• Find your child’s seat

• Check the Parent Form for correct phone numbers, email and sign

• Fill out the parent’s side of the Kid Quiz and compare answers with your child’s paper. Anyone get 100%?

Parent/ Teacher Communication & Contact Information

Overview of classroom schedule (subject to change)

Curriculum by subject

Ancillary Classes

Responsible Student Behavior

Homework Expectations

A Welcome to our Room Parent!

“Driver of the Week” and Birthday Books

Questions and Comments

Ms. Hicks M-F thicks@delmarpines.com

Mrs. Canzone M-F jcanzone@delmarpines.com

DEL MAR PINES

Ms. Hicks office hours:•Available for drop in Tuesday 8:15-8:30am and 3:30-3:45pmMrs. Canzone office hours:•Available for drop in Tuesday and Thursday 8:15-8:30am

Both of us are available via email and by appointment with 24hr notice

E-mail will be responded before 8:15am or after 3:15pm, no later than 8pm at night.

• Be on time

• Line up for bell

• Un-pack

Morning Routine: Warm-up, Journals

Rebecca Sitton Spelling & Word Skills:

Scope and Sequence- Mastering the spelling of high-frequency words, and ensuring their long-term relationship in writingPhonics, Word study, Vocabulary

Writing and Reading Conventions

Proofreading

Weekly Friday tests of core and priority words

Small group instruction:

Think Alouds: cont. 7 Strategies of Highly Effective Readers

Novels and short stories/texts: Comprehension questions, vocabulary work, webbing, informational report, plot development essay writing and novel projects, research paper

Class Reads: to foster a love of reading

Independent work:

•practice skills learned, journals

•Visualizing, inferring, retelling, summarizing

•iPads read a story, word study, writing stories

•Big book creation and illustration

Class Meeting & 1 minute Math Drills10:15-10:25

• Whole Class Discussions• Student accountability• Creating solutions and self-monitoring

• Math Drills (cont.) from previous year• 1 minute math facts, increased automaticity • x, -, ÷, + from 1-10

 

Healthy snack

In a small separate container from your lunch.

Write Source Skills Book:

•Self Editing

•Proof reading marks

•Parts of speech

H

Healthy lunch

Ki’s

24 hours prior

Wordly Wise: Vocabulary development (Tues, Thurs) 10:45-11:00

Listening Comprehension: Continuation, assessment on Friday 8:45-9:00

Cursive: Practicing formation of letters in booklets,. (M,W,Th) 2:30-2:45

Keyboarding: Familiarization of Mac laptops, essay writing, skill building program (M,W,Th) 2:30-2:45

Write Traits: Ideas, Organization, Word Choice, Voice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions,

Unit 1: Land & Water in Your Area

Unit 2: California Indians Past & Present

Unit 3: Your Community over Time

Unit 4: Rules & Laws

Unit 5: The Economy of Your Region

History-Social Science for California: Our Communities

T, W, Th- Spanish- Huet

T- Art- Robinson

M, W- P.E- Fausel

T- Music- Goetsch

M- Tech- Scott

F Library- Laura

F- Hands-on Science-

Huet

Canción de Saludos

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

•Life: Environment Adaptations (water & land)

•Earth: Our Earth, Sun, Moon, Solar System

•Physical: Matter, Energy, Light

Seven layer density column

Carpool Line 3 minute zone

Park North of school

Early dismissal check in office

Call if someone else is picking up

THIRD GRADE 2012-2013

MONDAY TUESDAY WED THURS FRIDAY8:30-8:45 Morning Routine Morning Routine Morning Routine Morning Routine Morning Routine8:45-9:00 Spelling Spelling Spelling Spelling Listening Comp9:00-9:15 Language Arts Language Arts Language Arts Language Arts Language Arts9:30-9:45 9:45-10:00 10:00-10:15 10:15-10:25 Class Meeting Class Meeting Class Meeting Class Meeting Class Meeting10:25-10:45 10:30-10:45 RECESS RECESS RECESS RECESS RECESS 10:45-11:00 Julie Grammar Vocabulary Julie Grammar Vocabulary Grammar/Vocab11:00-11:15 Math Math Math Math Math 11:15-11:30 11:30-11:45 11:45-12:00 Early Pack-up 12:00-12:15 Lunch Spanish Lunch Lunch Lunch 12:15-12:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch 12:30-12:45 Technology Lunch Spanish Science Spelling Test12:45-1:05 Lunch Friday Folders1:05-1:15 Music Science/ Spanish Hands-On 1:15-1:30 Social Studies Science lab 1:30-1:45 P.E. P.E. Social Studies 1:45-2:00 2:00-2:15 Social Studies Art Writing/ Writing/ Library 2:15-2:30 Six Traits Six Traits 2:30-2:45 Cursive/Keyboard Cursive/Keyboard Cursive/Keyboard Fantastic Friday2:45-3:05 Packup/jobs/Read-aloud PackUp/Jobs/Read-aloud Packup/Jobs/Read-aloud

Positive Discipline Classroom Management: Responsible Student Behavior

• Rick Morris clip chart:

We are currently being trained in Positive Discipline and have decided to update our classroom management systems.  During this time of transition, we have decided to use a behavior modification chart K-5.

Class BudgetClass BudgetCommunicationCommunication

VolunteeringVolunteering

www.delmarpines.comE-mail distribution listWeekly updates

Pick up/drop off Pick up/drop off & Parking& Parking

Monthly birthday recognition

Class musical

Teacher appreciation

Gifts – b-day, holiday, end of year

Sign up sheets and ongoing requests

September 6, 2012

• A new student is selected each Thursday

• Poster will display from Monday-Friday

• Decorate with pictures & drawings

• Your child will share it in front of the class.

• Birthdays will be celebrated on the last Friday of each month for children who share same birth month

• Birthday Book for class

(optional)

HOMEWORK

We feel honored to be your child’s teachers.

Please contact us anytime you have a question, concern, or success you would like to share about your child.