Welcome Parents MRS HOEFLINGERS THIRD GRADE 2017 2018

Welcome Parents! MRS. HOEFLINGER’S THIRD GRADE 2017 -2018

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OUR SCHEDULE 7: 50 -8: 50 Math 8: 50 -9: 35 Specials 9: 36 -10: 36 Writing 10: 36 -11: 06 Lunch 11: 10 -11: 30 Recess 11: 35 -12: 00 OG and Grammar 12: 00 -1: 00 Reader’s Workshop 1: 00 -2: 00 Science/Social Studies

Third Grade; The year of…… RESPONSIBILITY 1. Name, number, date 2. Homework turned in 3. Transportation/other notes 4. Lunch money 5. Materials required for the day FAILURE To live a creative life we must first lose the fear of being wrong. – Joseph Chilton Pearce Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. – Robert F. Kennedy It’s not your mommy’s homework! GROWTH

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Reader’s Workshop It’s all about the READING! Mini-lesson Just Right Books Read-a-louds

READING AT HOME *READ AT LEAST 20 MINUTES *RECORD IN READING LOG *READER’S WORKSHOP “SESSION” HOMEWORK MEDIA CENTER ANY DAY BEFORE SCHOOL OR WHEN FINISHED EARLY WITH CLASSWORK.

ORTON-GILLINGHAM: A METHODOLOGY FOR TEACHING READING & SPELLING TO ALL STUDENTS! Whole class & small group lessons Differentiation in reading and spelling based on student ability No “spelling tests. ” As we teach a phonics rule or pattern, students will read & spell words with that rule or pattern. Your donations at work. Assessment through dictation and application of phonics rule/pattern. (ex. –tch rule) These words do not need to be memorized. Trick words: words that do not follow a rule or pattern. MUST BE MEMORIZED for reading and spelling. 3 Trick words will be introduced at a time and will be memorized for spelling and reading. (ex: favorite)

For Example

Trick Words There are some words in our language that do not follow rules and patterns that will be taught. These are referred to as trick words. We will introduce three trick words at a time. These trick words need to be memorized for reading and spelling. This is the ONLY memorization we will do in spelling!

Writer’s Workshop Same model as Reader’s Workshop Narrative Opinion Informational Text Quarter 1: Narrative Quarter 2: Informative Quarter 3: Opinion Quarter 4: Narrative

Science and Social Studies We will alternate between the two. New Social Studies Standards Native Americans, Colonization, Foundation of Democray Science will be the first half of this quarter with Rocks and Minerals followed by Soils

Interactive Notebooks • Organized materials • Chronicles learning • Provides an artifact to anchor learning • Study materials consolidated • I will be taking a grade on these for neatness, organization, and completion

Important information from our A-TEAM • All transportation changes must be made in writing. We do not accept FAXED, EMAILED, or phone changes to dismissal. Changes must be made in writing through the front office by 10 am. The only exception is that we will accept a phone call through the front office to keep a child in ASP. • Deliveries of homework, backpacks, etc. will not be made. If a child forgets something, they will need to accept the natural consequence. We will deliver only LUNCHES, BIRTHDAY TREATS, AND GLASSES. • Label all items - particularly jackets, water bottles, lunch boxes, etc. We try hard to minimize our Lost and Found, and can do so with their support of labeling items.

Market Day One of the most exciting aspects of Third Grade is Market Day! Students create a product or service that they can market and sell to the rest of the third grade. This should be done by the students and NOT expensive. Go for creativity!! This experience is to solidify their learning about economics/supply and demand, etc. Selling dates: December 1 and May 4. Attending dates: October 27 and February 14.

Classroom Management Class. Dojo Each month the students will receive Hoeflinger Bucks in the amount of their Dojo points. This money can be spent at the Third Grade Market Days throughout the year. Behavior revolves around mutual respect. Behavior sheets each Thursday are taken directly from the report card behavior standards.

