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Hello, and welcome
to our third grade classroom! There are 24
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 9:05 - First Bell 9:10 – Attendance
and Morning Announcements 9:20 – Walk to Read 10:25 – Recess 10:45 – Independent
Reading 11:15 – Math 12:20 – Lunch 12:50 – Read Aloud 1:05 – Writers
Workshop 1:55 – PCP 2:35 – Steps To
Respect, Science, Health, Social Studies (Time For Kids) 3:17 – Dismissal **** Just a reminder. . .
The first bell rings at 9:05 and our school day begins at 9:10
a.m. Please arrive on time because
instruction begins at 9:15 each day.
ALSO, students should not arrive at school before 8:40 a.m. because
there is no supervision before this time. In 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, 2010. 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
60 minutes each day. The students are
ability grouped and “Walk To Read”. We
also have 30 minutes of Independent Reading, when each student is actively
reading books at their appropriate level. 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 11th
– Veterans Day Holiday, NO SCHOOL! November 23-24th
– Conferences: 8:45a.m.-7:00 p.m. November 25th-27th-Thanksgiving
Break - NO SCHOOL! December 18th –
One hour Early Dismissal (2:20 p.m.) December 21 –
January 1st – Winter Break - NO SCHOOL! |
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