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Welcome to Back to School Night!

Welcome to Back to School Night!. Please sign up for a Parent-Teacher conference. Kindly reserve the evening times for working parents. Sign out the math student handbook. Add your email to the class list if you are interested in doing so. Respond to your child’s letter.

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Welcome to Back to School Night!

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  1. Welcome to Back to School Night! • Please sign up for a Parent-Teacher conference. Kindly reserve the evening times for working parents. • Sign out the math student handbook. • Add your email to the class list if you are interested in doing so. • Respond to your child’s letter.

  2. Expectations and Goals • Positive, risk-free learning environment • Students will feel supported and appropriately challenged • Goals for Students • Behavior expectations: Be kind! Work hard! • Build responsibility / independence • Learn to set goals and achieve them • Practice “Habits of Mind” • Understand that mistakes are part of learning • Home and school work as a team! • Send in a note or call if you have a question or concern

  3. Homework Policy • Purpose: To reinforce and maintain skills learned in class; foster a sense of responsibility • Law of Diminishing Returns: • The tendency for a continuing application of effort or skill toward a particular project or goal to decline in effectiveness after a certain level of result has been achieved. • Given Monday – Thursday nights • Reading and log every night, including weekends and vacations • Time increases throughout the year • Usually math, reading, another subject • Parents supervise, but do not correct • Effort – Content and Appearance • Complete homework in library during recess

  4. Homework Tips • Set a daily time and place (routine) • Quiet place with few distractions • Have necessary supplies (sharpened pencils, post-its, looseleaf paper) • Pack backpack as soon as homework is completed • Offer support and praise, but do not complete the homework for your child

  5. What to Expect in 3rd Grade • Classwork and Homework • Not all work is graded, but is reviewed • Students usually check themselves • Checked Work folder • Content Area Tests • Emphasis not on grade, but what student needs to work on • Sign and return

  6. Reading Workshop • Teachers College workshop model • Common Core Learning Standards • Developing critical thinking skills • Reading many different genres • Build fluency and comprehension • Develop vocabulary! • We need your help! • Reading levels –> M-P • Time spent reading Just Right Books! • Complete reading logs

  7. Reading Levels Explained

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  10. Reading Levels Explained How Readers at Each Band Would Comprehend The Wizard of Oz

  11. Writing Workshop • Teachers College Workshop model • Writing in different genres • Process • Collecting seed ideas • Drafting • Revising & Editing • Publishing • Sharing

  12. Third Grade TC Units of Study 2013-2014

  13. Word Study • Words Their Way program • Differentiated and developmentally based • Word sorts • Goal is to transfer to reading and writing

  14. Math • Blending of different programs with principles of Math in the City and Investigations • Student Handbook is a tool for explaining math concepts – Please sign out! • Workshop model where students explore math – working through the process builds understanding • Repertoire of different strategies • Emphasis on number sense to help students understand math concepts • Algorithms taught after explorations • Fact challenges

  15. Math 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 = • 300 • - 198 • _______________________ • open number line 56 + 42 decomposing numbers 50 + 40 6 + 2

  16. Social Studies Units of Study • Countries Around the World, Starting with the U.S. • Learning about a Far Away Country: Brazil • China: Similar in Some Ways, Different in Others • Learning About Cultures Around the World through Literature Units of Study • Measuring Matter • Water • Living Earth Science

  17. Field Trips • Brookville Outdoor Educational Center • Wednesday, October 30th • 3 chaperones per class • Green Meadows Farm: Festival of Cultures • End of May/beginning June • 3 chaperones per class

  18. Testing • Teachers College Reading Assessments • COGAT Practice Test (October 1) • COGAT Test (October 2-4) • New York State ELA Test (April 1-3) • New York State Math Test (April 30 – May 2) • Content area tests will be announced in advance

  19. Miscellaneous • Communication • Note in Boomerang folder or email • Emails: • jharrington@hewlett-woodmere.net • nkimkowski@hewlett-woodmere.net • Snack – Please send a healthy snack! • Allergies! We are a nut-free class! • Lunch • Please send money in a sealed envelope labeled with the child’s name. • Send with child – avoid drop-offs please • Birthdays • Celebrated once per month; coordinated by class moms

  20. Miscellaneous • Class Moms • Mrs. Rocha • Mrs. Gerstin • Scholastic Book Orders • Order online at any time! • Link on my teacher page

  21. Thank you for coming to Back to School Night! Remember… • Please sign up for a Parent-Teacher conference. Kindly reserve the evening times for working parents. • Sign out the math student handbook. • Add your email to the class list if you are interested in doing so. • Respond to your child’s letter.

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