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Welcome to the 3 rd Grade. Please take a moment and familiarize yourself with our room. Please read you’re the letter from your student! . Mrs. Armbruster Room 4 – 3 rd Grade.
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Welcome to the 3rd Grade Please take a moment and familiarize yourself with our room. Please read you’re the letter from your student! Mrs. ArmbrusterRoom 4 – 3rd Grade Email: armbrustern@svsd410.org Website: www.mrsarmbruster.weebly,com Phone Number: 425-831-8056
Our Daily Schedule • What our morning looks like. 9:05-9:20 Start Your Engine Work 9:25-10:00 Writing 10:00-10:05 Snack Walk 10:10-10:55 Reading 10:55-11:10 Recess 11:10-12:10 Math • What our afternoon looks like. 12:15-12:50 Lunch 12:50-1:15 SSR & Reading Log 1:15-2:10 Science/Social Studies 2:10-2:25 Recess 2:25-2:55 Spelling & Gather 2:55-3:25 Specialist
Specialists Schedule Day 1: Music Day 2: Computer Lab Day 3: PE Day 4: Music Day 5: Library Day 6: PE Every other Friday we have a specialist in the morning. We are lucky to be able to offer our students 6 opportunities to explore art thanks to our awesome PTSA!!
3rd Grade Curriculum 2011-2012 Math Reading Writing Spelling Social Studies Science
Math Spiral based curriculum Manipulatives Math Fluency Facts (daily homework) Automaticity in addition, subtraction and place value Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Geometry Reasoning, Problem Solving and Communication Growing With Math
Writing Pre-write, draft, revise & edit, publish Writing Process 6 Traits of Good Writing • Conventions, Ideas, Organization, Word Choice, Voice and Sentence Fluency Daily “Start Your Engines” Journal • Daily Entry Task Zaner-Bloser Cursive
Spelling Adopted curriculum at SES in 2008 Daily class work with weekly tests Tight spiral based curriculum Leads to stronger writing content Rebecca Sitton Spelling
Social Studies “Our Community and Beyond” - Textbooks and Student workbooks. Story Path TCI (Social Studies Alive) • Parade (December) • - Focuses on appreciating differing cultures. Native Americans
Science Investigative Process Salmon Lifecycles Salmon Habitats Goldfish Energy Shadows & Weather
Grading Scale • 4 – 95% and Higher Exceeds Standards • 3 – 80 to 94% Meeting Standards • 2 – 70 to 79% Working Towards Standards • 1 – 69% and Below Below Standards
Positive Encouragement Individual – Stickers on color square Whole Group – Rock Jar and Party Cougar Grams
Behavior Redirection Plan 1st Reminder – Verbal Warning 2nd Reminder – Verbal Warning 3rd Reminder – Take a Breather 4th Reminder – Take a Breather (owe 2 min. of next recess) 5th Reminder – Take a Breather (owe 5 min. of next recess and phone call home)
Character Counts Trustworthy Responsibility Respect Fairness Caring Citizenship