Welcome to 3 rd Grade

1. Welcome to 3rd Grade Mrs. Holck Mrs. Holly Ms. Starr 2012-2013

2. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts • Reading – Literature • Reading – Informational Text • Reading – Foundational Skills • Writing • Speaking and Listening • Language

3. Reading Literature and Informational Text • Reading instruction using Harcourt Trophies, Science, Health, and Social Studies texts and other related texts • Vocabulary • Reading Strategies • Comprehension Strategies • Variety of Genres • Independent Reading

4. Reading Foundational Skills • Phonics and Word Recognition • Fluency

5. Writing • Writing Process • Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Publishing • Six Traits of Writing • Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions • Text Types and Purposes • Informative/Explanatory • Narrative • Opinion • Research • D’Nealian Handwriting • Manuscript Cursive

6. Speaking & Listening • Collaborative discussions • Presentations and reports • Appropriate speech • Appropriate listening behaviors

7. Language Grammar and Usage Parts of speech, subject and predicate, types of sentences Conventions Capitalization, punctuation, spelling patterns, high frequency words Vocabulary Use of reference materials

8. Math • Adopted Materials – Investigations • Common Core State Standards • Operations and Algebraic Thinking (multiplication & division) • Number & Operations in Base Ten (multi-digit arithmetic) • Number & Operations (fractions) • Measurement and Data • Geometry • Mathematical Practices (problem solving, reasoning)

9. Science • Life Science – Plants, Ecology • Physical Science – Light and Sound • Earth Science – Rocks, Erosion and Weathering • Social Studies • Geography – Map Skills • American History – Immigration (Coming to America); Civil War • World History – Early Explorers; Ancient Greece and Rome • Civics and Government • Economics

10. Grading • Proficient 85 – 100% • Developing 70 – 84% • Area of Concern - below 70% • Progress Reports (quarterly)

11. Success Club • Each Friday, students have the opportunity to participate in Success Club. • Success Club includes a choice of an activity, such as games, art, or computer. Students who have not earned Success Club will go to Study Hall. • Students earn Success Club by: • Completing and turning in all homework • Completing and turning in all class work • Acceptable behavior for the week

12. Thank you for attending tonight. Please join your child’s teacher back in the classroom for additional information.

13. Welcome to Ms. Starr’s 3rd Grade Class

14. Student Binders • Goes to and from school daily • Subject Resources – leave in binder • Weekly Assignment Calendar • Responsibility Chart for each quarter • Mailbox – notes/info to and from parents • Save – papers saved by students

15. Homework • Daily Assignment (Mon-Thurs) – Spelling, Math, Reading Vocabulary & Comprehension • Read 15 minutes daily (Mon-Thurs) – record reading on back of Assignment Calendar • Reading Response – twice a week in Response Journal • Weekly Parent Signature • Success Club or Study Hall • CELEBRATE – each quarter

16. Great Choice Cards Procedure Each child begins each day with 4 cards – green, yellow, orange, and red. At the end of each day, students mark their Responsibility Charts in their binders according to the card showing at the end of the day. Green card – Doing great! – Level 3 – $5.00 Yellow card – Warning – Level 3 – $3.00 Orange card – Consequence – Level 2 – $1.00 Red card – Parent contact – Level 1 – not paid

17. Classroom Web Page Our classroom web page contains information about our class and links for students. Parent Volunteers As soon as we are settled into our routines, I will be soliciting parent volunteers. I look forward to having parents help in the classroom in various ways! Questions or Concerns? Call, send a note, or email me (best way) Thank you for taking an active role in your child’s education!