Third Grade Orientation
August 28, 2014
Dana Elementary Third Grade Orientation
Your Third Grade Team: Kathy Blackwell, Matthew Brown, Annie Jones and Debra Ramsey
School Website:
http://www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org/dan/Classroom website
http://www.dan.henderson.k12.nc.us/teachers/kblackwell-web/Schedule
Where parents can sign up for conferences
Blogger
http://kathyblackwell.blogspot.comBuzz Mob
Scholastic book orders online
See classroom website
The Healthy Schools Policy
Dana is committed to the growth of students in all areas. We provide physical activity for students each day, serve healthy food choices in the cafeteria and encourage students to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables. We offer nonfood items for rewards and limit party snacks to healthy items.
Dress Code
Please tennis shoes every day. We go on the playground, nature trail and the garden. For the safety our students we have found that tennis shoes are best.
*Hats are to be removed in the school building.
*Clothing advertising alcohol or tobacco products, or bearing inappropriate messages are not allowed.
*Tank tops, halter tops, tube tops, spaghetti straps or bare midriff tops are not allowed. *Shorts, skirts, and dresses must be longer than your hands hang by your side.
*Baggie pants that allows underwear to show or drag the ground are not allowed.
Title One School
We are a Title 1 School. We receive funding from the federal government to support the academic needs of our students. We invest our funds for teachers.
Classroom Expectations
*Reading 30 min. nightly
*Flash cards begin with addition and subtraction 15 min. nightly
Classroom Schedule: Please arrive by 7:45 A.M.
7:35-8:00 Breakfast
8:00-8:25 Wildcat Team Time
8:25-9:20 Nonfiction
9:25-10:15 Encore 4 day rotation
10:15-11:30 Math Investigations
11:35-11:55 Phonics
11:55-12:20 Lunch
12:25-12:35 Teacher Read aloud
12:35-12:55 Recess
1:00-1:45 Junior Great Books
1:45-2:50 I.M.E.
2:50-3:00 Wildcat Team Time Wrap Up
We eat lunch at 11:55-12:20
Menus available on our website.
Lunch for students $2.25 Adults $3.10
We welcome you to eat lunch with your child. Please send in a note when you are joining us for lunch.
Please fill out the lunch forms even if you don't think you will qualify. Since we are a Title One School we need to make sure we have as many forms as we can to turn in.
4 Day rotation tennis shoes are best
STEM rotation and Digital Learning Rotation change from last year.
This year your student will attend:
STEM, Digital Learning, P.E., Music/Art
Book checkout from library will be done with classroom teachers.
RTA Read to Achieve
*Purpose is to get all third graders on grade level
*Your child will be given several opportunities to pass this test.
*Your child will be given a Beginning of the Year Reading Test (B.O.G) This will give all third grade teachers a baseline for instruction.
Reading Standards
What Can Parents Do to Help?
Teachers will send home questions stems in English and Spanish.
Flash cards nightly to build fluency. Focus on addition and subtraction before christmas.
Working on Multiplication after Christmas.
Students may practice flash cards from teacher website, with dice, dominos, cards...
be creative to keep it fun.
