Welcome to Third Grade Curriculum Night September 23, 2013

1. Welcome to Third Grade Curriculum NightSeptember 23, 2013

2. Agenda • Teacher Introductions • What is the Common Core? • Common Core Math • Common Core English Language Arts • Make and Take Activity • Science • Social Studies • Intervention and Enrichment • Third Grade Processes • VMath Online • Third Grade Assessments • How can you help? • Q & A, Plus/Delta

3. Teacher Introductions • Tara Balliet • Sarah Dyvig • Darcy Nye • Sara Swartz • Jennifer Tucker

4. What is the Common Core? • State standards adapted by 45 states and 3 US territories • Creates a consistent curriculum across the country • Focuses on college and career readiness • Posted on ISS webpage & NCDPI webpage • Currently in place for Math and English Language Arts

5. Common Core Math • Third grade math clusters: • Operations and Algebraic Thinking • Represent/solve multiplication and division problems • Understand multiplication properties and how multiplication relates to division • Multiply and divide within 100 • Word problems (one step and two step) • Numbers and Operations in Base 10 • Using place value to understand rounding, addition and subtraction within 1000, and multiplying with multiples of 10

6. Common Core Math • Math Clusters Continued… • Number and Operations- Fractions • Identifying fractions • Fractions on a number line • Equivalent fractions • Comparing fractions • Measurement and Data • Time to nearest minute • Measure/estimate liquid volume and mass • Represent/interpret bar and pictographs • Area and perimeter • Geometry • Two dimensional shapes and their attributes

7. How has math changed with the new curriculum? • More conceptual and abstract verses just procedural • Students asked to solve problems in variety of ways • Students are explaining the why and the how • Writing is more integrated into math

8. Common Core English Language Arts • Reading: Literature • Stories, fables, myths, drama, poems • Focus: Characters, point of view, moral/lesson, context clues, illustrations • Reading: Informational Text • Focus: Main idea/details, sequence, cause/effect, context clues, compare/contrast, text features

9. Common Core English Language Arts • Reading: Foundational Skills • Focus: Grade level phonics, word analysis, reading with fluency and accuracy • Writing • Focus: Writing opinions, informative pieces, narratives • Research and note taking skills

10. Common Core English Language Arts • Speaking and Listening • Focus: Collaborative discussions and oral reports • Language • Focus: Grammar, writing conventions, vocabulary, reference materials

11. Make and Take Time  • Wondering what questions you can ask your child to support their reading at home? • Let’s help your child bloom! • Cut out the flowers and tape them onto a stick. Use the questions on the flowers to ask your child while they are reading.

12. How has reading changed with the new curriculum? • More informational text • Students cite evidence with their answers- more writing involved • Speaking, listening, word study are key to reading success

13. Science • Ecosystems- Soil, Plants, Seeds • Earth’s Systems, Structures, and Processes- Water and land features • Structures and Functions of Living Organisms- Skeletal and muscular systems • Earth in the Universe- Solar System • Forces and Motion • Matter: Properties and Change- Solids, liquids, gasses • Energy: Conservation and Transfer

14. Social Studies • History- Leadership, events, change • Geography & Environmental Literacy- Place, location, human/environment interaction, regions, movement • Economics & Financial Literacy- Supply/demand, market economy • Civics & Government- Citizenship • Culture- Language, diversity, values/beliefs

15. Intervention • Intervention and enrichment is built into our daily schedule • Math and reading are an additional 40 minutes each per day • Intervention is focused on targeted objectives • Small groups working with the teacher • Groups change based on student need

16. Enrichment • Coddle Creek is excited to participate in a school-wide enrichment period at the end of the day • Administration is currently working on setting up this program, so more information to come • Interested in helping with enrichment time? See PTO!

17. Third Grade Processes • Homework • Read 20 minutes nightly • Accelerated Reader • Year goal: 50 points • Quarterly goal: 12.5 points • Science L to J • Study vocab nightly • Will begin the week of October 4th • Multiplication • Weekly multiplication quizzes to increase fluency • Study facts nightly

18. VMath Online • VMath is a program provided by the district • All students have login information • Students are encouraged to use the program at home • Includes 8 modules aligned to the Common Core for students to review and advance their math standards • Students move at their own pace

19. Third Grade Assessments • Reading 3D- state of NC has adapted reading assessment for grades K-3 • Students assessed beginning, middle, and end of year- reports will go home each time • District Benchmark Assessments- used to check quarterly progress • NC End of Grade- changes to reading assessment requirements

20. How can you help? • Stress the importance of independence and responsibility • Stress neatness and effort with homework • Help drill math facts • Use websites that make practice fun (see teacher’s websites for examples) Time, Energy, and Effort

21. Q & A • If you have general questions, please feel free to ask them now • If you have specific questions for your child’s teacher, please see your teacher to schedule a conference

22. Plus/Delta Please take a moment to tell us what you thought of the evening by filling out the provided plus/delta sheet. We value your input! 