Welcome back students and parents!

I hope you all had a wonderful summer and are ready to get back to learning in fun ways! This year our class will have a stronger focus on incorporating the use of computers in the classroom. Parents, if we are working together then the learning will go much more smooth so please feel free to contact me for help on any of your childs assignments. I hope that you as parents insist that your kids do well in school and encourage them to set their standards high. If school is important to you, it will be important to them!
Contact me at: (208)555-5555 Or by email at: brittanyhazzard@mycwi

I am Ms. Brittany Hazzard, youre new 3rd grade teacher!

I am very excited to get to know all of you as the year continues, and I hope you are excited too!
Here is an overview of the things we will be focusing on in the classroom for each subject: Reading- Now that your child reads at a fairly good fluency we will begin to develop those skills further such as reading chapter books and non-fiction. Use of grammer and summurization will be other skills taught. Writing- Conveying and summurizing information is another skill we will be perfecting as well as writing in cursive, on a regular basis. Math- A slight advancement in multiplication and division will be incorporated into our curriculm this year. I plan to help my students to gain skills to complete mental math by the end of the year as well as work with fracitons, estimate, interpret graphs and predict probability and outcomes. Science- In third grade students begin investigating systems, sound, habitats and natural science, all topics that require a lot of observation, measurement and experimentation. Social Studies- Knowing more about their country and the world around them is another ability I will be teaching to your children this year, including map skills. Although we typically will be keeping the focus on our own state, Idaho, and its unique qualities. I hope to help them gain a basic understanding of economics and money by learning about supply and demand as well.

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It is important to note that our class will have a large focus on computer use, at many times this will occur in the school lab. The students will begin to work on keyboarding in order to be able to complete future projects, the skill of working well with technology is imperative for their future. I know one problem is that many students still do not have computers at home so I plan to make sure that each student has the same options in technology or keep the computer use in the school.

Class Expectations: In order for our class to work in a great learning environment we have some important rules that we must follow: * * * * Respect each other by listening when others speak Respect each other by keeping our hands and feet to ourselves Respect the class by keeping your desk and area clean Respect the teacher by asking questions politely

Consequences: 1st time is a warning. 2nd time is a conversation with the teacher. 3rd time is filling out an Expectations Sheet with a parent signature. ****Other ways for you as a parent to help: * * * * * Help keep up on homework assignments Help quiz your child Keep track of absences Remind your child about the importance of school; attention and attendance Talk to the me, the teacher, about ANY problems