Mrs. Schoeb & Mrs. Denman

Welcome to 3rd Grade

Review of Handouts• Please complete the following forms:

*Inclement Weather (Choose ONLY ONE!)

*Sibling at Mt. Bethel

*Note to your child!!

Please leave these items with us.

Communication

• Notes Send notes in Red Folder or you can write a

short note in their agenda

• Our Classroom Blog (http://www.cobblearning.net/jschoeb/) Homework and other important information

will be posted

• Emails Julia.Schoeb@cobbk12.org Christina.Denman@cobbk12.org

Our Schedule

• 7:15 Morning Work• 8:00 Math • 9:10 Read-a-loud/Word Study• 9:40 Specials• 10:30 Reader’s Workshop• 11:30 Writer’s Workshop• 12:20 Lunch• 12:55 Recess• 1:15 Unit Study *(Science, S.S. or Health)• 2:00 Afternoon Wrap-Up • 2:05 Dismissal Begins

Class Management

• Name in the Bucket Agenda initialed Making their lunch choice Choosing their transportation home Etc.

• Pod Races• Homeworkopoly• Mini Economy

Classroom money

Pass an A.R. test on your reading level $1.00Homework turned in all week $5.00Random acts of kindness caught! $1.00 or

more Birthday $1.00Returning Thursday folder on Friday $1.00Payday – first of the month $20.00

Rent for your desk $3.00/month

Rent for your chair $2.00/month

Taxes $2.00/month

Insurance (optional)($5 deductible)

$3.00/month

Not following class rules $1.00 or more

Not turning in homework (2nd time in the week)

$1.00

Not making transportation choice $2.00Not making lunch choice $1.00Replacing lost items $1.00Not returning Thursday behavior sheet signed by Friday

$1.00

How to earn money

Monthly charges FINES

Our Mini-Economy

Agenda Students begin using a daily agenda in

third grade. They are responsible for recording homework, notes and important dates. Please help your child develop this important study skill by looking over the agenda with him/her and signing it daily.

Routines

• Agenda kept in their binder• Behavior Chart kept in back of their binderSigned every Thursday

• Red folder Goes home and returned to

school dailyNotes and homework

• Snack – we don’t have a scheduled time but please make it a healthy snack.

Birthday Treats

Yes, We love them but please remember we

have 2 nut allergies. These students are allowed to have chocolate but without nuts in them. If your child has an allergy that impacts class treats and you haven’t spoken to me, PLEASE let me know.

Please have any treats already sliced or individual portions.

Probably served during Lunch

Balance Ball/Yoga Ball

• Reason Researchers found that the ability to move

around more while sitting made the students more attentive

When a child sits on a ball chair, they are able to direct their natural kinesthetic energy (core).

• Walmart has the 55 cm (green) for about $10. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gold-s-Gym-55-cm-Anti-burst-Body-Ball/39082932

• MUST bring the ball in completely inflated along with a plastic Frisbee (ball stand). This means you will have to bring them in the AM in your car.

Reading

• Homework: Read 30 minutes (M-Th)• The Reading Bag will be brought to and from

school daily. Reading Log folder, Reading Notebook, Sticky

Notes, and a few books.• Reading Log Folder:

The log can be a valuable tool to help students develop good reading habits as well as set goals to improve their reading. Your child should record the information required in the log each evening and remember to return the log to school. We will be using it in class during our Reading Workshop every day! We are trying to grow life long readers!

Standards Based Report Card

• Grading Scale• 3+ = Exceeds Standards- in addition to the 3,

makes applications and inferences beyond expectations

• 3=Meets Standards-Consistently and independently

• 2= Progressing toward meeting standards

• 1=Limited progress or does not meet standards

Parent Volunteers

• Once I have spoken to my PTA Room-Reps (Susan Sharrow & Kasey Bittner), someone will contact you.• Mystery Reader• Class party• Field Trips• Copy Parent• Trained Parent Volunteers for team planning• Field Day

School Procedures

• Tardy – after 7:45• If they have a Dr. Appt. before school, must bring

in Dr. Note when checking them in for an EXCUSED tardy.

• Absence Send in a note – two Absence/Tardy Excuse

forms were sent home in the Cobb Folder. You can access these forms on Mt. Bethel’s website.

• Classroom Deliveries School delivery occurs daily at 10:00 am.  Items

worthy of delivery are lunches and eye glasses.  Please help your student practice the LIFESKILL of RESPONSIBILITY and accept the natural consequence if they forget a water bottle or homework.

School Procedures Cont.• Lunch

We ask for guest diners to wait until August 17th to visit. 

Guest lunches are $3.50.  Guests take their child to the parent table. 

Fast food is not allowed• Dismissal & Transportation

All transportation changes must be made on our Transportation Change/Bus Pass form and be approved in the front office before 9:00 am. You received this form in the Cobb Folder.   NO GUEST BUS RIDERS will be approved until after Labor Day. 

ONLY transportation change we can take over the phone is to change to ASP.

If you need to check your child out early, please do so prior to 1:45 pm.  

Help Us Bloom…• This is an opportunity to donate

items to our class. It is strictly optional but much appreciated!

• Thank you to those who have already donated to the classroom!

• THANK YOU!!!

Don’t forget…*Inclement Weather (Choose ONLY

ONE!)

*Sibling at Mt. Bethel

*Note to your child!!

Please leave these items with us.

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