose any SSR activity from the flip chart in their table’s book basket. Most activities are done in their writing journal. www.aflyontheclassroomwall.com

11. Writing Center • At the writing center, students may respond to one of the daily writing prompts, use the Story Starters book to write a creative story, or do self-selected writing (SSW). All assignments for the writing center are done in students’ writing journals. www.clipart.of.com

12. Computer Center • At the computer center, students explore learning with reading activities on Education City, Success Maker, or even take AR quizzes on Renaissance Place. Sometimes, there are other websites and activities available. www.clipartguide.com

13. Word Work Center • At the word work center, students practice a variety of skills by choosing an activity on an index card from the flip chart. They may be working with the vocabulary words from a story we’ve read, practicing with synonyms and antonyms, identifying compound words, identifying the correct homophones in sentences, completing a word sort, identifying the definitions of multiple meaning words, and lots more. www.canstockphoto.com

14. Seat Work • After our close reading lesson, I distribute the assignment for students to complete independently at their desk when it’s their group’s time to do seat work. • When completing seat work, students are expected to be silent. If they have a question about the assignment, our rule is… See 3 Before Me! • If students need to talk to a neighbor because they need help, or they are providing help to someone else, they are expected to use a whisper table voice. • All seat work assignments are submitted to the completed work basket upon completion. These assignments are typically graded with feedback and sent home. www.pic2fly.com

15. Guided Reading • Students read in small leveled groups with me. These ability based groups are constructed by their reading levels from the Rigby Benchmark and Performance Series Testing. • In these groups, students read and discuss leveled texts as I guide them to read with accuracy, fluency, and to build comprehension and application of reading skills and strategies. • Students benefit from small group instruction. www.school.discoveryeducation.com

16. Writing Block • 6+1 Traits of Writing • Ideas • Organization • Voice • Word Choice • Sentence Fluency • Conventions • Presentations • Routine and analytic writing pieces based on the selections in close reading. www.school.discoveryeducation.com

17. Writing Workshop Caleb Temi Tolu Michael M. Michael A. David Mikah Alexandra Reilly Ja’Kiya Samahria Jay’len Taevon Daeqwan Elora Kemeshia Talaya Khalil

18. Self-Selected Reading(SSR) • Students choose from a variety of texts to read independently, or with a partner. Students may also listen to the text on a tape or cd. • Students can choose from a variety of activities to complete after reading a text. These activities are located on a flip chart in their table’s book basket. www.bestclipartblog.com

19. SSR Activities *Students have a variety of after reading activities to choose from. Here are a few examples.

20. SSR Activities

21. SSR Activities

22. Mathematics • Counting and sorting • Investigations include exploring money, data, number sense, Geoblocks, pattern blocks, and connecting cubes • Daily math logs • Students who were in accelerated math last year, are in accelerated math this year. Therefore, they receive the fourth grade math investigations curriculum taught by Miss Nichols. • Students who are in general math receive the third grade math investigations curriculum. www.math.phillipmartin.info.com

23. Science • Life Science • Earth/Space Science • Physics • Environmental Science • Chemistry Students will attend the science lab twice a week for a 50 minute block with the science teacher, Mr. Emhoff. www.clipart.of.com

24. Social Studies • Climatic Regions • Tropical Temperate • Artic Regions • Japan

25. Health • Great Body Shop curriculum • Monthly Health issues that cover a variety of health topics. www.schools.essb.qc.ca.com

26. Homework • Please check your child’s agenda book to see their homework assignments. • Students need to read for at least 15 minutes each night, and complete an activity from their spelling bingo board. • Homework in math, science, social studies, and health will be assigned regularly, but not necessarily daily. • Please look for information regarding special extended projects in the weekly newsletter.

27. Nightly Homework: Spelling Bingo Challenge

28. School-Wide Behavior Plan • Cards are flipped for positive behavior six times a day. • If a student receives a step, they miss their card being flipped to the next color for that time period. • We encourage students to reach for the gold everyday www.clipart.pal.com

29. Steps-Consequences • Step 1= warning • Step 2= 5 minute time out • Step 3= 10 minute time out in another class, action plan • Step 4= Phone call home • Step 5= Student incident report • Step 6= Office referral

30. Rewards • Dream catchers that can be turned into the office for prizes. • Positive phone calls or notes home. • Friday celebration (every week at the end of the day). • The Big Event (every quarter). • Class marbles in a jar that could lead to a class celebration such as extra recess, a popcorn party, an ice cream party, a dance party, etc. www.kaetrinsmusings.blogspot.com

31. Grading Scale • 100-90= A • 89-80= B • 79-70= C • 69-60= D • 59 or Below= F

32. Let’s Work Together! • Read with your child every night. • Encourage your child to decode words by looking for beginning sounds, chunks and blends. • Try the “Get your mouth ready” & other techniques. • Self-correcting shows good reading behavior! • Please check your child’s agenda each evening for homework assignments, notes from me, and to see what color they earned for the day. • Return Thursday Folders every Friday. • Please make sure your child does his/her homework every night. • Please check your child’s binder or book bag for graded papers to monitor their progress. • Read the weekly newsletters and contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

33. Thank you for all you do! www.clipartof.com