Mrs. Carroll's Handbook

The 3C Commandment

Follow God’s Ten Commandments

Be yourself

Don’t give up – do your best

Listen to your teachers

Be respectful

No cheating

Always be honest

No bullying

No hurting yourself or others

Be focused in class

3C Rules: In our classroom we have several individual and group management techniques

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The Traffic Light

Just like in second grade, this year we will have a traffic light on the front board. Everyone will have their own posicle stick and their behavior determines where the popsicle stick stays. Green is for good, appropriate classroom behavior. Yellow is a warning zone. Things like chatting, distracting yourself and others and speaking out will warrant your posicle stick in the warning zone. Finally the red zone is the consequence zone for not respecting the warning zone. Consequences may be shortened recess, silent snack, quiet lunch, etc...

Behavior Binder

If a student continues to disrupt class, despite warnings and consequences, he or she will be asked to sign the behavior binder.

Repeat offenders will be required to take the sheet home at the end of the WEEK and have it signed by a parent and returned to Mrs. Carroll. More severe consequences like time-outs and detentions will be given to children who sign the behavior binder.

Checks &Marbles

Sometimes there are many students making the noise and Mrs. Carroll can’t be sure who’s being disruptive. In those cases, when students begin to get chatty, a box goes on the board. If the class fails to keep quiet when Mrs. Carroll asks them to stop talking again, a check is placed in the box.

0 checks = 3 marbles

1 check = 2 marbles

2 checks = 1 marble

3 checks = 0 marbles

The goal is to NOT have checks in the box; an empty box is a happy box. If this happens, the Marble Dropper drops three marbles into the frog bucket every day after school. The class can earn three marbles a day, fifteen marbles a week! Once we hit thirty marbles, the class will vote on a group reward!

Incentive Charts

I believe all of my students are smart, special and different. Occasionally a student will require special attention to a particular habit. At that time a teacher-student conference will take place and realistic goals and rewards will be agreed upon. We also use incentive charts to track auction money and independent reading.

Auctions & Auction Money

Students may also earn monopoly money to use towards our class auctions. Auctions are held on Friday afternoons. Students receive money for good behavior, excellent grades, awesome answers, and more. Students who are serving consequences for negative behaviors will be fined in auction money on a weekly basis.

Homework & Mad Birds

Mrs. Carroll keeps weekly records of students’ homework habits.

If a student fails to turn in an assignment, he or she receives a Mad Bird. A Mad Bird is simply a form that must be signed by a parent, acknowledging the work was not turned in. However several Mad Birds could earn students a low score on their report cards. Additionally, every third Mad Bird the student loses his or her recess.

0 mad birds = (E) excellent

1-3 mad birds = (S) satisfactory

4-6 mad birds = (N) needs improvement

7 or more = (U) unsatisfactory

3C Class Schedule

Mondays & Tuesdays – No specialists

Wednesdays – Computer 9:10-9:50
Thursdays –Computer 9:55-10:35 & Art 10:40-11:20
Fridays –Gym 10-10:40

Most Days:

8:00-8:30 Morning work, attendance and prayers

8:30-9:00 Religion

9:00-10:00 Language Arts

10-10:30 Bathroom & snack

10:30-11:30 Math

11:30-12:00 correct homework

12-12:45 Lunch & recess

12:45-1:00 Independent reading

1:00-2:00 Science or social studies

2-2:15 Prayers, p ack up & dismissal

Assessments:

Below is a tentative schedule of testing.

Monday:

*Spelling pretest

*New vocabulary words assigned

Wednesday: Thursday:

*Grammar *Spelling test

Friday:

*Religion (open book)

* Language Arts (weekly story & vocabulary test OR biweekly assessment)

** Science, social studies and math tests will be covered as we review material in class. Please check planners and the website for these dates.

Curriculum: A snap shot of what’s to come

Here’s a brief explanation of what I expect to cover in third grade

§ Religion – workbook chapter by chapter as well as our catholic heritage, prayers (Apostles’ Creed).

§ Science – process skills, plants and animals, solar system, and rocks and minerals

§ Social Studies – Communities, map skills, Native Americans, pilgrims, pioneers, and Massachusetts.

§ Math – addition, subtraction and multiplication facts, word problems, measurements, critical thinking

§ Language Arts –spelling, grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension and fluency, writing, cursive, monthly book reports

Book Reports

Book reports are assigned throughout the months of October through May. The projects are given at the beginning of the month and due at the end of that month. I expect projects to be creative, free of errors and turned in on time. Book report projects should not come in too soon. Students are given a month so that the work reflects a month of effort.

Academic Night & Projects

Academic Night is an evening, during spring, for the students to show off their talents. In grade three, I like to have a variety of projects displayed. I will hold onto some assignments and also plan some in school projects to feature on this evening. The main attraction is the solar system project, which is assigned a month before the academic night. All classes are open on this evening so parents may visit other grades to see what is in store for upcoming years.

Important Documents & Details

a. Reading Log –Students are expected to read every day – at home – for twenty minutes. They must record the date, the book and reading time onto a log. Please initial the log, confirming that the student has been reading at home.

b. Book Reviews –Book reviews should be completed after every chapter book the students’ have read. Book reviews are always available in the classroom and it’s a great way to earn extra credit in language arts.

c. Scholastic Book Order Online Information – Every month or so I send home Scholastic Book order forms for students to purchase books. Parents have the option of ordering from scholastic online themselves. To do this, you simply need our class username (3Cbookclub) and password (carroll)

Communicating with Mrs. Carroll

Communicating with parents about what’s going on is very important to me.

Please feel free to email me anytime. I try to check my messages every morning and evening.

My email address is: mrs.carroll@hotmail.com

If you need to contact me immediately, you may always call the school and ask to speak with me.

I am usually available to meet with parents for conferencing or with students for extra help most Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 2:45 to 3:45.