Welcome to 3rd Grade

Curriculum Night

Mrs. Hooton & Mrs. Patrick

All About Me!

● This is my 15th year of teaching.

● I am from Flower Mound and currently reside there with my husband, Ryan

and son, Cooper. Cooper is 5 years old.

● I graduated from University of North Texas.

● I enjoy spending time with my family and reading.

All About Mrs. Hooton● This is my 14th year to teach.

● I live in Fort Worth with my husband, Matt, and our fur

baby Napoleon.

● I have a wonderful 13 year old bonus daughter named

Peyton.

● I graduated from UNT.

● I enjoy baking, spending time with my family, and reading.

Goals★To give your children the academic and social skills

needed to progress to fourth grade.

★To provide a supportive and fun classroom environment.

★To establish an open line of communication through personal conversations, email, phone calls, notes, etc. regarding your child’s progress in the classroom.

Daily Schedule7:40-7:50 morning meeting/announcements/lunch count/rotate classes7:50-8:20 Science/SS8:20-8:45 LA/Math8:45-9:35 Specials9:35-11:10 Continue LA/Math 11:10 Switch Classes11:15-11:45 Science/SS11:45-12:10 LA/Math12:10-12:40 Lunch12:40-1:00 Recess1:00-1:15 Read Aloud1:15-2:50 Continue LA/Math 2:50 Pack up and Stack up

Reading➢ The single most important

contribution you can make with your

child at home is reading with them.

➢ Please keep in communication with

me if you feel the books your child

brings home are too difficult or too

easy.

Reading

➔Genre

➔Character Traits

➔Story Elements

➔Cause and Effect

➔Fact and Opinion

➔Main Idea and Supporting Details

➔Summary

➔Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions

Writing

➔One of our goals in writing is to get thoughts and

ideas on paper. In this process age-appropriate

mistakes will be made, both in spelling and

grammar. That is all part of the learning process.

➔Our goal is for students to legibly be able to write a

full page essay by the end of the year.

➔Students will be writing personal narratives,

expository papers and a how to piece.

Math- Students need to not only be able to complete computations,

but be able to solve mixed operations and in problem solving

form.

- You can help your child at home by:

❏ Using real world math with them (ex. money, time, counting,

weather, temperature, adding and subtracting when at the

store, etc.)

❏ Practicing multiplication facts so that students can quickly recall

them.

❏ Math practice/homework will be sent home based on individual

needs.

MathUnits of Study

- Place Value

- Problem solving/word problems, multi-step

- Addition, subtraction, multiplication and

division strategies

- Perimeter & area, properties of shapes

- Composite shapes

- Fractions on a number line

- Equivalent fractions

Science

★Some of the topics we will explore this

year include:

○ Forms of Energy

○ States of Matter

○ Forces and Motion

○ Gravity

○ Ecosystems

○ Simple Machines

○ Solar System

Social Studies

Our units are project based and require student

investigation. They will be reading to learn as well as

applying their learning through these projects.

Some of our units include:

❖ Communities

❖ Heroes

❖ Celebrate Freedom

❖ Economics

❖ Physical Geography

❖ Historical Documents

Snacks

We have one or more students with severe food allergies. Please send in your child’s

snack with their name on it. We will be eating snack in the cafeteria after Specials.

Classroom CommunityOur classroom is a community. In our community, we have guidelines and rules to help us get along with

each other.

Classroom Rules:

Be helpful

Be kind

Be a good learner

Behavior★ Our belief at Blanton is a positive approach to discipline.

We strive to TEACH students how to behave properly.

★ One of our goals is to clearly communicate expectations,

rules and consequences to students and parents.

★ Student motivation includes, but not limited to:

○ Individual rewards (tickets)

○ Classroom rewards (Brag Tags)

○ School-wide recognition – Noble Knight Awards

Homework

Homework will be given on a very limited, as

needed basis this year.

However, please help us ensure that your

child is reading for at least 20 minutes each

night, and is working on math fact fluency

each night.

Transportation

➔ Arrival will take in the front of the building. Please stay in one lane.

➔ Pick up after school must take place in the back of the school.

➔ Call the front office for changes or you can send in a handwritten note.

➔ If a note or call has not been made, expect your child to go home their

“normal” way.

STAAR Test

★ Students will be taking the STAAR test on

May 14 (math) and May 15 (reading).

★More information will be coming your way.

Attendance

❏School starts at 7:40 A.M.

❏ If students aren’t in the classroom by the time the bell rings, they will need to check in at the school office before coming to class.

➔We celebrate birthdays in the cafeteria at lunchtime. Email

your teacher to let them know you will be bringing in a

birthday treat.

➔ Please feel free to send in a store bought treat.

➔ If you send in a cookie cake, please make sure it is cut

prior to bringing it to school.

Strengths Finder for children

Please be looking for an email from us regarding

finding your child’s strengths from Mrs. Gow.

Let’s have a great year!