School doors will be open at 7:10 a.m. Students are considered
tardy if they are not in the classroom by the 7:40 a.m. bell
Dismissal time is 2:40 p.m. Early release days dismiss at 11:40
a.m.
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Homework 30 minutes a day (Monday Thursday) Tic-Tac-Toe Menu
Board for Spelling and Math Extra Reading - read to parents or read
to self
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Third grade has a snack break each morning after Block Class
(10:15a.m.) Please send healthy snacks. Only water bottles allowed
in the classroom. Please remember that we have several students
with tree and peanut allergies.
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Behavior management tool Positive and negative points Students
earn points to receive rewards Parents can access students report
daily
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Emphasis on place value, addition and subtraction,
multiplication and division, geometry and fractions Inquiry Based
Learning: hands-on manipulatives, interactive activities, student
collaboration, and problem solving
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Language Arts Genres - variety of genres, including fantasy,
fables, folktales, poetry, and biographies Inquiry Based Learning -
interactive activities, student collaboration, problem solving,
Guided Reading, and Readers Writers Response Journals Spelling
words will be sent home weekly in their Day Planner (should be
signed daily) Social Studies - has been integrated into the
Language Arts program
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Science Inquiry Based Learning- hands-on experiments,
interactive activities, and student collaboration Science Journal
students are expected to keep a record of their learning in their
journals
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Testing Beginning of the Year (BOY) September 9-20 Math
Aimsweb, Kathy Richardson Universal Screeners for Assessing Math
Concepts Reading - Aimsweb, DRA (by students needs only) Middle of
the Year (MOY) January 6-17 Math Aimsweb Reading Aimsweb End of the
Year (EOY) May 5-16 Math Aimsweb Reading Aimsweb STAAR Testing Math
April 22 Reading April 23
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Teacher Website Newsletter Each Monday Please send a note with
your child if they are going home any way that is different from
their normal routine. Without a note stating changes, we must send
your child home their regular way.
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7:40 8:00D.E.A.R (Drop Everything And Read) 8:00 9:30Math 9:30
10:15Block (Computer/Musart/PE) 10:15 11:30 Language Arts/Social
Studies 11:30 - 12:00 Lunch 12:00 1:30Language Arts/Science 1:30 -
1:50Recess 1:50 2:20RTI (Response to Intervention) 2:20
2:40Continued LA Block 2:40Dismissal Third Grade Schedule
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CHILDREN ARE NOT A DISTRACTION FROM MORE IMPORTANT WORK. THEY
ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK. John Trainer, M.D. Our Muddy
Bootser