Welcome Families!

Meet the Third Grade Team

Mrs. Ann Klinger: [email protected] 817- 698-7215

Miss Shayne Cox: [email protected] 817-698-7216

Meet the Specials TeamVisit their Websites

Sarah Ascher, Art [email protected]

Stacie Breckley, PE [email protected]

Kayla Gentry, Music [email protected]

Cox Elementary Mission Statement

.Cox Elementary is committed to creating a culture of high achievement and performance for all learners, both

students and staff, while fostering positive relationships within our school community.

What is Love and Logic?Love allows children to grow through their mistakes. Logic allows children to live with the consequences of their choices.

The Love and Logic process is as follows:

•Shared control: Gain control by giving away the control you don’t need.•Shared thinking and decision-making: Provide opportunities for the child to do the greatest amount of thinking and decision-making.•Equal shares of consequences with empathy: An absence of anger causes a child to think and learn from his/her mistakes.•Maintain the child’s self-concept: Increased self-concept leads to improved behavior and improved achievement.•To learn more about Love and Logic, please visit their website at:

www.loveandlogic.com.

Wayne A. Cox Elementary Cougars’ Plan for Success

• We will treat each other with respect.• If you have or create a problem, you will be asked to

solve it.

• If you have trouble solving the problem, or choose not to, we will do something.

• What we do will depend on each person and the unique situation.

Elementary Student Dress CodeAccording to the NISD 2013-14 Student Handbook and Code of Conduct, students are required to have safe shoes for physical education and recess every day. Sandals must have a strap on the heel; flip flops do not meet dress code. (Page 36)

Flip flops, open-toed shoes, platform shoes, crocks, and boots are unsafe for PE and recess.

Elementary dress and grooming guidelines can be found on pages 35-36 of the NISD Student Handbook and Code of Conduct.

Grades OnlineA letter will be mailed home for each student with a Home Access Center (HAC) login and password. Progress reports and report cards for students in grades 1-5 are viewed online through the HAC, unless requested by the parent. If you have not received a HAC letter, please email us at: [email protected].

Kindergarten students will receive a paper copy of their report card beginning the second six weeks.

TEA Website

April 22: 3rd Grade Math

April 23: 3rd Grade Reading

TEA website: www.tea.state.tx.us - Select “T” from A-Z menu; - Select “Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills” - Scroll down to third grade

STAAR Testing Dates

Communication

Student Handbook and Code of Conduct at www.nisdtx.org/studenthandbook

Class websites at www.nisdtx.org Select Cox Elementary>Staff>Teacher Name

Daily Student PlannersHomeworkImportant Dates/Notes

Pay lunch account online: Parents>Menus/Food Services

Transportation changes must be emailed to the teacher and front office at [email protected] by 2:00 p.m.

Third Grade Schedule

Doors Open at 7:20

Tardy Bell: 7:45

Block 1: 7:45-10:10

Block 2: 10:10-10:30

Specials/Conference: 10:30-11:28

Lunch: 11:30-12:00

Recess: 12:00-12:20

Block 2 continued: 12:30-2:40

Dismissal: 2:45

Readers’ WorkshopMrs. Klinger

Independent Readers / Self-Selected Texts / Genre

Literature Groups / Book Clubs

Novels, Library Books, Guided Reading Library

Bluebonnet Books (5 by January)

Writers’ WorkshopMrs. Klinger

Writing Process

Narrative & Informational Texts

Journals, Responses to reading, Prompts, etc.

Rubric Assessments

Student writing portfolios held at school

Social StudiesMrs. Klinger

Integrated with Language Arts Curriculum

Communities Map SkillsResearch

Math UnitsMiss Cox

Problem Solving StrategiesPlace ValueAddition & SubtractionIdentifying Relationships Through TablesMultiplication & DivisionLinear MeasurementArea & PerimeterFractionsGeometryGraphing & ProbabilityCapacity, Volume, & Weight

We love Math!

ScienceMiss Cox

Students will explore:

• Scientific Investigation & Reasoning Skills

• Matter & Energy (Force, Motion, & Energy)

• Organisms & Environments

• Earth & Space

Make-Up Work

•Make-up work may be requested only if a child has been absent for more than two days. Parents may email the front office before 9:00 a.m. to request homework on the second day of an absence. The make-up work will then be available at the front desk at 3:20 p.m. on the second day.

•Work will not be sent home with siblings, neighbors, or friends.

Teachers often need to work with children when they return to school, so not all work will

be sent home.

Birthday Celebrations

• Parents may provide a treat for a child’s birthday that will be served during the last hour of the day. Please provide individual servings for the celebration (i.e., cupcakes, cookies, etc.).

• Napkins must be provided.• Treats are to be dropped off at the front office, or the student may

bring them to the classroom in the morning.• Parents are not to be in attendance at this time, and we do not take

pictures of this celebration.• Personal party invitations may not be handed out during the school

day. The child, however, may stand outside the classroom door as students are leaving for the day to pass out party invitations.

Special Events

Boosterthon Fun RunField TripsWinter PartyValentine’s PartyField Day (May)

Getting Involved at Cox Elementary• Join the PTA

– Email: [email protected]

• Dads…Become a Watch DOGS Dad– Program kicks-off in October. Information will be forthcoming.

• Volunteer in the Library– Contact Ms. Savage at [email protected]

• Assist in the lunchroom – Email: [email protected]

• Assist the Room Parents

To check the status of your background check, please email [email protected].

Room Parents for Third Grade

Mrs. Klinger- Lisa Pickup 972-489-7754

[email protected]

Miss Cox- Vanessa [email protected]

Thank You for Your Partnership!

• Remember to check district, school, and teacher website for current information.

• Be sure to keep your email, phone, and address information updated with the front office at Cox Elementary.

It will be an extraordinary year at

Cox Elementary!

Welcome Families!

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