Welcome to Back to School Night

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Welcome to Back to School Night 2015-2016
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The Third Grade Team

• Homeroom teachers for third grade
• Mrs. Baker
• Mrs. Anthenien
• Mrs. Krieger
• Mrs. Lankford
• Ability group teachers for third grade
• Ms. Mills
• Mrs. OMara

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3rd grade Homepage andTeacher Websites

• Homepage- Includes information that pertains to
  all 3rd graders (i.e. field trip information,
  weekly newsletter, general updates, etc.)
• Teacher Websites- Information specific to your
  childs math and language arts teachers (i.e.
  spelling words, concepts your child is learning)
• ALL HOMEWORK and TEST DATES will be listed on the
  Parent Portal (not on the website)

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Field Trips

• Denver Museum of Nature and Science- Sherlock
  Holmes Exhibit (November)
• Manitou Springs Cliff Dwellings (January)
• Colorado History Museum (March or April)
• Butterfly Pavilion (May)

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Classroom Management

• Green day great day, keep up the good work
• Yellow day slow down, make better choices
• Orange making bad choices, time out to think
• Red Discipline Process

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Homework Folder / Planner

• All homework will be noted in Planner and the
  assignment(s) will be in their homework folder.
• Four Pocket Homework Folder- Helps greatly with
  organization
• It is our expectation that parents will briefly
  check their childs planner each night for
  behavior and assignments and sign a quick
  signature.
• Can use planner or email for correspondence as it
  is checked daily
• Please return Planner and Homework Folder daily!

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Late Policy for homework or classwork K-3 10
day 1 20 day 2 50 within unit STUDENTS MUST
COMPLETE AND RETURN ASSIGNMENTS ON TIME TO
RECEIVE FULL CREDIT!! You will automatically
receive missing assignment notifications at 6pm
if your child was absent OR did not turn in their
work. Missed school/Missed Work Students have 2
days for each EXCUSED absence to make up their
work. Ex If they were absent on Monday, they
will obtain the assignment and the work will be
due on Thursday.
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Parent Portal- I/C

• LOOK Grades will be updated weekly.
• Please SAVE work so that in case of an error in
  posting, you can send the work back in for an
  adjustment to I/C.
• Missing assignments If you receive a missing
  assignment notice, please ask your child to
  locate or finish it and turn it in.
• You will see a T in place of a grade when your
  child has turned in an assignment, but it hasnt
  been graded yet.

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Friday Folder- doesntexist anymore

• All graded work and school notices/ flyers will
• be in your childs Keep at Home pocket of
• their homework folder.
• Please check and empty this pocket daily to help
• your child with organization.

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Saxon Math

• All 3rd graders will have a textbook.
• Students have access to an online textbook, so
  they do not have to take the textbook back and
  forth.
• HW generally every night (except on assessment
  days)
• Assessments Every 5 lessons (lessons 10, 15, 20,
  25, etc)

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Science and STEM

• Topics well be covering Weather and Climate,
  Force and Motion, Changing Matter, Rocks and
  Minerals, Plants and Animals life cycles,
  adaptations and traits
• Hands-on activities, inquiry style, science
  notebooks
• Some of our units have an online textbook
• STEM Units with Mr. Todd and Mrs. Weiss
• February- WeDo Robotics
• April- Lost in the Amazon (Using a hand-held
  GPS)/Environmental Engineering (Water Filtration)

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History

• Core knowledge text book
• Geography
• World Rivers
• Ancient Rome
• Vikings
• Earliest Americans
• European Explorers
• 13 Colonies
• Canada
• Generally 1 quiz midway through each unit and 1
  test at the end of each unit.

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Your Childs Schedule

• Your child has multiple teachers throughout the
  day. See your childs planner for their specific
  schedule.
• All third grade teachers teach math.
• Mrs. Lankford, Mrs. Anthenien, Ms. Mills, and
  Mrs. OMara teach literacy.
• Mrs. Krieger teaches history.
• Mrs. Baker teaches science.
• THIRD GRADERS HAVE A STUDY HALL! NEW THIS YEAR!

HOMEROOM 755-810
MATH 813- 908
SPECIALS 911- 955
SNACK/ EXTRA RECESS 958-1015
LITERACY 1018-1215
LUNCH/ RECESS 1220-105
SCIENCE Mrs. Baker 108- 205
HISTORY Mrs. Krieger 208- 305
STUDY HALL/HOMEROOM 305- 330
Sample Schedule
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• Brain POP!
• www.brainpop.com
• Username aacp
• Password 123
• Great way to study and review at home!

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• Discovery Education
• www.discoveryeducation.com
• Username studentAA
• Password american1
• Search/preview for your child on current areas of
  study or specific interests of your child!

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Carpool

• Morning Carpool begins at 735am
• Students report to the cafeteria
• When students are late in the morning, they are
  missing important math instruction, please try to
  arrive by 800am.
• Afternoon Carpool begins at 335pm
  (All-Call4pm)
• Students will have their backpack ready and when
  their name is called leave immediately and go
  directly to carpool!
• Students can get started on their homework, read,
  or talk quietly with friends.

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Our Instructional Assistants

• Our IAs care for and make sure your child is
  safe in the cafeteria and at recess.
• Please remind your child to respect them like
  they would respect any teacher in the building.

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Lunch Dates with your child

• If you join your child for lunch in the
  cafeteria, your child can invite up to 2 friends
  to sit at the table with them.
• Please remember that you and your child are
  responsible for cleaning up the table you sat at.

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Reminders

• Please have your child bring in a water bottle
  and healthy snack every day!
• Third Grade classrooms are Nut Free! Please do
  not send in any snacks with nuts in them (nuts at
  lunch time are ok).
• Please send your child with a sweatshirt or
  sweater every day- Colorado weather changes very
  quickly!
• PLEASE LABEL EVERYTHING! This prevents lost
  jackets, gloves, water bottles, etc!

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Birthdays

• Summer Birthdays can celebrate on half birthdays
  (ex. July 5th celebrates on January 5th )
• Welcome to send in treats (individual and easy to
  pass out, please)
• Treats will be enjoyed outside during morning
  recess (10am)
• It would be great to see healthy treats coming
  in..cheese sticks, frozen go-gurt, fruit kabobs,
  etc.

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Volunteering

• Once a month in our newsletter, youll see a sign
  up for all volunteer opportunities for that
  month.
• Look out for the first sign up in tomorrows
  newsletter!

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Questions about 3rd grade?If not, we will now
move to your childs literacy class.