Third Grade Handbook

8/6/2019 Third Grade Handbook

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Third Grade Handbook(The handbook will hopefully help you if you have any questions about third grade, so don‟t throw away! Keep it in a safe place so that you can refer back to it when you have questions.)

Mrs. Embry

[email protected]. [email protected]

Mrs. Peck [email protected]

3rd Grade website: eisehower3.weebly.com

Eisenhower Elementary5300 Jessamine LaneLouisville, KY 40258

502-485-8244



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Table of Contents...........................................................................................................................................................

Schedule ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Class rules ...........................................................................................................................................................................

Rewards .................................................................................................................................................................................Consequences ...................................................................................................................................................................Consequences for extreme behavior ...............................................................................................................Agendas ................................................................................................................................................................................

.......................................................................................................................................................................................Homework ................................................................................................................................................................................Consequences for missing assignments ............................................................................................................

Absences ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ...........................................................................................................................

Birthdays ..............................................................................................................................................................................Dismissal ................................................................................................................................................................................Emergenices .......................................................................................................................................................................Field Trips ............................................................................................................................................................................

Toys ..........................................................................................................................................................................................



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This year students will begin rotating classes. This will be a new transition for the students, but wehope to make the transition easy for all involved. .

Language Arts

Each teacher will be teaching reading to their homeroom

9:05-9:15 Morning Meeting9:15-11:25 Literacy Block11:25-11:45 Peck‟s Lunch (11:30-11:50 - Embry‟s Lunch) (11:35-11:55 - Hall‟s Lunch)11:55-12:40 Rotation 112:40-1:30 Rotation 2

1:30-2:25 Rotation 32:25-2:45 Wellness2:45-3:35 Special Area3:35-3:45 End of Day Wrap-up/Dismissal

In order to provide an environment that enhances your child‟s ability to grow and learn, a behavio

plan has been created. Our experiences have shown that children function best if they are providwith a consistent set of rules and consequences. We have created a behavior management planthat will reward positive behavior and provide consequences for those students who choose not tofollow classroom and school rules. We will not be using the color system many of you may befamiliar with from K-2. Instead we will be using a strike system, which is explained in more detailbelow. Parents will be given a behavior contract, please review and discuss the contract with yourchild. After doing so, both parent and child will sign the bottom half and return to school.

1. I will respect everyone and their possessions.2. I will work quietly and stay on task.3. I will raise my hand and wait quietly to be called on.4. I will stay in my seat.5. I will keep my hands feet and objects to myself.



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Students who consistently follow the rules and exemplify good behavior will be rewarded with:* Verbal praise * Notes * Tokens * Other classroom privileges* End of grading period celebrations

If a student chooses not to follow the class rules:1st consequence: verbal warning2nd consequence: student will receive a written warning3rd consequence: student will receive a strike and 5 minutes reflection time4th consequence: student will receive a second strike check and 10 minutes reflection time5th consequence: student will receive a third strike and 15 minutes reflection time

6th

consequence: student will receive a fourth strike and 20 minutes reflection time7th consequence: student will receive a fifth strike and 25 minutes of reflection time and behaviorcard

parent/guardian. The student will lose ALL privileges until the behavior card is return

We want to create a safe, welcoming environment for all our students and extremeot be tolerated under any circumstances. If a student receives 5 behavior cards, th

Students will be required to use an agenda this year. The agenda will help students learnresponsibility as they keep track of assignments given in each class. Each night we require that

The agenda not only helps students learn responsibility, but it is also a greatcommunication tool. Please note that homeroom teachers will check planners each morning. If the

agenda is signed.



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All graded work will be sent home weekly. It is important you go over graded work with yourstudent so you know how they are progressing in class. Students will receive a grade in each contearea on their report cards, which will be sent home every six weeks. We will be keeping an onlinegrade book this year so that you can view your student's grades in real time. We have providedink to our grade book on our class website.

