September 2019
Hello Parents/Guardians!
I am so excited to
be your child’s third grade teacher! We are going to have a great
year! Below, you’ll find my
rules/procedures for the class and some information on the curriculum that your
child will be learning.
Positive Reinforcement/Consequences: Students receive “tickets”
for completing homework, displaying good behavior, and having a classroom job.
Each student has a check register where he/she can keep track of the
tickets. The tickets can be used to buy
things such as auction items, school supplies, and homework passes.
However, if students misbehave or have incomplete homework, they will have
tickets taken away. The school will also
have Tiger Pride Days, which are student fun days for those who have completed
homework/classwork, have good behavior, and do not have many absences.
Homework: Students will have homework Monday –
Thursday. Each night, students will complete a math and reading
comprehension page. These pages will coincide with what we are learning
in class. The pages need to be completed
and turned in the next day. Students will also receive 2 cursive pages
each week that will be due every Friday. Students also need to be working on
memorizing multiplication facts and reading books for the Book Challenge.
Math facts: It is very important
that your students know their multiplication facts quickly. Please have
them practice these each night. There
will be two timed tests each week. These tests are part of the students’
math grade. If they complete tests A-T, they will
participate in a banana split party.
Book Challenge: Every two weeks, the
students will turn in a graphic organizer and create a Flipgrid on a book of
their choice or a specified genre. Books are to be on the students’ reading
level and approved by the teacher.
Communication: Please check
ClassTag regularly for messages. You can also email me at colleen.wilkinson@hesperiausd.org. Please also check out our
class blog at http://wilkinsonclassblog.blogspot.com.
Testing Slips: If your child receives less
than 80% on an assessment, a testing slip will be stapled to the top.
Please sign the slip, verifying that you have seen the assessment and have
reviewed it with your child. To improve the score, have your student correct
the missed questions ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER, and staple it to the
back of the original test.
Absences: When your child is absent, it is his/her
responsibility to complete the missing homework/assignments.
Wellness Policy: Our school is a
“healthy snack” school. Please do not bring in cupcakes, candy, soda,
etc. for birthdays. If you would like to celebrate your child’s birthday,
you may bring in items such as fruit, popcorn, granola bars, pretzels,
etc. Thank you for your understanding!
Curriculum:
Math: Includes place value; addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division of whole numbers; fractions; geometry; and measurement and data
Reading: Includes Depth of Knowledge questioning; comprehension
strategies such as making connections, predict/infer, questioning, summarizing,
and visualizing
Writing: Includes use of thinking maps; narrative, informational, and
opinion essays
Language Skills: Includes nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs,
conjunctions, prepositions
Science: Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science
Social
Studies:
Early American History, Geography