Homework • Homework is usually given 4 days a week. (Mon. -Thursday) No homework will be given on Fridays. Please monitor your student as they solidify their learning through practice. • Homework will be recorded in their agendas. • I will collect each day’s homework on the following day. Homework is given daily. I will check and review their homework. • If they struggle with a certain portion of the homework, please write me a note on the homework sheet or email me. • Your child has a yellow homework folder in their accordion folder.

Red Folder Your student will bring home a red folder every Thursday. This is the weekly school courier. Important information about school policies, PTA functions, activities, and all administrative letters will be placed inside. Behavior sheet needs to be signed. *Please read everything and discard the items that you will not need. Also, I will place graded papers there for you to view. (At times I may give them graded papers in their homework folders. ) *Please empty the red folder every Thursday! *Red folder is due back on Friday.

REPORT CARDS & GRADING POLICY Report cards will be given every quarter. Grading Scale: 3+ = Exceeds standards in addition to the 3, makes applications and inferences beyond expectations. 3 = Meets standards consistently and independently 2 = Progressing toward meeting standards 1 = Limited progress or does not meet standards

Above and Beyond!!! Anytime that a student is easily keeping up with their regular classwork, they should go above and beyond. What is “Above and Beyond”? Choose something form our curriculum in any subject area of interest. Then create a presentation, song, poem, book, lesson, etc…. The possibilities are endless! Get the idea approved and we will schedule a time for presentation.

AGENDA PROCEDURES • Students begin using a daily agenda in 3 rd grade. • They are responsible for recording homework and important dates in their agenda every day. • Please help your child develop this important study skill by looking over the agenda with him/her every night until they have established this routine. • Please sign your child’s agenda every night.

ORGANIZATION Agenda • Write homework in agenda every day • Upon arriving home, cross-check homework with blog • Check of completed work • X in subjects with no homework • Write a circle in front of each assignment that will be completed later in the evening. • Highlight Tests and Quizzes • After school activities should be written in the bottom box Study Area • Same spot every day • Best place is at the kitchen or dining room table. Few students are successful working in their bedrooms • No electronics • If you need to break up the time , use a timer • Empty backpack each day and organize materials • Create a basket with all possibly needed supplies to eliminate looking around for what the student might need

PARENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES • Our room parents are Cindy Sprague and Janice Winfrey • Copy (Do we have anyone trained? ), laminate, cut Please let me know. • Print in color volunteers. • Mystery Reader done through our room moms. • If there is a special area of interest or expertise, please let me know if you would like to do a presentation and we will work it out!

SNACKS • Please send a nutritious snack for your child. • Make sure they have a water bottle every day. Sweat free is preferred.

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS Birthdays are meant to be celebrated! • You are welcome to send in a treat for your child’s big day during our lunch time 10: 36 -11: 06 • Before sending in a treat, contact me to let me know. • Please be sure that the treat can be served individually. Pre-sliced, please! • If your child has allergies that would prohibit them from eating a particular treats on a celebration day, please send in an alternate treats that I can keep in the classroom for such a time.

IMPORTANT DATES COGAT and Iowa Testing : September 6 -15 Milestones: April 16 -20

TEACHER INFORMATION Please feel free to contact me with any concerns or questions that you may have. I will do the same! Kiersten. Hoeflinger@cobbk 12. org School phone: 770 -578 -7248

What does the PTA do? $25, 000 in stipends to teachers/year 3, 000 volunteer hours/year 4 Family Engagement Nights Community Outreach Character Education Visiting Author Reflections and MUCH MORE!!!!! What can I do for the PTA? Volunteer Participate in Read-a-Thon (August 21 st – August 25 th) Visit us at www. mtbethelpta. org

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August 21, 2017 Safety is top priority. School extended by 45 minutes. Specifics on dismissal will be communicated. Not going outside to view live. Parents may check out students early up until 1: 30. Watching NASA Broadcast.

Wish List Thank you so much for all that you have already done! I so appreciate you sending in all of the supplies so quickly. There are classroom wish list items on the board and posted on my blog Thank you in advance!

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