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WELCOME TO MIDDLE CREEK

THIRD GRADE CABANA. WELCOME TO MIDDLE CREEK. MCES THIRD GRADE STAFF. Track 1 – Lindsey Huml and Nancy Friend Track 2 –Jessica Gutierrez Track 3 –Melissa Raub Track 4 – Denise Walsh and Beth Coyne. PBIS in Third Grade. Class Compliments SWIM Tickets Class Dojo. PBIS in Third Grade.

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WELCOME TO MIDDLE CREEK

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  1. THIRD GRADE CABANA WELCOME TO MIDDLE CREEK

  2. MCES THIRD GRADE STAFF • Track 1 – Lindsey Huml and Nancy Friend • Track 2 –Jessica Gutierrez • Track 3 –Melissa Raub • Track 4 – Denise Walsh and Beth Coyne

  3. PBIS in Third Grade • Class Compliments • SWIM Tickets • Class Dojo

  4. PBIS in Third Grade Our students know what it takes to Stay Safe Work Hard Be Respectful and Kind Manage their Actions

  5. Major Third Grade Units • In Third Grade, we follow the Daily Five Structure for center based learning and the CAFÉ model for teaching reading strategies. • We are also following Common Core Objectives for third grade • Common Core emphasizes a balance between fiction and non-fiction so we will be addressing both each quarter while focusing on different comprehension strategies. Quarter 1 – Narrative Writing Quarter 2 – Opinion Writing Quarter 3- Expository Writing Quarter 4- Research Reading Writing

  6. Poetry Projects Daily Five Rotations Listen to Reading

  7. Major Units in Third Grade… • Quarter 1 – Addition/Subtraction, Estimation, 2D Shapes • Quarter 2 – Multiplication/Division and Patterns • Quarter 3 – Graphing, Area and Perimeter, and Fractions • Quarter 4 - Measurement • Plants/Soil • Force/Motion • Human Body • Objects in the Sky • Citizenship/Civics/ Government • Map Skills • Economics • Communities Math Science/Social Studies

  8. Integrating Technology Math Groups

  9. Activities and Projects • Pumpkin Day • Holidays around the World • Living Museum • Enterprise Day • Spelling Bee • Science Olympiad

  10. Pumpkin Day Enterprise Day Leonardo DaVinci visits our Living Museum

  11. Field Trips-Tentative • Camp Flintlock (NC History - Colonies) • Science is Fun (Matter) • Morehead Planetarium (in house)(Objects in the Sky) • Art Museum (Cultural Arts)

  12. AIG and Explorers • AIG or the Academically or Intellectually Gifted program begins in Third Grade with the Explorers program. • During this program the AIG teacher leads bimonthly whole group lessons and works with small groups • Children may be identified AIG at the end of third grade.

  13. The Year of Testing • BOG – July (tks 1, 2, and 3) • CogAT – August/September • ITBS – October/November • EOG – May/June • Case 21 Assessments and Mclass will be administered throughout the year

  14. Standardized Grading • Level 4 – Students are able to take concepts we’ve learned and apply them to new situations independently • Level 3 – Students are able to consistently demonstrate independent mastery of objectives • Level 2 – Students are not consistently demonstrating mastery of objectives or are not demonstrating independently • Level 1 – Students are unable to demonstrate a mastery of objectives

  15. …Standardized Grading

  16. Homework Policy • Each morning when they arrive, students are expected to write their homework for the night in their agendas. • Homework is generally due the next day unless otherwise specified. • Please sign your child’s agenda each night – we frequently use agendas as a way to communicate

  17. One Final Note… • Third grade is a great year, full of new ideas and challenges • It is also a year where responsibility and independent thinking are fostered and developed. • Please encourage your child to rise to the challenge of becoming a responsible, independent thinker!

  18. Please feel free to see me or email me with any questions nfriend@wcpss.net Thanks for coming!

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