2014-2015
PARENT
INFORMATION
PACKET
Parents and Students,
Welcome to my class! I am looking forward to a wonderful school year. I am very
excited to have your child in my class this year. In this packet I have outlined some important
information for our school year together. I hope you find this information helpful. As the school
year progresses I will keep parents informed of new things.
I’d like to give you a little information about myself. This is my 9th year teaching 3rd
grade. I had a great year last year and I am looking forward to an even better year this year.
I have been married for 10 years to my wife, Tanya. My oldest daughter, Izabelle, will be
attending 2nd grade this year. I am very excited to have her here at Broadway! My youngest
daughter, Reese, just turned 5. I love being a dad. I am coaching Varsity boy’s golf and Varsity
girl’s basketball for Tipp. I love basketball. I played at Dayton Christian for 4 years and at
Grace College for 3 years. I graduated from Grace College in 2006. I completed my Masters in
education in 2009 from Wright State University. I am a huge Ohio State fan (as you can tell
from my room). GO BUCKS!!!
I am looking forward to a great year. Always feel free to email or call with any
questions or concerns. My email address is ajackson@tippcity.k12.oh.us. My school phone is 6674629. My home number is 902-5140. Please don’t hesitate to call with homework questions if
your child is struggling. I want your child to understand and excel in 3rd grade.
Sincerely,
Mr. Jackson
Parents,
Throughout the year your child will need to accumulate AR points. Once
your child completes an AR book he/she will be able to take an AR quiz in
class. I have leveled my library this year and each book have the reading level
along with the AR quiz number and amount of points your child can earn on
the inside. Please encourage your child to read DAILY!! They need to accumulate
2 AR points each nine weeks. Mr. G has a lot of fun rewards for high AR point
earners.
This year we will be doing something a little different for our class book
reports. Each month I will assign a genre of book (ie.. fiction, nonfiction) and
your student will have some type of book report to do that month. I am looking
forward to introducing creative ways to do book reports and making them fun
for the kids. I will send home a letter of instruction every month for what type
of book report to do.
Homework Policy
Please check your child’s agenda every night for homework and check to
make sure they have completed all work. I f your child receives a D or below on
any homework, I will send it home with a REDO across the top. This simply
means your child has a chance to redo the assignment for a better grade. Each
student can earn up to a B+ on each redo. I do this because I want my students
to excel and understand what we are learning. I don’t want my students to fail.
If your child has missing work, I will give 10 days from the due date to complete
the assignment. After 10 days a zero will be recorded. We will keep track of
missing work on the side board. Any student with missing work will stay in at
recess until all work is completed and turned in. I give plenty of class time to
complete homework. If your student is using their time wisely they should not
have much work to do at home or have homework on a regular basis. Thank you
for your help.
Spelling Activities
Each week we will do a spelling activity packet. We do an activity with our words Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday for a total of 3 activities each week. Then on Thursday we take our
pre-test and on Friday our test. The activities are our way of practicing at school. The students
need to keep each activity in their spelling folder until Friday when they will all be collected. If
a student does not finish in class they need to finish it before Friday. Activities have included
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3 times each
o 2 in cursive 1 in print
Rainbow words
o Each letter is a different color (Once in cursive once in print)
Magazine words
o We cut letters out of magazines and glue them onto a different sheet
o We only do this for 10 words on our list (Students choice)
Code words
o Make different codes for each letter and spell the words out in code
Pyramid words
o 1 letter then 2 then 3 then 4 etc until you spell the entire word then you start
taking letters off until the word is done. The words make a shape of a pyramid
Picture words
o Students draw pictures for 10 of the words on their list
Silly sentence
o Students use spelling words in sentences and try to make them funny
Opposite hand
o Students use their opposite hand to write out their spelling words 2 times
o This slows them down and makes them think about each letter
Telephone words
o Students use the numbers and letters on the telephone to spell their words out by
number
Word search
o We made a word search and find out of our spelling words
My Webpage
I have a webpage through our school site
http://www.tippcityschools.com/Domain/368 will
take you to my main page or just go to
http://www.tippcityschools.com click on our
schools, find Broadway’s page and find me under
staff. I try to keep this page up to date. All
the information you are receiving tonight will
be on my page all year. This is the page to go
to for any e-day assignments. I have tried to
include any information I think you will need.
It has our special schedule, homework policy,
book report due dates and categories, and
spelling information. I try to add photos of
all of our field trips as well. I also try to
send home an electronic weekly newsletter. These
get emailed most Fridays unless we have a very
busy day or are on a field trip. This is a great
way to keep informed. If you would like to see
anything else added to the webpage I am always
open to ideas and suggestions. Thanks!
Jersey Fridays
Every Friday I will be wearing a
different jersey, unless I am required to
wear something else. If your child would
like to join me by wearing their favorite
jerseys or sports apparel, that would be
great!!
Birthday Celebrations
Your child is welcome to bring in a treat on their
birthday. If their birthday falls on a Saturday or Sunday,
they may bring their treat in either Friday or Monday. If
your child has a summer birthday and would still like to
celebrate at school, they can use their half birthday and
bring in treats. Please don’t feel obligated to send treats.
This is only if you would like to.
Checkbooks
Throughout the year your child will be holding jobs
in the classroom. They will also be paid for doing
their jobs. I am attaching the list of times they can
buy from “the store”. Your child will also be able to
earn Jackson dollars with their grades. Every star they
get on any paper goes towards Jackson dollars. We as a
class will have bank days and your child will be able
to spend or save their money. They can save all of
their money until the end of the year and buy a bigger
item or they can spend it on smaller items when they
have earned the right amount.
You’ve Earned It.
$2- Tootsie roll (limit 10)
$20- Pop Shot
- Sports erasers
$30- Dollar and food erasers
$50- Blow Pop
- Free Assignment (100% on one piece of homework)
$ 75- Pop
- Mechanical pencil or pen
- 30 minutes extra recess
$100- Preferential seating for the day
--Rent Mr. Jackson’s chair for the day
$250- A Dairy Queen treat at lunch
$ 375- Movie for the class (approved by Mr. Jackson)
-includes popcorn and pop for class
-Ohio State T-shirt
$ 500- $5.00 cash
-Dinner at Fox’s Pizza with Mr. & Mrs. Jackson
$600- Bengal’s Jersey
-Ohio State Jersey
This packet of information is to give you an idea of what we will be doing in our class this year.
I feel it’s very important for parents and teachers to be on the same page so I provide this
information so you know what my policies are. Please sign and return this page the first day of
school to acknowledge you have read through this packet. Thank you so much for trusting me
with your child this year. I am looking forward to a great school year!!
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