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Welcome to Third Grade!

Building a community of thinkers and learners. Welcome to Third Grade!. New Bell Schedule. ****Your student will be marked tardy if he/she arrives after 7:30 AM****. Learning Expectations.

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Welcome to Third Grade!

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  1. Building a community of thinkers and learners. Welcometo Third Grade!

  2. New Bell Schedule ****Your student will be marked tardy if he/she arrives after 7:30 AM****

  3. Learning Expectations • Students will take responsibility for their own learning. • Instruction geared toward facilitating independence, supported by teacher modeling. • Expectations will be clearly communicated. • Time management and organizational skills are necessary for student success.

  4. Behavior Expectations • Students will take responsibility for their behavior and recognize that their actions have consequences. • Classroom rules and behavior expectations will be clearly communicated to students. • Positive reinforcement in the way of verbal praise and rewards will be used throughout the year. • There are clear and consistent consequences to help students manage their behaviors.

  5. Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports • As a team, we support the school-wide implementation of our PBIS management plan including: • daily communication of behavior choices in agendas (1-4 scale), • receiving PBIS tickets, weekly, monthly, and quarterly drawings, and participation in the end of quarter academic choice time. Your child will need to earn $5.00 to fully participate. Each quarter the amount will increase by $1.00.

  6. Think Time Steps • Step 1: verbal warning • Step 2: in class refocus • Step 3: out class refocus • parent contact (Think Time) • Step 4: sent to office

  7. Arizona College and Career Readiness Standards • The standards involve deeper understanding and comprehension of concepts. • Students will be required to think, reason, and analyze to achieve higher level understanding.

  8. MOWR(Move on When Reading) • The law (A.R.S 15-701) now states that when a 3rd grade student scores far below the 3rd grade level on the state assessment, they will not be promoted to the 4th grade. • There are some special allowances for students who have received less than 2 years of English instruction and for some students with disabilities. • Using district assessments and considering academic progress over time, within the next month we will identify students who may be at-risk of falling far below. Together, we will create an Individual Intervention Plan (IIP) to support optimal learning.

  9. Reading-Listening and Speaking • Core Knowledge (CKLA) is the foundation of our reading curriculum. CKLA connects engaging topics within and across grades, building knowledge and connected vocabulary for deep comprehension. • Through listening and speaking, students are exposed to higher text complexity and vocabulary. • Students practice the routine of asking and answering questions about what they hear which is an important part of reading comprehension instruction. • When answering questions, students will be expected to answer in complete sentences that restate the question in both speaking and writing. (Response to Text)

  10. Reading • Students must read widely and deeply from among a broad range of high-quality, increasingly challenging literary and informational texts and demonstrate skills including: • Key Ideas and Details - What did the author say? • Craft and Structure of Text – How did the author say it? • Integration of Knowledge and Ideas - How to evaluate, use, go beyond what the author said. • Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity Our goal is for students to become critical readers and thinkers.

  11. Enhancing Your Child’s Reading Skills • Keep reading to your child even after he/she learns to read. • Ask your child questions about what was read. Language & thinking skills develop when children discuss what they have read. • To become a fluent reader, your child should be reading 20 minutes a night.

  12. Writing • Students will be able to organize information, develop ideas, and support them with facts, details, and reasons. • 3 Text Types: • Argument/Opinion • Informative/Explanatory • Narratives • Conventions, Grammar, and Spelling

  13. Mathematics • Emphasis on explaining why to develop a deeper understanding of math concepts. • The standards place emphasis on reaching the solution using different strategies and less on rote memory. • Students are expected to know their addition and subtraction facts fluently through 20.

  14. Mathematics • Instruction will focus on these domains: • Operations and Algebraic Thinking- Multiplication & Division • Number and Operations in Base Ten  • Number and Operations—Fractions • Geometry & Measurement   • Measurement and Data  • Mathematical Practices (behaviors that lead to fluency, application, and a deep understanding of the standards)

  15. Enhancing Your Child’sMath Skills • Please do not teach your child the traditional algorithm. This strategy will be taught in fourth grade. • Ask them to show you their mathematical strategies. • Give them the opportunity to justify their answers.

