2. School doors will be open at 7:10 a.m. Students are considered tardy if they are not in the classroom by the 7:40 a.m. bell Dismissal time is 2:40 p.m. Early release days dismiss at 11:40 a.m.

3. Homework 30 minutes a day (Monday – Thursday) Tic-Tac-Toe Menu Board for Spelling and Math Extra Reading - read to parents or read to self

4. Third grade has a snack break each morning after Block Class (10:15a.m.) Please send healthy snacks. Only water bottles allowed in the classroom. Please remember that we have several students with tree and peanut allergies.

5. Behavior management tool Positive and negative points Students earn points to receive rewards Parents can access student’s report daily

6.  Emphasis on place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, geometry and fractions  Inquiry Based Learning: hands-on manipulatives, interactive activities, student collaboration, and problem solving

7. Language Arts Genres - variety of genres, including fantasy, fables, folktales, poetry, and biographies Inquiry Based Learning - interactive activities, student collaboration, problem solving, Guided Reading, and Reader’s Writer’s Response Journals Spelling – words will be sent home weekly in their Day Planner (should be signed daily) Social Studies - has been integrated into the Language Arts program

8. Science Inquiry Based Learning- hands-on experiments, interactive activities, and student collaboration Science Journal – students are expected to keep a record of their learning in their journals

9. Testing Beginning of the Year (BOY) – September 9-20  Math – Aimsweb, Kathy Richardson Universal Screeners for Assessing Math Concepts  Reading - Aimsweb, DRA (by student’s needs only) Middle of the Year (MOY) – January 6-17  Math – Aimsweb  Reading – Aimsweb End of the Year (EOY) – May 5-16  Math – Aimsweb  Reading – Aimsweb STAAR Testing Math April 22 Reading April 23

10. Teacher Website Newsletter – Each Monday Please send a note with your child if they are going home any way that is different from their normal routine. Without a note stating changes, we must send your child home their regular way.

11. 7:40 – 8:00D.E.A.R (Drop Everything And Read) 8:00 – 9:30Math 9:30 – 10:15Block (Computer/Musart/PE) 10:15 – 11:30 Language Arts/Social Studies 11:30 - 12:00 Lunch 12:00 – 1:30Language Arts/Science 1:30 - 1:50Recess 1:50 – 2:20RTI (Response to Intervention) 2:20 – 2:40Continued LA Block 2:40Dismissal Third Grade Schedule

12. “CHILDREN ARE NOT A DISTRACTION FROM MORE IMPORTANT WORK. THEY ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK.” John Trainer, M.D. Our Muddy Bootser