Welcome to 3 rd Grade !
Thank You for Coming! Thank you for your support! We look forward to the year we have ahead of us!
Mrs. Scanlan’s Stingrays • Welcome to 3 rd grade! • BDR (Baranoff Daily Runner) • Small Umbrella (traveling special areas – portables) • Music, Art, PE • Healthy snack
Meet Your Teacher • Mrs. Scanlan • I have been teaching for 22 years. • I graduated from the University of North Texas. • I enjoy traveling internationally, reading, and being outdoors. • I have a 2 nd grader and a Yorkie named Lola.
Guidelines & Expectations Baranoff Guidelines: Be respectful. Be responsible. Be honest. Be self-disciplined.
Rewards and Incentives • Baranoff continues to employ PBS (Positive Behavior Support) as a school-wide behavior system. – This focuses on positive consequences (praise, rewards, etc.) before negative consequences. • Rewards: Marble Jar, Point Cards, Buffalo Pride Certificates, Team Points, Golden Spoon • Students get rewarded for meeting Baranoff Guidelines for Success, Class Expectations, and Cafeteria Expectations.
Consequences • “ Names” Result from: • “Lates” Result from: – Disrespectful behavior – Unsigned BDR/Reading log/Thursday Folder – Not following directions – Incomplete homework – Not meeting expectations, including – Not having materials ready hall and cafeteria rules for class – Any unsafe behavior • The number of “lates” in a 9- week period affects the • The number of “names” in a “Completes Homework in a 9-week period affects the Timely Manner” personal personal development development grade on the grade on the report card. report card. (See Green sheet in (See green sheet in packet packet for specifics.) for specifics.)
Third Grade Curriculum Schedule, Material, and other good things.
AISD Curriculum Curriculum Road Maps (CRMs) • All lessons are based on the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) – TEKS serve as a guide for what we teach – The CRMs guide the timing for when we teach each objective. • At Baranoff, we follow the CRMs ; there may be some differences in the CRM Yearly Overview and the timing we have, but we still cover everything outlined within the 9-week period.
Math Curriculum • Investigations + enVision • Each lesson begins with a “hook” to connect to students’ prior knowledge, then moves into new material. • We still use a lot of hands-on manipulatives and then translate that to how it looks as written work. • This year, we focus a lot on problem-solving and using math in everyday situations. • Mastering math facts for all four operations is HIGHLY essential and will be a focus both in class and at home.
Math Grading & Homework • Homework • Grading Policy – Students will practice – Daily practice will be math facts nightly assessed, not graded – Homework will reinforce – Periodic assessments the ideas learned in throughout the unit will be class. graded (once we feel – Homework will NOT be students have had enough graded, unless it is practice) unfinished class work . – Tests at the end of each • The R/M Log will count unit will be entered into the as a grade since it is an grade book twice (Students ongoing project. will have a study guide.) – Home Math Facts Report: Weekly grades will be averaged together and entered as a test grade .
Language Arts Curriculum • Reading • Writing – Students will be doing in-depth – Half of our writing analysis of different genres: instruction is the fiction, non-fiction, technicalities: grammar, biographies, fantasies, etc. punctuation, capitalization, – Students will be learning how etc. to make inferences, describe – We also do Writer’s characters, decipher Workshop, where students vocabulary words… altogether learn the traits of a good will pace themselves and reader. get familiar with the – Later in the year, we will start writing process , not just doing chapter book studies and the end result. book groups in class. – We write in a variety of – Our goal this year is to build genres, including (but not endurance as well as gain limited to) memoir, comfort in writing about our instructional, fantasy, reading. poems, biography
Language Arts Grading & Homework • Reading/Writing: • Homework – Grades come from quizzes – Weekly spelling homework or activities that assess each skill taught – Students might be asked to finish written compositions at – There will be no reading home if not finished in class. tests, but projects will be counted as test grades. – Home Reading Log: weekly grades are averaged and – Grades come from quizzes entered as a test grade. to assess the grammatical – Periodic book reports part of our writing lessons. – Chapter reviews – Spelling tests will be – Skill practice graded weekly. – Written compositions will be graded on each part of the writing process: Pre- Writing, Drafting, Revising/Editing, Publishing
Spelling • Spelling contracts go home on the last day of every week and are due back on the following Friday. • Spelling quiz is on Friday. • The week’s homework is outlined on the first page. • Students are free to do their homework any night of the week, as long as they take their practice test on Thursday. • Spelling words are based on “rules” that govern the spelling patterns. Each week will focus on a new rule.
Science • Science will be mainly comprised of hands-on activities and an Interactive Notebook to keep notes and write about their labs. • Third grade science curriculum includes: – The Solar System – Plants, Seed Germination, Life Cycles – Crayfish Study – Matter – Sound – Electricity – Inquiry and Experimental Design
Science Grades & Homework • Homework: • Grades: – Students may have – In-class activities and some homework which labs with occasional follows up on the daily participation grades. lesson – Interactive Notebooks – Study for Unit Tests will be graded on – Occasional long-term occasion. assignments like the – Tests and long-term Science Fair project projects will be entered (optional), Instrument project, etc. Students twice in the grade book. will be prepared in advance for all long- term projects.
Social Studies • Homework: • Curriculum focuses – Occasional home on communities: projects – Different types – Study for Chapter Tests of communities – Complete unfinished – Citizens and class work • Grading: citizenship – In-class activities – Laws and count once Government – Tests and Projects go in the Gradebook twice
Homework • Students will have some homework every week: spelling contract, reading/math log, and BDR signatures. • Suggestions for homework procedures: – Set a designated time for your child to work on their homework – Make sure it is a quiet place with limited distractions – If your child has tried his/her hardest and cannot finish the homework, send a note or leave a message with your teacher and we will reteach the material and give extra time for the assignment with no penalty. However, I must be able to see that the student has actually tried to complete the assignment.
Reading/Math Log • We’ve updated and revised our reading/math log to help ensure greater accountability. The reading log is more reflective of the Accelerated Reading program. Please see our examples.
Report Cards! • The form has changed. More information will be provided at a later date. • Personal Development Grades are still on a scale of 1-4. • Academic Grades are now letter grades: A’s, B’s, C’s, and F’s. • Electronic Report cards will continue this year, so expect some bulleted comments and some personalized comments each grading period. • You’ll also be able to access GradeSpeed from home so you can keep up with your student’s grades all year long.
WOW, Flex Time, and Health • Mandated by law that students must have 20 minutes of physical activity daily • Combined “Work On Wellness” and Flex Time: 20 minutes of WOW, 10 minutes of Flex time. • We have a 3-day rotation: Track, WOW activity, playscape. • Students will also be participating in Health lessons in class and will receive grades on their report card reflecting those lessons.
Field Trips • This year, we will field trip to... – The State Capitol, – The State Cemetery – Texas Memorial Museum/LBJ Museum (TBD) – The Nutcracker – Bastrop • If you would like to chaperone on any field trips this year, please be sure you have completed the background check. Instructions are on the dark green page in your booklet.
Activity Fees • Activity Fees for 3 rd grade are $68.50. This includes payment for all field trips (including transportation), class t-shirts, extra curricular resources, etc. • If you would like a class t-shirt of your own, please pay for it with a separate check or cash since it is a taxable sale. Thank you!
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