Mr. Gomez’ Third Grade Class Welcome!

My Goals To give your children the academic and social skills they need to progress to 4th grade. To provide a supportive classroom environment. To help children make new friends and discover new interests. Have a lot of fun

Room 12 Rules No bullying Allow others to get their work done Always give your best effort

Homework Homework written in planner everyday Daily Math IXL Should take about 30 minutes Additional 20 minutes of reading

Want Your Child to Do Better in School? Have them READ, READ, READ, READ -Read TO them -Read WITH them -LISTEN to them Read Read books, magazines, comics, poems, etc. There is a strong connection between reading a variety of text with reading achievement and vocabulary. 80% of a student’s vocabulary comes from reading and is a direct result from how much is read.* The more words read per year, the higher their vocabulary, the higher their background knowledge, the higher their exposure to the world, and the higher their ability to comprehend all sorts of information.

Test Scores in Percentile *** Minutes Read Daily # words read per year 98th percentile 65 minutes daily 4,400,000 75th percentile 12 minutes daily 884,000 50th percentile 4-1/2 minutes daily 282,000 25th percentile 1 minute daily 60,000

-DUSD is shifting to the Common Core State Standards so that students, beginning in Grade 3 in the spring of 2015, will be ready to take the Smarter Balanced Assessments. -This year their will be informational meetings to educate parents and answer questions related to Common Core State Standards and -We will be adding a link on the DUSD homepage which will provide additional information about the Common Core State Standards. -Parents who are interested in knowing more about Smarter Balanced Assessments should visit: www.smarterbalanced.org.   Also, there will be revisions to the 1st through 5th grade report cards to reflect the shift to the Common Core State Standards, however they are not ready for distribution for BTSN

Class work Math & Math IXL Science-STEM CA History Writing/Vocabulary Core Literature

Music, P.E. and Art Every Monday students have P.E. and Thursday they work with our Fine Arts teacher. Bring sneakers on Monday. Library is on Tuesday.

Important Things Student Planner Returning Test Volunteers/Drivers Field Trips (SF Symphony-Forest Home Farms) My Web Site

Final Thoughts Organization/Detail Conferences Call or email me I will contact you Frederiksen family handbook Intervention Supplies Recorder book

Let’s Have a Great Year!