Welcome to Ms.Goldman’s Third Grade!

Attendance• Students have 2 days to make up

assignments.• Please e-mail or send in an excuse

note.• Make up tests must be taken

before other student’s graded tests go home. Make up tests will be given during study hall.

Behavior• Verbal warning• Comment in PRIDE PASSPORT/ Natural

consequences (write an apology letter to another child, walk a lap without talking, etc.)/ no payment for good behavior

• Meet with an administrator/ phone call or e-mail home.

• Initial PRIDE PASSPORT next to any behaviors recorded AND on the weekly conduct report on Friday.

• * RETURN PASSPORTS THE NEXT DAY!• NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS!

Rewards

• SmilesClass Praises

• Cash to shop with on Friday• Class Cheers

GradesGrading Policies

• Retest will be given if a student scores a 69 or below

• Percentages• Parent Portal

Grading Scale

• A= 90-100• B= 80-89• C= 74-79• D= 70-73• U= 0-69

Lunch and Birthdays• 11:07-11:32 is our lunchtime• No more parent tables. • Birthday treats will be eaten at lunch• ICE CREAM WILL BE PREPURCHASED IN

THE MORNING!

This and That* Math Facts • Specials – P.E. on Tuesday!• Change in transportation notes• Class work – Folder• Study Hall• Bus Lane and dismissal

Homework• Written in assignment book daily

Monday- Thursday.• Word Study Choice sheet• Daily reading – choose book and record

title...make sure it's JUST RIGHT!• Incomplete homework will be

completed during study hall• Check homework and sign your child’s

assignment notebook daily!

How does 3rd Grade compare to 2nd ?

• Note taking from the board/ projector.• Self monitoring/ completing

assignments in a timely manner.• Keeping books, folders, and notebooks

organized.• Standardized tests will NOT be read

aloud/ bubble sheets used to answer. • Using higher order thinking skills. • RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY!

Math

Math Through the year we will be learning multiplication, division, algebraic equations, fractions, elapsed time, metric and customary units of measurement, and geometry. The children will be involved in learning activities which deal with problem solving. Our math program will enable children to become complex thinkers who are comfortable with all areas of mathematics. It is expected that students coming into third grade know their basic addition and subtraction facts by memory (without using fingers).

Readers’ WorkshopIn addition to covering numerous grammar and

usage skills, we will teach reading fluency and comprehension through Readers’ Workshop and Guided Reading. There will be a strong focus on nonfiction literature as we incorporate many Social Studies and Science topics into our whole and small group reading lessons. A brief mini lesson will be followed by independent reading, guided reading, and responding to reading. Students will also have the opportunity to work with poetry and drama.

Student anthologies will be used as supplemental texts as needed.

Writers’ Workshop

Throughout the week the children participate in Writer’s Workshop. This is a time when the children are involved in writing stories on topics of their choice and assigned topics. We will learn how to write personal narratives, persuasive writing pieces, informational pieces, as well as responding to literature. Writing skills that are taught through mini lessons are applied and discussed daily. Students will go through the writing process while creating their writing pieces two to three times per quarter.

Handwriting

Our goal in teaching handwriting is legibility. No student texts are available. We will study lowercase cursive writing during the first semester and uppercaseletters during the second semester. PLEASE ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO USE THEIR BEST HANDWRITING ANDONLY CAPITALIZE APPROPRIATE LETTERS.

Spelling Third grade will be focusing on the Greek and Latin word roots, as well as a variety of spelling patterns. There is no student textbook for Word Study, the completion of assigned homework and at home spelling review of no excuse words and root words are recommended.

. Social Studies: Your child will be learning about our Government and its roots, as well as several American Heroes that helped shape our nation into the country it is today. These heroes include Paul Revere, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Mary McLeod Bethune, Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Cesar Chavez. We will use the Georgia Weekly Magazines for these concepts. We will also focus on a variety of map skills throughout the year.

Science: Third grade topics for Science come from Earth Science, Physical Science, and Life Science. We will study the regions of Georgia and their inhabitants, how our world changes through heat and erosion, and what makes up our world, such as rocks and soil (We're hoping to have a few hands on activities demonstrated by professional geologists).

I am looking forward to an awesome year!

Contact Ms. Goldman• Call the school: (770) 985-0244• Email:

Lainie_Goldman@gwinnett.k12.ga.us

• Pharr’s website:www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/PharrES

• Class Website: http://msgoldman3.weebly.com

Please Do These Things Tonight

• AKS booklet: sign and tear out pg:• Student Handbook: sign and tear

out pg:

• Pay for the newspapers we plan on using this year and T-shirts, if you haven’t yet (see me for extra forms)