Welcome Parents!

1. Welcome Parents! Welcome to third grade. I am glad you are here! Mrs. Summers colleen_summers@beaverton.k12.or.us

2. Daily Schedule 7:55 – 8:15 Morning Work – Math Boxes 8:15 – 9:00 Social Studies/Science 9:00 – 9:15 Recess 9:15 – 10:10 Writing 10:10 – 11:45 Literacy Block 11:45 – 12:30 Lunch/Recess 12:30 – 12:45 Read Aloud 12:45 – 1:45 Math 1:45– 2:30 Specials a=PE; b=TECH; c=Music; d=Library

3. Third GradeHomework • Folders will go home weekly on either Friday or Monday & need to be returned the following Friday – the due dates will be on the front cover of the homework • Reading Log • At least 100 minutes per week • Math 4 Today and Language Arts 4 - Review of third grade curriculum • Spelling • Practice per your child’s needs They need to try their best!

4. Parent Support • Schedule time for homework • Provide appropriate environment & materials (let me know if you need some materials) • Provide help & positive support as necessary • Communicate questions & concerns to the teacher • (email is the best: colleen_summers@beaverton.k12.or.us) • Volunteer(complete the online back ground check first) • Remember it is “WE” Together “WE” are stronger!

5. Odds and Ends • Birthdays • Invitations to all parties must be mailed from home – too many hurt feelings! • No “treats”- school policy • Illnesses • If your child is sick, then home and rest are the best • Transportation • If your child’s transportation schedule changes from it’s typical routine, please provide a note or email • Please be sure to check in at the office each time you come into the school! • Fall Conferences will be the week of Halloween • Two Field Trips – November 13th and another in the spring • OAKs test – it begins this year!

6. New School Language • The Common Core • Rigorous, consistent, & continuity amongst 46 states • Learning Targets • Specific content and language standards to be taught • Curriculum • District-wide materials and how students are taught • New Report Card

9. Math • Multiplication and Division problems with 100 • With fluency • Variety of strategies • Multi-step word problems • Fractions • Express, model, and compare • Geometry • Measurement and Data • Time (elapsed) • Graphing • Beaverton Learning Targets • Everyday Mathematics • Every Day Calendar • Investigations • Math 4 Today

10. Literacy– Reading • Students will develop through daily instruction & practice • Comprehension strategies • Fluency • Vocabulary – RobustVocabulary • Reading to perform task • Daily reading will include • Whole group & small group instruction and individual conferences • Individual reading D.E.A.R. • Appropriately leveled trade books • A variety of genres • Your help is needed 10:30-11:30 daily

11. Language Arts – Writing • Three writing forms will be taught: • Opinion Writing • Organized structure and thought • Informative/explanatory Writing • Facts, details, connections and conclusion statement • Narrative Writing • Characters, setting, dialogue, and signal events with a sense of closure • Also, just for fun Poetry and journal writing!

12. Language Arts – Handwriting Manuscript and cursive will both be taught and used in third grade Hint: spelling words will come home in cursive in January! Inspire pride in personal work appearance

13. Spelling • Harcourt’s StoryTown • Weekly phonics and word patterns • Teaches sounds, blends, & rules of spelling • Pretest on Monday – words sent home with students • Posttest on last day of the week

14. Social Studies • Participating as a Responsible Citizen in Our Community • Goods and Services • Young Geographers • Neighborhoods and Communities Change Over Time

15. Science • Energy • Common forms and uses • Sun as a source • Seasonal weather patterns • The Earth as a planet • Heredity • Lifecyclesof plants and animals • Matter • Solids, liquids and Gases • Properties of objects • Engineering Design • Design and test a prototype • Carry out an investigation