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Names to know:
Kim Tierney, Principal
Haley Topp, Assistant
Principal
Carla Lane, Secretary
Waukees Mission and
Lisa Spears, School
Vision: Dedicating
Nurse
to optimizing
individual learning
and potential for
success in a global
community.
Classroom Blog
Classroom updates and important information can
be found on our classroom blog at
https://blogs.waukeeschools.org/aflack
This is an excellent communication piece for what
your child is learning in 3rd grade!
The MG Branch is the building newsletter that will
If
you need a paper copy, please let me
know!
be sent via e-mail on the 1st and 3rd Fridays.
Classroom Blog
Specials
Day 1: PE (Mrs. Whipps)
Day 2: Guidance (Ms. Neal )
Library (Mrs. Mefford)
Day 3: Computers (Mrs. Dirksen) / Music
(Mrs. Schoene)
Day 4: PE (Mrs. Whipps)
Day 5: Art (Mrs. Bebout)
Day 6: Music /Computers
Attendance
Attendance:If your child
is going to be absent or
lateplease call the
office(987-3363) with that
information rather than
contacting the teacher
directly. This helps ensure
the accuracy of our
attendance data before
phone calls are made.
Lunch/Recess
Snacks
Your child may bring a snack to school everyday.
Snacks should be healthy, such as crackers, fruit
snacks, fresh fruit, granola bars, raisins, cheese, etc.
No peanut productsplease check the labels when
choosing a snack to send.
If your child wants to celebrate their very special
birthday or birthday with our class, they are
welcome to bring packaged treats to share. It is a
Waukee policy that peanut products are not
permitted in the classroom. We currently have 29
students in our class.
Ways to Communicate
DAILY: planners, take home
folders, and blog posts
WEEKLY: Friday Folders
MONTHLY: The MG Branch
(biweekly)
AS NEEDED: Leadership
Notebooks, math IPPs, reading
IPPs, and phone calls/emails
TRIMESTER: Progress Reports
Planners
This is an excellent school-to-home
connection. Your child will complete this
everyday by recording any homework and
various school reminders.
I stress that this is the childs responsibility
to get out and show you each night
Feel free to communicate through written
notes in here as well. For example: change
Planners
Planner expectations:
Planners
PBIS
Respectful
Responsible
Safe
Caring
Leadership Notebooks
These are similar to portfolios used in the
past with a few changes. These changes will
allow you to check in with your child on
their goals, progress, and celebrations more
frequently rather than just at conferences.
Part of being a Leader in Me school is the
sharing of data between school and home.
Leadership Notebooks will include a reading
goal and multiplication goal to begin the
year.
Leadership Notebooks will make an
appearance at home more frequently.
GOAL SHEETS
Students will . . .
be active participants in their goal
work
interact with reading, writing, and
math goals
work on their goals through
individual tasks, small group work,
and whole group lessons
have access to their goal sheets, to
help guide their learning on a daily
GOAL SHEETS
Leadership Club
________
________
________
________
Notes:
Reading Minutes
60 minutes of reading per week. The amount of
time will increase 5 minutes every month as the
year progresses. (October 65, November 70, etc.)
Goal is to read 100 minutes per week by the end of
the year.
I will check reading minutes from the previous week
(Monday-Sunday) on the following Monday.
Students will record from planners into Leadership
notebook daily.
Please help your child get these reading minutes in.
10 minutes a night before bed time is an excellent
routine to start!
Reading
Daily 5:
Read to Self
Work on Writing
Read to Someone
Listening to
Reading
Word Work
Workshop
Model:
Small Groups
Guided Reading
Conferencing
Strategy groups
Book Clubs
CAF
Comprehension
Accuracy
Fluency
Expanded
Vocabulary
Reading
Expected
benchmark levels
Fall: Level M
Winter: Level N/O
Spring: Level P
Skill Focus:
Writing
Tie into science, social studies, and reading
Informative/Explanat
ory
6 +1 Traits of Good
Narrative
Writing
Ideas
Opinion
Organization
Short Research
Voice
Word Choice
Purpose
Sentence Fluency
Editing
Conventions
Revising
Presentation
Everyday Math
Unit 1: Routines, Review,
and Assessment
Unit 2: Adding and
Subtracting Whole
Numbers
Unit 3: Linear Measures
and Area
Unit 4: Multiplication and
Division
Unit 5: Place Value in
Whole Numbers and
Decimals
Unit 6: Geometry
www.everydaymathonline.c
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Main Page
Your Name
Here!
Word Work
We will be focusing on Grammar, spelling
patterns, rules, and high frequency words/most
common 3rd grade words.
We will pull word sorts associated with Words
Their Way, use frequent patterns and rules, and
incorporate grammar rules in our lists.
Students will learn the rules associated with the
English language rather than memorize their
spelling words.
Word work words will be written in your childs
planner at the start of each word family.
Assessments
Benchmarking will be done two times throughout
the year to determine Independent and
Instructional reading levels.
MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) is made up
of two computer-based tests (Reading and Math)
FAST Assessment: State mandated Reading
Assessment (Fall, Winter, and Spring Assessments)
Iowa Assessments (formerly known as Iowa Test of
Basic Skills) will take place in February.
Watch for reminders of upcoming tests in
planners/blog.
Communication
It is very important to keep the lines of
communication open between school and home.
Communication is the key to a successful school
year.
Please feel free to contact me at any time with
questions, concerns, or comments via email at
aflack@waukeeschools.org, phone at 9873363, your childs planner, or through a note.
I am looking forward to
a fun and exciting year
teaching your child!