Teaming With

Parents
Kenadee Marry

Assignment #6

Third Grade
 Meet The Teacher
Miss Marry

About Me
Hello, my name is Kenadee

Marry and I am your students

new third grade teacher! I am so

excited to be part of your

students educational journey! At

Siena Heights University I

Studied Language Arts and

Elementary Education. I

graduated from Hudson High

School in 2017.

I am very excited to teach

My Favorites your child and work closely

with you to enhance their

Color : Yellow learning! If you have any

questions, comments or

Food : Lasagna
concerns please reach out

Hobby : Kayaking to me!

Music : Country
Contact
Drink : Diet Coke
kmarry@Sienaheights.edu
Dear Parents,

I am very excited to start this school year with you

and your student! I recently graduated from Siena

Heights University with a major in Language Arts, and a

focus on Elementary Education. I spent my practicum

hours in a fourth grade classroom and learned a lot

from my mentor teacher that helped prepare me to be

part of your students third grade learning experience! I

was able to learn what your student will be working on

next year, and what we need to focus on this year in

order to help them be prepared for fourth grade.

This year I want to focus on helping your student

master new reading levels to set them on a path for a

lifetime love of reading. I am hoping to help them

develop a love for reading through a partnership of

reading at school and home. In the classroom we will

have a board where students can post reviews of

books they have read to share what they are reading

with the rest of the class and help other students pick

books!
I also have plans to help students interact with

books to utilize them in other subject areas to help

students learn many things through books. One

example of this is reading How To Catch A Leprechaun

and then having students construct their own

leprechaun traps using scientific thinking. I plan on

teaching this lesson around Saint Patrick's Day.

In order to build a relationship with books and

history I have purchased the entire series of I Survived

for students to have access too, as well as utilize in

after lunch read alouds. Students will participate in

activities that are grade appropriate to help them

better understand these times in History. In addition

to studying periods of history, we will be using social

studies time to explore elements of social emotional

learning.
In math this year I want to help students strengthen

their memorization of multiplication mental math. We

will also begin working with arrays for multiplication

and helping students multiply large numbers.

I am very excited for this year full of learning with

your child, and I want to work together to make this

year the best it can be for your child. I would like to

invite you each in to be a guest reader throughout the

year in order to show our students the importance of

reading and allow you to be involved in our classroom.

Please keep an eye out for a sign up sheet and other

information I will be sending home, which will always

be sent home on orange paper in order to stand out! I

will also be sending home a monthly newsletter to

keep you updated on what we have been working on in

the classroom.
If you have any questions please reach out to me at

kmarry@sienaheights.edu or send me a message on

Class DoJo!

Let's have a great year together,

Miss Kenadee Marry
 Morenci Elementary School

WELCOME BACK

TO SCHOOL!
AUGUST

The school open

house is coming up
25, 2022
and I can not
5:00 -

wait to meet you!

7:00

Miss Marry's Third Grade

Open House

Room 35
Walk straight past the

office and all the way down

the hall! We are the last

door on the left!

 Script
Thank you all for coming tonight, it is so nice to finally be able

to put faces to the names on my class list. I am so happy to

see the support these students have with them as well, family

is important to the learning experience and it is great to see

you all here. I am hoping this year will be filled with

interactions that lead to a positive classroom environment for

your students through us working together.

This is my first year teaching completely on my own, but I am

confident that my schooling and clinical hours have prepared

me for this. The school has placed their trust in me, and I hope

you can too. I attended Siena Heights University and studied

Language Arts with a focus in Elementary Education following

my graduation from Hudson High School. I am excited to be

teaching in a small school, much like the one I graduated from,

where I can get to know you and your student better due to

our small class size. Family involvement will help your student

learn and help us extend the curriculum into their lives

outside of school. I am excited to work together to make this

year great!
Within this school we focus on being responsible, respectful

and resilient and this will be a large focus of our classroom. On

the wall behind me you can see our classroom rules and how

students can put these ideas into practice. Per the school

behavior plan students who show what it means to be

respectful, resilient and responsible will receive a bull dog

bone to take to the office to be entered into a drawing to win a

prize. When your student earns a bone I will send a
note home so you are aware of the awesome job your

student is doing in school. On Fridays students names will be

drawn, and the winner is placed on the school facebook page.

