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Letters and Forms: Third Grade Welcome Letter Dear Parents, Welcome to Third Grade! I am so excited about this upcoming year and I know that your child is going to succeed.

My name is Rebecca Jones and this is my first year teaching. I cannot wait to learn from your child. I studied education at North Georgia College and State University for four years and I have my Dual Seal Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood and Special Education.

The goal for this school year is to push your child to their fullest potential. Third grade is very different and presents many new challenges for your child and we are going to work together to help them excell academically. I believe in using many different teaching styles because children have many different learning styles. I will be using whole group, small group, and individual teaching teach to give your child as many opporitunities to succeed as possible. Your child will be very active in my classroom and my expectations from my students will always be very clear.

You are welcome to send a snack and a water bottle everyday for your child. I do not mind them eating one snack per day in my class. Whenever they need to eat it is ok with me. No candy please. Please provide a water bottle with some type of lid to prevent spills. Lunch is at 12:05 eat day and you are always invited to come eat with us when you can.

Please send all lunch or ice cream money in a small baggie or envelope with your child's first and last name on it. Your child is responsible for turning thier lunch money in to me first thing in the morning.

Again, I am very excited about this year and I cannot wait to ge to know you and your child. If you ever have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me at the school or by email. My email is rjjone8385@northgeorgia.edu and my school extension is #7754.

Thanks, Miss Jones

Informational 1st six weeks Fluency-goal 90-120 words a minute Elements- setting, character, plot, solution Connections-can you compare the story to your life or another book? || __Grammar__ Nouns Verbs Pronouns Proper nouns Possessive nouns Plural nouns Sentence types Complete sentences || __Social studies__ Map key- map title Compass rose Longitude- latitude Hemisphere-equator Poles-prime meridian Physical, product and political maps Map scale USA river systems || Connection- text to self, text to text, and text to world Paragraphing- indenting, title, name, date, 5 paragraphs per piece, mapping before you write, and how to set up a paragraph Leads- different ways to start off a story or paragraph || __Math__ Place value Rounding Skip counting by 2,3,4,5,10,100 Mental math strategies Addition and subtraction || __Science__ Magnets Poles Repel Attract Heat and energy || __Lunch__ 12:05- 12:35 you are always welcome to come visit us
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 * __Writing__

__Specials__ Specials will rotate weekly this year and our rotation is art, music, computers, P.E. Don't forget tennis shoes on P.E. weeks

__TNT__ TNT is on Tuesdays from 1:45- 2:30.

If you have any concerns for your child that I should be aware about please do not hesitate to schedule a meeting with me throughout the first couple of weeks of school. I want to provide every option I can for your child and your knowledge can make a world of difference. Thanks, Miss Jones

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