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Welcome to Third Grade Back to School Night September 23, 2014. Please look through your child’s folder. Enjoy the letter they wrote to you and please respond back to them. Expectations. Independence - “It’s Time For You To Think It Through” Organizational Skills
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Welcome to Third Grade Back to School NightSeptember 23, 2014 • Please look through your child’s folder. Enjoy the letter they wrote to you and please respond back to them.
Expectations • Independence - “It’s Time For You To Think It Through” • Organizational Skills • S.T.A.R. Notebook • Responsibility • Habits in School and At Home
Responsive Classroom • Components of Morning Meeting: • Greeting, Sharing, Group Activity, Choral Reading • In addition, RC involves community building games and responsive language • The objectives of responsive classroom are to build a community with the classroom and to promote a positive attitude in class
ELA • Reading Workshop (Common Core) • Enrichment or targeted instructional support • Writing Workshop (Common Core) • Small Mini-Lesson, Independent Practice, Wrap-Up • Writer’s Notebook (authentic writing) • Guided Reading (small group instruction) • Reading Response • Word Study/Vocabulary
Math • Multiplication • Division • Graphing • Fractions • Measurement • Geometry • Area/Perimeter • Time • Real World World Problems • Critical Thinking
Science • Science FOSS Program: Units of Study • Water, Ecology and Measurement • Properties of Water • Ecosystem • Volume • Mass • Length
Social Studies • Geography • The 50 States • Government • Land Forms • Goods and Services
Health and Wellness • Healthy Lifestyle Choices • District Policy of Health and Wellness • New York State Mandated Wellness Program • Birthday Policy • Snack Policy
New York State Assessments ELA Exam: April 14-16 Part 1 – Multiple Choice Questions Part 2 – Multiple Choice/Constructed Response Part 3 –Constructed Response Math Exam: April 22-24 Part 1 – Multiple Choice Part 2 – Multiple Choice Part 3 – 8-Constructed Response
Field Trips • Fields trips are a fun and exciting part of our • schools experience • Many trips are related to the curriculum • Jacob Burns Media Center, Botanical Gardens • Picnic with Pen pals • Fundraising to offset the cost of the trips • Permission slips must be signed to take • your child off school property • Please send in cash only when money is • required
Homework • Assignments will be transcribed into your • child’s homework book by your child • Notices will be handed out to be placed into • student’s homework folder by your child • PLEASE take an active role in your child’s • third grade experience by checking your • child’s homework book and homework • folder daily • Please sign your child’s • Homework book daily
Looking Forward to a Terrific Year!