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Mrs. Debbie Plenn Kyrene del Cielo

Welcome to 3rd Grade Curriculum Night. Mrs. Debbie Plenn Kyrene del Cielo. Mrs. Plenn. 17 years of teaching experience Background in grades 1-3 and Special Education Married and has 3 children Arizona native, attended NAU. Reading, Writing and Language.

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Mrs. Debbie Plenn Kyrene del Cielo

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  1. Welcome to 3rd GradeCurriculum Night Mrs. Debbie Plenn Kyrene del Cielo

  2. Mrs. Plenn • 17 years of teaching experience • Background in grades 1-3 and Special Education • Married and has 3 children • Arizona native, attended NAU

  3. Reading, Writing and Language • New Language Arts Resource this year. Core Knowledge Language Arts Program (CKLA) • Balance of fiction and non-fiction • Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text. • Use evidence to support their understanding. • Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. • Vocabulary development • Phonics skills – prefixes, suffixes and multi-syllable words • Compare and contrast texts • Integration and Social Studies, Science and Health

  4. Move on When Reading Info • Arizona State statute requires screening of the reading ability of all students in kindergarten through third grade. • The law, (A.R.S. 15-701) passed in 2010, states that when a third grade student scores far below the third grade level on AzMerit, they will not be promoted to fourth grade. • Requires additional instruction or retention for students who are not meeting minimum requirements by the end of third grade. • Exempt students include: • ELL or LEP students who have received less than two years of English Instruction. • Students with an IEP in Reading or Language and the student’s parent or guardian agrees that promotion is appropriate.

  5. Major Writing Goals • Writing opinion pieces • Informative writing • Narratives – real or imagined • Writing Process • Conventions and Sentence Fluency

  6. Major Third Grade Math • Multiplication • Division • Fractions • Money • Time to the minute • Fact fluency • Add/ Subtract four digit numbers

  7. More Third Grade Math • Problem solving • Data Analysis • Geometry • Measurement • Mathematical Practices

  8. Please work with your child to help him/her learn multiplication facts! Knowing these facts fluently is CRITICAL to 3rd grade success! Multiplication facts?YES!

  9. Science • Scientific Process • Light & Sound • Rocks & Minerals • Erosion & Weathering • Plants & Living Things • Ecology

  10. Social Studies Units: * How communities change over time * Ancient communities – Greece, Rome * Our country’s history, citizens, cultures * Early world explorers * Physical geography; mapping * Economics *Civil War & Wax Museum

  11. Technology Develop essential technology skills ~ • Perform basic computer operations • Develop keyboarding skills –Typing Agent • Create documents with software applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Google, Pixie, and more! • Use technology to demonstrate learning in other content areas.

  12. Grading • Proficient – Consistently uses a skill, shows mastery of content. • Developing – Use of a skill emerging, on the way to mastery. • Area of concern – Experiencing significant difficulty in an area.

  13. Homework • Main purpose is to provide practice of skills and develop the responsibility of completing work at home and returning it on time. • Homework checked for completion and effort. • Parents are asked to check homework at home for accuracy, and to help correct errors immediately. • Please let me know if your child is having difficulty with any of the work assigned as homework. • Homework packet & Reading Log is passed out on Friday and due on Friday. • Spelling test schedule will be announced at a later date. I am still getting to know our new CKLA program. • Students should read for at least 80 minutes a week and write about what they read on their Reading Log.

  14. Firebird Pride • Do the Right Thing! • Respect • Responsibility • Safety • Kindness • Cooperation • Integrity

  15. Classroom Management Positives  Class marble parties, table points, Firebird Pride Tickets, Firebird Café, class raffle tickets Firebird Pride school–wide incentives Consequences  Verbal warning, Loss of Recess or Fun Friday Please review and sign Weekly Planner each weekend.

  16. Communication • Please stay in contact through • Email dplenn@kyrene.org, Phone 480-541-2529 • Please check your child’s binder each night for homework, fliers, returned work, etc. • Students should bring their binder to school everyday.

  17. Birthdays • To preserve instruction time and avoid comparisons of treats brought in, parents are asked not to bring in birthday treats. • Please do not bring invitations to be passed out at school. I will not allow students to pass these out at school.

  18. Other Info • If you haven’t already and would like to, please sign up for our CLASS DIRECTORY & School Directory. You will receive a copy. • TRANSPORTATION- If there is ever a change in your normal transportation routine, please email me. If the change comes during the school day, please call and have the secretary contact our classroom. • GROWING UP - Third graders should be increasing their independence. (shoe tying, snack packing) • DRESS CODE: Parents please be familiar with the dress code. No spaghetti straps.

  19. Schedule • Monday – Library (Mrs. Hensley) • Tuesday – Art (Ms. Sousae • Wednesday – PE (wear tennis shoes) Mr. Bryant • Thursday – Music (Mrs. Visser) • Friday – Computer Lab

  20. Healthy Kids • Snack each day – Please make it healthy. (yogurt tube, fruit, veggies, crackers) We are NUT FREE! • Please put the snack in the child’s backpack each day. It takes time to get the snack out of the lunchboxes. • Water bottles to sip on during the day. (water only) • We have quite a few food allergies in this class. If your child needs special food, please be a part of our party planning process or send in safe food for your child.

  21. Volunteers • I’m looking for some volunteers. • Party planners/helpers • Book order coordinator • Extra hand volunteers – making copies for 3rd grade team • Art Masterpiece • Discover Room volunteers

  22. Cielo’sDISCOVERoom VISIT OUR OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT! Our Class’s Discovery Room Day is Friday. If an adult visits a child at lunch, they are welcome into the DR during recess. The DR needs lunch recess Volunteers*** (11:15-12:45 any days except Wednesdays) A place where kids can PLAY & EXPLORE during lunch recess.

  23. Thank You! • Thank you for all of the wonderful supplies! I appreciate your generosity! • Thank you for attending Curriculum Night. I look forward to great school year!

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