Welcome to Third Grade Back to School Night

September 23, 2014

Please look through your child’s folder. Enjoy the letter they wrote to you and please respond back to them.

Expectations

• Independence - “It’s Time For You To Think It

Through”

• Organizational Skills

S.T.A.R. Notebook

• Responsibility

Habits in School and At Home

Responsive Classroom

Components of Morning Meeting:

Greeting, Sharing, Group Activity, Choral Reading

•In addition, RC involves community building games and responsive language

•The objectives of responsive classroom are to build a community with the classroom and to promote a positive attitude in class

ELA

• Reading Workshop (Common Core)• Enrichment or targeted instructional support• Writing Workshop (Common Core)•Small Mini-Lesson, Independent Practice, Wrap-Up• Writer’s Notebook (authentic writing)• Guided Reading (small group instruction)• Reading Response • Word Study/Vocabulary

Math

•Multiplication• Division• Graphing• Fractions• Measurement• Geometry• Area/Perimeter• Time• Real World World Problems • Critical Thinking

Science

• Science FOSS Program: Units of StudyWater, Ecology and Measurement

• Properties of Water• Ecosystem• Volume• Mass• Length

Social Studies

• Geography• The 50 States• Government• Land Forms• Goods and Services

Health and Wellness

• Healthy Lifestyle Choices

• District Policy of Health and Wellness

• New York State Mandated Wellness Program

• Birthday Policy

• Snack Policy

New York State Assessments

ELA Exam: April 14-16 Part 1 – Multiple Choice Questions Part 2 – Multiple Choice/Constructed Response Part 3 –Constructed Response

Math Exam: April 22-24 Part 1 – Multiple Choice Part 2 – Multiple Choice Part 3 – 8-Constructed Response

Field Trips

• Fields trips are a fun and exciting part of ourschools experience

• Many trips are related to the curriculum• Jacob Burns Media Center, Botanical Gardens • Picnic with Pen pals•Fundraising to offset the cost of the trips• Permission slips must be signed to take

your child off school property• Please send in cash only when money is

required

Homework• Assignments will be transcribed into your

child’s homework book by your child• Notices will be handed out to be placed into

student’s homework folder by your child• PLEASE take an active role in your child’s

third grade experience by checking your

child’s homework book and homework

folder daily

Please sign your child’s

Homework book daily

Looking Forward to a Terrific Year!