September 2019

September 2019

Welcome to Room 106. This year embarks a new change as I will be teaching third grade for the first time in my teaching career. Change is good and I embrace this change.

Important Dates

Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019: Patriot’s Day

Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019: Family Picnic

Friday, Sept. 13, 2019: Picture Day

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019: Curriculum Night, 6:00- 8:15 PM

6:05 – 6:35 PM: 3^rd, 4^th, & 5^th Grade classroom presentations

6:45- 7:25 PM: PTO presentations

7:35- 8:05 PM: Y5’s, Kinder, 1^st, & 2^nd Grade Classroom presentations

Friday, Sept. 20, 2019: Dicken Dash Pep Rally

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019: Celebrating Constitution Day

Wednesday, September 25, 2019: Early Release, Dismissal @1:29PM

Hello! I am delighted to be your child’s third-grade teacher.  This year your child will learn and develop supported by a partnership between school and home. I will be teaching all core subjects to your child.

I look forward to meeting you and outlining the learning goals for the upcoming year during our annual Curriculum Night.  Please bring any questions, or concerns you may have.  Also, you will be selecting a parent-teacher conference date. It will be helpful to bring your personal/and family calendar. 

Communication

Primarily, I use email as the primary method of communication. I can be reached via work email,<hubbarda@aaps.k12.mi.us>. You may carbon copy to my personal email for a quicker response, averyhub@gmail.com.  I can be reached via phone @ 994.1928  x18503 during normal business hours.

Newsletters are primarily monthly and electronic. 

Homework

This year, your child will have approximately 2-5 nights of homework every week.  Usually, math is the primary subject completed as homework.  Homework is to be returned the following school day.  In addition to math homework, students are expected to read a minimum of 30-minutes, 5 nights a week, documented on a reading log.  If your child cannot complete the assigned homework due to an extenuating incident, please write a brief note on the assignment or attach the note to the assignment.

Snacks

Students are allowed to eat snacks in the classroom within any 20-minute period while completing his or her assignments.  After 20 minutes have passed, students are asked place it into a lunch-container or backpack.  Students are allowed to chew gum in moderation as long as it is not heard or seen. Remember, Dicken is a fresh fruit and vegetable classroom permissible- snack school.

Birthdays

Students are permitted to celebrate birthdays with a singing of Happy Birthday and a treat or an inedible item: pencils, erasers, or other small trinkets.  Students must give a treat to everyone, and are responsible for any necessary eating utensils.  The current class count is 23. Please try to inform me prior to bringing the birthday treat/gift into the classroom. The only permitted edible items are pre-packaged food items with a label. Accept my apology for not being able to bring in cupcakes or cake items.

Classroom Management/Discipline

Within Room 106, I use a fair and firm policy centered with respect and trust.  Students have clear expectations and guidelines.  When a child is not meeting or has not followed a behavioral expectation, a Rest and Return is used first. Then, if necessary, another consequence is determined. Our school uses Responsive Classroom, an evidence-based approach to elementary and middle school teaching that focuses on the strong link between academic success and social-emotional learning (SEL).

Specials Schedule

Lunch Recess is AM, Lunch 12:18- 1:06 PM, eat first, then recess

Mondays                 ILT                                                                              10:30 – 11:30 AM

                              

                              

Tuesdays                Vocal Music                                                                 1:50- 2:20 PM

Wednesdays           Art                                                                               9:30 – 10:30 AM

                               Gym (gym shoes required)                                            11:10- 12:00 PM

                              

Thursdays              Gym (gym shoes required)                                            11:20- 12:10 PM

                               Vocal Music                                                                    2:40- 3:10 PM                                                                                  

Fridays                   Gym (gym shoes required)                                            11:20- 12:10 PM

Useful items in Room 106

It would be helpful if each child could donate to the classroom community:

A box of Kleenex

Medium or Large Hand sanitizer

Pack of Baby wipes

Clorox Cleaning wipes (For Tables)

Daily, students will use:

A backpack

Pencil box (Required)

Number 2 pencils or Mechanical Pencils with ‘lead’

Sincerely, 

Avery Hubbard