1 Please sign the attendance sheet located on

1. Please sign the attendance sheet located on the table near the door. 2. Please find your child’s seat. 3. There is a packet of family information located on each desk along with the BIS Handbook. You may begin looking at papers that need to be signed. 4. Thank you for coming! We’ll begin shortly.

Endres’ Explorers Welcome to Mrs. Endres’ 3 rd Grade Classroom! “Learning for Life”

Who Am I? M. S. Education B. S. E. Education. Early Childhood, Elementary, and Middle School English 16 Years at BIS

Craig Biology Professor at SBU

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Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset • Teach students to believe in themselves. Brains operate differently when we believe in ourselves. • Emphasize the value of using our mistakes to help us grow new learning. • Mistakes make you smarter. It all depends on how you handle mistakes. When you stop trying, your brain gets lazy. Learning from mistakes helps our brains grow stronger. • “In this class, mistakes are expected, inspected, and respected. ” Jo Boaler , Stanford Professor of Mathematics Instruction

Change your words, change your mindset: The Power of Yet • “I don’t get it!” • “I can’t do this!” • “This doesn’t work!” YET

Mathematics Instruction • • Eureka Math Whole Group Instruction Guided Math Stations Math Notebook

Liberator Math – Liberator Math looks like: • Making math instruction meaningful • We will still get to the algorithm or traditional way of solving the problem, but we will make sure our students understand why the algorithm works. • We will have common language and strategies across the grade levels – We are excited to support you and our students as we learn together.

Units of Study—The Teacher’s College—Lucy Calkins Readers’ Workshop • • • Strategy Based Mini-Lesson Shared Reading Read Aloud Strategic Reading Groups Book Clubs Independent Reading Conferences Reading Response Journal Share Time/Cooperative Learning Writers’ Workshop • • Strategy Based Mini-Lesson Shared Writing Read Aloud Independent Writing Conferring with teacher Writing Journal Writing Process Notebook Author’s Chair

Science & Social Studies Science will be taught daily for 60 minutes. “Figure out not learn about. ” Amplify curriculum Social Studies will be incorporated into the reading block. Science Units: • Scientific Method • Balancing Forces • Inheritance and Traits • Environments and Survival • Weather and Climate Social Studies Units: • Geography • Government • Culture • Economics **We will also discuss historical and current events.

My goal is to create responsible, confident, and independent learners.

Teacher Expectations 1. I will be happy to teach when there are no distractions. 2. I will listen to students who have their hands raised. 3. I can only listen to one person at a time. *Love and Logic

Student Expectations 1. Take care of yourself. 2. Take care of others. 3. Take care of things.

Positive Behavior Support 1. Be respectful. 2. Be responsible. 3. Be safe.

Behavior Reminder • We encourage students at BIS to follow the PBS matrix in all settings. When students need a reminder, they may be asked to “redirect their energy. ” • Students will be invited to participate in an alternative recess activity.

Behavior Linked to Do. Jo Students will begin each day with Do. Jo points. Students making negative choices will lose Do. Jo. At the end of the day students will evaluate their own behavior. Positive choices will yield rewards. Negative choices may result in a loss of privilege. Mrs. Payne and I will keep a behavior notebook to keep track of Do. Jo points earned in both rooms. Students will redeem Do. Jo for rewards. *Any severe infraction of the rules, will immediately result in that student being sent to the office.

Bullying • Teachers will fill out a bullying form on our school website if a student reports they saw someone bullied or felt bullied themselves. • Parents are invited to fill out a bullying form on the school website if they feel their child is being bullied an investigation needs to take place. • BIS is anti-bullying and we want to prevent bullying from happening. • Please talk with your child about what it means to bully. Some students may not understand that bullying is not when another student chooses not to play with him or her or let him/her have their way when they do play.

Homework • Students who read at home more than 25 minutes each night dramatically improve their scores on achievement tests. • For this reason, BIS has set the expectation that all students will read 100 minutes a week. Students may read alone, with a parent, sibling, or other significant individual. • Students will receive a monthly reading log to record their minutes. Parents do not need to sign the log before it is turned in at the end of the month.

H. I. P. P. O. Folder Happily Informed Parents…Papers and Objectives • The take-home folder will come home nightly. This will be our school-home connection. • Any work that has not been completed during the day will be sent home in the folder. • Graded papers will be sent home for you to keep. Any papers that need to be signed and returned will be marked. • With Standards Based Grading, there will be fewer papers that get sent home. • The BIS Home Reading Log will stay in the folder. At the end of the month, I will remove the log and place a new one.

Standards Based Grading • Performance Levels reported on the objectives-based report card • 3 = Student CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATES mastery for the grading period and shows understanding of the standard/concept • 2 = Student SOMETIMES DEMONSTRATES mastery, but shows difficulty in understanding the standard/concept • 1 = Student BEGINS TO DEMONSTRATE mastery • I = Student DOES NOT DEMONSTRATE mastery for the grading period

Special Class Schedule • • • Monday – Music Tuesday –Library Wednesday – PE Thursday –Art Friday – Computer Lab Parents and guests are always welcome to attend lunch at 11: 35. • We also have recess immediately following lunch from 11: 55 -12: 15.

Phonics Instruction • All third grade students will receive 30 minutes of phonics instruction four days a week to comply with the Missouri DESE dyslexia mandate.

Field Trips • Drury University’s theater production of “Peter and the Wolf” • Bennett Springs State Park • A CMH Residential Care Facility (cookies & craft/activity)

Lunch Costs • The food service staff provides a nutritious breakfast on a daily basis for the minimal fee of $1. 20 or $0. 30 for children eligible for reduced price meals. Bolivar Intermediate School provides a nutritious hot lunch for students on a daily basis for the fee of $2. 20 per meal or $0. 65 for children eligible for reduced price meals. Extra milk is available for an additional $0. 35. Adults are welcome to eat lunch by paying the adult charge of $3. 00. • BIS students whose meal accounts accrue more than a $10. 00 debt will be offered an alternative meal consisting of peanut butter (or cheese/alternative protein if the student has a peanut allergy), fruit or raw vegetable, and milk.

Parent Handouts • Student Handbook • BIS Parent-School Contract • Classroom Computer Contract • Juveniles and the Law • Lunch forms • Specific classroom handouts

Contact Information 417. 326. 7631 (home) 417. 777. 5160 (school) hendres@bolivarschools. org www. endresgrade 3. weebly. com

Questions Thank you for coming and investing in your child’s education. I look forward to a great year of learning! Mrs. Endres