Parent Information Night Third Grade 2016 2017 Welcome

Parent Information Night – Third Grade 2016 -2017

Welcome to Third Grade We are so excited to get to know your child! This year students will embark on new experiences and will learn many new skills. This orientation is intended to give you a glimpse of the concepts and expectations that third graders will be responsible for. We look forward to an amazing year!

Meet Our Team…. • Cassandra Boone – Room 33 • • Alicia Osen –Room 32 Stacy Mills –Room 35 Beth Burton –Room 37 Stephanie Mc. Lennan Room 36 • Jill Freel – Room 38 • Melissa Marshall – Room 39

• Your child will have graded papers and important and Take-Home SCEExpectations information that will come home on Tuesdays. Folder

Grade level Consequence Continuum

3 rd Grade B. A. R. K. Menu

Weekly 3 rd Grade Weebly

Curriculum This year your third grader will be building upon the skills they learned in second grade as well as learning new material. We will be taking the strategies they are familiar with and expanding on them to help students tackle work of increased difficulty. The Katy ISD curriculum can now be accessed online via the district website under the “PARENTS” tab – curriculum search – Elementary, curriculum search.

Grading Periods for the 1 st Semester Gradin g Period Date Progress Report Goes Home Report Card Goes Home First August 22 -October 14 Tuesday Sept. 20 Friday Oct. 21 Second October 17 -December 16 Tuesday Nov. 15 Friday Jan. 6

Conferences A parent conference will be held in the Fall with your child’s teacher(s). A second conference with your child’s homeroom teacher or switch teacher can be scheduled if needed. We look forward to these personal meetings and view them as an opportunity to learn more about your child as well as celebrate his/her progress in third grade.

Birthday Treats/Invitations As stated in the Creech Student Handbook and also noted in the Katy ISD Student Code of Conduct and Discipline Management Plan (available online www. katyisd. org, under Quick Links: Policies/Code of Conduct/Forms tab), birthday treats may be shared with the child’s classmates on his/her birth date. These treats will be served during the last 10 minutes of the instructional day. The treat is limited to one item per classmate and it is preferred that the treat be a single-serve item (i. e. cupcake, cookie, etc. ) so that it can be served, eaten, and cleaned up within the 10 minutes allotted. It is strongly encouraged that the birthday treat be store-bought with ingredient labels brought to the campus for allergen review. Birthday treats must be delivered to the school no later than 10 am to be reviewed by the nurse and delivered to the classroom. Per GKDA (REGULATIONS), invitations for birthday parties or other special events are defined as non-school related materials and may not be distributed to students at school since no other flyers from similar groups are allowed to be directly distributed to students.

Math Students must know their basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Students will also be working on more complex word problems: • That often require more than one step or operation • That will require them to always show they solve problems in order to help teachers to identify areas of weakness. • Reading skills will also be very important to help them be successful in math. Skills covered: • Place value • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division • Graphing • Financial literacy • Geometry • Fractions • Measurement They will be responsible for taking the Math STAAR test this year.

Reading • Student will study many different genres. • While second grade focused primarily on fluency and finding information clearly stated in the text, 3 rd graders will be focusing more on the elements of fiction: • Author’s purpose • Stated and unstated meanings in the text. • Inferencing • Character development • Main idea and supporting details • Point of View • Plot • Theme • Setting • Conflict (problem/solution) • They will be exposed to a variety of novels that will both expand their knowledge base and build their stamina. They will be responsible for taking the Reading STAAR test this year.

Writing This year students will learn what the process is to publish a successful essay. They will publish essays in a variety of genres including: • narrative (personal story) • expository (explaining something) The language arts element is weaved into the writing process as students are responsible for: • correctly spelling words (using the dictionary, word walls, and other resources to assist them when necessary) • sentence structure • capitalization • properly paragraphing their essays

Grading Policies The third grade teachers will implement the following late policy: Late Class Assignments and Homework = 1 Day late = 10 points off 2 Days late = 20 points off 3 Days late = 30 points off *After 3 days of not turning in class work or homework, the student will be asked to stay for ZAP Lab is held each Wednesday after school in the library. ZAP stands for “Zeroes Aren’t Permitted. ” Please note that after ZAP lab, assignments will be collected and they will be scored based on what has been completed with the appropriate number of points taken off.

Planner The planner is used to keep your child organized. It can be purchased at the beginning of the school year. It is the students’ responsibility to write homework in their planners daily. Teachers may also write notes to parents in the student’s planner. All students bring their planners home each night, and we ask that parents sign to show that you have seen the assigned homework and checked that it was completed. If you see that assignments are not being written in the planner please discuss the importance of this with your child and let the teacher know.

Thank You for Coming If you have any questions…please contact us.