O (Outstanding) – 100% - 93%S (Satisfactory) – 92% - 80%NI (Needs Improvement) – 79% - 70%U (Unsatisfactory) – 69% and below

Not every paper will come home with a grade on it. The table below explains what other marks oyour child‟s papers mean.

Grade Received What does it mean?

+ or -Paper was done for a participation grade. If there isa check minus the student did not use their time wiselyto complete their work. If the student received acheck plus, the student was working quietly and stayedon task, working to complete his or her paper.

WT

If you see this written at the top of your child‟spaper this means that we did it as a class, “With theTeacher”. A grade was not taken. „WT‟ usually

shows up on papers where a new concept is beingintroduced.

Students will have a weekly homework packet consisting of a newsletter about classroom happeningspelling, reading, and math and either social studies or science. Students are responsible forcompleting their homework and turning it in completed in its entirety each Friday. Unless we send

home a note stating there will be no homework for the week, please assume that we have sent homa homework packet. If students do not complete a homework assignment they will be required tomiss recess and complete the homework assignment during this time. We will be uploading ourhomework packet onto our class website each week. If your student loses his or her packet, it is tstudent's responsibility to go to the website to print out the homework.



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As stated above, third grade is the last year of primary. This is why it‟s extremely important thatstudents learn to take responsibility for their learning. Making them more aware now will help toprepare them not only for 4th and 5th grade, but will help to build on the responsibilities they will brequired to take on in middle and high school. Because of this, it is important that the agenda issigned every night and homework is turned in every Friday fully complete.

This also applies to their agendas. If a student does not a parent/guardian signature threethey will receive a behavior card. If a student has incomplete class work, they will b

required to sit in during recess in study hall and complete the incomplete work. At the end of eagrading period we will be having a “6 weeks celebration”. Students with any missing class work will be able to participate in the entire celebration, but will instead spend that time making up incomplework.

When students are absent they miss a lot. However, we know you can‟t always prevent illnessand/or emergencies. Most of the learning we do takes place within the classroom and is difficult replicate at home. Therefore, if a student misses something they are unable to make up such as science experiment, hands-on math activity, etc., a worksheet related to the material will be sent hon its place. All makeup work must be completed within a week of being sent home.

Please feel free to contact us by e-mail (located on the front page of this handbook) at schoolduring regular school hours with any questions or concerns you may have. You can also send anote with your student. We believe communication between school and home is essential to yourstudent‟s success at school. You are your child‟s first teacher and you play an extremely importanrole in your child‟s education. Staying interested in what your student does at school keeps themnterested too. Ask them how their day was and what they learned. Give extra time to your childat home to enjoy one another (this can be the most educational of all)!

Birthday treats are welcome in your student‟s homeroom class, though they are not mandatory.Treats will be shared with the class towards the end of the day. Students are allowed to bring in



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party invitations only if there is one for every student in the class. A class list will be made availaupon request.

School ends at 3:45 p.m. You must send a note to school if your student is to go home a differway than his/her normal schedule.

Please make sure we have the correct emergency information on file for your student. If phonenumbers change, you can call the front office or send a note to school with your student. This wawe can make sure your student‟s file can always be up-to-date!

Our class will be going on field trips this year. If you would like to chaperone for one of these, yo

must fill out a background check form. We will only be sending home one permission slip. A copwill be made available online if your child loses their copy. Permission slips must be returned in ordfor your child to attend any field trip.

Toys are not allowed in the classroom. Not only do these distract from learning, they also causeconflicts. If a student does bring in a toy it will be kept in the teacher‟s desk until the end of theday. If is a repeated offense, the toy will not be returned until a note is sent in by the

parents/guardians requesting the toy be sent home. If a student has videogames, iPods, MP3players and/or cell phones, the item will be kept at school until the parent comes to pick it up.These are very expensive items and should note bring brought to school. Teachers are NOT

for any lost or stolen item that a student brings to school. A note will be sent home ifand when toys will be allowed in the classroom.

Documents

Third Grade Handbook