December 2014/January 2015

Events coming up in January:

January 12-15, 2015- Melting Pot Week (Cooper City)
January 16, 2015-Game Room/ Johnny Rockets Night (5:00-9:00 p.m.)
January 19, 2015- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Off)January 21, 2015- Report Cards Issued
January 23, 2015- 3rd Grades' Honor Roll Assembly
January 29, 2015-Field Day (11:45-1:45 p.m.)
February 2-6, 2015- BAFs Testing Reading and Math

February 11, 2015- Field Trip to the Museum of Science and Discovery (Broward)

Most of Third Grade enjoyed sharing our cultural doll projects. This was a wonderful way to share our rich cultures. The children did a wonderful job on the projects!

We are working hard in math. As we work on division it is important that the children know their multiplication facts. Please continue to practice each night at home.

We are looking forward to a relaxing holiday break. It is great to have some time to spend with  our families and friends. We know how important our families are and want to thank all of our wonderful parents for their dedication to their children’s education. We appreciate all that you do and your constant support.

Enjoy your holidays!  We wish you a very happy and healthy New Year.

Reminder: Our textbooks are available online through BEEP. To

access the textbooks, go to http:// beep.browardschools.com. Click on

Student Portal and sign in. Put in your child’s ID #, then the password is his/

her birth date.

BAFs Testing

Third Grade will be testing next week.  Monday and Tuesday will be the Reading BAFs and on Wednesday it will be the Math BAFs.  Each test will be 45 minutes long and will test only skills that have been taught so far.  

Please have your child at school on time during the week of testing.  No volunteers until after 11am. Thank you for your cooperation!

October 2014

      

 What  an amazing beginning to the start of the new year. Our third graders have been adjusting to an increased level of independence. October is the month of responsibility. All of our third graders are expected to take the tools that have been given to them over the past two months and incorporate them into their daily routine.

     We had an awesome field trip to the Broward  Center of Performing Arts. The children loved the show and lunch in the park. They learned all different ways to have fun doing Math. The children also loved walking, and riding there bikes to school. What a great way to exercise and spend time with  friends and family. Red ribbon week was also a huge success. The children learned ways to” Just Say No”.  BAFS which replaced  BAT testing was a success. Your children worked extremely hard to achieve their goals.  Please encourage your child to read daily and take AR tests. These tests  are important to your child’s Reading development. Parents can go to www.ARbookfinder. com to check the AR level of any book.

    Please read  and practice multiplication daily. Don’t forget to check out our website. Looking forward to a productive and fun year.

September 2014

To all 3rd Grade Families - the 3rd grade team would like to extend a warm welcome back to all families returning to the Bay for yet another wonderful year of learning and fun.  And to all of our new families joining us for the first time, we are thrilled to have you join such an amazing community of learners.  We look forward to working very diligently with your children to help them grow and develop in a very meaningful way while striving to master all of the standards in the 3rd grade curriculum.  Please ensure that your child is reading every day and help monitor their multiplication homework to assist with the memorization process that is required of your child this year.  Check their agendas regularly, as well as our 3rd grade website, to keep up with all important information and dates for testing and special events.  Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions and concerns that may arise as the year progresses.


ATTENDANCE ~ ABSENCES & TARDIES

ABSENCES:  Absences must be reported by a parent via telephone or email each day that the child is absent.

By phone:          Attendance Line @ 754-323-6452   or
By email:        manateebayattendance@browardschools.com

The phone call or email must give the child's name, their teacher, the date(s) of the absence, the reason for the absence and the parent's name excusing the absence. Although you have 48 hours to call and excuse the absence, we encourage you to call before 12:00 noon the day of the absence.  If you forget to contact us to have the absence excused, the District will send out an AUTOMATIC phone call for the unexcused absence. 
If your child accumulates 5 or more UNEXCUSED absences throughout the year, the District AUTOMATICALLY generates a BTIP letter.  

Meet and Greet/ Open House 2014-2015 and other important info.