If you are comfortable having your child's picture posted

online there is a form for you to fill out in your back to school

packet and return to the office.

Students are the focus of the school and this classroom,

especially showing off their hard work. In this classroom I

have a bulletin board on your left where students each have

a spot to hang up work they are proud of, students can show

off one piece at a time and are welcome to bring work from

home to place on this board if they choose. Students also

have a place to post book reviews above our bookshelves. If

students read a book at home or school they will be able to

complete a book review to hang on the wall, if students want

to borrow a book from my classroom library to read at home

they are able to as well, I just ask that they treat them with

respect and act responsibly and return them.

I am very excited for this year and will be communicating

with you periodically throughout. Notes from me will always

come home on the left side of your students folder and be on

orange paper so they stand out to you. At the end of each

month I will send home a monthly newsletter that goes over

what we have done throughout the month, and what there is

to look forward to in the upcoming month. In these

newsletters you can look at the top right corner for upcoming

ways you can be involved in our classroom. Each month I will

be looking to set up days and times where you can come in

and read to the class, as well as other sign ups for things like

classroom parties. I am very excited for this year with all of

you!
Questions to Ask Students:
1. What is your favorite subject?
2. What is something you want to learn about

this year?
3. What is something you struggle with in

school?
4. What is your favorite animal?
5. What kinds of books do you like to read?

Questions to Ask Parents:

1. What expectations do you have for this

school year?
2. What concerns do you have for your child

this year when it comes to their learning?

3. What is a way I can help you feel involved

in the classroom and what we are doing

this year?
4. What are some things your child enjoys

learning about?
5. What subject does your child struggle with

the most?
Parent Teacher Conferences
1. Show what their student has hung on

their look what I made board.

2. Show their students book review.
3. Show something their student is doing

well on and excelling in.

4. Show something their student is not

doing as well in.

5. Set a plan with the parent that will help

the student excel in that area.

6. Ask the parent how they feel their

student is doing.
7. Ask the parent how they feel about the

homework load of the student.

8. Ask the parent if their child engages in

reading at home.
9. Ask the parent if they feel like I

communicate not enough, just enough

or too much with them.

10. Show the parents a self assessment their

student did on themselves.

Parent Volunteers:
1. Guest Readers (Book provided

or bring their own)

2. Science lab helpers
3. Annual nature walk

chaperones
4. Community leaf raking

chaperones (fall)
5. Community trash pick up

chaperones (spring)
6. Family Tree Creations
7. Lunch with a loved one
8. Small group station leading
9. Talk about their job
10. Art project leader (Supplies

provided to them unless they

have their own idea)

 10 things

to point

out in the

classroom:
 Look What I Made

bulletin board:

This is a place for students to

showcase anything they want

but only one thing can be

posted at a time by each

student and each student has

their own place to display their

work. This shows parents how

students work is valued and

how art is important in my

classroom.
 Student Work

To a Bulletin

Board Near

You
 Book Review Wall:

Each student has a place to

post their own review of a book

they have read, students can

switch out their reviews as

they read more books. Other

students can read the reviews

to decide what to read next.

This shows parents how

students can share what they

are reading in the classroom.

 Can't decide what

to read next?
Check out what

other people have

read and reviewed

to help you decide!

I JUST

READ

BOOK!
BOOK REVIEW
Title:
Author:

Rating:

What was the book about:

Do you recommend this book?

YES NO
Ketchup Folders &

All Done Activities:

Students unfinished work will go

into these folders, they will have

to be empty before students can

participate in all done activities.

All done activities are fun

educational games that students

can do when they finish an

assignment. This will show the

parents what options the child

has and why they may not always

have homework.
 Work in this folder

needs to be done

before you move on to

an all done activity!

Ketchup

Folder

Put First Things

First!
 All Done Activity

Options
Red Bin: 1 - 3 people, in a group.
Yellow Bin: 4 people, alone.
Purple Bin: 4 people, alone.
Green Bin: 10 people, alone.
Blue Bin: 2 people, in a group.
Purple Folder: Unlimited people,

alone.
Red Folder: Unlimited people,

alone.
Blue Folder: Unlimited people,

alone.
Alone means at your seat! Take

the materials you need with you!

