3rd Grade News
April 2018
TCAP Testing is Here!
- Please encourage students to focus and do their best each day.
- Have students get to bed early enough to get plenty of rest each night.
- Have students eat a good breakfast each morning.
- Get students to school on time each morning.
- Have students bring a healthy snack to school each day.
- Do not keep students home or pick students up from school early on testing days (unless it's an emergency).
Please try not to stress students out. Their best is all we're asking for. See "Important Dates" for the days each test will be given. Thanks for all you do!
IMPORTANT DATES
- Monday-Friday, March 26-30 - Spring Break
- Monday, April 2 - Students return to school
- Tuesday, April 10 - 4th 9 Weeks Progress Reports
- Monday, April 16 - TCAP (ELA Subpart 1)
- Tuesday, April 17 - TCAP (ELA Subpart 2 & 3)
- Wednesday, April 18 - TCAP (ELA Subpart 4 / Math Subpart 1)
- Thursday, April 19 - TCAP (Math Subpart 2 & 3)
- Friday, April 20 - TCAP (Make-ups)
- Monday, April 23 - TCAP (Science Subpart 1)
- Tuesday, April 24 - TCAP (Social Studies Subpart 1)
- Wednesday, April 25 - TCAP (Make-ups)
- Friday, April 27 - Advocacy Meetings
- Saturday, April 28 - Family Reading Day @ 9:00am-12:00pm
MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD IS READY EVERYDAY...
- Check and sign your child's agenda each night.
- Check your child's teacher's website for important information pertaining to specific classes.
- All classes have snack times, please be sure to send in a healthy snack with your child each day.
WHAT WILL WE BE LEARNING?
ELA (Reading/Language/Writing)
- Review for TCAP
Math
- Review for TCAP
Science (integrated with ELA)
- Classifying Rocks
- Review for TCAP
Social Studies (integrated with ELA)
- Asia (countries, physical features, history, culture, major landmarks, important people)
- Antarctica
- Review for TCAP
HOMEWORK POLICY
- iReady Math (30 minutes per week)
- MobyMax Fact Fluency (15 minutes per week)
- Reading Fluency Sheet (follow instructions)
- Study Spelling Words (listed weekly in the agenda)
- Read AR books (30 minutes every night)
WAYS TO IMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE
- You (students and parents) can click on the link below (Blackman Sparks Learning Channel) to learn new skills or review old ones as practice!
- Study Spelling Words: oral spelling test, write words in a sentence, rainbow write (write each word multiple times using different colors), sort words based upon spelling patterns, write words in ABC order
- Study Multiplication Facts: flash cards, multiplication.com, Prodigy Math, skip counting songs, Math Magician
SCHOOL-WIDE BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS
- Be responsible
- Be respectful
- B.L.E (Be Learners Everyday)
Behavior Codes:
OT- off task; inattention, Class rule broken
T- talking at inappropriate times
DC- dress code correction
CP- care of property; one’s own property, classroom and school property
DP- disrespect to another person including classmates and staff
R- responsibility; missing supplies, agenda not signed, missing homework, not completing work, etc.
Consequences:
1 Infraction – Verbal Discussion
2 Infractions – Think Sheet
3 Infractions – Parent Contact
4 Infractions - Detention
ARRIVAL & DISMISSAL REMINDERS FOR PARENTS
- Students may be dropped off in the back starting at 6:45am.
- Students may not be dropped off in the front of the building until 7:15am.
- Parents/Guardians may not park in the front or back to drop off their child.
- Parents/Guardians may only park in the front, if they have business inside the building.
- Parents/Guardians may not enter the building from the back of the school. They must check in at the front office.
- If a child is tardy, the adult dropping the child off must come in the building to sign that child in for the day.
- Students must be picked up on time for dismissal.
INCLEMENT WEATHER INFORMATION
As a reminder to parents, Rutherford County Schools uses multiple layers of communication to announce school closings for inclement weather. The district notifies all news outlets, print media, updates the district webpage, the RCS Twitter account (@rucoschools), the RCS snowline (615-904-3883) and sends a message to parents directly via phone, email and text.
Decisions are made as soon as possible once a reliable forecast is issued. The district strives to make closure announcements the night before, if credible information is available. In the event an early morning decision is necessary, the district will not begin calling parents until 5 a.m.
When schools open two hours late, it simply means the first bell time for each school will be delayed by two hours. So, for example, if your child's school normally begins at 7:30 a.m., the school will begin at 9:30 a.m. on delayed days. The same is true for bus stop times and if the school day is shortened because of weather.
Buses always run when schools begin late unless we notify parents otherwise.
Blackman Elementary
Website: ble.rcschools.net
Location: 586 Fortress Boulevard, Murfreesboro, TN, USA
Phone: 615-904-3795