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It’s Curriculum Night ! . Welcome to Third Grade!. Third Grade is About: Becoming more independent and t aking responsibility for your own learning Getting organized Making good friends. 2. How You Can Help Your Child:.
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Welcome to Third Grade! • Third Grade is About: • Becoming more independentand taking responsibility for your own learning • Getting organized • Making good friends 2
How You Can Help Your Child: • Establish calm, consistent homework routines. Assist as necessary with homework. • Communicate with your child’s teachers. • Please check your child’s planner daily. It’s a great communication tool. • Talk with your child about his/her school work, friends, academic goals, and life. 3
Our Goals • To give yourchild the academic and social skills they need to be successful in third grade • To provide a supportive and fun classroom environment • To help your child make new friends and discover new interests 4
Class Subjects • The subjects we cover during third grade are: • Reading, Writing, Word Study (ELA) • Math • Science • Social Studies • Computer Skills • Social Skills 5
English Language Arts Reading • Word Study • Responding to Literature • Read Aloud • Guided Reading • Shared Reading • Independent Reading • Book Clubs 6
English Language Arts Writing • Your child will begin to write exciting, fancy sentences. You will notice them understanding and using paragraphs. • They will use conventions of writing such as spelling, punctuation, and capitals. • We will consume, critique, and produce personal narratives (stories from life, imaginative stories), essays and opinion writing (persuasive writing) and informative writing(reports and power points) 7
English Language Arts Word Study • Students will be given words in school on Monday to cut, sort and conduct activities with throughout the week (sorts, sentences, rainbow words, etc) • Students will also receive a list to go home on Monday to study during the week. • Students will take a word study test on Friday.
Math • Math Expressions • Student Leaders • Mathboards • Proof Pictures • Homework and Remembering • Place Value • Addition, Subtraction • Graphing • Measurement • Fractions • Mastery of MultiplicationFacts • FasttMath 9
Math Online • You may access the program by going to the district website www.kenton.k12.ny.usfindEdison Elementary under Schools and click on ThinkCentral. Students can use their user name and number. • You may access FASTTMATH by going to the same website and finding the FASTTMATH link. 10
Science • Our Science series is Scott Foresman • The Science Curriculum includes 4 units of study that spiral from year to year: • Life Science • Earth Science • Physical Science • Space and Technology. • We will start with a unit of study in Matter. Others include Plants, Ecosystems, Space, Water and Weather. 11
Social Studies • We will be studying world communities to include history, economics, geography, and government. • We will also integrate Social Studies with reading. 12
Technology • Each classroom has 6 lap tops. These will be used to incorporate all subject areas. • Classes also have a designated time in the lab each week. 13
New York State Tests English Language Arts • Tuesday, April 16 – • Thursday, April 18 • Reading Comprehension • Listening • Writing • Editing for Capitalization and Punctuation Math • Wednesday, April 24 – • Friday, April 26 • Number Sense & Operations • Reasoning & Problem Solving • Measurement, Geometry, & Probability 14
Homework • Children copy homework assignments in their planner daily. PARENTS:Please review the planner nightly. • Children are to read at home for 20 minutes every night. They should record the book read in the reading log. • Math will be given regularly. • Math facts should be practiced daily. • There will be consequence in school for missed homework. 15
Birthdays • We want to celebrate your child’s birthday! We will sing to him/her. Your child will be able to choose a book and a pencil from the office. • Pencils, erasers, and/or stickers can be handed out if you wish. • The cafeteria offers two different birthday celebration choices if you choose to participate (Slushies or Pizza). 16