Welcome!A little about me:

•Ninth year teaching third grade in Duxbury!

•Masters of Education: Fitchburg State College Bachelor of Arts: Stonehill College

CommunicationHow?

•I try to keep up to date with email at the start and end of the school day.•Call Alden School and leave a message with the office if it’s time sensitive.•Send in a note with your child.

When? - when there is a change in your child’s routine - when something happens at home that might change your child’s attitude

-when you suspect he/she is having trouble with something in the classroom

Classroom Management

• Classroom Guidelines

• Bucket ticket system

• Classroom Bucket

• Morning Routine • Afternoon Routine• Classroom Jobs

Daily Routine

• Schedule is posted

• Snack/read-aloud around 9:00 daily

• 11-11:40 Recess/Lunch Wed.

12:30-1:15 Every other day

• Small group work every day!

(Math Tutor and Reading Specialist)

• Daily 5 Literacy

• enVision math

Third Grade Goals• Independent work/thinking skills• Develop habits of good readers (visualize, monitor

comprehension, etc.) We do this by reading and listening to reading!

• Improve writing: stay on a topic and develop it fully, improve word choice/conventions, begin to revise and edit

• Develop response writing strategies (look back to find details, answer the question etc.)

• Improve problem solving in math, learn facts

Homework•Meant to reinforce skills taught and encourage responsibility•Due the next day unless noted•Should take approximately 30 minutes•Should not cause excessive frustration•Establish a routine, let me know about unexpected issues or circumstances•If missed it’s expected to be made up, excessive missing will result in contact home

Stages of Reading

Odds & Ends• Birthdays

• Volunteer-CORI, Room Parent opening, Library or Passport Club

• Book Orders

• Supplies (earbuds, binder, and flashdrive)

• Absent notes

• Listen to reading (library card access)

• “Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students, and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.”

~ Bob Beauprez