Welcome! Ms. Hill’s 3 rd Grade Back-to-School Night 2015
Welcome!
Ms. Hill’s 3rd Grade
Back-to-School Night 2015
Classroom Rules
1Respect one another
2Always try
your best
3Follow the 7 Habits
School-Wide Intervention
1. Warning/conference with student 2. Student will fill out time-to-think (TTT) form and parents are notified. 3. If the student has 3 time-to-think forms on file, a win-win contract will be sent
home for parents and student to complete together and return to school.
Whole Class Reward: Music Box/Student Store
Individual Reward: Clip Chart/ LIM Tickets
*Later in the year, I will move from tickets to “fake money” for students to practice their money handling skills.
Classroom Behavior Management
Class Schedule
• 7:40: Hawk Talk• 8:00: Math • 9:00: P.E.• 9:25: Recess• 9:43: Finish Math • 10:15: English Language Arts (integrated with Science and
Social Studies)• 11:25: Lunch• 12:15: ELA
• Music every Monday• Computer and Library times TBD
Math Focus• Place Value
• Multiplication• Division
• Fractions• Elapsed Time
• Working in groups to solve problems• Deeper level mathematical thinking
• Working in groups to solve problems• Writing in math
English Language Arts Focus
• Reading Fluency and Comprehension• Spelling (Words Their Way Coming Soon)• Grammar• Writing focusing on different styles of writing (Opinion,
Informative, and Narrative)• Ultimate goal is to have each student be able to create a
paragraph with a thesis statement (main idea), supporting details, and a conclusion.
• Cursive
New This Year
• The Leader in Me- 7 Habits
• Computer based tests & Homework
• Letter Grades• Leader in Me Video:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/168040629823354891/
Homework
• Words Their Way Spelling- tests will be Friday
• Computer Homework- • Raz-Kids• Typing Practice • Math Facts
• Flashcards• Math Practice – They should be able to
do this on their own! • Any work that was not completed in
class. • Homework Log- signed by you! Shows
me that your child read at least 20 minutes.
• Homework Folder should be brought back and forth to school every day.
• Homework Log: students write homework in their every day- website
Website: http://mshillsthirdgrade.blogspot.com/Remind101
Remind 101 and Website
Supplies our class could use:
• Watercolor sets• Pencils• Red pens• Black pens• Notebooks with paper• Lined paper• Post-its
Students will be rewarded with LIM tickets for box tops turned in!
Volunteer sheet will be at the back table if you would like to help in the classroom!
Box Tops & Volunteers
» Email: [email protected]» Remind101: Text the number “81010” and in the
message area type “@mshillsth”. This will sign you up and allow you to contact me through text without showing any personal phone numbers. Then you can save that number and contact me anytime.
» Website: www.mshillsthirdgrade.blogspot.com» Phone: 951.246.4210 room 40
Contact Information