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- 1. Miss Wilkins’ Class Newsletter! August 2013 Welcome to third grade! I am so excited to have your child in my class this year. I am looking forward to a year filled with many learning experiences, exciting challenges and new friendships. With hard work and a positive attitude your child can reach his/ her highest potential this year and make great learning gains. A great way to get your child on track is to do some goal setting: What are his/ her hopes for this year? What would he/ she most want to accomplish? In preparation for the first day, here are some important things to know: Homework! Students should read for at least 30 minutes EVERY night. In addition to reading, homework will be assigned nightly and written into the agenda. These assignments will range from Math to Writing, to Science and Social Studies. This will correlate to what we are learning in class. Practicing these skills at home is extremely important for your child’s success! Please check your child’s agenda every night to check for homework and any communication from me. This is also a great place for you to write me notes. I will be checking the planner every day. Along with homework and communication, you should check your child’s planner for behavior. There is a color coding system that will let you know how your child’s behavior was that day. The colors are: Orange: Perfect Day! Purple: Good behavior with one slip-up/ Needed to be given a reminder Yellow: Behavior was not good/ Needed to be given a verbal warning Blue: Very disruptive behavior/ Needed to move seat Pink: Unacceptable behavior/ Needed to be removed from the room If you would please sign the agenda each night, it would be greatly appreciated. Along with the agenda, your child will have a Take-Home Folder where homework will be kept in one pocket and in the other pocket will be graded papers and any important letters/ memos for you. Attendance: In order for your child to be successful, he/ she needs to be in school as much as possible. Other than an illness, I ask that you strongly reinforce attendance and punctuality with your child. Every day we will be engaging in important content that is essential to your child’s progress. Please try your best to schedule doctor’s appointments after school. We have early release on Mondays, which is 1:15. On Tuesday-Friday the students are released at 2:15. Supplies: The supply list on the school website is wonderful, but there are a few things missing. It asks for 3 folders and 3 notebooks. Your child will need 5 folders (Take-Home, Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies) and 4 notebooks (Writing, Reading, Math, Science). If you are able to get these, it would be terrific. I will provide supplies if needed. Also, throughout the year, these notebooks fill up, paper runs out, glue dwindles away, dry erase markers and highlighters dry out, crayons quickly see the end of their coloring days,and tissues and hand sanitizer are depleted by the end of the flu season. I ask that you stay in communication with your child throughout the year about the supplies they are running low on and refresh their supply.
- 2. What are we Learning?? We will be starting out our Social Studies Unit learning about government and we will be exploring Energy in Science. In Math, we will be starting with Multiplication! Start practicing multiplication facts with your child at night, In reading, we will be practicing reading comprehension and learning many reading strategies, In writing we will being doing instruction on the writing process but will also be incorporating writing into our Reading, Science, Social Studies, and Math lessons! Another way you can help at home is to read, read, read! Pulling out nonfiction text from newspapers, magazines, and even online is great practice for your child along with fiction chapter books. Want to Volunteer? There is a SERVE Volunteer Application in the packet you received that you need to fill out. Once you are approved we can discuss ways you can help out in and/or outside of the classroom! :) Important Dates! August 20- First Day of School! September 6- Grandparents Breakfast 8:30 am September 19-Spaghetti Dinner and Curriculum Night! September 26- Picture Day! October 3-Conference Night Thank you for your support in your child’s education! Please feel free to contact me at any time! The school phone number is: 813-855- 8178. My email is: desiree.wilkins@sdhc.k12.fl.us I check my email daily, so that is the best way to get in touch with me! :)