1. Welcome to 3B Home of the Mustaches!
Mrs. Darmo
Ms. Vandermark

2. 3rd Grade Expectations
Foster independence and responsibility for their own learning
Engaged listening and learning
Prepare for moving onto 4th grade

3. Green Home Folder
All communication, important papers, permission slips and homework come home in the folder. Please help your child be responsible with the folder, and monitor cleaning out the Keep at Home section.

4. HOMEWORK EXPECTATIONS
Homework is assigned Monday-Thursday
Math reinforcement of skill taught or spiral review
Phonics/word study/cursive
Reading 20 minutes every night can contribute greatly to your child’s education. Please find time to read together each night. Students are able to bring books home to read.

5. Homework is checked and corrected every morning
Homework is checked and corrected every morning. At anytime your child can say they had trouble with homework and will receive help. Missing homework once or twice is ok but it will have to be done with the next day's homework after that.

6. Classroom Management Character education
Positive reinforcement & encouragement
Logical Consequences
Fix-it tickets
Job chart: directly related to Darmo Dollar classroom economy
Classroom
Management

7. Math: Taught in small group rotations
Concepts
Addition & Subtraction
Multiplication/Division
Fractions
Area & Perimeter
Measurement/data
Fact fluency for all operations reinforced through daily practice given at own pace.
Multiple step real world math problems throughout each concept!

8. Which two statements can be represented by the expression 80 x 9?
d) Jake saves his money to buy 80 packs of football cards. Each pack has 9 cards.
e) Jake has an 80 page book to read. He has already read 9 pages.
a) Jake has 80 stickers. He gives away 9 of them.
b) Jake has bought 9 sheets of stickers at the store. Each sheet has 80 stickers.
c) Jake has 80 baseball cards. He puts them into 9 piles.

9. Fluency/vocabulary taught in small guided reading groups. Grammar
Literacy/Writing
Phonics/word study
Comprehension strategies taught through quality literature (chapter books and non-fiction)
Fluency/vocabulary taught in small guided reading groups.
Grammar
Daily writing
Heavy concentration on using evidence from the text to prove understanding and close reading (multiple readings) for deeper understanding

10. Taken from PARCC Practice Test English Language Arts Grade 3

11. Science
Third Grade units:
Earth science: Weather & climate
Physical science: forces & motion
Life science: life cycles, traits
and organisms in their environment
Example Questions:
Can we predict the kind of weather we will see in spring, summer, fall & winter?
How can we protect people from weather hazards such as flooding, wind, and lightning?

12. Spanish and Character Education Taught Weekly
Social Studies
Areas of study:
Economics
Government
Thirteen Colonies
Westward Expansion
Women & Black History studies
Spanish and Character Education Taught Weekly

13. Special Schedule Monday: Gym Tuesday: Music Wednesday: Gym
Thursday: Art & Spanish
Friday: Technology with S.T.E.A.M. afternoons

14. Reminder about Uniform Policy
Regular days: Embroidered shirts, tan bottoms, black or brown shoes
Gym days: Embroidered shirts, gray shorts/sweatpants and sneakers.
Colder Days are coming! Riverbank fleece, sweater or sweatshirt on gym day
Please put names or initials on all outerwear

15. Reminder about Snacks
Your child needs a snack everyday. We usually have a snack around 10:00 am.
Snacks in the classroom cannot have any peanut or nut ingredients.
Birthday pretzels are provided each month to celebrate all birthdays

16. Parent-teacher communication tool
Remind.com
Parent-teacher communication tool

17. Call the School 609-499-4321 & I will return your call
Contact Information:
Website: darmo.weebly.com or locate under our faculty on Riverbank website
Call the School & I will return your call