Welcome to Mrs' Haynes Room

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Welcome to Mrs. Haynes Room

• 3rd Grade Curriculum Night
• Vickery Creek Elementary
• 2007-08 School Year

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OUR DAILY SCHEDULE

• 740815- Morning Work
• 815-900 Language Arts
• 900-930- Handwriting
• 9301000- Reading Groups
• 10001110-Specials
• 1110-1200- Math
• 12071237- Lunch
• 1240-100- Recess
• 100-115 Teacher Read Aloud
• 115 205- Science/Social Studies
• 215 Dismissal

• SPECIALS
• Monday PE
• Tuesday Music (950-1030)
• Wednesday PE
• Thursday Art
• Friday - Spanish

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Guided Reading

• Each week we will begin a new story. We will
  stay with this story for the entire week, doing
  different activities each day. By doing this, we
  are helping to strengthen comprehension, fluency,
  and many other skills, such as decoding,
  spelling, and word meaning. This is also where
  we pull our vocabulary words from. It is our
  goal to expose the students to the vocabulary
  words in such a way that they will feel
  comfortable with their meaning and spelling. We
  ultimately want to start seeing these words used
  correctly in their writing, as well as, their
  oral vocabulary.

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Writing

• Our writing program is designed to build
  confidence and knowledge of the writing process.
  We are starting with the basics such as, complete
  sentences, punctuation, capitalization, etc. By
  using our Georgia Standards for Writing, we are
  reinforcing beginning, middle and end, as well as
  topic sentences and staying on track with our
  original idea. We are preparing for the Georgia
  Writing Test by composing pieces of writing in
  the areas of Narrative, Persuasive,
  Informational, and Response to Literature.

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Math

In the past, Vickery Creek Elementary has taught
math from the Everyday Math Series. However,
beginning with the 2007-08 school year, a new
math program was adopted. This new program has
the look and feel of a more traditional series
with an emphasis on hands-on, constant
assessment, and a 'students as the leader'
approach. I am very excited about the new program
from the stand point that it brings parents back
into the mix. No longer will parents feel like
they do not know how to help their children with
math homework. This will look and feel much more
traditional, with a few twists. I guarantee that
your child will be able to teach you something
that you didn't know. That's what we do in third
grade - prepare to be leaders for the next
generation!
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Spelling

• Your child will have a spelling test each
  Friday. They are responsible for knowing how to
  spell the words that will follow a certain
  spelling pattern. It will be a mixture of
  multiple choice and/or a traditional test that
  will include dictation of sentences and creation
  of sentences using vocabulary words and sentence
  rules. Our goal is to see our students spelling
  their past and present spelling words correctly
  in their writing and daily work.

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Science

• This year in Science, students will be learning
  about
• Rocks and Minerals (Fossils and Soil)
• Habitats of Georgia, Pollution and Conservation
• Exploring Energy through Heat energy and magnets
• We will be able to go on a couple
• of field trips this year designed to
• reinforce concepts studied in Science
• and Social Studies.

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Social Studies

• Social Studies will begin this year with a unit
  on land forms and maps. Later in the school year
  we will move into units on Economics,
  Communities, Government/Georgia History, Georgia
  and U.S. symbols. We will also study several
  important figures in history who helped shape our
  country.

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Accelerated Reader (AR)

• Accelerated Reader is a program in which
  students read books and then take tests on the
  computer to measure their comprehension of what
  they have read. In third grade, we have set a
  goal of 9 AR points or 9 books read per 9 week
  period. Students are allowed to take AR tests on
  stories we have read in class and books that they
  choose themselves. In order for the points to
  count, the book must be within their reading
  range. Students reading ranges were sent home a
  few weeks ago in a report called the STAR test.
  Students are given time each week for AR tests in
  the classroom. Remember, children who read
  frequently do better in all subjects!

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Classroom Discipline

• At the beginning of the school year, students
  were ask to participate in creating rules and
  consequences for our classroom. So far, we have
  had very little need for our consequences in
  class because our behavior has been outstanding.
  However, if the need arises, we have a card
  system in place. Here is how it works
• Each day students arrive on green.
• A warning will result in moving your card to
  yellow.
• A second request for compliance will result in a
  card moved to orange 10 minutes recess taken away
  with a wisdom walk.
• A third request for compliance will result in a
  card moved to red and all of recess taken away,
  with a wisdom walk.
• A final request will result in a card moved to
  black and a phone call to your parents.
• As stated before, we have had very little need
  for our system. We have excellent rule followers
  in our class!

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Other Points of Interest

• Your childs agenda must be signed each night.
• Your child must read for twenty minutes and
  record on their reading log each night.
• Your child must wear tennis shoes on P.E. days.
• A change in transportation must be approved
  through the office.
• The homework hotline can be reached by dialing
  the school and pressing extension 255.
• Important information can be found in your
  childs Thursday folder, including the newsletter
  and weekly progress sheet. Also check my VCE
  webpage for important information.
• You can leave notes for me in your childs
  agenda. I will look at it each morning.
• Ice cream is sold on Tuesdays and Fridays.
• Students may purchase breakfast each morning.
• Always remember that you can contact me with any
  concerns or questions you may have. We are on
  the same team your childs!

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Homework Policy

• Your child will be responsible for completing
  and turning in all homework assignments on the
  day it is due. Homework is viewed as an
  extension of the days lesson and will therefore
  be viewed as additional practice. For this
  reason, homework will not be assigned a grade.
  Homework is either checked in class or by the
  teacher for understanding. We use this as a
  guide to move ahead or re-teach if necessary.
• Remember practice makes perfect and homework is
  practice.

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• THANK YOU FOR COMING!
• Please sign up for a Fall parent/teacher
  conference. Sign-up sheet is on the while table
  in front.

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Mission and Belief Statement

• Mission Statement
• The mission of the VCE community is the
  facilitate learning by designing quality work
  that prepares our students for life.
• Belief Statement
• The VCE community provides a safe, nurturing
  environment that encourages on-going character
  development to promote successful life long
  learners.
• Students learn through a variety of instructional
  methods that meet the needs of individual
  students.
• Teachers, staff, administrators, parents, and
  students share responsibility for communicating
  effectively.
• Quality work peaks students interests in order to
  increase higher level thinking and student
  achievement.
• Please make a tally mark in the appropriate
  column
• I approve the Mission Belief I would like to
  suggest a change to the
• Statement as written. Mission Belief
  Statement (Please
• write your change on the index card
  provided
• and return to the teacher)