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Biography

Career Profile:

 

Graduate of St. Leo’s University

  • Bachelor’s of Elementary Education (K-6)
  • ESOL Certification
  • Reading Endorsement
 

Professional Profile:

Mrs. Garcia-Parks has always known she wanted to be a teacher even as far back as 5th grade career dress-up day. She has taught 3rd, 4th, and 6th grades. She began teaching 4th grade in Dec. 2013. From 2015-2018, she departmentalized and taught Math/Science. In 2018, she dropped to 3rd grade and taught all subjects. In 2019, she made the move to RSGA (6th grade) where she taught Math for 3 years. Her love for teaching shines through in the way she aims to connect with each of her students and build lasting relationships with each and everyone of them.

 

Personal Profile:

Mrs. Garcia-Parks is married with two girls: Veronica (15) and Kori (2.) As a family, they enjoy visiting the beach, swimming, doing crafts together, doing diamond/gem art, baking, and watching Netflix shows together (with Veronica, not Kori.) You will see Mrs. Garcia-Parks wearing a lot of Gator gear (even though she’s Amizade.) Her family members are HUGE Florida Gator fans and they enjoy watching Gator football and Gator softball.
 
 

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Week of September 6th-9th

TOP AR Performer: Joseph F. 98% with 22.4 points

AR Superstars this week with 85%+ and 9 (or more points):  Oliver B., Joseph F.,  Royce H., Samantha R. Elliot T., Lilly W., 

Focus for this week will include:

ELA/Reading: 

Main idea and details, asking questions, simple and compound sentences, phonics: oa, ow, oe. We will continue practicing using the UNWRAP strategy.

No Vocab/comp test this week;

Cold Read on Thursday

Spelling and grammar tests on Friday.

Math: Chapter Review (Tuesday) 

**Please study at home. The reviews are almost identical to the test. If they know what is on chapter review, they will do well on the chapter test. 

Chapter Test (Wednesday)

Chapter 3 begins on Thursday.

(There will only be homework on Thursday night this week.)

 

Science: Animal Classification 

 

Social Studies: Studies Weekly Week 4: US Government- The newspaper will come home on Thursday. We will have an open "newspaper" test on Friday.

 

 Reminders:

***AR points and averages are entered in as a grade weekly.  Each student should earn at least 3 points per week and keep their test average at 85% or higher. 

***By the end of this week (9/6-9/9), students should have 12 A.R. points.

***Please make sure students are reading each night within their AR level.

Study Island: Each week students will be assigned 3 study island assignments. They'll have center time, tech lab time, and free time in the class throughout the week to complete these. On Friday, we will take their best grade on the assignment and put it in the gradebook. 

This week their lessons are: 

***Multiplication;

***Central Idea and details; 

***Map Skills.

Study Island is NOT to be done at home, please.

 

Upcoming dates:

9/9 Progress reports sent home and emailed 

9/28 Field trip money and permission slips due

9/28 Early release/ spirit day

10/3 Picture retakes

10/8 Fall festival

10/17-10/21 Fall break 

 Questions?  Concerns?  Please send me a message via Dojo, email or leave a message with the front desk for a return call.  

Thank you !

"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you will start having positive results." ~ Willie Nelson

Week of August 29th - September 2nd

SHOUT OUT TO THESE STUDENTS FROM MAKING 6 AR POINTS WITH 85%+ CORRECT: Oliver B., Olivia C., Danae D., Joseph F., Logan G., Royce H., Adele H., Samantha R. Elliot T., Lilly W., 

 Focus for this week will include:

ELA/Reading: Focus for this week will include:

Author’s purpose, visualizing while reading, realistic fiction, subjects in sentences, using context clues, and recognizing subjects and predicates.

Vocabulary and comprehension test this week will be on Wednesday;

Cold Read will be on Thursday

Spelling and grammar tests are on Friday.

 

Math: Chapter 2: Using Patterns for Foundational Multiplication Facts- Monday and Wednesday we will be doing the F.A.S.T progress monitoring, so those two days we won't have a math lesson. 

(There will only be homework on Tuesday and Thursday nights this week.)

 

Science: Plant Test on Tuesday

New Chapter: Animal Classification 

 

Social Studies: Studies Weekly Week 3: Our World- We will work through the newspaper throughout the week. The newspaper will come home on Thursday. We will have an open "newspaper" test on Friday.

 

 Reminders:

***AR points and averages are entered in as a grade weekly.  Each student should earn at least 3 points per week and keep their test average at 85% or higher. 

***By the end of this week (8/29-9/2), students should have 9 A.R. points.

***Please make sure students are reading each night within their AR level.

 

Study Island: Each week students will be assigned 3 study island assignments. They'll have center time, tech lab time, and free time in the class throughout the week to complete these. On Friday, we will take their best grade on the assignment and put it in the gradebook. 

 

This week their lessons are: 

***Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers;

***Context Clues; 

***Behavioral Responses.

Study Island is NOT to be done at home, please.

