Calf Pen Meadow School ~ Grade 3

Today’s Schedule Whole Group

Presentation

Classroom Visits- “New Year! New

Beginnings!”

Our Mission Statement As a community we strive to

foster meaningful relationships and build a safe, supportive environment that develops life-long learners who care and think deeply about their world.

Our partnership is critical to this work!

School Continuous Improvement Plan (S.C.I.P.)

To increase the academic achievement of all students, every Calf Pen Meadow student will have access to a rigorous and quality education and will have the supports needed to be successful.To provide a safe and orderly environment for all, Calf Pen Meadow will establish and maintain a community that supports, promotes, and expects behaviors which ensure students are responsible learners and caring citizens of their school.To strengthen and promote school/family/community relationships, the people attached to Calf Pen Meadow School will be committed to fostering and nurturing these partnerships that contribute to increased learning for all students.

What have our grade 3 mathematicians been working on?Added and subtracted numbers within 1,000

Used place value strategies and number lines to represent addition and subtraction solutions

Developed the concept of multiplication and related it to skip counting and repeated addition; practiced basic multiplication combinations, beginning with 2's, 5's, and 10's

Represented and analyzed data on bar graphs and pictographs

What will our grade 3 mathematicians do next?Explore and reason about area and perimeter using

standard units (feet and inches) & metric units (centimeters and meters)

Identify and reason about attributes of shapes

Develop and understand the meaning of fractions and fraction notation; use representations of fractions to solve problems

Learn multiplication combinations up to 9 x 9; develop strategies for solving multiplication and division

Solve addition and subtraction problems with 3 digit numbers, working with numbers larger than 1,000

How can families help at home?•Fact practice at home

See CPM website - Academics link for websites and Fastt Math link

•Promote participation   Extreme-Home Math - Students should record the

math task they work on in their planner Idita-Math Problem of the Week - Problem will be

sent home in Friday folders, beginning today

•Homework Math Investigations hardcover handbook  - still

available to check out if you need one! Communicate difficulties to classroom teacher

What have our grade 3 readers been working on?Unit 1: Launching the Reading

Workshopexpress ideas clearly during discussions

build on the ideas of others during discussions

support their thinking with evidence from the text

 Unit 2: Understanding Narrative

Structuredetermine the elements of narratives including

characters, setting, problem, turning point, solution, plot and author’s message

determine author’s message or lesson in a text

use narrative elements to recount stories orally

What have our grade 3 readers been working on?Unit 3: Navigating Nonfiction Text

Featuresidentify text features (conventions) and use them to

gather information and to determine what matters most

ask questions before, during, and after reading to gather and clarify information

begin to take notes to record big ideas and supporting evidence

notice new vocabulary and apply a variety of strategies for making meaning

use visual features to gain a deeper understanding of the text

gather and share information learned while reading

What have our grade 3 readers been working on?Unit 4: Unlocking & Exploring Traditional

Literaturerecognize the common characteristics of traditional

literature

explore connections between folktales and cultures read closely to determine the relationship between central message, or lesson, and key details in a text

compare/contrast traditional literature stories w/similar lessons

ask/answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a traditional text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for answers

take and utilize notes to become effective oral storytellers

practice the skills of fluent and effective oral storytelling

What will our grade 3 readers do next?Unit 5: Biography

Unit 6: Uncovering the Language and Messages in Poetry

Unit 7: Researching Across Texts: Content Area Study (Science)

Unit 8: Reflection and Assessment: How I’ve Grown as a Reader

How can families help at home?• Promote participation Extreme-Reader - Students should record the

their minutes in the planner

• Daily and Nightly Reading w/ Conversation

“Talking is thinking. Thinking is learning. The more children talk, the more they learn.”

•“The Planner”

Our Performance Target

83 % of families responded

favorably to the indicator…

“This school offers me many ways to be involved in my child’s education.”

Our efforts to increase involvement to date…

Family Numeracy Learning SessionsMystery ReadersFall Conferences Have You Heard? /The GrazeJanuary Open House Weekly NYCUSpecial ProjectsQU Literacy Collaborative

Partnership Opportunities Looking

forward…One School One Book (Grants)Family Nights (PTA)Additional Family Numeracy Learning SessionsFamily Literacy NightName That BookChess ClubSpirit DayApril ConferencesSchool House Rocks Drama Production Iditarod Projects (including “IditaMath” problems)All School Gathering EventsChorus & Band ConcertsArt Shows

Ideas and suggestions???????

Please complete our electronic survey that will be emailed to you… so you

can tell us how we’re doing and so you can share your ideas!