Ms. Decker

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Welcome to
Parent Information Night
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Important Procedures
Attendance Please send your child to school, on
time, every day. On time is 730-800am. After
800 is considered a tardy. Allow your child to
walk to their classroom on their own. Please send
a written note if your child has been
sick. Birthdays Please contact me to set up a
celebration time. Birthday invites may not be
passed out at school. Please be mindful of hurt
feelings and try not to pick up just certain
children from our class for birthday activities.
Have them go home first and then pick up any
children who are celebrating with your child.
Summer birthdays are recognized in May. Lunch
Sign in the at the office, wait at the cafeteria,
and enjoy spending time with your child at the
family table.
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Procedures Continued
Medical Medication need to be sent with a note
in a labeled bottle. A medical form must also be
filled out to keep in the clinic. Need Extra
Help? I will contact you if I feel your child
could benefit from after school tutoring. Its
not meant to be permanent, but could be to work
on one subject or skill. This will begin the week
of September 12th. Snack Your child can bring
a healthy, easy to eat snack each day. They may
have a water bottle as well. Transportation
Please send your child knowing how to go home.
A hand written note MUST be sent to your childs
teacher for any change in dismissal. If the
change is made after your child comes to school,
please FAX or drop off a written note to Ms.
Plumer or the main office and I will be notified.
If Castlewood walker, you must be here at 225
to pick up your child on the playground.
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Communication Procedures

• This is so important! We need to communicate in
  order for your child to be a success in school!
• Grade Level Website www.teacherweb.com/GA/morrisb
  randon/thirdgrade
• Go to TeacherWeb
• School website www.MorrisBrandon.com
• Individual website
• Email edimas_at_atlanta.k12.ga.us
• Email is the best way to reach me. Please make an
  appointment if you need some time to talk or call
  the office at 404 802 7250.

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Graded Work Procedures

• Graded work will be sent home on Thursdays
• Look over the work with your child and keep
  papers at home unless they are in the Return to
  School pocket of the folder!
• Sign and return folder to school
• Congratulate your child on improvements and
  discuss goals for their future work!

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Conference Procedures

• I conference with children frequently
• I conference with parents starting in Sept.
• Please be on time as I may have another
  conference right after you! Email if you need to
  cancel or are late.
• Please SIGN UP on Sign Up Genius! The link was
  sent to you via email.
• The parent, teacher, and student are
  responsible for every childs success!

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Behavior Expectations and Procedures

• Behavior folder I use our grade level system
  that is based on the I.B. Learner Profile. A
  weekly conduct grade is given at the end of each
  week. Please sign the folder.
• If children need an additional/modified system, I
  will communicate with you on this.

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Class Schedule
730-800 Arrival, morning work,
announcements 815-930 FRENCH/SPECIALS 940-1040
Reading 1040-1115 Language Arts 1115-1215
Math 1215-1245 LUNCH If you want to come,
please sit at the family dining table with your
child! 115-215 Shurley English/Science/Social
Studies 215-225 Homework Agenda, Packing 225
Dismissal
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Reading

• We use various strategies to teach reading.
• Interactive Read Aloud
• Independent Reading
• Guided Reading
• (small groups)
• Novel Studies
• Readers Theatre
• Fluency Practice
• (smooth reading/words correct per minute.)
• Students expected to be at 120 WCPM by years end
  on end third grade level.
• Practice nightly

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Language Arts

• Writing Assessment It is due in March and
  writing samples are collected for it throughout
  the year.
• Four main types/genres
• Narrative
• Informational
• Persuasive
• Response to Literature

• Traits of Writing found in each genre
• Ideas
• Organization
• Style word choice, sentence fluency, etc.
• Conventions punctuation, capitalization,
  grammar
• Shurley English
• Routine based grammar program that uses jingles
  to help children remember parts of speech and
  beyond! It is very successful!

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• Program developed by The University of Chicago.
• Helps children understand WHY math works.
• Uses a wide variety of games to introduce,
  review, and challenge children.
• You may start multiplication facts as we start
  late fall.
• Students should have mastered addition
  subtraction basics by now. Please help them
  practice at home!
• Family Letters!!! EDM may use different
  strategies than you have used/learned in the
  past, so read these carefully!
• Everyday Math Link on grade level website to help
  you.

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Science

• Our I.B. units are based around Science.
• Topics of Study include
• Rocks, Minerals, Soil, Fossils (Tellus Museum
  and HTHT)
• Pollution Conservation (Georgia Aquarium)
• Heat, Energy, Magnets (HTHT)
• Habitats of Georgia (Chattahoochee Nature Center)
• Plant/Animal Adaptations (Aquarium and Botanical
  Gardens in school field trip)

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Social Studies

• Our IB units are also based around Social
  Studies
• Government Branches (legislative, executive,
  judicial)
• Government levels (local, state, national)
• Economics (Junior Achievement)
• Historical Figures (Center for Puppetry Arts in
  school trip)
• Map Skills
• Geography rivers, mountains of the U.S.
• Ancient Greece

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Homework

• Third Graders will have up to 30 minutes of
  homework every night (Monday-Thursday). They also
  complete another 20 min. of choice reading.
• Homework is due daily the students are
  responsible for writing their homework
  assignments in their agenda.
• Please do not do your childs homework for them.
  In third grade students must learn that it is
  their responsibility.
• If you notice your child taking too much extra
  time to work on homework, please discuss that
  with the teacher.

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Grading

• We use Infinite Campus to record grades.
• You can access Infinite Campus with your username
  and password. You can get this in the office if
  you do not have one.
• Grading Scale
• 90-100 A
• 80-89 B
• 70-79 C
• 0-69 F
• Percentages
• Homework (completion grade) 5
• Tests 30
• Quiz 20
• Class work 25
• Projects 20

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THANK YOU!!!!Still have a QUESTION?Please write
it on a post-it and place it on the poster
outside the classroom door. I will email you or
set up a conference. Thanks for understanding
our tight schedule tonight!Please go to the
cafeteria for classroom and PTA event sign ups or
your next presentation!