Welcome Grade Three

Parents to Curriculum

Night!

Grade 3 TeachersMrs. CarvalhoMrs. DiasMiss. FazioMrs. Priest-Brown

Religion and Family Life

In The Spirit We Belong

A focus on the Holy Spirit, and gathering together

Focus on Faith: Who is the Holy Spirit?

Fully Alive: a focus on developing relationships

The Daily Five-A Balanced Approach

to Literacy• Read to Self• Read to Someone• Listen to Reading• Work on Writing• Word Work• Reading and writing workshop with guided literacy.

Students create goals and work towards achieving them • Tracking sheet used to record and track goals

Read to Self, Read to Someone

& Listen to Reading

Develops and fosters an interest and love for reading

Introduces and motivates students to read a variety of materials

Builds fluency

Allows students to find ‘just right books’

Allows students to discuss books

Builds confidence in students as readers

The More We Read The Better We Read

Work on Writing Teaches students a variety of text forms, genres, and writing strategies

Helps students become effective communicators of written language (i.e. better readers and writers)

Allows students the opportunity to apply their knowledge of phonics, spelling, and decoding

Allows students to see reading from the writer’s point of view

In helping students to tune their ears—and mouths and eyes, even their fingertips, their nerve endings—to the glorious range of ways they can string words together, we need to encourage them to fool around, to experiment, to break rules, even before they know all the rules. Who ever knows all the rules, anyway? ~Judith Rowe Michaels

Word Work

Experimenting with words for learning and practicing spelling

Ensures that students will read, spell, and use high- frequency and commonly misspelled words correctly

Learn unfamiliar words

We will add to our knowledge and curiosity of unique and interesting words- million dollar words

Guided Literacy

Focused mini lessons target overall class needs

Guided writing and guided reading teaches students, based on their specific needs, in small groups, or individually

• Media Literacy focuses on helping students develop the skills required to understand, create, and critically interpret media texts

• It examines how images, sound, and words are used to create meaning- “Current Events.”

Mathematics

Strands

Number Sense and Numeration Measurement Geometry and Spatial Sense Patterning and Algebra Data Management and Probability

ResourcesMath Makes Sense Leaps and BoundsPrevious EQAO tests

How to help your childReview new concepts and practice addition, subtraction,

multiplication, and division facts regularly

Science and Technology

Strands

Growth & Changes in Plants

Strong & Stable Structures

Forces Causing Movement

Soils in the Environment

Taught by our Primary Team Members

Social Studies

Strands

Early Settlements in Upper Canada: First Nation Peoples & Early Settlers

Urban and Rural Communities

The Arts

Strands• Visual Arts• Drama• Music• Dance

Physical & Health Education

• Phys. Ed. is twice a week• Emphasis is on active participation and fair play• Expected to have running shoes and appropriate

clothing • The health units focus on Active Living, and

Healthy Living• For more information on Ontario curriculum,

visit www.edu.gov.on.ca

Daily Physical Activity (DPA)

• Twenty minutes per day, except on Phys.Ed days

• During a DPA period, students will be involved in twenty consecutive minutes of exercise

• Students should wear appropriate footwear

Primary E.Q.A.O.

EQAO Testing

When: 3 days in late May/Early June

What: Testing the Primary Years (Grades 1/2/3)

Topics: Math, Reading and Writing

EQAO information night later this year

More info: www.eqao.com

Grade Three Expectations

Please sign your child’s agenda every night, we check it daily and find it an excellent communication tool.

Students are to always respect themselves and others and to try their best at all times and in every aspect of school.

No nut products are allowed within the school.

Try to promote healthy eating by providing your child with healthy snacks.

Star of the week: Family, Hobbies, Travel, School & Current Events

Continued Expectations

• Grade 3 Home Reading Program Bookworms- All students should be reading for approximately 15-20 minutes every night.

• Homework is usually incomplete daily work which should take at most 30 minutes each night. When no homework is assigned, please review new concepts

• General homework routines

-Math Mondays

-Word work Wednesdays

-Text Thursdays

Questions

For specific information related to your child please arrange a time to speak with your child’s teacher.

THANK YOU