 

Important Dates:

August 29th- F.A.S.T ELA testing

August 31st- F.A.S.T Math testing

August 31st- Early Release @ 12:45 (Jean/hat day $2)

September 2nd- Odanost Celebration (Wear blue from head to toe)

September 5th- No School/Labor Day

September 28th- Permission slips and money due for field trip

September 28th- Early Release (Jean/hat day $2)

 

Questions?  Concerns?  Please send me a message via Dojo, email or leave a message with the front desk for a return call.  

Thank you !

"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you will start having positive results." ~ Willie Nelson

Week of August 22nd-26th

Focus for this week will include:

ELA/Reading:  sequence, ask and answer questions, narrative nonfiction, compound words, and subjects in a sentence. ( No vocabulary and comprehension test this week;
Spelling, Grammar, and Cold Read tests are on Friday.) 
 
Math: Chapter 1 Review (Monday) and Chapter 1 Test (Tuesday). We will start Chapter 2 on Wednesday. There will only be homework on Wednesday and Thursday night this week.
 
Science: Structure and Function of Plants
 
Social Studies:  Studies Weekly Week 2: Types of Sources- We will work through the newspaper throughout the week. The newspaper will come home on Thursday. We will have an open "newspaper" test on Friday.
 
Reminders:
***AR points and averages are entered in as a grade weekly.  Each student should earn at least 3 points per week and keep their test average at 85% or higher. 
***By the end of this week (8/22-8/26), students should have 6 A.R. points.
***Please make sure students are reading each night in their AR level.
***At the beginning of Chapter 2, student's homework will be graded for accuracy.
 
Study Island: Each week students will be assigned 3 study island assignments. They'll have center time, tech lab time, and free time in the class throughout the week to complete these. Study Island is NOT to be done at home. On Friday, we will take their best grade on the assignment and put it in the gradebook. This week their lessons are:
***Multiplication and Division Facts,
***Punctuation, and
Location and People's Lives.
 
Important Dates:
August 25th- Open House from 5:00-5:30 or 5:30-6:00
August 26th- Odanost House Celebration
August 31st- Early Release
 
Questions?  Concerns?  Please send me a message via Dojo, email or leave a message with the front desk for a return call.  
 
Thank you !
 
"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you will start having positive results." ~ Willie Nelson
 

Week of August 14th-18th

 Our 1st week of 3rd grade has been conquered!  The students were amazing as we worked through new procedures, safety measures, and beginning 3rd grade skills.  I am very proud of all of them!

     

Focus for this week will include:

 ELA/Reading:  sequence, visualizing as we read, realistic fiction, commands and exclamations in sentence writing ( Vocabulary and Comprehension test on Wednesday; Spelling test and Grammar test are on Friday. This week we're going to break apart our cold read. We will do the first story on Thursday and the second story on Friday)

Math: Chapter 1 Understand Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers. We'll have math homework Monday-Thursday this week.

Science: Structure and Function of Plants

 Social Studies:  Studies Weekly Week 1: Getting Information- We will work through the newspaper throughout the week. The newspaper will come home on Thursday. We will have an open "newspaper" test on Friday.

 Reminders:

AR point and averages are entered in as a grade weekly.  Each student should earn at least 3  points a week and keep their test average at 85% or higher. By the end of this week (8/14-8/18), students should have 3 A.R. points. Please make sure students are reading each night.

Study Islands- Each week students will be assigned 3 study island assignments. They'll have center time, tech lab time, and free time in the class throughout the week to complete these. Study Island is NOT to be done at home. On Friday, we will take their best grade on the assignment and put it in the gradebook. This week their lessons are: Read and Write Whole Numbers, Sentences, and Plants

Questions?  Concerns?  Please send me a message via Dojo, email or leave a message with the front desk for a return call. 

3rd Grade Supply List 22-23

3rd Grade Supply List 2022-2023 

1- pencil box- regular size, should be able to fit in their desk 24-#2 pencils 

4-large white erasers 

4-folders with pockets and prongs(blue, red, green, yellow) 1-1 inch binder with a clear pocket on the front; inside pockets on front and back covers 

1-dry erase eraser 

1- hand held sharpener 

1-package of 4 Expo markers 

1-package of colored pencils 

1-box of 24 Crayola brand crayons 

4- glue sticks 

1-container of hand wipes 

1-bottle of hand sanitizer 

3-boxes of tissues 

1-pair of scissors 

1-box gallon size ziploc bags (boys) 

1-box quart size ziploc bags ( girls) 

We are asking each family to purchase 1 new AR book, 3.0-5.0 range, (please use the AR book finder within the Belmont “links” to find qualifying books) to help expand the classroom libraries. Thank you! 

Personal Items 

1-reusable, refillable water bottle 

1-pair of headphones 

1-Wired mouse

Schedule

Daily Schedule

7:45-8:45  Math 

8:45-9:10 Spiral Review

9:10-9:55 Special Area

9:55-11:00 ELA Block

11:00-11:30 Centers

11:30-12:00 Writing

12:00-12:30 Lunch

12:30-1:00 Social Studies

1:00-1:30 Recess

1:30-2:15 Science

2:15-2:45 D.E.A.R.

2:45-3:15 Dismissal