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In The Classroom – As your child’s teacher, I promise to…

• Use the latest research to teach students.

• Provide open communication through folders, conferences, phone calls and notes.

• Establish collaboration with the classroom teacher for student instruction and scheduling/pull-out.

• Provide materials that are interesting and motivating.

• Help parents understand instructional practices, class expectations, and grading policies.

• Plan meaningful lessons that meet individual student needs.

• Provide a safe school environment that promotes learning and encourages a partnership with the school.

• Employ effective classroom management skills.

• Promote a feeling of belonging for all.

• Implement the 7 Covey habits of leadership into our daily lessons.

At Home – As the child’s parent/guardian, I promise to…

• Read nightly with my child.

• Help my child with his/her homework.

• Provide an appropriate area for doing  homework.

• Engage in activities that encourage learning.

• Provide encouragement and positive reinforcement.

• Talk with my child about his/her school day.

• Attend school activities & parent-teacher conferences.

• Show respect with my words and actions for my child, other children, and their families, the teachers, and the school community.

• Communicate and work with the school to encourage my child’s learning and positive behavior.

• Ask specific questions to stimulate my child’s conversation/oral language skills.

• Encourage regular & prompt attendance.

• Help my child be responsible for school technology (Chromebook/laptop, chargers, and headphones). 

A sample of what your child will be learning in 3rd grade Language Arts:

• Reading closely to find main ideas and supporting details in a story

• Describing the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in stories

• Writing opinions or explanations that group related information

• Independently conducting short research projects about various topics

• Asking and answering questions about information

• Reading stories and poems aloud fluently

• Spelling correctly and consulting dictionaries to clarify meanings of words

Some activities you can do to support Language Arts learning at home: 

• Make reading for fun part of your child’s daily routine.  Set aside quiet time with no phones, computers, or other distractions, when your child can read for pleasure.

• Encourage your child to find a picture from a newspaper or magazine, cut it out, paste it on paper, and write a story about it.

• Create a TIPS Chart (term, information, picture, sentence) using new vocabulary words your child finds while reading.

A sample of what your child will be learning in 3rd grade Math:

• Multiplying and dividing up to 10 x 10 quickly and accurately

• Solving words problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division

• Understanding fractions and relating them to the familiar system of whole numbers

• Measuring and estimating weights and liquid volumes, and solving word problems involving these

• Finding areas of shapes, and relating area to multiplication

Some activities you can do to support Math learning at home: 

Look for “word problems” in real life.  Some third grade examples might include:

• Notice those everyday occasions when you find yourself using your times tables, such as to determine how many days there are in four weeks.  Ask your child the answer.

• Involve your child when you notice yourself using division to “work backward” in the times tables – such as determining how many candies each child will get if 36 candies are shared equally among nine children at a party.