Welcome Back!
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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 3rd Grade Teacher, Mrs. Ferguson!
Our Schedule 8:45 – 9:05 Arrival / Morning Work 9:05 – 11:00 Language Arts (90 min. of
Rdg.) 11:05 – 11:55 Specials – PE tomorrow! 11:55 – 12:10 Grammar 12:15 – 12:45 Lunch 12:50 – 1:00 Teacher Read Aloud 1:00 – 1:30 Small Groups (RTI) 1:30 – 2:30 Math 2:30 – 2:50 Recess 2:55 – 3:35 Social Studies or Science or
Health 3:35 – 3:45 Pack up / Dismissal
Our Curriculum Graded Subjects:
Spelling Language Reading Math Social Studies (1st Semester: S+, S, S-, U) Science / Health (1st 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 Scale93-100 A92-90 A-89-87 B+86-83 B
82-80 B-79-77 C+76-73 C72-70 C-69-67 D+66-63 D62-60 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 goal-
setting and focus on Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, or Expanding Vocabulary
Weekly story from textbook, computerized assessment on Fridays
IREAD3 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 skill-
specific 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 1,000,000 – 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 – 3D shapes, triangles, polygons, perimeter, area,
volume
Social Studies, Science, & Health
Alternate between subjects Health – 2nd 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!