Welcome to Open School I am Jill Green, your child’s 3 rd Grade Teacher! Wow are they lucky!!

Meet the Teacher Masters in Education-Teacher Leadership NBTC 17 th year teaching, all in 2 nd and 3 rd grade 8 th year in St. Tammany Parish 3 rd year at Woodlake Elementary

Announcements Transportations contact is best. Teacher Website (This PPT is on there!) Agenda Electronic Report Cards JPAMS

Snack Time Healthy snacks, such as crackers, fruits, veggies, nuts, snack bars, boiled egg, yogurt Please limit or completely avoid the 3 Cs: cookies, candy, chocolate

Classroom Procedures Newsletter (Mondays) FYI Folder (everyday!) Pelican Papers (Test Papers, etc.) Notebooks will go home and MUST come back. Morning routine Afternoon routine

Homework Yes, they do have homework!!!! Read each night (anything) for at least 20 minutes. Math (flash cards and worksheet) Discuss the Word of the Week and the Word of the Day (not tested) Agenda notes

Debit Cards bonuses $5, $10, $20 Fines Gumball Machine Treasure Box donations! No candy or sweet treats.

Curriculum You will not always see traditional activities and tests. There will be many classroom-based assessments and scoring using rubrics. Writing and responding to literature Anchor texts Reading and writing in all subjects, especially Science and Social Studies

Word Study 7 syllables until November Last 2 weeks’ lessons-syllable counting Speed Drills (will help with encoding) Short vowel sounds Prefixes and suffixes Greek and Latin roots