Welcome to Orientation!Miss White

Grade 3

Room 203

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We are passionatewe trust and treat others with

Honesty and respectWe work hard and stand forCreativity & innovationWe believe in communityWe are dedicated & love what we do

We are inspiredBy each other

We are not afraid to be great.

The 3rd Grade Team

• Mrs. Krsolovic 201

• Mrs. Mullin 202

• Miss White 203

• Mrs. Nelson (Aide)

Teacher Bio

• Live in Mentor but grew up in Perry

• Bowling Green State University

• Perry Local School District 2010-2014• Third Grade Teacher• Title 1 Academic Interventionist K-4• Summer Stretch Teacher• Extra Step Facilitator• Head Volleyball Coach

Other:• Coaching at Lake Catholic and Eastside Volleyball Club• Attended Lucy Calkins Writing Institute in NYC this Summer

Goals

• Master all grade level skills and standards• Apply skills learned in grades 1-2

• Become Responsible Independent Learners• Our third graders will have much more put onto their shoulders this year than last year. As

each year progresses, more and more will be expected of them. We request your support at home as we encourage and work on personal responsibility at school.

• GRIT: Giving Students opportunities to struggle in the classroom is important to teach perseverance and to cultivate their grit.

• http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit

Discipline Policy

• Conduct Calendar • Behavior Codes + Colors (Absent = 5 points)

1. Green (5 point)2. Orange (4 points)3. Yellow (3 points)4. White (2 points)5. Red (1 point)

• Checkbooks• Keeping track of individual withdrawals on the Conduct Calendar in Red

Binder for end of the Quarter Conduct Grade

Grading and Reporting

Letter Grades• A letter grade will be given in Reading, Spelling,

English, and Math.

• The following grading scale will be used to determine grades:

O-S-N-U Grading Scale• This scale will be used for Religion, Health, Penmanship,

Social Studies, Science, Conduct, and Effort grades.

• Also used by Specials Teacher

• The following grading scale will be used to determine grades:Grad

ePercentage Description

A+ 98-100 OutstandingA 95-97 SuperiorA- 93-94 SuperiorB+ 90-92 GoodB 87-89 GoodB- 85-86 GoodC+ 82-84 AverageC 79-81 AverageC- 77-78 AverageD+ 75-76 PoorD 72-74 PoorD- 70-71 PoorF 69 & below Failure

Grade Percentage Description

O 93-100 Outstanding

S+ 87-92 Satisfactory Plus

S 79-86 Satisfactory

S- 77-78 Satisfactory Minus

N 70-76 Needs Improvement

U 69 & below Unsatisfactory

Specials

• Art Shirt

• Gym Clothes

• Library Books

• Grizzly Learning Lab – Book Exchange: Mondays 8:42-9:02am

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

SpanishGLL

Music Computer Gym Art

Absences

• Students will be given their missed assignments in a black folder the day they return to school.

• Number of days absent = number of days to make up work.

• No homework will be given prior an known absence. Student will make up the work when they return.

• I will not send any homework home with a sibling, friend, neighbor, etc.

• Why??

• I like to review the materials in the folder with the child before sending it home to avoid questions or confusion.

Teacher Wish List/Classroom Donations

Teacher Wish list• Link to “Amazon Wish list” on TeacherWeb

Classroom Donations:• Organization:

• Gallon sized Ziploc bags, labels, colored pocket folders, hanging file folders

• Cleaning Supplies: • Paper Towels, baby wipes, hand sanitizer, tissues

• Office Supplies: • Index cards, post-its, scissors, white-out, sharpies, red pens, black pens, erasers, markers, colored pencils, highlighters

• Adhesive Items: • tape, push-pins, mounting squares, Velcro tape, magnetic tape, duct tape, hot glue sticks, band aids

• For the Teacher: • Scented stickers, scented markers, rubber stamps, ink pads, dry erase markers

• Random/indoor recess games: • Prize jar trinkets, board games, puzzles, drawing books, Legos, blocks, etc.

Red Binders

Students will be using their binder at home and at school, so it is important that it goes back and forth everyday.

