Welcome to Curriculum Night! Lakeway Elementary 3 rd Grade
Team
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Guess who? Tooth Edition
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Sharks 2014 - 2015
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About Me This is my first year teaching at Lakeway and I'm
super excited to meet my first group of Smith's Sharks! I've been
teaching in some capacity for 15 years, including 10 as a corporate
trainer, and the past 5 as a substitute teacher in elementary and
middle schools. I'm married to Derrol and I have three kids. My
son, Austin, is a 6th grader at HBMS and my twin girls, Savannah
and Berkeley, are 3rd graders here at Lakeway. We also have two
cats, Gandy and Pippin. My favorite things to do are having
adventures with my family, trying new restaurants, traveling,
volunteering, and researching new ideas for my classroom.
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Daily Schedule 7:35 7:45 Morning assembly in the gym 7:50 8:50
Math 8:50 9:20 Math Enrichment 9:20 9:40 Recess/snack 9:40 10:40
Reading and Language Arts *Library 10:00 10:30 every Tuesday* 10:40
11:30 Specials 11:35 12:05 Lunch 12:05 12:35 Spelling, DOL,
Handwriting 12:35 1:05 Reading Enrichment 1:05 1:50 Social Studies
(with Mrs. Jistel) 1:50 2:35 Science (with Mrs. Smith) 2:35 2:40
Pack up and Dismissal
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3 rd Grade Events September 26 LWE Homecoming October 9 Picture
Day October 10 Science Day and Float Your Boat October 16 Track and
Field (in the morning) October 25 PTO Carnival October 30 or 31
Pumpkin Math November 11 13 Book Fair December 9 or 10 Nutcracker
December 12 Science Day December 18 Winter Party February 11(?)
Valentines Day Party February 25 Group Picture Day March 6 Science
Day March 24 26 Book Fair March 26 3 rd Grade Musical April 21 Math
STAAR April 22 Reading STAAR May 22 Science Day May 29 Field trip
to Inner Space Caverns June 3 End of Year Party
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Math 1 st Grading Period Place Value Comparing /Ordering
Numbers Addition Rounding Money Subtraction Graphs Algebra
(patterns) Problem Solving 2 nd Grading Period Multiplicati on
Division Problem Solving 3 rd Grading Period Multiplying 2 digit #s
Algebra (reverse operations) Fractions Comparing Fractions Area
Perimeter Time, Liquid, Volume, and Weight 4 th Grading Period 2D
and 3D figures Personal Finance (income and spending) 4 th Grade
Math
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Reading & Language Arts Fiction Other literary genres
Reading to discover expository text Procedural text Connecting text
to self/text/world Research Media Grammar (DOL) Fluency Accuracy
Improving vocabulary
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Science & Social Studies Science Investigative Questioning
Engineering Process Properties of Matter Energy Forces and Work
Earths Surface People and Resources Water and Weather Space
Ecosystems and Interactions Living Things Grow and Change Social
Studies Our Community Celebrate Freedom Week Physical
Characteristics of Communities Human Characteristics of Communities
Cultural Characteristics of Communities People Influence
Communities: Heroes Communities Change Over Time How Communities
Work: Citizens and Government The Free Enterprise System Geography
Current Events
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Homework Every Friday your child will get a reading and math
packet. The reading packet will help with comprehension and can be
used to practice fluency at home. The math packet will usually be a
couple page review of this weeks concepts. These packets will be
due the following Thursday, but may be turned in at any time before
then. Please take a few minutes each week to look over the homework
with your child. It is important that they know that you are
interested in seeing what they are learning. The best way to
encourage responsibility and accountability in school work is to
hear it at home AND school. In addition to our paper homework, we
have several online resources that are available to our students.
We ask that students complete 1 RAZ Kids story a week. This can
take the place of reading one night.
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S.T.A.R. Binders Binders need to come to school EVERY day. This
year we are working on building student responsibility. These
binders take the place of communication folders. Please refer to
your childs planner for upcoming events and tests. Please do not
take anything out of the binder. Several of the pages you may use
at home to study, we also use here at school.
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Online Resources FASTT Math Lexia Username: lastname.firstname
Password: 6 digit student ID # RAZ Kids Teacher Username: msmith377
Find student name and symbol Password: 6 digit student ID # Google
Accounts Username: [email protected] Password: 6
digit student ID #
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Important Info Library Tuesday 10:00 10:30 PE White Days *wear
tennis shoes no PE, no recess! * Music Once they start recorder
they will need to bring it to school every time we have music
Conferences October & As Needed at My Planning Period (M-F,
10:40-11:30)
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Important Info Behavior Rewards * Sand Dollars/ see Redemption
Chart * Homework, Attendance, Compliment Rewards * Friday Fun Day
Rewards Consequences * Tally Marks = Laps at Recess * Think
Sheets/I Can, I Will
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Before you leave * Go to front of the room and do the 2
Activities on the board * Leave your child a note on his/her desk *
Sign up for a fall conference * Fill out shirt size form and leave
on desk; Leave cash or check for class funds (if you dont have it
today, please send with your child within a week) * Take your
childs letter to you and your treat