2. STARS IN THE MAKING! SOAR Charter Academy THIRD GRADE Mrs. Wilson & Ms. Lopez 2013-2014

3. 3rd Grade is a Transition Year Student Expectations Class hours 7:55 a.m-2:45 p.m. Breakfast 7:55-8:10 a.m. Be on time & ready to learn- attendance is taken promptly at 7:55 a.m. Homework packet is due every Friday. No HW- loss of recess time/ fun activities

4. Homework Homework will go home on Mon/Tues and will be returned to school Friday mornings. A valuable tool in helping students make the most of their experiences in class. Reinforces what was learned in class. Prepares students for future lessons Helps develop positive study habits Teaches responsibility

5. Character Development We are bucket fillers. As a part of our character counts education we encourage students to be good students who care for and respect each other. www.charactercounts.org We will focus on strengthening skills and building new ones.  Responsibility  Trustworthiness  Respect  Fairness  Caring  Citizenship

6. Rewards and Consequences Bucket Fillers (school wide)- given for demonstrating caring, fairness, trustworthiness, responsibility, citizenship without asking Daily « tickets » are given in class for great behavior/manners. Students will be put in a drawing to pick out a treasure chest prize weekly. Students who demonstrate great character will receive a medal with their name on it that will be placed on our character bulletin board for the month. At the end of the month we will clear the board and send all the medals home. We will be using a Character ticket system based on the 6 pillars of character. – 1st Warning: « I need to improve my CHARACTER today » ticket for one of the Character pillars. – 2 nd Warning: Sign and take home the ticket to get a parent signature. Please return signed ticket to your teacher the following day. – 3rd Warning: Reflection Time- Write on the back of the ticket what happened today and what needs to improve for tomorrow? – 4th Warning: Miss a Weekly Fun Activity.

7. Field Trips We will be having fundraisers throughout the year to raise money for our fieldtrips and third grade activities. September 2013- Third Grade: Gabrieliño Walk Students travel back in time to discover the lifestyle of local Native Americans. They twine plant material to make string, create music using authentic instruments, hunt and learn how the Tongva (Gabrieliño) and Acjachemen (Juaneño) used plants as food, shelter, and medicine. Family Science Day at the California Science Center, Los Angeles- we are planning our first annual Science Day where families can travel and explore the Science Center at the discounted price of $5 onn Sunday November 10, 2013. This is a field trip open to family members. We will tour the Space Shuttle Endeavor and watch an IMAX movie « Hubble.»

8. Community Service Our focus for community service will be reading and how we can support our community with our love for reading. Each student is required to complete an individual or family community service project. We strongly encourage community service projects that have something to do with reading/books. Due: The week we get back from Spring Break: Week of March 31st Please note: Only students who have completed their individual Community Service Project will be invited to the annual End of the Year swim day.

9. Parent Volunteers If you would like to volunteer in our classrooms or are available to chapperone on Field Trips please fill out a Parent Volunteer form. We are looking for a volunteer who is willing to pick up our class recyclables and take them to a neighboring recycling center. Please write down on the parent volunteer form if you are interested.

10. Communication HW and important announcements will be located on SOAR’s website: www.soarcharteracademy.orgwww.soarcharteracademy.org Gradebook- www.engrade.com please check your students progress frequently. We will be sending home a code for each parent to check your students grades.www.engrade.com Remind 101- please take a moment to sign up for our class Remind 101 account.