Geneva Elementary

Mrs. Herda

Third Grade

Room 22

 

 

Bellingham School District

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 Welcome to our class web page! 

My name is Teri Herda, and this is my 21st year of teaching in the Bellingham School District.  I graduated from W.W.U. and have obtained my Master’s Degree in School Administration.   I am very excited about working with your child.  My husband John and I have a son who is 15 and a daughter who is 10 years old.  They both keep us very busy! 

 

 

 

In room 22 we will be studying Maps and Globes, Northwest Coastal Indians, and Early Days in Bellingham .  We will also be taking a look at the following science unit: Electricity, Plant Growth, and The         Seashore.

 

We have been reviewing Basic Needs and learning about how to resolve problems.  Second Step, our schools social skills program, will be taught throughout the year.

 

We are using a writing workshop format five days a week to develop writing as a process.  There will also be mini lessons on writing mechanics, writing forms, and writing strategies.  I will also continue to instruct the students on how to incorporate the six traits of writing into their different pieces. 

 

Problem solving is a daily event in room 22!  We are not only becoming good communicators in math, but also explaining our mathematical thinking in writing!  We will be focusing on graphing, reviewing basic facts, place value, and adding and subtracting bigger numbers, multiplication, division, measurement, geometry, and fractions.

 

  I will run my reading groups Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.   Every Friday we have Book Talk and discuss different chapter books students have been reading during the week.  On Mondays I provide my students with nonfiction reading material by using Time For Kids, a weekly news magazine.

Class Information

·        Schedule

8:50-9:15 DOL and Sharing

                   9:15-10:30 Math and Problem Solver

10:30-10:45 Morning Recess

10:45-11:30  Science/Soc. St.

11:30-11:45 Story

11:45-12:30 Recess and Lunch

12:30-2:00: Reading Groups                                        

2:00-2:45 Writer’s Workshop

2:45-3:15  S.S.R.

3:15-3:30 Story and Clean-up

 

*P.E. is every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 9:00-9:45

*Music is every Wednesday at 10:55-11:25 and Friday at 1:15-1:45

*Library is every Monday at 10:00-10:30

 

·        Core Beliefs in Room 22

Be Respectful

Be Responsible

Be Safe

·         Homework Policy

20 minutes of reading per night

Problem of the Week

Cursive Practice

Math Practice

Study weekly spelling words

*Weekly homework packets go home every Monday and are due back every Friday.

 

 

·        Supply List

2 doz. #2 pencils sharpened

Colored pencils

One 8 oz. bottle of white glue

Ruler

2 Elmer’s Glue stick

Scissors

1 Box Kleenex tissue

2 Spiral Notebooks

1 eraser

Pencil Pouch

Crayons

Colored Markers

1 Highlighter

 

 

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Calendar  2005-2006



            November
            9:  Picture Retakes

                  10:  Early Release

                       11: Veteran’s Day

          16: Mt. Baker Theatre 9:00 AM

          21and 22:  Vision & Hearing Testing

          23:  Conf/Dismiss @ 12:30
          24 and 25:  No School/Thanksgiving Break

          29 and 30:  Pacific Science Van Rock & Roll

 

 

           December

            2:  Elementary Teacher Work Day

          14-20:  Elementary Parent-Teacher Conferences  12:30 dismissal

           21: First day of Winter Break

 

 

           January

           4:  Classes Resume

          12:  Early Release Day

          16:  Martin Luther King Jr. Day   No School

          23-27:  District Six Trait Writing Assessment

        

 

          February
          1:  Elementary LID Day
        9:  Early Release

       14:  Valentine’s Day Party

       20-24: Mid-Winter Break  No School                                                                   
   

 

                       March

9:  Early Release

                    23:  Early Release

 


                     April

              10-14:  Spring Break

                     17-May 5:  WASL Testing Window begins

                     18:  Early Release

                     29:  Memorial Day

                    

                   
June
                    
22: Last Day of School—Students are dismissed 1 1/2 hours early

              

                   

                    

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Internet Resources

·        KidsClick! Use this site to find good information.

·        Google A great search engine

·        Time for Kids – The Internet site for our classroom newspaper

·        Geneva’s Favorite 3rd Grade Sites   These sites support our third grade curriculum

·        Math Site

·        More Third Grade Sites

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Curriculum

·        Language Arts-Writing Process and The Six Traits of Writing

·        Electricity, Seashore, and Plant Life

·        Math-Problem Solving, Graphing, Place Value, Advance Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Measurement, Geometry, and Fractions.

·        Social Studies-Maps, Native Americans, Pioneers and Basic Needs,

 

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Contact Teacher

·        E-mail: mailto:therda@bham.wednet.edu

·        Phone:  676-6419   Ext: 6122

·        I check my phone messages at noon and at the end of the day.  If the message is urgent,

·        please contact the office at 676-6416.

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