Please look inside the binders for specific directions and information. • Binders will include:

• Grizzly Challenge Reading Chart Cover• Daily Reading Log• Daily Spelling Homework Grid and Loose-leaf Paper• Spelling Lists• Monthly Fact Practice Calendar (Requires Parent Signature)• Monthly Behavior Calendar (Requires Parent Signature)• Sitton M&M Words• Notebook Paper for Spelling Homework

“Take Home” Folders

• Please check your child’s “Take Home” folder each night. We fill these folders together every day and the children should show them to you each night. Folders need to be brought back daily.

• Folders are divided into 2 sides:• “Keep at Home” Side

• On this side you will find returned homework, graded papers, notes from the office, etc. that DO NOT need to be returned to school. Clean out nightly.

• “Bring Back to School” Side• On this side you will find homework, notes from the office, papers requiring

a signature, etc. that NEED to be returned to school.

Homework

Nightly• 2-Steps of Reading (can choose 1 night to write) • Reading Homework• Word Work • Simple Solutions• Math Page

Weekly• Reading Logs due every Friday• Word Work due every Friday• Fact Practice

• Homework is given on a consistent basis (Monday-Thursday, 4-Steps over the weekend)

and is assigned to help students practice the skills and concepts taught in class.

• All homework will be written in their agenda books. 

• Homework each night will include:Monthly• Fact Practice Calendar• Conduct Calendar• M&M Words

• It is very important that homework be done and checked by an adult at home. If your child makes a mistake, please help him/her correct it. If there is confusion at home, please write me a note and I will be happy to assist the child the next day

Homework Cont.

Nightly• Reading Log (1 point/day)• Reading Homework (2

points/day)• Word Work (2 points/day)• Simple Solutions (1 point/lesson)• Math Page (2 points/day)

Weekly• Reading Logs due Friday (14 points

total)• Word Work due Friday (8 points total)

Late homework: • One day late = 1 point deduction• Two or more days late = zero credit

• Homework eventually turned in = half credit

• Homework Points:

Monthly• Fact Calendar (10 points)• Behavior Calendar (5 points/day)

Assessments

• “Fun” Fridays • Spelling Tests• Simple Solutions Quizzes• Math Chapter Tests• Quizzes• Benchmark Assessments• Dessert Books

Birthdays and Snack

• Birthday Celebrations• Decorated desk• Homework pass• Students may dress down, following school rules for out-of-uniform days, on

their birthday or half-birthday (for those with summer birthdays) and bring in a treat to share. This is optional.

• Birthday treats must only be pre-packaged, nut-free labeled, or non-food items (such as bookmarks, bubbles, key chains, stickers, fun pads, etc.)

• Snacks• Single portion size nut-free• Non-refrigerated• Snack time will be designated by the teacher

Staying Connected

• Follow us on Facebook

• Teacher Web

Parent/Teacher Communication

• I feel parent communication is the most important tool in making your child's third grade year successful. There are several ways you can communicate with me: • Email: katie.white@st-gabriel school.org

• Don't hesitate to contact me by email, but please remember if it is an important matter during school hours, it is a good idea to contact me by calling the school office. Teaching is my #1 priority, so I am only able to check my email before school, at plan time, at lunch and after school.  

• Text: (440)413-1877• The quickest way to get ahold of me

• Teacher Web/Newsletter• Please use the classroom Teacher Web to help you get important information about your

child's school work, important events, etc.  • Conferences

Volunteers/Room Parents/Chaperones

• Virtus Trained• Assist with Projects• Teacher Prep• Working with Students

• Field Trips• This year we will be going on several field trips that correlate with

our curriculum in Science and Social Studies.  Field trip information will be sent home before the field trip. 

