2. Communication
Monthly Newsletters
Our class website:
www.mrslmack.blogspot.com
Email address: lmack@hopkinton.k12.ma.us
Telephone: 1-508-487-9860, ext. 115
3. Organization
Red Homework Folders
Homework Agenda books
Written Homework (3 times a week at 30
minutes)
Schedule Printed on website and on red
homework folder
Color coded folders
4. Specials Schedule
Monday-P.E.
Tuesday-Music
Wednesday-Library
Thursday-Health and Art
Friday-Computer Lab and P.E.
5. Reading
Macmillan/McGraw Hill Treasures
New theme each week
60% non-fiction, 40% fiction
Shared reading to model reading
strategies and skills
Leveled books for guided reading
6. Reading
Independent reading to reinforce
strategies and skills
End of unit assessments
Grammar taught with writer’s
workshop and focused skills in each
unit
8. Spelling
Each week will focus on new
phonetic rule
Alternative list will begin after first six
weeks
Spelling homework
Tests will be on Fridays
10. Math
Everyday Mathematics Program
Topics: Addition and Subtraction of whole numbers,
measurement, multiplication and division, place value
and decimals, geometry, fractions, probability
Timed facts tests (3 rd
graders are expected to
complete 20 problems in one minute.)
End of unit assessments will be sent home to be signed
and returned to school
11. Social Studies
Geography of Massachusetts
Pilgrims and Plimoth Colony
Puritans and Massachusetts Bay
Colony
American Revolution
13. Student Responsibilities
Bring the red folder and agenda back and
forth from home to school everyday
Complete written homework 3 times a
week
Read for at least 20 minutes each night
Practice math facts on a regular basis
16. Fall Conferences
Fill in your preferred email and
telephone contact information
November 2nd, November 16th, and
December 7th are the designated
conference days
Additional days and times available
Homeroom parents