Welcome! Mrs. Richeson’s Class 2017-2018

Introductions Please sign in! Welcome Third Graders! Student information sheet Introducing…YOUR Child Title 1 Compact form Puma Folders 3rd Grade Curriculum Night Flipbook Please sign in!

All About Mrs. Richeson My Family My Background My Experience Graduated from Blue Springs High School in 2001. I received my bachelors in early childhood and elementary education from UCM, my masters in teaching from Webster and my specialist degree in administration from UCM. My Experience This is my 12th year teaching and my 11th year at SPE. I taught kindergarten for 7 years. This is my fifth year teaching third grade! ! I have been married for 12 years to my husband Ben and we have a daughter named Alivia who is 8 and a son named Will who is 5.

Daily Schedule 9:05 – 9:35 Morning Work/Class Meeting 9:40 – 10:55 Reader’s Workshop 10:55 – 11:40 Special Class PE/Art/Library/Music/Rotation 11:40 – 12:50 Math Workshop 12:50 – 1:20 Lunch/Recess 1:25 – 1:35 Read Aloud 1:35 – 1:45 Cursive/Word Work Study (2 days a week) 1:45 – 2:45 Writer’s Workshop 2:45 – 3:05 Recess 3:05- 3:45 Science and Social Studies on Fridays. RTI-Reading, Writing or Math Intervention time. 3:50 – 4:05 Pack and Stack/Dismiss Parents, please send a set of headphones to use in the computer lab **Teacher Plan Time – 10:55am – 11:40am

Puma Folders Please sign every week! Your child will have a Puma Folder that will be sent home every day. I will send home graded work and important notes in here. On Fridays a behavior and academic progress report will be sent home in this same folder. Grades will be updated twice a month and behavior will be updated weekly. This progress report needs to be signed and returned every Monday morning. Please sign every week!

Expectations OUR SCHOOL B = Be responsible E = Expect your best S = Show safe behavior T = Treat others with respect **Students that break a rule will be asked to fill out a Think Sheet that needs to be signed by a parent/guardian and returned the next day** **Students that do not turn in homework will be asked to fill out a Responsibility Sheet that needs to be signed by a parent/guardian and returned the next day** OUR Class Follow directions first time given. Keep, hands, feet, and objects to self. Raise hand before speaking. Come to class prepared Be respectful to others. Reward Activities Your child will be able to participate in Power Hour once a month if he or she doesn’t have more than 5 responsibility or think sheets. Thanks for your help with this!  Classroom Incentives Students will earn reward tickets for things such as returning HW, planners, etc. on time. They can use them to purchase a variety of rewards.

Please be sure to sign before your child turns in report. Book Reports 16 Book Reports are due to earn a Reading Circle Certificate. This is an award received at the end of the year at the awards ceremony. Please be sure to sign before your child turns in report. September 7 January 11 September 21 January 25 October 5 February 8 October 19 February 22 November 2 March 8 November 16 March 22 November 30 April 5 December 14 April 19

Homework Reading Log – 60 minutes weekly Please keep track of this on the monthly chart inside your child’s planner. This will be checked on the last day of each month. Study – weekly spelling tests and quizzes on Fridays Spelling words will be written in your child’s planner each week. Extra practice www.gregtang.com www.reflexmath.com Sept. 1st will be the first quiz!

Staying Connected wricheson@bssd.net Classroom Website: http://www.bssd.net/Domain/2685 Here you will find: -Weekly Newsletters -Weekly Spelling Words List -Class Schedule -Morning Work Study Guide -Educational Websites for Kids -Homework Information *SPE is on Twitter and Facebook! Check us out! https://twitter.com/bssdspe Search Sunny Pointe Elementary on Facebook. wricheson@bssd.net Email is the best way to contact me! My plan period is from 10:55am-11:40am. You can also reach me at (816) 874-3700 and our secretary can send you to my voicemail. I will do my very best to respond to your email or phone call asap.

Curriculum Math* English Language Arts* Social Studies Science Grade Level Expectations Math Workshop Reader’s Workshop Writer’s Workshop Social Studies Cursive/Word Work Science Spelling *Students will receive a letter grade in these subjects and be tested on the state assessment test.

Example of Grades Weekly Math Grades Weekly ELA Grades Assignments in class Weekly quizzes-morning work Computer Lab Quiz Fluency Quizzes Common Assessments Weekly ELA Grades Reader Workshop formative assessments, there may not always be a worksheet each day Weekly Quizzes-morning work (study guides) Computer Lab Quiz Spelling Tests Writing Units-process grades

Important Dates – Semester 1 Fall Picture Day Conferences Sep. 1 Oct. 25-26 Labor Day – No School Fall Party Sep. 4 Oct. 31 Book Fair & Community Unity Week 3rd Grade Performance Nov. 16 Oct. 2–6 Thanksgiving Break Special Person Day Nov. 22-24 Oct. 6 Winter Break Dec. 22 – Jan. 2

Important Dates – Semester 2 Students Return Pastries with Parents Jan. 3 Mar. 2 MLK Day – No School Spring Pictures Jan. 15 Mar. 7 Valentine’s Party Spring Break Feb. 14 Mar. 12-16 Presidents’ Day Easter Break Feb. 19 Mar. 30 – Apr. 2 Book Fair Carnival Feb. 26 – Mar. 2 Apr. 6 Track and Field Day May 18

**PLEASE CHECK PUMA FOLDER DAILY!** Procedures We are looking forward to a great year with your child. We would like to explain some of the classroom procedures, so that the year will go as smoothly as possible.  **PLEASE CHECK PUMA FOLDER DAILY!** Library Books Each week your child may check-out a book from the school library. The book can be kept for one week. We will go to the library at the same time every week. Please return the book by the due date as your child cannot check-out another book if he/she still has a book checked out. (We have a basket in our classroom for returned library books.)

Procedures Field Trips B.S. School of Economics: We will attend the morning of January 23rd or 24th. MANY parent volunteers will be needed. Book Orders Once a month a book club order form will be sent home with your child. Please do not feel that you have to order something. The book orders are a good way for you to increase your child’s library of books at a reasonable cost, plus our classroom benefits by receiving free books and other materials. If you would like to place an order, please complete the form and return by the date listed. Make checks payable to SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB. We will call in the order within a week after sending the form home. The books will then arrive within a week of placing the order. Although we feel the book club is a good way to get books, please feel no pressure to order.

PTA Please support put wonderful PTA Playground Equipment Projector in the Gym Holiday parties Spirit Days Etc! JOIN TONIGHT TO HELP OUR CLASS REACH 100% membership! Interested in volunteering? There is a form in your child’s PUMA folder!

Odds and Ends Lunch Payment Please see website and student number inside PUMA folders Healthy snack Your student can bring a healthy, mess free snack if they need one before lunch Planner Fee $5.00 Cash or check (made to SPE) Classroom donations are always welcome! If you are able, please see needed items on side table and check throughout the year on the class website. 

Visiting and Birthdays Visiting SPE Please remember to check in at the office and get a visitors badge every time! Lunch You are welcome to join your child for lunch (12:50 – 1:20). Please wait for them at the gym doors. Due to the safety concerns for all the children, parents are not allowed to join us for recess. Birthdays Birthday party invitations may not be distributed at school unless invitations are issued to every student in the class. Simple, store bought treats may be brought to school for sharing with classmates. Summer birthdays may be celebrated anytime during the year.

Thanks so much for being here! If you ever have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me during my plan time (10:55 – 11:40), before or after school! I am SO excited to be able to have your child in my class this year. We are going to learn lots of new things together!