 Writing Center:

Students can come here

to get writing prompts,

and take note of the

writing process, parts of

speech, punctuation and

more! This will show

parents how we will work

on writing throughout the

year.
If You Give A
Third Grader
A Pencil....
The

Writing

Process
Think about a topic,

Prewriting
brainstorm what you

want to write.

Organize the ideas

Drafting into sentences and

paragraphs.

Review your draft to

Revising improve your

writing.

Proofread your

Editing writing and fix

mistakes.

Share your final

Publishing copy with others
 Anti- Bullying

Poster Board:

This is a poster in the

classroom that sets the

tone immediately that

bullying will not be

tolerated and the

importance of being kind to

others, as well as what will

happen if your student

engages in bullying.
STRIKE SYSTEM

Talk to the teacher about what went

wrong in the situation. Talk about

why it is considered bullying and

why we should not bully.

Sit at recess and write a letter

apologizing to the student for the

actions that are considered bullying.

Go to the office and talk to the

principal about the actions that

were considered bullying. A call

home will take place.

How To Be a Buddy:
If you don't
Help each

If someone

have

asks you to
other out

something

stop doing
when

kind to say,

something
things are
keep it to

stop! hard!
yourself.

If someone

Keep your

Be aware of
is playing

hands to

other
alone, invite

yourself no
them to

peoples

matter
play your

feelings.
what! game!

If you see

Take the
Watch out

someone
for bullying

sitting
time to say

taking place

alone, join
something

and tell your

them! nice today! teacher!

Classroom Rules

Poster:

This would be brought up

to set the expectations for

the class and the school

year immediately and

make sure we are all on the

same page. This will allow

parents to see the

expectations.
 Classroom Rules
RESPECT EVERYONE, NO MATTER WHAT

MAKE SURE YOUR VOICE IS AT THE RIGHT LEVEL

STAY ON TASK AND DO YOUR WORK

BE RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTABLE AND RESILIANT

DON'T INTERRUPT OR TALK OUT OF TURN

BE HONEST AND KIND AT ALL TIMES

KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF

ASK BEFORE YOU MOVE YOUR SEAT

Books on Shelves to

be used in Read

Alouds:
The first week of school we would

be reading "A Letter From Your

Teacher on the First Day of

School." "Our Class is a Family."

and "How Full is your Bucket." and

these will be on the classroom

shelves for parents to see. I will

trade these books out each

week/month depending on what

read aloud we are doing and the

length of it. This will be a chance

for parents to see what we will be

reading week one.

 Three R Posters:

I will point these out

because they are the

PBIS school expectations

for students and I

included examples of

how they can follow this.

This will help the parents

be aware of what the

school behavior

expectations are.
 Responsible
I ALWAYS HAVE A SHARP PENCIL READY

I MAKE SURE MY WORK IS DONE ON TIME

I KEEP MY DESK AND CUBBY TIDY

I MAKE SURE MY KETCHUP FOLDER IS EMPTY

I FOLLOW DIRECTIONS
 Respectful
I LISTEN WHEN MY TEACHER IS TALKING

I AM AT A LEVEL ZERO IN THE HALL

I DO NOT INTERRUPT

I STAY FOCUSED

I ASK BEFORE I DO THINGS

 Resilient
I WORK ON MY GOALS

I SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THE CLASS

I ALWAYS TRY MY BEST

I DO NOT GIVE UP

I IGNORE DISTRACTIONS
 Desk Pet Shop:

This would give parents

an idea of what the desk

pet shop is in case their

children come home and

talk about it. This will

show parents how their

students showing the

three Rs will earn them

points that they can

exchange for desk pets.

DESK PET ADOPTION
DESK
PET
CENTER PET SHOP

Location Hours: SHOP

Miss Marry's Friday 1:30 -

Third Grade 2:00

Price Service
Class
Adopt a desk

pet! Pick out a Fidget

50 Points
Pick a toy for

your desk pet! 45 Points Adopt a Desk Pet

Get food for

your desk pet! 35 Points Desk Pet Food or Toy!

Pick your

desk pets

30 Points Desk Pet Book

favorite book!
Get a sticker,

fidget or
20 Points Desk Pet Background
candy!
Pick a

background
15 Points Sticker
for your desk

pet!
10 Points Candy
Where there desks

and cubbys are:

I think it is important

parents know that their

child has a specific place

to put things and what it

looks like since students

spend so much time at

school.