1. WELCOME TO Third GRADE! Miss Dunker

2. Please do the following: 1. Have a seat at your child’s desk. 2. Read their letter. 3. Use the post-it to write a note back.

3. Meet Your Teacher Miss Dunker My 20 th year in Kyrene. Have 2 wonderful sons – Chris 22 and Tyler 17. My philosophy is to help your child grow academically, emotionally, and socially 2/1/20163

4. Daily Schedule  Specials (45`` min.)  Writing (45 min.)  Reading (90 min.)  Lunch  Math (90 min.)  Recess (15 min.)  Science/ Social Studies (60 min. a week) 2/1/20164

5. Specials Schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Library Art Computer Lab Music PE 2/1/20165

6. 6 Trait Writing Conventions Ideas Organization Word Choice Voice Sentence Fluency Genres Friendly Letter Personal Narrative Imaginative Story Report Persuasive Paragraphs Poetry ** THINKING MAPS

7. Reading Reading  Big Five -Phonics -Phonemic Awareness -Fluency -Comprehension -Vocabulary  Harcourt Adopted  60 min. whole group  30 min. leveled instruction  Reading Rotations 2/1/20167

8. Math Math  Number Sense: gaining an understanding of numbers, their relationships, and what they represent.  Number Operations: applying and understanding numerical operations and their relationship to one another.  Measurement: length and weight.  Geometry: shapes and solids, their characteristics, and their area/perimeter.  Algebra: solving mathematical problems through interpretations and properties.  Data Analysis: analyzing, comparing, and interpreting data; prediction and probability.  Problem Solving: explaining approach and solution, application to other problems.  Breaking problems down to simpler parts 2/1/20168

9. Science Units : rocks; erosion and weather, plants, ecology, light and sound ** Students will experience hands-on experiments and interesting demonstrations to learn the concepts in these areas. **

10. Social Studies The third grade curriculum is based on communities and how they work. Students will learn how people work together, how the government of the U.S. functions, the histories of different communities, and various cultures around the world. They will also learn map skills.

11. Homework Every Thursday afternoon, students will receive a Homework Assignment Sheet that will list the weekly reading vocabulary words, spelling list words, and short assignments to be turned in on the following Wednesday. Additional math homework will often be attached. Reading for 15 minutes 4 nights a week. 2/1/201611

12. Morning Recess Snack Third Grade Recess is from 10 to 10:20. Your child is encouraged to bring a healthy snack to eat at this time. 2/1/201612

13. Behavior Positive..Positive..Positive Team points Marble jar Warning / Redirected ( 3 strikes you’re out) Refocus and Reflect ( leaving seat while teacher talking, disrupting others, incomplete work, talking during lesson, fooling around in line…) May go to another classroom to complete work 2/1/201613

14. Important Facts If you have a change in transportation or phone numbers please email me at mdunke@kyrene.org@kyrene.org Access Curriculum information at www.kyrene.org click on departments then curriculumwww.kyrene.org New Birthday Procedures – IF you would like to celebrate your child’s birthday, you can send in any non-edible food item such as stickers or pencils to distribute to the class. 2/1/201614

15. Thank you for coming tonight! Here’s to a great year in 3 rd Grade!!