Welcome Parents!
As you come in:
• Sign up for a conference time (located on
by door).
Feel free to sign up and volunteer(located on
by door).
•Find your child’s desk and use the paper on
their desk to write a note back (feel free to
use the materials in their pencil box to
decorate your note!)
Mrs. Manuel’s 3rd
Grade Class
Welcome to Back to
School Night!
Agenda
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Teacher Introduction
Classroom Expectations
Nine Week Plans
Math Grouping
Homework
40 Book Challenge
Grading
Retakes
Vacations
Questions
Contact Information
A Little Bit About Me…
 I graduated from Shippensburg
University with a Bachelors in
Elementary Education
 I am originally from Pennsylvania
 This is my 15th year of teaching
 I enjoy cooking, baking,
taking walks, gardening
and playing the piano
Classroom Expectations
 Students arrive promptly and
begin morning work
 Students are to stay on task and
not disrupt the learning process
 Students are responsible for their
own behavior and expected to
follow the school and class rules
•Students will copy their
homework in their agenda and
hand in completed homework in a
timely manner
•Incomplete homework will be
done during recess.
•Chance Cards (Individual
Students)
•Bingo Chart (whole class)
•Think Sheet--filled out in class
and sent home for parent
signature.
The First Nine Weeks
MATH
 Place Value
 Rounding Numbers
 Addition & Subtraction
(inverse relationships)
 Ge0metry
SCIENCE
 Scientific Investigation
 Matter
 Natural Cycles (Sun, Earth,
Moon)
The First Nine Weeks
(cont’d.)
SOCIAL STUDIES
 Government
 Famous Americans
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE ARTS
 Effective Communication Skills
 Word Analysis Skills
 Reading Strategies
(fiction/non-fiction)
 Demonstrate Comprehension of
Fiction
 Descriptive Paragraphs
(Personal Narratives)
Math Grouping
 Differentiated within classroom
 ALL students’ are taught the same
content, but activities/content are
delivered according to individual
needs.
 Focus on integrating math
instruction
 Meeting increased demands of
SOL test
 Fall and Spring pre-assessments for
re-placement
Homework
 Students will receive
approximately 30 minutes of
homework every night.
 In addition students are
expected to read 15-20 minutes
every night.
 Students are expected to use
their agendas daily.
 Parental supervision of agenda
use is strongly encouraged.
40 Book
Challenge
 Students will be reading from a variety of genres in order to explore books
that you might not ordinarily read and to develop an understanding of
literary elements, text features, and text structures.
 Students will record the books they are reading at school or at home.
 Any book that a student reads that has more than 350 pages counts as 2
books.
 Students may only use 1 book from a particular series. Ex. They cannot
count more than 2 A-Z Mystery books as 2 of their fiction books.
40 Book Challenge
How I Grade
 Formative
Assessments:
 Summative
Assessments
Ongoing
Check for understanding
Highest score is a 3
Quizzes and Tests
(quizzes less)
2 level 4 questions on all
tests
All questions correct
earns a score of 4
Getting one level 4
question earns a 3+
Grading
Teachers will use the following grading scale for student
work:
4– Consistently goes beyond established goals for achievement/contributions or
explains & justifies reasoning behind an answer
 -Consistently transfers, applies, and expands skills
 -Routinely applies problem-solving and critical-thinking skills across areas of the
curriculum
 -Consistently shows originality, creativity, and intuitive thinking beyond standard
expectations
3– Meets established goal for achievement
 -Demonstrates all required knowledge of content area
 -Frequently transfers, applies and expands skills
 -Periodically demonstrates originality, creativity, and intuitive thinking
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3 + : applies some of the “4” expectations
Grading
2– Demonstrates partial knowledge of established goal for achievement, but is
progressing toward complete knowledge of standard
 -Infrequently transfers, applies and expands skills
 -Progressing toward expressing original, creative and intuitive thinking
 -Rarely applies problem-solving and critical-thinking skills across areas of the
curriculum
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2+ : applies some of the “3” expectations
1-Has difficulty/does not meet established grade-level goals for achievement and
expectations
 -Requires support to meet established goal for achievement
 -Seldom or never understands, transfers, or applies skills
 -Does not apply problem-solving and critical-thinking skills across areas of the
curriculum
 -Rarely shows originality, creativity, or intuitive-thinking skills in completing
assignments
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1+ : applies some of the “2” expectations
Retakes on Summative
Tests
 Students will be permitted to retake a summative
assessment 2 times if they received a score lower than a
“3”
 The highest score a student can earn on a retake is a 2+
Vacations
If you are planning on taking a vacation that will be more than 3 days
you must email Mr. Thiessen to have them approved.
Questions
General Classrom and
Contact Information
 Class page on Pinebrook website
 Please feel free to contact me via:
 Phone
 Letters sent in with your child
 Emails
 Roxann.Manuel@lcps.org
http://manuel3c.blogspot.com/