Brain break dancing fun!
Class photos
Recess fun!
Back to school classroom information
Parent
Communication
· In our classroom students will fill
out a weekly new sheet, this will be sent home on Fridays. Along with our news sheet,
I also have a classroom blog. I will post pictures of happenings in our
classroom along with important dates that will also be included in our weekly
news sheet. Each Friday students will bring home their Friday baggie. Please
return the baggie to school each Monday. To find our classroom blog you should
go to http://thirdgradeschnoor.blogspot.com. If you ever have
any questions, concerns, or are wondering why something is happening, please feel
free to call or email me anytime during the school year.
Spelling
·
New
spelling lists will go home on Mondays. Students will take a pretest on Fridays
to determine their new list for the following week. Post-tests will be taken on
Fridays.
Homework
- Students will have homework each week. Homework
will come home on Mondays, and needs to be returned to school on Fridays. Please check the homework folder every
Monday. There
will always be spelling homework for the week. Additionally, part of your
child's homework is to read 15 to 20 minutes several nights a week, if
possible. Please help make a special time and place for this to happen.
Sometimes there will be special assignments and math homework. Usually
there will not be homework on weekends.
- The homework is self-paced, so your child can
choose to do comfortable amounts as
needed, and this should help when you have those busy family nights where
school is not on the menu. If you notice
that your child is not able to do an assignment on his or her own, please
write a note to me on the assignment. I will contact you if your
child is falling behind or turning in unfinished work. Outside of reading,
homework should never exceed 20 minutes each night. It is meant as
practice and to help build responsibility for homework as your child
enters upper elementary.
- From
time to time there might be math homework as well, depending on the skill
we are learning.
After
School Plans
·
If
your child’s usual end of the day plan happens to be different on a particular
day, please send a note or call the elementary office. (i.e. riding the bus
home with a friend).
Snack (optional)
- Third graders will eat lunch from 12:40-1:00 each day, this is a long time after most students have eaten breakfast. Students
in our classroom will be allowed to bring an individual snack to be eaten
in the morning. This snack is optional and will not be provided by the
school.
Other Information
- P.B.I.S. is our “positive behavior” system being
implemented building-wide. As the
year begins, every student will know about expected behaviors in all
common areas of the school. Listen
for comments from your child. They
may be recognized with a “ticket” as they show positive behaviors that
will be celebrated!
Class Schedule
8:15-8:20- Morning meeting/opening
8:25-8:55- Mustang Minutes/small group time
9:00-10:00- Math
10:00-10:15- Recess
10:20-11:10- Whole group reading/ Writing
11:10- 12:10- Specials
- Monday: Spanish/Music
- Tuesday: Art
- Wednesday: Guidance/P.E.
- Thursday: Library/Music
- Friday: P.E. (11:10-11:40)
12:15-12:40 Lunch recess
12:40-1:00- Lunch
1:00- 2:00- Reading groups
2:00-2:25- Read aloud
2:25-3:10- Science/ Social Studies
3:10-3:15- Clean-up and
dismissal
