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3 RD GRADE CURRICULUM NIGHT 2014-2015 Joey Adams Christine Hertz Megan Maynard Jessica West

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3 rd Grade Curriculum Night. 2014-2015. Joey Adams Christine Hertz Megan Maynard Jessica West. Save the date : October 21, 2014 6:30 p.m. The Unified Arts Experience - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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3RD GRADE CURRICULUM

NIGHT

2014-2015

Joey AdamsChristine Hertz

Megan MaynardJessica West

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Save the date: October 21, 2014 6:30 p.m.

The Unified Arts ExperienceAn opportunity to meet the unified arts teachers, visit the classrooms,

and learn about each program through hands on activities.

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A message from our PTO

• Contacts:• http://www.cssu.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=365

• Welcome to the SCS PTO! (Parent Teacher Organization)

• Co-Chairs:Randy [email protected]

•  • Courtney Tharpe

[email protected]

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SCS FEEDIS

F oodE ducationE veryD ay

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Started in 2007 by the combined efforts of

PARENTS, TEACHERS

& ADMINISTRATORS

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Inspired & named after the statewide program, VT FEED which is

… a Farm to School program run as a partnership of two Vermont Non-Profit Organizations: NOFA-VT and Shelburne Farms

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Each year, our purpose stays strong....

TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT

Healthy Food Choices

The Importance & Role of Vermont Farms

Good Nutrition in the School

and Community

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How do we do accomplish this???

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By focusing on the relationship between the

~3 C's~

Classroom, Cafeteria & Community

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ACTIVITIES & EVENTS that 1- PROVIDE HEALTH AND NUTRITION

OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME

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2- Help children understand WHERE THEIR FOOD COMES FROM and…

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3- How their FOOD CHOICES IMPACT THEIR BODIES, ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITY

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Some Achievements – the last 6 years

VEGETABLE GARDENS

Planted and maintained by

students during the school year and SCS

families during summer!

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VEGGIES ARE USED IN THE CAFETERIA FOR THE LUNCH MENU AND IN TASTE TESTS

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8th graders make a mosaic sign 5th grade Leadership Council adds compost

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Creating & tasting foods made with seasonal ingredients

Salsa

Harvest Pizza

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After school cooking class opportunity for 6th – 8th graders

Competed in the Jr. Iron Chef

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Individual Grade Experiences 3rd Grade Bread

Bakingwith

Shelburne Farms and their mobile oven

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4th Grade Vermont History Experience at New Village

Farm

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School Wide Taste Tests

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WE NEED YOU!Join us as a volunteer for activities the

Committee has planned! (See how we have meetings?)

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Some of the areas we need you:

• Taste Tests• Work in the gardens• Designing our bulletin board• Researching recipes for our website• Afterschool “SKAT” 6th-8th grade cooking instructor• Mobile food cart Coordinator• Community Liaison• Field trip chaperone

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Sign Up Now! •Sign up with your contact info on the sheet left with your child's teacher!

•Please do this even if you have already been volunteering and plan on continuing!

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Questions?

Please contact the FEED coordinator

Erica Frey-Delaportas

at 802-489-5976/ [email protected]

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Get Info and Updates on our FACEBOOK Page

& On our link on the SCS Website

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KATIE TYLERPreK-4 School Counselor

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School Counseling Services

Hello Families!I am excited to be returning to the SCS Community this

year as the PreK-4 School Counselor. Here’s a little about my role here at SCS….

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Classroom Guidance Lessons

● I will be using the Michigan Model for Health as a primary curriculum to address topics such as bullying prevention, making and keeping positive relationships, skills for problem solving and decision making, and personal safety/abuse prevention.

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Small Groups

● Some of my work will be in small groups with students, focusing on topics such as Social Skills, Changing Families, Anxiety, Grief & Loss, Goal Setting, and more.

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Individual Counseling

● I am available to see students short term for individual support. Both individual and small group referrals can come from families or school faculty.

Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. I look forward to continuing to get to know you and your students!

[email protected]

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Principal’s Report

Focus on Collaboration and Community Building

Essential Question - How can I contribute positively to my community?

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Common Core Key Shifts in English Language Arts

Complexity: Regular practice with complex text and its academic vocabulary

Knowledge: Building knowledge through content-rich academic vocabulary across the curriculum

Evidence: Reading, writing and speaking/listening grounded in evidence from the text, both literary and informational

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Common Core Key Shifts in Mathematics

Greater focus on fewer topics

Coherence: Linking topics and thinking across grades

Rigor: Pursue conceptual understanding, procedural skills and fluency,

and application with equal intensity

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AYP Goal: Multi-tiered System of Support

Shelburne Community School will create a highly effective Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS) that uses student learning data and outcomes to assure that all students achieve at optimal levels.

What I Need Time, or WIN Time● 4-5 times per week for 30 minutes● all students participate● flexible groups that change in response to assessments about every 3-6

weeks● instruction may include skill instruction such as rhyming, delivery of

specialized services, and/or interactive read alouds

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AYP Goal: Parental Engagement

Shelburne Community School will increase parental engagement and involvement in all aspects of the school community including visits, homework, grades, communications and conferences.

