Transcript Welcome to Mrs. Morris’s Class Open House! Third Grade

Mrs. Morris’s Class
Classroom Management
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Ocean of Good Behavior= Green, good behavior all day
Yellow- 1 warning for behavior
Blue- 2 warnings for behavior, 5 minute time out
Red- 3 warnings for behavior, 10 minute time out, yellow slip/
red slip, parent contact
 Assignment notebooks need to be checked daily and
signed only if your student is not on green
Panther Paw Rooms
 Students will be given a panther paw when they are
seen doing something good or being a good role model
to their classmates. They may save up their paws to
pay to get into one of the fun Panther Paw rooms on
Panther Paw Friday (3rd Friday of every month)
Specials Schedule
 P.E. = Monday and Wednesday- Be sure your student
wears P.E. friendly shoes to school
 Music= Tuesday and Thursday
 Library= Friday
 Computer= Friday
Thursday Folders
Thursday folders are sent home with notes, newsletters
and graded homework every Thursday. All papers,
unless otherwise noted, are yours to keep.
Lunch drop offs
 All lunches must be dropped off by 11:00 daily
School Visitors
If you need to enter the school building for any reason,
you will be asked to go to door 1 (the main door).
Students and staff are not permitted to let parents or
other adults into the building. This is for our safety and
we thank you for your understanding.
 All visitors must also stop at the office, sign in and
receive a visitor’s pass. Adults without a pass will be
asked to go to the office to obtain one.
School Start Time
 School begins at 8:30. Students who arrive after 8:35 are
considered tardy and must stop by the office to get a
tardy pass. Please do your best to drop your child off by
8:20.
 If students are consistently tardy or absent, Mrs.
Prentiss and Mrs. DeMar plan on doing home visits
Homework
 Students will receive a homework 4 days a week. There is no
homework on Fridays. Homework is a review of the days
lessons and should be able to be done fairly independently.
Homework is graded on completion and makes up 20% of
their grade
 Students should also be read to/ read at least 30 minutes a
night
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Book It
 Spelling Lists and some homework will be available on Mrs.
Morris’s Webpage
 D131.org →elementary schools→Hermes→Teacher
pages→Morris, Karen→downloads
Math
 We have begun a new series this year in math. It is
called Envision, and it is full of some very cool
activities. You can also access the entire student book,
along with e-tools and reteaching lessons. Some of the
information is even available in Spanish. If your
student forgets their homework and they have on-line
access, students may complete the independent
practice instead and turn that in.
 Please look in the newsletter for ways to practice the
different skills with your student
Reading
 We will be reading out of the reading series. These are stories that
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students will be able to read on their own and get harder as the year
goes on
We are using the Daily 5-5 sessions of 20 min each in which
students will Read to Self, Read to Someone, Listen to Reading,
Word Work and Writing
Students will need HEADPHONES
Individual student reading conferences begin in October
Students are expected to read 30 minutes a night
Book-It will start in October-students can earn a free pizza for
reading
Book Orders are a great way to get low cost, 3rd grade books for your
student
Science/Social Studies
 We will study different units of Science and Social
Studies throughout the year. They include Government,
Economics, The Environment, Maps, World Cultures,
etc.
PTO
 What can YOU do to help our school? Join the PTO- the
Parent Teacher Organization. Through the PTO, we can
raise money for different school improvements, items
for our classrooms, and improve the school for our
students. We NEED you!! Please sign up today!
Birthdays
 Students will celebrate their birthdays on the stated day. Birthdays that
fall over Winter and Spring break will be celebrated when students
return. Birthdays that fall over summer break will be celebrated at the
end of the year. Birthdays are celebrated at 2:15. They are welcome to
bring a snack or parents/guardians may bring a snack and celebrate
with us. Snacks must be Peanut Free. Acceptable snacks include-
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Skittles
Starburst
Suckers
Licorice
Wrapped Hard Candy
NO CUPCAKES PLEASE (they are processed in a place
that also processes peanuts)
Water Bottles
 Water Bottles
 Students may bring a water bottle that have a pop up
sports cap
 They will be allowed to fill them once per day
Video Games
 I would like to ask you to please monitor the ratings on the games your
students may be playing. I attended a seminar by a leading brain
researcher regarding the effect of video games on children’s developing
brains. Video games that involve solving a problem or a puzzle can
enhance brain development. Violent video games (Call of Duty, Halo,
Grand Theft Auto, etc) have actually been shown to be damaging to
developing brains. Violent video games have also been shown to
increase behavior problems in students. I have personally seen the
effects of these games over the years.
 Students of this age should be playing/watching games that are rated:
 EC (Early Childhood), E (Everyone), and possibly 10+ E
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Ratings to Avoid:
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T (teen), M (mature), AO (adults only)
Time for a
Scavenger Hunt!