Welcome to 3rd Grade Curriculum Night!

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• Welcome to 3rd Grade Curriculum Night!
• I am so glad you are here!

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Introduction

• Welcome to a new year!
• Introduction letter- Parent
• Student information sheet
• Child Survey
• Third Grade Curriculum Night Packet

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All About Mrs. Richeson

• My Background
• Graduated from Blue Springs High School in 2001
• I received my bachelors in early childhood and
  elementary education from UCM, my masters in
  teaching from Webster and my specialist degree in
  administration from UCM.
• My experience
• This is my 8th year teaching and my 7th year at
  SPE.
• I taught kindergarten for 7 years. I am so
  excited to teaching 3rd grade this year!

• My Family
• I have been married for 8 years and we have a
  daughter named
• Alivia who is 4 ½ and a son named Will who is 14
  months.

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Daily Schedule
To-From Activity
905-945 Morning Business
945-1055 Readers Workshop
1055-1140 Special Class
1140-1250 Snack/Math Workshop
1250-145 Lunch, Recess, and Read Aloud
145-225 Writers Workshop
225-255 Recess and Restroom
255-345 Science/Social Studies
345-405 Afternoon Business
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Curriculum

• Math
• Grade Level Expectations
• Math Workshop
• Problem Solving
• Mathematicians Notebooks and Math Boxes
• Manipulatives
• Games
• Fact Practice

• Communication Arts
• Grade Level Expectations
• Readers Workshop
• Comprehension Strategies
• Mini-Lesson
• Work Time
• Share Time
• Writers Workshop
• 6 1 Traits
• Mini-Lesson
• Work Time
• Share Time
• Spelling
• List goes home on Monday
• and Test is Friday

Students will receive a letter grade in these
subjects and be tested on the state assessment
test (MAP).
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Curriculum

• Science
• Matter
• Plants
• Earth, Sun, and Moon
• Food Chains
• Social Studies
• Economics
• Government
• Communities and Cultures
• Geography

• Computer Lab
• SRI
• Projects
• Math Practice
• Handwriting
• see sample alphabet in packet Zaner-Bloser
• Book Reports
• Passport to Literature
• 16 required
• 50 pages 1 book report

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Common Core Standards

• www.smarterbalanced.org
• Practice Tests and released items
• MAP test and Common Core Test
• Our kids will be prepared!! ?
• Computer Practice

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Planner and PUMA Folder

• CHECK PUMA FOLDER DAILY
• Homework
• Monday spelling
• Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 1 page
  (reading/math/writing) due
• the following day
• Reading Log-EVERY NIGHT (requires a parent
  signature)
• Friday NO HOMEWORK
• EACH NIGHT 35 minutes total of homework
• 20 minutes reading and homework page
  (approximately 15 minutes)
• No homework will result in a Responsibility Think
  Ticket.
• SIGN PLANNER DAILY
• Superb way to interact with your child and know
  what they are learning Teaches your child
  responsibility for the future

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Friday Folder

• Please read and return the signed progress report
  on Monday in your childs Friday Folder.
• Great source of communication between your family
  and me
• Look for school information, field trip
  information, etc.
• Weekly grade update

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Progress Report/Grades

• Friday Folder
• Weekly grade update
• Weekly behavior update
• Mid-term
• Sign and return
• Academic Achievement Report
• Quarterly
• Sign and return

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What is PBS? (Positive Behavior Supports)

• All students and staff are taught school wide
  expectations with regular and frequent
  opportunities to practice them and be
  acknowledged when they use them.
• Interactions between students and staff focus on
  positive as opposed to negative reinforcement
• Staff uses data to make decisions regarding
  school behavior expectations
• A PBS school provides consistent rewards and
  interventions for all students
• Rewards will be an ongoing stage that may change
  depending on
• what our school needs.
• BEST TICKETS!!! ?

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Tickets and Rewards

• Think Tickets
• Responsibility Tickets-homework, planner and
  Friday folder signed
• Re-Think Think Tickets-behavior
• PUMA Time- popsicles, snack and read, movie or
  etc.-your child can earn puma time if they do
  not have more than 2 responsibility/think sheets
  during that
• week
• Please let me know if you have any questions or
  concerns about homework- I am here to HELP your
  child receive these special rewards ?

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How can my child earn reward tickets?

• planner signed (1)
• reading log signed each day (1)
• HW brought back each day (1)
• Friday Folder brought back on Monday (1)
• Forms/slips returned on time (1)
• 100 on spelling test (1)
• 10-50 Tickets for reward incentives- candy,
  treasure box, helping another student or
  etc..(these will change as the students show
  interests in other rewards)

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Field Trips

• Permission Slips
• sign and return
• School of Economics
• January
• Arts Partners
• TBD

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PTA

• Please support our wonderful PTA
• Playground Equipment
• Projector in the Gym
• Courtyard Maintenance
• Holiday parites
• Spirit Days
• Etc!
• JOIN TONIGHT TO HELP OUR CLASS REACH
• 100 membership!

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Class Website and Pictures

• http//www.bssd.net/bluesprings/gen/blue_springs_g
  enerated_pages/Whitney_Richeson_m877.html
• Weekly Blog
• Photo Galleries- walgreens.com- I will send
  photo albums by email so please make sure I have
  your correct address. If you do not want your
  child photographed please let me know on the
  consent form.
• I would love for each child to send a framed
  picture of his or her family. We will be
  displaying these in our classroom. You will
  receive your framed picture back at the end of
  the year. Thanks for helping us create our class
  family environment. ?

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Odds and Ends

• Lunch payment
• http//bluesprings.revtrak.net/
• Healthy Snack
• Planner Fee
• 3.00
• Cash or check (made to SPE)

???Questions???
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• Thank you for coming!
• Its going to be a great year! Mrs. Richeson