CLASSROOM PROCEDURES:
School
Supplies
Hopefully you received the third
grade
school supply list. If you did not or
misplaced it, please let us know.
Snack
On each day of school, we will have
one snack in the morning. Please make these snacks nutritional, such as
crackers, granola bars, fruit, vegetables, muffins, dry cereal, bagels,
etc. Please do not send in candy, chips,
etc. Water bottles are accepted but must
stay in your child’s backpack. We ask that only “pop top” bottles
are brought in as they don’t spill as easily.
We have a drinking fountain in the
room as well.
Birthdays
Birthdays are special days. We would like to make your child’s birthday a
meaningful one. As a class, we will sing and celebrate with your child
and they will have special privileges and jobs throughout the day (line leader,
etc.). Your child may bring in a
birthday treat to celebrate with the class; we have 23 students in our
classroom. We look forward
to celebrating your child’s special day! At
the end of the year, we will do something special to honor our Summer
Birthdays.
Lunch
Procedure
It is
important that your child knows if he or she is purchasing or bringing a lunch
from home each day. If you send lunch money
to school with your child, please put it in a baggie or envelope (clearly
labeled) in your child’s daily folder and we will be sure to send it to the
lunchroom.
If you would
like to pre-pay for your child’s lunches for the month, please feel free to
send in the money or check (payable to Walled Lake Schools) at the beginning of
each month, we will turn it into the lunchroom. You also have the opportunity
to pay online as well.
FAPES
(Music, Art and Physical Education) Schedule
Monday: BLOCK Recess: 1:50-2:50
Tuesday: PE 2:15-2:45
Wednesday: PE and Music12:25-1:25
Thursday: PE and Media 12:45-1:45
Friday: Music 10:30-11:00 Art 1:35-2:35
LUNCH is 11:25-12:05
Conferences/Parent
Communications
A
report card will be sent out three times throughout the school year. Be sure to make sure that you are all set up
on Family Access as all report cards are sent electronically. We would like to meet with every parent
during parent-teacher
conferences to discuss your child’s progress
and goals. These
conferences
will be on Thursday,
December 14. You will be able to sign up for a
time electronically as the date approaches.
Additionally, please do not hesitate to contact
us, if you feel that we need to discuss any matters concerning your child
throughout the year.
We will keep you very informed of what we are
learning in the classroom. This year we
will be utilizing this blog for all of our communication. We will also be using REMIND 101. Please see additional handout to learn how to
join our class.
Daily
Folder/Assignment Notebook
We have provided each student with a daily
folder. This folder is the key to daily parent/teacher communication. This folder will go home with your child
every night
with homework on one side and notes/graded papers on the other side. Please take
a look each night at the contents in this folder and empty it nightly. Please
have
your child bring this folder each
morning.
If you have any notes or messages for us, please put them into the
folder. Part of our morning routine will be
for your child to empty the contents in their folder (homework, notes, etc.)
Each student
is also
given an
assignment notebook to help them reflect upon their school day, what they
learned, and what homework they have for the next day. We will fill these out as a class at the end
of each school day. We ask that you sign
your child’s assignment notebook each
evening. Every morning we will stamp
your child’s notebook with
a “good job” when it has been signed by a parent and we will also stamp it at
the end of the day to ensure that the planner is filled out completely. These are a great tool to help the students
with organization and responsibility.
Behavior
Expectations
We believe that high expectations yield high
results. Our school has embraced Conscious Discipline as our school-wide
behavior plan. This program focuses on
teaching appropriate behaviors and working together with students on conflict
resolution when problems do arise. This
plan will be embedded in our everyday language within the classroom and the
students will learn many lifelong tools in dealing with others. If students are having a difficult time
making good choices, we have a reflection sheet that will be sent home in their
Daily folder explaining what occurred in class (or on the playground). We ask that you please read through this with
your child, talk about it, and then sign it and return it to school the next day.
Homework
We require that all students read for at least
20 minutes each night. They will also
often have a math home link which will reinforce the concept that was taught
that day. There will not be homework on
the weekends. Students will also be given 10 spelling words that they will need
to study throughout the week to prepare for the test on Friday. Check your child’s planner each evening to see
what assignments they have due the next day.
Family
and Friends Board
We
are asking each child to bring in a picture of their family and/or someone
special in their life to school.
Starting a new school year with new teachers and unfamiliar faces can
sometimes be scary and these pictures often bring comfort.
The key
to a successful year is open communication.
Please do not hesitate to contact us throughout the year with your
questions or concerns. We
ask that all emails regarding any questions or concerns be sent to both
teachers and we will respond promptly. Thank
you for your cooperation and support. We
are really looking forward to a great school year.
Mrs. Carley Dunphey
Mrs. Therese Woolworth
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