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Welcome to 3rd Grade

Curriculum Night!

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• Please check teacher webpages frequently

• Email is the best form of communication.

• Parent Conferences will be scheduled in October.

Communication

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• Report Cards are every 9 weeks; progress reports every 4 ½ wks• Paper copies are not sent home. Please check the Parent Portal.

Grades

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Homework• Mathematics: Expect homework Monday through Thursday. Homework

is due daily. • Science/Social Studies: Quarterly Projects• Reading: 20 minutes nightly, parents need to sign agendas and write

book title. An assignment calendar will be sent home.

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· Reader’s Workshop Model

– focus on independent reading to build stamina and fluency

– small group/conferencing/interventions

· 5 Components (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension)

· Read 20 minutes nightly (80 minutes per week)

· Guided Reading Levels- M, N, O, P

Reading

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• Words Their Way will start in October

• Words taught through patterns

• Students will not be assigned homework.

.Word Study

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· Writer’s Workshop

· Teach grammar and mechanics in mini-lessons

· Students will collect ideas and write personal and imaginative narratives, informational, and persuasive pieces

· Motto: A Writer’s Job is Never Done!

Writing

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• SS Units

• History, geography, economics, civics & government, culture

Science Units (Inquiry Based Units)

• Energy, Earth systems, forces and motion, matter, ecosystems, living organisms

Social Studies & Science

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AssessmentsBOG• Test on 9/13

EOG• Given during the last 10 days of school

Discovery Education• Reading and Math assessments • Test A Math: September 8• Test B Math & Reading: November• Test C Math & Reading: TBD• Test D Math & Reading: April

Reading 3D• three benchmarks per year• three components• TRC - Reading and writing comprehension/level (M, N, O, P)• DORF - Fluency• Daze - Comprehension

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http:www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1326906Read to Achieve

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• Lunch Visits – Come and eat with your child. Please use Parent Tables to eat with your child.

• School Hours for Students -- May enter at 7:50

• Dismissed to classes at 8:05 a.m.

• Tardy if not in classroom by 8:15.

• Class starts promptly at 8:20 am.

• Absences – Sick / Fever – STAY HOME! Fill out online form

• No way to make up instructional teaching! We will just send home missed work or homework.

• Field Trip and other fees can be paid online

School Information

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Student Behavior Third Grade students will have a Behavior Chart for each Quarter. Students will mark Above the Line and Below the Line Behaviors daily. Parents will sign cards weekly. Below the Line behavior will also be noted in the student planner for parent initial as needed.

Above / Below the LineConsequences:

1. Warning2. Silent Lunch3. Parent Contact4. Office Referral

Rewards:1. Fun Friday for the last 20 minutes of

the day2. End of 9 Weeks Grade Level Reward (9

or less Below the Line Marks)3. Positive Office Referral4. Parent Contact

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• Latta Plantation - Fall

• Cabarrus Arts Council - Winter

• Rocket Ryan - Spring

Field Trips & Activities

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• Volunteers are ALWAYS welcome and needed!

• Clerical work, chaperones, assisting with parties, small group activities, working lunches, take home projects, leveling books for classroom libraries, etc.

• Any adult who attends or chaperones a field trip, attends a party, or covers for working lunches MUST have a cleared background check and signed PTA volunteer agreement. (Only good for 3 years)

Extra Information

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THANK YOU FOR COMING!

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