Behavior, Discipline, and Incentives

Rules
1. Listen when your teacher is talking.
2. Follow directions quickly.
3. Respect others, respect yourself, and respect your school.
4. Be safe, be kind, be honest.
5. Celebrate success and learn from mistakes.
Class Dojo
3rd grade teachers will be using Class Dojo to monitor student behavior, responsibility, and
respect. Students may earn and lose points based on both positive and negative choices. We will
be sending information home for parents to log in to Class Dojo to monitor your childs progress.
Individual Rewards
Students will set their individual point goals for each week. Every Friday, students who meet their
point goal will be allowed to choose a reward. Examples are seat swap, show and tell, shoes off, sit
at teachers desk, gum, fancy pen, stuffed animal, lunch with a buddy, be the messenger, line
leader, wear pajamas.
Individual Consequences
Students who make poor choices may have one of the following consequences: Loss of recess time,
removal from class to another classroom, apology letter, copy rules, mission statement, etc.,
Consequences are individualized as needed for particular students and offenses. Parent contact
may be made by: note in agenda, email, phone call, IC parent contact log or parent conference.
*Individualized behavior plans for continued offenses will be created in conjunction with the
parent, student, teachers, and counselor/administration*
Class Rewards
Our class has a Warm Fuzzy jar. The class will earn warm fuzzy for different things: working
together cooperatively, great hall/lunchroom/media center/etc. behavior, compliments from adults.
Each week the highest point earner for Class Dojo will also be able to add warm fuzzies to our
Warm Fuzzy jar! They will put in the amount that matches the number of points they earned that
week. When the jar is full of warm fuzzies, the class will vote on a privilege (popcorn snack, ice
pops, free hat day, pajamas, etc.).

Water and Snacks

Students may bring a water bottle and a snack each day. Please bring a small healthy snack that
students can eat quickly during transition time. No juice, Gatorade, tea, soft drinksonly water in
a bottle that has a lid. All water bottles will be kept beside the sink in order to minimize damage
from water spills.
Connection Rotation
Lanier Connection classes are Art, Music, P.E., Computer Lab, and Skills Lab. Students will go to
the same Connection for 4 days each week and 1 day of P.E. each week. This rotation schedule
ensures that all students have some physical activity each week and will allow Connection teachers
to truly focus on specific skills or projects for one week at a time.
P.E. Day
Monday-Goss Tuesday-Souther
Thursday-Wingo Friday-Schmus

TEAM Books ~ Together Everyone Achieves More

Students will have a TEAM book (3 ring binder) that will include their agenda, goals, and homework
assignments. All homework assignments will be written down by the student daily, as well as any
special announcements, dates, etc. Failure to complete homework, including parent
initials/signature, will result in loss of recess and/or completing homework during recess. Teachers
may also utilize agendas as a communication tool regarding daily behavior, scheduling a conference,
etc. Dojo points will be earned for completing RAH and MAH each night.
Practice/Log Assignments-required each night Monday-Thursday
*RAH Log (Read at Home) ~ Students will complete RAH log each night, Monday through Thursday,
for the recommended reading time of 10-20 minutes. Then record on the log and parents should
initial every night.
*MAH (Math at Home) ~ Parents will initial the agenda after the students have completed the
recommended 5-10 minutes of math facts practice each night, Monday through Thursday. This will
be the set of math facts your child is working on in class. Students will take a timed math facts
test each day and must get all problems correct in order to move on to the next set. They will
keep the timed test in their TEAM book and will practice their facts. See math facts practice
ideas page in TEAM book for suggestions on how to practice facts. Even if students pass the test
each day, they should still do some form of math facts practice each night.
*Spelling ~ Students will record their words in the agendas each Monday, practice throughout the
week at home however you so choose (ideas are listed in TEAM book). There will be a test on
Friday.
*Math ~ Each student will bring home one page of the math skills we are working on each week in
their TEAM book. Math homework is due each Friday.

Grading
In the previous grade levels a Standards Based Report card has been used to reflect the student
progress. However, in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade, students will receive number grades on all
assignments. On the report card you will see a number grade, which is the average of all
assignments for the nine weeks. When report cards are sent home, students can receive ribbons
based on the following scale.
A- 90-100
B- 80-89
C- 70-79
F- 69 and below
Make-Up Work
Make-up work will be handled by each teacher individually in relation to the students situation. It
will usually be given upon the day of the students return to school. At parents request, it may be
picked up in the office or sent home with a sibling. Depending on the students situation, make-up
work might be due on the next day after it is received or perhaps longer if the number of days
absent is extensive. The teacher will also provide one-on-one time with students when they have
excused absences to catch them up and give explanations on what was missed.
Teams
This year 3rd grade teachers are teaming with one partner to teach all academic subjects. Your
child will have Mrs. Souther for Literacy, Writing, and Social Studies. Mrs. Schmus will be teaching
them Math and Science. Teacher information is included on the back of this page so take a
moment to read over it!
Please feel free to contact us at any time!!! You can call the front office and leave a message or
email us. Email is the best way of correspondence throughout the day. We are also available for
conferences if needed.
andrea.goss@hallco.org
julie.souther@hallco.org
beth.schmus@hallco.org
mary.wingo@hallco.org