Important Dates:

August 14, 2014- Meet and Greet (BRING YOUR CHILD TO THIS EVENT.) (1:30-2:30 p.m.) At this event you can stop by at anytime between 1:30-2:30.  This is an informal visit for your child to meet their new teacher and see their new classroom.  

August 15, 2014- Open House  (DO NOT BRING YOUR CHILD.)(2:00-3:00 p.m.)

August 18th is the first day of school for students.  Office hours during the summer are Monday-Thursday, 7:30am to 3:00pm.  We are closed on Friday.  The office will be closed the week of June 30-July 4, 2014.  

Summer Registration times are Monday-Thursday, 8am to 12:30pm.  Please adhere to the Registration and office schedules as we are short staffed in the summer.  

Transportation information will be mailed directly from the Transportation Department to your home.  If you live more than two miles from the school and do not receive information, please check with us at Meet and Greet.  Due to summer cleaning and preparation for the upcoming year, we will not be providing tours during the summer.    

Mrs. S. Bermudez

Mrs. A. Bloch

Mrs. D. Childress

Mrs. V. Cooper

Mrs. K. Couch

Miss K. Marshall

Mrs. E. Novales

Ms. K. Saker

Mrs. L. Salzer

Ms. J. Skelton

Mrs. P. Zeeman

Mrs. C. Wolfer

SUPPLY LIST FOR 2014-2015

SUPPLY LIST FOR 2014-2015
For your convenience, pre-packaged class supply kits can be purchased by clicking on the link:
ORDER SCHOOL SUPPLIES/DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME ZIP CODE 33332
Orders will be taken through June 30th.  

Please remember that individual teachers may have different supply requests.  Check with your child's teacher during Meet and Greet and Open House.  

June/July 2014 Summer Information for Parents

 Important Dates:

May 26, 2014- Memorial Day (Off)
June 2, 2014- End of Year Celebration/ Principal Honor Roll Breakfast
June 5, 2014- Honor Roll Assembly for 3rd Grade/ Early Release/ Last Day of School

 

Motivating Kids to Read:

Keeping Kids Off the Summer Slide

Something is waiting for many children each summer and their parents don’t even know it’s out there. It's called the "summer slide," and it describes what happens when young minds sit idle for three months.

As parents approach the summer break, many are thinking about the family vacation, trips to the pool, how to keep children engaged in activities at home, the abrupt changes to everyone's schedule—and how to juggle it all. What they might not be focusing on is how much educational ground their children could lose during the three-month break from school, particularly when it comes to reading.
Experts agree that children who read during the summer gain reading skills, while those who do not often slide backward. According to the authors of a report from the National Summer Learning Association: "A conservative estimate of lost instructional time is approximately two months or roughly 22 percent of the school year.... It's common for teachers to spend at least a month re-teaching material that students have forgotten over the summer. That month of re-teaching eliminates a month that could have been spent on teaching new information and skills."
The report's authors further note that family income plays a significant role in determining the magnitude of this summer slide. Students from low-income families "...experience an average summer learning loss in reading achievement of over two months." Not only do these students suffer greater sliding during the summer, they also experience cumulative effects of greater learning loss each summer.
Sociologists Karl Alexander and Doris Entwisle have shown that the cumulative effect of summer learning differences is a primary cause of widening achievement gaps between students of lower and higher socioeconomic levels. Research demonstrates that while student achievement for both middle- and lower-income students improves at similar rates during the school year, low-income students experience cumulative summer learning losses throughout their elementary school years.

Summer slide affects millions of children each year in this country—but it doesn't have to. Other articles in the "Motivating Kids to Read Section" offer tips for parents, caregivers, and members of community organizations to help keep learning fun throughout the summer break and the rest of the year.
Source: Reading Is Fundamental

Here are some Links to help your child stay away from the Summer Slide in Reading and Math:

Scholastic Summer Challenge/Letter to Parents

Tenmarks Math Program for the Summer (Ask your child's teacher for an access code.)

Tenmarks Programa de Matematica para el VERANO (en espanol para los padres)

Books to read:
Book-lists-and-recommendations/ages-8-10
Scholastic Reading Booklist