Weaver's Walls

3rd Grade

Plant a Seed...Read

2009-2010

You must plan a visit to eat lunch with your child so you can see the wonderful biography projects displayed in our hallway.  They are amazing!  I am looking forward to seeing all of the extra credit projects!

Important Dates to know...

February 2nd:  2nd quarter report cards distributed

February 5th:  Talent Show 6:30pm

February 12th:  Valentine Snack

**If you have any chapter books or picture books that are in at least decent condition that you can not use anymore at home, please consider donating them to our classroom library.  

Thank you in advance for your help!

THIRD GRADE RULES:

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Students will be rewarded with compliments, postive notes and/or phone calls home, fun Friday, plus valuable tickets. Your fourth grader will use a "ticket exchange" positive behavior and attitude system. Students can earn tickets for various reasons and the value of the ticket will also vary. These tickets can be turned in for many different rewards throughout the year. See below:

10 tickets: pencils, erasers, pencil sharpeners 

25 tickets: trip to the picnic box treasures

50 tickets: 20 minutes of extra computer time, sit at teacher's desk for 

a day, homework pass for 1 subject, book cover

75 tickets: eat lunch with a friend, wirte with a pen for a day, sit with a

friend for a day 

150 tickets: Free ice cream, bring a special something to school to show and tell

250 tickets: Lunch off campus with your teacher (must be scheduled), teacher to bake you homemade chocolate chip cookies (my mom's recipe)

Consequences

Students will receive strikes for inappropriate behavior. When a student breaks a rule a strike will be given and documented in the student's agenda. We work on a three strikes your are out philosophy, meaning no more chances.  Please understand that I will give verbal warnings before a strike is given.  

1 strike= silent lunch 

2 strikes=silent lunch and time out

3 strikes=student will call home and have a written assignment to complete 

**If an inappropriate behavior occurs too often or a serious situations occurs (like fighting) your child will be sent to the office with a write up.

STUDENT of the WEEK

 Andrew

Braxton

Citizens of the Month

CHARACTER COUNTS

September/Politeness:  Chloe and Andrew 

October/Self-Discipline:  Lauren and Braxton

November/Respect: Destiny and Karley

December/Responsibility:  Thomas and Hannah 

January/Good Judgement: Jordan and Mallory

February/Courage:

March/Integrity:

April/Kindness:

May/Perseverance:

ACCELERATED READING

DO YOU KNOW YOUR ZPD?

Our school wide theme AGAIN this year is a focus on our garden, and "Plant a seed...read." We have lots of great end of quarter rewards planned that tie beautifully with our theme. Our students have to reach 100% of his/her personal goal at 85% accuracy or better  in order to attend the celebration. Be sure your child is reading on their level and working hard to meet the personal goal designed for him/her.  Your child's ZPD is written in their reading log and also in their red library folder.  Points to be earned are also found there.   

THIRD QUARTER:  

Our reward for students that met their personal AR goal with at least 85% accuracy will be on January  29th at 1:00 until the end of the day.  

50% cut off:

100% cut off:  A special program in the gym (It's a surprise!)

 

This year 3rd graders will participate in a county writing test in March.  We will work all year preparing students to write personal and imaginative narratives.   Writing is my all time favorite thing to teach.  We will bring writing to life as much as possible and have fun "exploding moments!"

THE 5 FEATURES OF GOOD WRITING:

Focus

Organization

Support and Elaboration

Style

Conventions 

You can help at home by telling stories of your past with your child.  Make up stories, share true stories, and mix them up.  Spruce up stories with made up parts here and there and ALWAYS be sure to use your senses to paint a picture.  

You will receive more detailed information throughout the year.  

Reading

 We are studying "Fairy Tales" for the next two weeks.  We began with reading Cinderella and Yeh-Shen.  We are learning the rules typically found in fairytales and look for these rules in other fairy tales we are reading. 

Spelling and Vocabulary

  We are working hard on learning the UNRAAVEL reading strategy and the 12 Powerful words.  

Trace: outline

Analyze: break it down

Infer: read between the lines

Evaluate: Judge

Formulate: build and create

Describe:  tell me all about it

Support:  back it up

Explain: tell me why

Summarize: the short version

 Compare: means alike

Spelling words are located in your child's agenda.  Please help your child study for their test on Friday.

Math

We are continuing to study fractions.  We are learning how to make fractions equivalent and locate them on number lines. 

Science

Your child has currently started Science with Mrs. Mullis again.  He will continue to be with her 3 times a week until half way through the 3rd quarter.  They will be studying the earth and the Solar system.

Social Studies

We will be studying communities and leaders on the local, state, and national level.  We will participate in a "Mock Reunion" and discover how important community leaders really are first hand.  

DAILY SCHEDULE

Monday and Tuesday

8:10 - 8:30  Word Problem of the Day

8:30 - 9:40  Math

9:45 - 10:50  Reading

10:55-11:25 Recess

11:30-12:00 LUNCH

12:05-1:05 Writing

1:10-2:00 Social Studies/Science

2:10-2:45 Remediation Workshop

Wednesday

(same as above except...)

1:10-1:55 Guidance A week/Media B week

2:00-2:45 Social Studies

Thursday

2:00-2:45 PE/Mrs. Mitchem

Friday

8:35-9:20 Music/Dr. Rob

9:20-10:05 Art/Mrs. Beard

10:10-11:00 Reading

12:05-12:30 Reading Continued

12:35-1:30 Writing

1:35-2:45 Math