Mrs. Wexler

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Welcome to third grade! Mrs. Wexler

KEEP SMILING BOARD
Independent responsibility is a very important quality that each student 
will be strengthening this year.  To encourage this, our class has a KEEP 
SMILING STUDENT BOARD.  Each student has a pocket with three index cards in 
it.  The first card is green with a smiley face on it.  The object is to 
remain "smiling" throughout the day by following class and school rules. The 
second card is yellow indicating a warning and the student needs to think 
about his/her behavior. The third red card means that we need to have a 
conversation to discuss what is happening and why. If a student gets to the 
red card, the consequence is that a behavior slip will be sent home to be 
signed by a parent/quardian and returned the following day. This will keep 
the lines of communication open about daily social/academic behaviors. Each 
child who continues to "KEEP SMILING" will receive a raffle ticket to be put 
into a drawing on Friday.  On occasion, we hand out additional raffle 
tickets. On Monday, we will choose five raffle tickets and the winners get to 
pick from our class treasure box!

TEAMWORK BEADS
Responsibility is a character trait that develops over time.  It is 
important to help children to realize that they are not only individuals but 
also members of many groups - friends, the class, their families, the 
community. For any group to "work", each member has a responsibility to 
cooperate with other members to achieve a common goal.  The class has daily 
opportunities to "earn" beads.  For example: as the class walks to and from 
their special, the can earn two beads.  When the class has earned all the 
beads, they have earned a reward.  Some past examples are: extra recess, ice 
cream party, pizza party, movie and popcorn.  The class will vote on some 
choices when the year begins.

TREASURE BOX
The treasure box includes: stickers, free ice cream from the cafeteria at 
lunch, toys, homework passes, pencils, candy and lots more!!

CHARACTER EDUCATION
Our class will be discussing six blocks of character education: 
trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
This fall, we will integrating some activities to help the students to begin 
to think critically and become successful students within a positive 
classroom environment.

ZIPPER PROGRAM
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Identify Problem
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Put Yourself in Charge
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We are working towards becoming responsible and dependable "4th" graders 
through the "Zipper Program."   Simple ways to help us independently work on 
sharpening listening skills for greater success.

MAGIC MOMENTS
You know what they are...when something UNBELIEVABLE happens and you are 
speechless....a student will receive a "Caught Being Good Coin".

HOMEWORK
The school provides each student with a Vassar Road Homework Planner.  Each 
morning upon arrival, the student will copy their homework in their planner. 
It is critical that the homework is correctly and completely copied.
A parent/guardian needs to sign the planner each night to indicate that the 
homework is completed. The planner will be checked and stamped each morning 
to verify that the planner was is signed. Also, planners will be checked 
every Monday morning for the previous Friday. Planners will be highlighted 
with missing or incomplete assignments.

Reading each night is also part of homework. In the beginning of school, 
students must read fifteen minutes each night.  The student must write the 
title of the book and the pages read each night. Reminder: capitalize 
important words and underline title of the book. Also, do not forget to 
capitalize first and last name of the author of the book. The student must 
then fill out the reading journal - also supplied by the district.  This 
reading journal must also be initialed or signed by the parent/guardian.

Any written homework not completed will result in an automatic loss of five 
minutes of recess for each incomplete/missing assignment. The assignment will 
be made up at home the next night. The student will not be able to earn a 
pass for that week. If homework is not done consistently, parents will be 
notified and a resolution will be agreed upon.  Although the homework will 
not be graded, a homework grade will be given each of the four quarters.  The 
student will earned a 100% each quarter if all homework is done each night.  
For every homework assignment that is not turned in, the student will lose 
one point from the grade.  The homework is corrected together daily in class 
as a reinforcement of the concept taught the previous day for follow-up 
discussion and questions.  The students will correct their own homework with 
a red pen and make any corrections. The top of the homework will be 
labeled “C.I.C.”  to indicate that we went over it in class as a group. 
(C.I.C. = “Corrected In Class”)  If your child is having difficulties with 
the homework concept, please feel free to explain it to them. In addition, 
please jot a note in the planner or on the actual worksheet to let me know 
that they had difficulty with the assignment so that I can address that in 
school.

HOMEWORK PASSES

The students can earn a “night off” homework pass for two consecutive weeks 
of complete homework and planner/reading log (spelled correctly, completely 
filled out as well as, SIGNED EVERY NIGHT. I stress to the students that it 
is THEIR responsibility to bring the planner and reading log to the parents 
(with a pen/pencil)to get them signed.  These passes may not be used for 
study guides, pretests, long term assignments, or any concept that the 
student needs reinforcement with. The student must hand in the pass the day 
s/he wishes to redeem it. At times, there will be an assignment where the 
homework pass is NOT redeemable. These assignments will be 
announced in advance.

T.I.C. NOTATION
When assignments are completed together, in class, as a group lesson, the 
students will write T.I.C. on the top of the paper. The students are 
expected to follow along.
T.I.C. = Completed “Together in Class”

C.I.C. NOTATION
When assignments are corrected together, in class, as a group lesson, the 
students will write C.I.C. on the top of the paper. The students are 
expected to follow along.
C.I.C. = "Corrected in Class”

If the student brings home a paper/worksheet without either of these 
notations or a grade/marking from me, there is a possibility that I have not 
seen it.  Please return it to school with your child to give to me so that 
there is not the possibility that it will be counted as missing work.  I will 
explain this more thoroughly at Parents As Partners night.

CHARACTER EDUCATION

Our class will be discussing six blocks of character education: 
trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
This fall, we will integrating some activities to help the students to begin 
to think critically and become successful students within a positive 
classroom environment. We will be doing in our morning meeting possible 
scenarios to discuss the use of various character traits.

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