  16. Reading and Math IFG (Instructional Focus Groups) • Students will be in flexible groups for math and reading to enhance, review and strengthen specific 3rd grade standards. • Student performance and need determine how groups are formed. • Teachers rotate between different level skill groups throughout the year.

  17. Social Studies • World History - Ancient Rome & Vikings • American History – Native Americans & Early North American Explorers • Geography - Maps

  18. Technology • Project Based Learning • Google Classroom • Recommended sites for school and home: • iReady Math • Typing Club

  19. Science Science Lab: • Hands – on instruction • Research projects • Problem solving, scientific process, and vocabulary development • Living Things – Animal Classifications & Ecosystems • Matter & Energy - Light & Sound • Astronomy • STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)

  20. Social-Emotional Learning • Sanford Harmony is a Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum designed to build strong classroom communities through intentional relationship building. Through daily meetings named, “Buddy Up’s” and weekly lessons named, “Meet Up’s” all students are included, engaged, and learn to respect one another and value one another as important learners and problem solvers.

  21. Parent Communication • Open communication is key to student success. • Agenda Notebook • Sent home every day and returned the following day with parent signature. • Email and phone • Weekly Newsletters • Friday Folders will be sent home with all of your child’s work for the week. • Quarterly Assessment forms, Report card • Grading System • Proficient: 85% or above • Developing: 70% - 84% • Area of Concern: 69% or below • Parent/ Teacher conferences in October & February

  22. Daily Homework • Third graders will have nightly homework due the following day. • Monday and Wednesday will be reading/grammar practice. • Tuesday and Thursday will be math practice. • There will be a quarterly writing assignment. During that week students will not have nightly homework. • Spelling words will be listed in the newsletter each Friday prior to the weekly assessment. • Homework will begin on August 12th.

  23. Next PTSO Meeting August 12 at 6pm FREE Childcare Provided We host fun events and raise money to make Brisas an amazing school! Community Builders Majerle’s August 16 Chipotle August 27 Barro’s September 24 Skateland October 3 BJ’s October 23 Wildflower November 13 Rubio’s December 11 McDonald’s January 15 Fired Pie March 31 Culver’s April 23 Meet the Board PresidentDarya McClain Co-Vice PresidentsNicole QuillanKatie Koshick SecretaryLaura Olmsted TreasurerPeter Eberle Volunteer CoordinatorKelli Barnes CommunicationsBrad Morse Community BuildersHope Kopp Co-HistoriansAlena AlmendarezAmanda Herting PTSO Events Kinder Meet & Greet August 9 Room Parent Social August 12 Read-a-thon September 4-13 Ice Cream Social September 20 Fall Book Fair October 23-30 Pumpkin Walk October 30 Turkey Trot November 27 Holiday Shoppe December 4-6 Decades Dance January 31 Spring Book Fair February 24-28 Field Day March 6 School Carnival March 27 Art Walk April 23 5th Grade Clap Out May 21 JOIN THE FUN Please submit your volunteer interest form by Friday, August 9th for a chance to win a $50 gift card! Or go to brisasptso.org to sign up!

  24. Fundraiser – 2019 Read-a-thon • The goal is to fundraise AND increase the love for reading in students • Reading starts Wednesday, September 4th - Friday, September 13th • Includes daily treats, exciting prizes, grade-level raffles and fun events! • Prizes for ALL students who participate. • No minimum $ amount required to participate • 100% of money goes directly to help Brisas • Only planned fundraiser this year • Goal is to raise $30,000 to fund many school programs • More information the week of Aug. 26th

  25. Thank you for coming this evening! If you have any questions, please email me at jrethm@kyrene.org

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