1. W ELCOME TO 3 RD G RADE ! Mrs. Kristy Stone Literacy Teacher Room 407

2. A L ITTLE ABOUT M E ! This will be my 15 th year of teaching. (Wow time sure does fly by!) Worked in Turner, Madison, and Tift counties! I’ve taught 2 nd grade through 6 th grade. Took a year off to be home with my small children. Then accepted a job here last year at LLP in third grade! Married for 15 years, 3 children (Ellie, Mollie, and Brody) Please contact me through e-mail, text, phone, or in person.

3. S CHEDULE

4. C LASS R ULES 1.Follow directions quickly. 2.Raise your hand for permission to speak. 3.Raise your hand for permission to leave your seat. 4.Make smart choices. 5.Keep your dear teacher happy.

5. C ONSEQUENCES 1.Warning 2.Partial loss of privilege 3.Complete loss of privilege 4.Office referral

6. H OMEWORK A homework sheet will be sent home on Mondays as well as a new spelling words. Homework will be assigned on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Homework will focus on reading fluency and comprehension as well as language practice. Additionally, please have your child read aloud at least 20 minutes per night. Your child’s teacher may need to send unfinished class work home to be completed and returned to school.

8. S TANDARDS -B ASED R EPORT C ARDS Tift County Schools uses a standards-based report cards for elementary schools. It is a rubric scale of 1 through 4. 1 is below basic 2 is basic 3 at grade level 4 above grade level

9. R EADING Within our reading program we will teach grade level curriculum as well as differentiated material that will expand your child’s reading skills. Areas of emphasis include, but are not limited to: Literal comprehensionPredicting Interpretive comprehensionPersuading VocabularySummarizing FluencyTopic/Main Idea/Details Gathering InformationAnalyzing NonfictionStory Elements Phonics Novel reading Author’s mood and purpose

10. E XPECTED R EADING LEVELS / LEXILE L EVELS Level/Lexile FallM-N WinterN SpringP/ 650 Lexile minimum

11. L ANGUAGE S TUDY The language component of our curriculum covers:  Parts of speech  Sentence structure  Types of sentences  Complete sentences  Capitalization  Punctuation  Grammar  Phonic  Figurative Language  Phonemic awareness  Prefix/Suffix meanings  Multiple Meaning Words  Dictionary Skills

12. W RITING Your students will have many opportunities throughout the year to practice writing for different purposes. The following are some examples of types of writing students may be doing in third grade. NarrativeJournaling Informational Opinion Autobiographies Paragraphs Research papers Descriptive Poetry Note takingEditing

13. S PELLING A new set of 12 spelling words will be given at the beginning of each week. Spelling tests will be given on the last day of the week.

14. EDMODO

15. I N C ONCLUSION Please know that I have an open-door policy. Feel free to ask me questions and let us know if you need help with your child. If we don’t know the answer, we will seek out the information. General philosophy: 3 rd Graders work very hard at school all day. They are learning academics and good study behaviors, including being responsible for themselves. The goal is to hold the child accountable in a Love and Logic approach. Your child’s teacher will use methods to motivate them. Your child may make mistakes, forget items, etc. That is a part of learning. It’s okay to make mistakes as long as we learn from them!

16. C ONTACT I NFORMATION kristy.stone@tiftschools.com 229-387-2420 (School) 706-340-4420 (cell)