WELCOME TO MIDDLE CREEK

1. THIRD GRADE CABANA WELCOME TO MIDDLE CREEK

2. MCES THIRD GRADE STAFF • Track 1 – Lindsey Huml and Nancy Friend • Track 2 – Kim Tetterton and Alison Dreier • Track 3 –Karen DiGiacomo • Track 4 – Denise Walsh and Emily Shropshire

3. PBIS in Third Grade • Classroom Economy System • Class Compliments • SWIM Tickets • Responsibility Friday • 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 • Class Picnic • Spelling Bee • Science Olympiad

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

11. Field Trips • Camp Flintlock (NC History - Colonies) • Science is Fun (Matter) • Science Museum (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 24th (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. • If they return their homework, completed to the best of their ability, the next day, they will receive a homework dollar. • Please sign your child’s agenda each night – we frequently use agendas as a way to communicate

17. Economic System • Third Grade Economy System\Our New Economy System.docx • Students can earn money for SWIMming, doing their homework, or they can trade in SWIM tickets • Students may not earn a dollar if they are not SWIMming or if they do not do their homework • The money they earn goes towards our classroom stores.

18. 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 help encourage your child to rise to the challenge of becoming a responsible, independent thinker!

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