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Room 111

Marilyn Nelson

 

Hello, and welcome to our third grade classroom!

 

There are 23 students in our class, and together we are having an exciting year filled with lots of learning and fun.

 

We are glad to have you in our classroom!

 

Here is our daily schedule 

     8:55 - Tardy Bell

     9:00 – Attendance and Morning Announcements

     9:05 – Walk to Read

   10:35 – Math Boxes, Collect Homework

   10:40 – Recess

   11:00 – Math

   12:00 – Lunch

   12:35 – Read Aloud

    12:45 – Writers Workshop

     1:35 – PCP

     2:15 – Steps To Respect, Science, Health, Social Studies (Time For Kids)   

     3:00 – Dismissal

 

**** Just a reminder. . .  The first bell rings at 8:50 and our school day begins at 9:00 a.m.  Please arrive on time because instruction begins at 9:05 each day.    ALSO, students should not arrive at school before 8:30 a.m. because there is not supervision before this time.

 

In addition to our regular curriculum, we will be studying and developing our skills to prepare for the WASL test in April - May.

 

I want to encourage everyone to READ, READ, READ and WRITE, WRITE, WRITE at home every day.  I also recommend that all children continue to study their multiplication facts daily at home so they can challenge me to prove mastery of each set.  Our goal is to master the 12 times tables by June, 2008.

 

REMEMBER:  Math homework is collected daily,  Tuesday through Friday!  The Weekly Reading Log is always due on Friday, or the last day of the week, if it is a short week.

 

 

READING

We teach our reading classes for 90 minutes each day.  The students are ability grouped and “Walk To Read”.

 Good readers apply all the reading strategies to every selection they read!!

Each reading class is teaching the same six comprehension strategies which are as follows:

 

PREDICT/INFER---Think about the title, illustrations and what you have read.  Tell what you think will happen next.  Try to figure out things the author does not say directly.

 

PHONICS/DECODING---Look carefully at the word.  Look for parts and sounds you know. Blend the sounds to read the word.  Ask, is it a word I know?  Does it make sense?

 

MONITOR/CLARIFY---Ask yourself if what you are reading makes sense?  If you don’t understand something, reread, read ahead, or use the illustrations.

 

QUESTION---Ask yourself questions that can be answered as you read or after you finish reading.

 

EVALUATE---Ask yourself how you FEEL about what you read.  Do I agree or disagree with it?

 

SUMMARIZE---Think about and tell the main ideas or important parts of the story in your own words.  (WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY and HOW)

 

 

Events Coming Soon!!

 

November 7th – Health Fair

4:00-7:00

 

November 11th – VETERAN’S DAY – NO SCHOOL

 

November 17-25 – Parent Teacher Conferences

1:00 Early Dismissal

 

November 26th – 2:00 EARLY DISMISSAL

 

November 27-28 – Thanksgiving Break

 

December 6th – Winter Bazaar and Carnival

10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.