Units

• Christmas: Elves, North pole, resume, gingerbread villages, Holiday Ornament/Book Exchange

• Economics: Market Day, checkbooks, jobs

Writer’s Workshop

• Lucy Calkins Writing Unit of Study• 1. Crafting True Stories• 2. The Art of Information Writing• 3. The Literary Essay: Equipping Ourselves with Tools to Write Expository Texts that Advance an Idea about Literature• 4. Poetry: Writing, Thinking, and Seeing More• 5. Changing The World: Persuasive Speeches, Petitions, Editorials• 6. Information Writing: Reading, Research, and Writing in the Content Areas• 7. Once Upon a Time: Adapting and Writing Fairy Tales

• During our Reading and Writing time we will be following a workshop model developed by Lucy Calkins and other educators from the Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University. This method of instruction focuses on the goal of fostering lifelong readers and writers. Our workshop model will incorporate the following parts: mini-lesson: explicit instruction, conferring: 1;1, small group work, and independent reading and writing

• During student reading/wiring time, I will be meeting both the developmental and curricular needs of students in a variety of ways. I will be modeling techniques and strategies to support student growth while following predictable framework.

Reading Workshop

• Lucy Calkins Reading Unit of Study• 1. Building a Reading Life• 2. Reading to Learn: Grasping Main Ideas and Text Structures• 3. Character Studies• 4. Research Clubs: Elephants, Penguins, and Frogs, Oh My!• 5. Solving the Mystery before the Detective: Inference• 6. Little Things Are Big: Making Meaning from Poems and Poetic Craft in Literature• 7. Learning Through Reading: Countries Around the World or Biography Book Clubs

• In each UOS, students will learn a rich repertoire of ways to provide focused, explicit instruction for a handful of skills and strategies of proficient reading.

• Taught in ways that support all children within their zones of proximal development.• Book Clubs

Spelling

• DSA/WTW: This year, we will be using the Developmental Word Study approach in order to teach phonological awareness at a pace that matches the developmental stage of your child. Children will be given a list of Word Study Words each week that specifically targets phonetic elements your child needs to master. 

• List of words specific to feature to practice, tested weekly on whether they understand the feature with new words.

• Use of passages?

• Cut, sort, etc. or keep highlighting

• Homework: box each night on notebook paper, all 4 due on Friday

M&M Words (Must Memorize)

• M&M Words are words frequently found in writing and are often sight words, or words the kids M&M, must memorize, because they do not follow the rules.

• At the beginning of the year, children will be assessed to determine which sight words they still need to memorize. Your child will have the list of M&M words in their red binder to practice at home.

• Students will be tested on these words each month, not for a grade

Math

• GoMath (ThinkCentral Accounts)

• Frequent Formatives/Summative every Friday• Timed Fact Tests (Mastery=21 facts/minute, 1 fact/3 seconds)• Chapter Checkpoints for quiz scores • Standard Quiz • Chapter Tests announced a week in advance, study guides given as homework

• Monthly Fact Practice, Signed• Math facts are a fundamental part of understanding math. When a student knows their facts, then they will have an

easier time solving problems.  • Please have your child practice their specific facts at least 3-4 times a week.  See the ”Links and Websites” tab on my

Teacher Web for some great websites to practice facts online and printable worksheets. • To help you keep track, every month, your child will have math fact calendar. • “Fact Pass” Students are not allowed to move onto the next fact until they have mastered their facts.

• Order of Facts: • Q1: 0, 1, 2, 10, 11• Q2: 5, 3, 4• Q3: 6, 7, 8• Q4: 9, 12

Math Cont.

• Rocket Math• We will be doing Rocket Math every morning in class.  Your child will have Rocket Math

Facts or regular math facts for homework.

• Problem Solving• Every Friday the children bring home Discovery Math. We start the problem solving

sheet in the classroom and the children are invited to work on them at home over the week. Please return the math sheets by Friday. ????????????

Math Workshop

• Grouped based on pre-assessments• Rotations:

• 1. Teacher Time: • Go over AYS lesson work from previous day (5-8 minutes) • Teach math lesson (15-12 min)

• 2. AYS (At Your Seat): • Complete the rest of the lesson in text book independently. If they have questions, ask a group member or

wait until tomorrow. • Enrich/Reteach Page• Fact Practice

• 3. Hands-On:• Math Journals• Games• Projects• Vocabulary

• 4. Facts • For early finishers

Science

• New Series : Science Fusion• Unit 1: Investigating Questions

• Scientists raise questions about Earth and the universe and seek answers to some of them by careful investigation.• Using models, tools, data, etc.

