WELCOME BACK Room 27 Back to School Night

WELCOME BACK! Room 27 Back to School Night **Please look around the room, find your desk and locker, and check the back table to see if there is a bumblebee item that you would be willing to donate to our classroom. I will return at 7: 30 after my son’s Meet the Teacher Night. Thanks!

Introduction Your 3 rd Grade Teacher, Mrs. Ferguson!

Our Schedule 8: 45 – 9: 05 – 11: 00 11: 05 – 11: 55 – 12: 10 12: 15 – 12: 45 12: 50 – 1: 00 – 1: 30 – 2: 50 2: 55 – 3: 35 – 3: 45 Arrival / Morning Work Language Arts (90 min. of Rdg. ) Specials – PE tomorrow! Grammar Lunch Teacher Read Aloud Small Groups (RTI) Math Recess Social Studies or Science or Health Pack up / Dismissal

Our Curriculum Graded Subjects: Spelling Language Reading Math Social Studies (1 st Semester: S+, S, S-, U) Science / Health (1 st Semester: S+, S, S-, U) Citizenship (S+, S, S-, U) Specials* – Art, Music, P. E. (S+, S, S-, U) Alternate Social Studies, Science, and Health

Grading Scale 93 -100 A 92 -90 A 89 -87 B+ 86 -83 B 82 -80 B 79 -77 C+ 76 -73 C 72 -70 C 69 -67 D+ 66 -63 D 62 -60 D 59 or below F

Reading Workshop State-mandated 90 -min. Reading only Combination of whole group, small group, and individualized instruction Literacy Café – targeted, individualized goalsetting and focus on Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, or Expanding Vocabulary Weekly story from textbook, computerized assessment on Fridays IREAD 3 in March

Spelling One test per week on Thursday! Study!!! Lists sent home on Friday for the following week Spelling Tic Tac Toe homework card will be sent home with the following week’s list and will be due on the day of the test Current and following week’s lists posted on classroom website 15 list words plus 5 word wall words **Some students may add Challenge Words in October Dictated sentence - Language grade www. spellingcity. com

Language Arts Writer’s Workshop – group lesson and individual support for writing skills Grammar – addressed in Daily Fix-its, weekly Spelling dictated sentence, discussed in literature, and through Writer’s Workshop Writing prompt / on-the-spot writing practice

Small Groups (RTI) Daily for 30 minutes Students will rotate through skillspecific stations Mrs. F. will work with small, flexible groups Title One or remediation may be available during this time

Math At least 60 minutes per day Mini lessons to introduce and review skills Stations for practice Small group targeted instruction with Mrs. F. BIG topics: Know your facts! Multiplication / division in Oct. ! Time to minute and elapsed time Numbers to 1, 000 – read, write, use – also place value Money – counting and making change Problem solving!!!! Fractions – reading, creating, equivalent, adding/subtracting Decimals – reading from models, converting from fractions Measurement – metric and customary Geometry – 3 D shapes, triangles, polygons, perimeter, area, volume

Social Studies, Science, & Health Alternate between subjects Health – 2 nd semester Discovery Science TECHbook

Rules and Policies Room 27 Virtues (see handout): Be Respectful Be Responsible Be Safe Discipline Book Homework (see handout) Not graded – please work with your child! Communication Finishing incomplete classwork – “CW” What you can expect: Math skill practice due Wednesday Weekly Tic Tac Toe card – due Thursdays Study for Thursday’s Spelling Test Weekly Math Fact Practice & Reading Log – due Fridays Reread Reading story on Thursday nights for Friday open book test Other – studying for tests, other relevant work CG has gone “treat-free” (see handout) Birthdays – students invited to bring in a favorite read aloud to share

Lunch and Snacks 12: 15 -12: 45 Check in at office, meet us outside the cafeteria You may charge your lunch to your child’s account. No fast food Bring in a healthy snack daily (see handout)

Citizenship Grades based on logs in Discipline Book See handout on our “Viking Virtues” classroom and school-wide expectations

Technology 1: 1 student laptops! 10 flip cameras! 10 microphones! We LOVE technology in Room 27!!! Students will use technology daily!

Our Classroom Website

Mystery Readers Needed!!! See handout or classroom website for information. Great classroom volunteer opportunity! Fridays at 3: 05! Shhhhh… Keep it a secret! Parents, grandparents, siblings, relatives, and special friends welcome! Contact me to arrange a date!

Tonight’s Homework Be sure to take the handouts on your child’s desk with you this evening. Homework for parents: Complete and return “All About My Child” Complete and return yellow folder info Send me an email so I have your address

This will be a great year!