Grand Rounds6:00 - 7:30 SCS Cafeteria - We will provide dinner and education with childcare provided by Part2

Wednesday, September 30th

Parenting 101 - “Practical advice for all of us” with Maris RoseDates to be announced

Cybersafety - What can we do to protect our children in the digital age?What should every parent know about concussions?Suicide awareness and prevention Technology education for parents and guardiansYouth anxiety, youth substance abuse, and sleep disorders

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School Board Facilities Committee Update

How can SCS create the building and grounds to maximize

student growth and learning?

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Writing Expectations

 

Each Student is expected to:

• Write daily in Writer’s Notebook

• Have a writing piece in progress at all times

• Actively participate in the writing process – draft, revise, and publish writing pieces

• Complete a piece of writing in each genre:

NarrativeInformative ReportOpinion Piece

• Complete in-class writing assignments in short time frames (i.e. Reader’s Notebook, Science Notebooks, and written reflections on learning)

     

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Reading Expectations 

Each student is expected to: • Use a variety of strategies when reading for fluency, comprehension, and text analysis • Read both fiction and nonfiction text connected to units of study • Be in the process of reading a Just Right book at all times • Read a variety of genres • Participate in reading groups and discussions  • Read a minimum of 15 minutes 5 days a week • Keep a record of genres read each trimester • Complete reading responses in class and as assigned by teacher

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Reading Curriculum

This year in Reader’s Workshop we will work on the following:

• Establishing Reader’s Workshop – The First Twenty Days• Close Reading • Monitoring our Comprehension• Activating and Connecting • Asking Questions• Inferring Meaning• Determining Importance• Text Structure• Main Idea and Details• Summarizing

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3rd Grade Fundations/Word Study 

In 3rd Grade Fundations/Word Study students continue to develop their spelling, decoding, vocabulary, fluency and handwriting (cursive). Cursive will be taught by introducing letters with verbal cues, sky writing, and writing practice.

Our focus will be to review the 6 syllable types (and their exceptions) as well as build upon their knowledge and understanding of word structure. Items such as base words, prefixes, and suffixes. We will also learn about how words change when adding prefixes and suffixes.

We will work on homophones and have a word of the day for vocabulary purposes. New trick words will be added to their repertoire.

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Habits of Mind

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Habits of Interaction

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Bridges Math Program• Bridges supports best practices of discourse and inquiry   

• Bridges trades the appearance of rigor (worksheets) for deeper conceptual understandings

• Components of Bridges: Number Corner (multiplication,graphing, multi-digit addition and subtraction practice, problem solving, looking for patterns and generalizations, etc.), Work Places (games that reinforce skills), regular math lessons (embedded problem solving), Home Connections (practice of concepts and skills learned in class)

• www.mathlearningcenter.org/support/bridges• How to help student with Fact Fluency

      -  Great resources for families and teachers!

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Math and Problem Solving Expectations 

•Demonstrate personal growth in mathematical understanding and skill development

•Regular use of Habits of Mind and Habits of Interaction (Posted in Classrooms)

• Represent/Record Solutions using a variety of organizers: tables, graphs, diagrams

• Use a variety of problem solving techniques/strategies

• Use appropriate mathematical language and discuss mathematical ideas

• Work collaboratively with partners or groups to solve problems

• Use appropriate tools in solving problems

• Practice math facts in school and at home

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Bridges Math Program

• Bridges supports best practices of discourse and inquiry   

• Bridges trades the appearance of rigor (worksheets) for deeper conceptual understandings

• Components of Bridges: Number Corner (time, money, fact practice, patterns, etc.), Work Places(games), regular math lessons (embedded problem solving), Home Connections (usually mirror the Work Place games)

• www.mathlearningcenter.org/support/bridges•

      -  Great resource for families and teachers!

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Social Studies and Science Expectations

 

Each student is expected to: • Participate actively in science/social studies

activities

• Complete investigations and projects on current topics

 • Work cooperatively with classmates

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What is Shelburne’s Story?

• Year long science and social studies unit• We will study the topics of weather, history, ecology,

civics, government and economics using the town as our lens.

• Examples include: studying the local weather and climate, walking to and observing local habitats, interviews of town residents and historians, presentations by town officials and business owners

• In addition to regular class activities students will be required to complete a year long Shelburne reflection project.

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Student: · Reflection of weekly work in school · Weekly conversation with teacher discussing progress 

 Teacher: 

· Assessment in each content area · On-going informal assessment · Daily conversations with students · Assessment of individual and group work · Semester progress reports (January and June) 

 State/Federal Testing:· SBAC Test will be administered in the spring of 2015 Reading and Math Assessed in 3rd Grade

Assessment

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Homework• Homework folders will go home on Friday.• Homework is due at the end of the next week.• Math will be Bridges Home Connections and math fact

practice.• Students will read at least 15 minutes a minimum of 5

times per week.• Homework is meant to reinforce skills already taught in

the classroom. • Homework should take no longer than 30 minutes total

(including the 15 minutes of reading) each night.