Welcome to a Great Year Morehead STEM Academy

Open House, 3rd GradeWednesday, August 21st, 2013

We NeedYou!

Please consider becoming a volunteer this year! We are seeking parents who would be interested in

volunteering services, skills, resources and any other abilities

this year! Please visit the website! www.cmsvolunteers.com

3rd Grade Volunteer Wish list

Copies, sharpening pencils, cutting out materials, donate rewards, your time

Material Wish ListThe following materials are needed all year long. Please consider contributing

supplies. We would greatly appreciate any contributions!

Tissues

Pencils

Old magazines

Sandwich bags

Scotch and Masking tape

Our Curriculum

Literacy•Phonemic awareness

•Fluency

•Comprehension

•Vocabulary

•main idea

•compare/contrast

•cause and effect

•fact and opinion

•making inferences

Math• Number and operation

• Patterns

• Data and Probability

• Geometry

• Measurement

• Fractions

• Science• Force and Motion

• Properties and Change

• Conservation and Transfer

• Earth in the Universe

• Structures and Processes

• Structures and Functions of Living Organisms and Ecosystems.

Our Curriculum

Social Studies•Citizens and Government

•Our Different Roles

•People and Communities Over Time

•Geography, People and Economics

•People and Technology

•People Shape Communities.

Grading Information

Student grades can be accessed through Parent Assistant from the CMS webpage.

Parent login information can be found through the office staff.

A

B

C

D

F

100-93

92-85

84-77

76-70

69 and below

Homework Expectations

Reading, Math, Spelling/Vocabulary, Science nightly

Completed nightly assignments are to be neat and organized.

A weekly homework sheet/behavior chart will be given.

Students will complete assignments

nightly and return work to school the next

day.

Students are expected to read 20 minutes

a night. They should complete a reading

log of materials read each night.

Thursday Folders

Graded work will go home each Thursday.

Parents are required to sign and return the work samples.

Student grades can be accessed through www.powerschool.com/parents. More information will be coming soon.

Parent login information can be found through the office staff.

Behavior Expectations

Expectation Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

On Time to school S U S U S U S U S U

Prepared for class S U S U S U S U S U

Follows rules in all areas of school S U S U S U S U S U

Stays on task S U S U S U S U S U

Listens and follows directions S U S U S U S U S U

Respects others and property S U S U S U S U S U

Does and returns homework S U S U S U S U S U

Returns weekly Thursday Folder S U

Parent Daily Initial

This chart will attached to the homework assignment sheet. Parents are required to initial the chart nightly.

Forms

Please complete the following forms today or by the first day of school:

Blue Emergency Health Card

Yellow Emergency Form

Student Information Sheet

Magnet Compact

Cougar Matrix

Code of Conduct

Third Grade Expectations