• Unit 2: The Engineering Process• Technology is all around us. The design process is used to develop new types of technology to meet people’s needs.

• Unit 3: Earth’s Resources• Living things use Earth’s resources to meet their needs. Some of Earth's living and nonliving resources are limited and

should be conserved.• Natural Resources, minerals, rocks, and soil.

• Unit 4: Living Things Grow and Change• All living things go through a cycle of growth. Living thins have adaptations that allow them to survive in their

environments.• Plant and animal life cycles, structural, physical and behavioral adaptations.

• Unit 5: Properties of Matter• Matter has properties that can be observed, described, and measured. Matter can change.

• Unit 6: Energy• You use many different forms of energy everyday. One form of energy can be changed to another.• Sound, light, heat

• Holden Arboretum: (2 Field Trips, Holden comes to classroom 1 time

Health

• Only Tested in 4th Quarter• Standards

• Mental and Emotional Health• Understand positive stress management strategies • Understand the relationship between healthy expression of emotions, mental health, and healthy

behavior• Personal and Consumer Health

• Understand wellness, disease prevention, and recognition of symptoms. • Apply measures for cleanliness and disease prevention.• Understand necessary steps to prevent and respond to unintentional injury

• Interpersonal Communication and Relationships• Understand healthy and effective interpersonal communication and relationships.

• Nutrition And Physical Activity• Apply tools (MyPlate, Food Facts Label) to plan healthy nutrition and fitness.• Create strategies to consume a variety of nutrient-dense foods and beverages and less calorie-dense and

empty calorie foods.• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

• Understand how to use household products and medicines safely.• Apply strategies involving risk-reduction behaviors to protect self and others from the negative effects of

alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Social Studies

• Theme: Communities: Past and Present, Near and Far• Almost all the Social Studies skills and concepts will be taught within Language Arts.  This

is a more integrated approach and will correlate with our new Common Core Standards. • Newspapers, Fun Friday = Steps• Buckle Down

• Units/Standards• Unit 1: History

• Understand how events, individuals, and ideas have influenced history of local and regional communities

• Unit 2: Geography • Where you are can influence who you are and what you do.

• Unit 3: Economics (Market Day)• Location of regions affects activity in a market economy • Entrepreneurship in a market economy 

• Unit 5: Government• Development, structure and function of local government• Citizen participation in their communities

Religion

• Mass on Wednesdays

• Peggy Golden once a week

• Prayer Kit

• Fr. Fred, Fr. Ed, and Fr. Jeremy will be visiting our classrooms and teaching a religion lesson

• Units• Unit 1: God Calls Us to Faith (Ch. 1-5)

• The children will realize they are called to be one of God's holy people.• They will desire to live like Jesus.

• Unit 2: God Is Great and Good (Ch. 6-9)• The children will understand some of the characteristics of God.• The children will respond to God with love and respect and desire to be with God

• Unit 3: God's Plan Is a Plan of Love (Ch. 10-14)• The children will realize what God's kingdom is like.• They will appreciate God's plan that enables us to belong to the kingdom.• They will be familiar with some of Jesus' parables and miracles and their meanings.

• Unit 4: Jesus Brings Us to the Kingdom of God (Ch. 15-19)• The children will deepen their understanding of Jesus' passion, death, and Resurrection.• They will appreciate being members of the Church and will try to be good members.

• Unit 5: Jesus Is with Us on Our Way (Ch. 20-25)• The children will learn how Jesus helps us answer our call to be holy through the sacraments.• They will celebrate the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation and the Eucharist with greater understanding,

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Building Positive School Climate

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Engaging the whole school community,

including parents as

co-learners & co-leaders,

is effective in school climate improvement efforts.

Crossroads Youth Leadership Program

• Collaborate with local schools, religious groups or community groups to promote a positive school/community climate where… all youth feel safe, connected and supported

• Help youth develop the necessary skills to become allies & role models in their schools and communities.

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“I promise you every day your child will learn something. Some days they’ll bring it home in their hands. Some days they’ll bring it home in their heads.And some days they’ll bring it home in their hearts.”

~ Valerie Welk