Welcome to Third Grade

Dear Parents, Welcome to Open House. 1 Dear Parents, Welcome to Open House. 1. Feel free to look around the room. 2. Find your child’s seat. 3. Take a few minutes to write a note to your child. (There is a blank page inside your folder)

Our Daily Schedule 8:55-9:05 Sign in/ lunch 9:10-10:10 Math 10:10-11:00 Special 11-11:45 SS/Science 11:45-12:17 Lunch 12:17-12:30 Homework 12:30 Recess 1:00-2:30 ELA 2:30-3:00 TEAM TIME 3:00- 3:25 Wrap UP

Specials Monday—PE/Health Tuesday– Library Wednesday– Music Thursday– Health/PE (gym) sneakers Friday– Art

ELA: Storytown A resource to use towards curriculum Read Aloud Robust Vocabulary Phonics Grammar Spelling (www.spellingcity.com) Tic Tac Toe Writing—Being a Writer Every other week a parent letter/robust vocab Monthly tests- robust vocab, comprehension, grammar, focus skill.

PSSAs Given in April this year Week of April 3- Reading Week of April 24- Math

Study Island www.studyisland.com Common core skills Assigned each week. Brag Tags

Math In Focus Hands on Concrete-Pictoral-Abstract Understanding of numbers and concepts Math Facts*** (handout) Studies show a 9 year old does not have enough working memory to figure out fact and to solve a problem. www.thinkcentral.com www.xtramath.com www.reflexmath.com

Math Tests Pretest--Given at the beginning of unit—this tells if students are ready for new concepts. Test Prep- End of unit test- Looking for mastery.

ELA/Math resources www.thinkcentral.com Website for both math and ELA workbook pages, videos and student books.

Social Studies Science Maps and Globes Communities Holidays Tested and Graded Science Adaptations Natural Resources-Land, Water, Air

Ways to Study Have someone read you the question. Answer it out loud or write it down. Make up flashcards Make it into a game-concentration, memory, I spy etc. Pretend to be a teacher. Make up a test. Give it to a parent.

Behavior Mod Program Most children were on points last year. My class has levels they can achieve each week. Can earn way off points in December for new year.

Class Meetings Weekly to talk about our classroom. Encourage each other Give positive recognition

Report Cards and Conferences Report cards are issued in November. Get a report card, not a conference sheet the first quarter. All subjects are graded.

Lunch information Check balance, talk to child about extras they can buy. 2 snacks daily Xtra helping

Scholastic Book Clubs Multiple Levels Easy to order online. http://www.scholastic.com/bookclubs (login for our class is on my website) Make one check payable to Scholastic no matter how many clubs you order from. (No cash please) Make great gifts for birthdays or holidays.

My Class Website www.methacton.org Go to Woodland Go to Teachers Click on Bradley

Field Trips/Presentations We will have 1 trip and a few presentations. Thanks to H&S generously paying for a bus, trip is nominal. They also pay for one of the presentations. Plan on about $20

Contact Me Write a note in your child’s homework copybook Email-lbradley@methacton.org (checked after school) Call office and leave message 610-489-5000 X43200 Try my extension before or after school X43308