Bradford Woods Elementary Third Grade CURRICULUM NIGHT

1. Bradford Woods ElementaryThird GradeCURRICULUM NIGHT 3A Miss Garrity 3B Mrs. Tarchick 3C Mrs. Harvey

2. Curriculum Night Agenda • Transition to Third Grade • Communication • Homework • Curriculum • General classroom/Building Information

3. Transition to Third Grade • More Homework • Must Study for all Tests • More Challenging Vocabulary • Responsibility for His/Her Own Learning

4. Communication • Assignment Book • Weekly Bulletin • Parent/Teacher Conferences • Report Cards/Tyler System • Email • Office (724-935-5081) • Thursday E-Blast www.northallegheny.org

5. Homework • 10 minutes per grade level (30-40 min.) • Expect math and spelling 3-4 times/week • Homework Folder – Green Plastic • Assignment Books • T = Together • Parental Help • Holidays and special school nights • Classroom Time Missed

6. Homework Responsibility of: • Student • Parent • Teacher Why? • Reinforces what has been learned in class • Helps students develop positive study habits • Prepares students for upcoming lessons • Teaches responsibility and independence

7. Report Card • Letter Grades: • Reading • English • Spelling • Math • Social Studies • Science • Writing only receives a marking indicator twice a year.

8. Grading Scale A 100 – 90 B 89 – 80 C 79 – 70 D 69 *Tyler System

9. ELA (English/Language Arts) Reading, Writing, English 3rd grade does include a phonics/word analysis component, however the focus is more on comprehension skills. 3rd grade comprehension skills include…..

10. - Making Inferences - Character Analysis - Determine the moral or lesson of a story - Cause/Effect Relationships - Point of View - Author’s Purpose • Use context clues to determine word meaning • Use text features to locate and interpret information • Main idea and supporting details • Compare/Contrast

11. Citing evidence from the text to support answers is required.

12. Harcourt School Publishers Storytown • “Lessons” • 6 “Themes” (5 lessons per Theme) • Every 5th Lesson is a REVIEW of skills • taught in the previous 4 lessons. • Each lesson consists of: • - 1 story or nonfiction text • - 10 vocabulary words • - A phonics/word analysis skill • - A comprehension skill • - A grammar lesson • - A writing skill • - One other “focus” skill

13. Tests Each lesson will include…. 1 Vocabulary Quiz 1 Weekly Test 1 Spelling Test

14. Vocabulary Quiz Words introduced and the list goes home on Day 1 of the lesson. Quiz is usually about 5 days later. Words are discussed and reviewed during the week in class, but should be studied at home. The quiz is usually a matching quiz along with questions about a selection of the words. The questions must be answered in a complete sentence . They must restate the question and use proper mechanics and spelling.

15. Example: Explain a time you felt frustrated. Poor answer: when I kept doing belly flops Great answer: A time I felt frustrated was when I was learning how to dive, and I kept doing belly flops in the pool instead.

16. Weekly Test Weekly Tests consist of: 10 multiple choice comprehension questions related to the story. An essay question related to the story (evidence will need to be cited). Multiple choice questions related to the comprehension, grammar, and focus skills taught that week. Lessons are generally taught over 5-6 days with the weekly test given on the 5th or 6th day. Students are required to use their books when taking the weekly reading tests in order to facilitate the citing of evidence used to support their answers. Every 5th lesson is a review lesson and no vocabulary quiz or weekly test will be given during these weeks.

17. Spelling Monday – Pretest** List goes home Monday’s HW is to write missedwords from pretest 3X each due Tuesday Packet goes home/due Thursday Friday - Test ** If student scores 100% on pretest, a 100% goes in the grade book and student is exempt from Friday’s test. The student must still complete the packet.

18. Grammar The Sentence Nouns Pronouns Possessives Adjectives/Adverbs Verbs Mechanics

19. Writing Projects Personal Narrative Opinion Essay Instructions Fictional Narrative Friendly Letter Descriptive Essay Compare/Contrast

20. Book Reports First Semester and Second Semester oral report presented to the class - summarize the book/memorization encouraged - written component - creative component

21. MATH • Whole Number Operations • Ch. 2: Represent and Interpret Data • Ch. 1: Addition and Subtraction within 1,000 • Ch. 3: Understand Multiplication • Ch. 4: Multiplication Facts and Strategies • Ch. 5: Use Multiplication Facts • Ch. 6: Understand Division • Fractions • Ch. 8: Understand Fractions • Ch. 9: Compare Fractions • Measurement • Ch. 10: Time, Length, Liquid Volume, Mass, (and Money) • Ch. 11: Area and Perimeter • Geometry • Ch. 12: Two Dimensional Shapes • Ch. 7: Division Facts and Strategies

22. The password has changed for Math and Reading Textbooks!!

23. We encourage you to explore the many online resources “GO Math!” has to offer! HOMEWORK

24. “Mid-Chapter Quiz” – this page is found in the textbook – Use the page in the book as a “practice quiz”. The actual quiz given in class will be a copy of this same exact quiz!!!

25. Here is the “practice test” found in the math textbook. The actual test will be very similar to the practice test but not exactly the same.

26. Third Grade Rocket Math • A research-based program which incorporates effective practice to move students toward automaticity with basic math facts. • No more than two new facts and their inverses are introduced at one time.

27. Key Points Parents should… • Use flash cards and/or the child’s oral practice “set” sheet • Practice only facts on the oral practice sheet, emphasizing the 3-4 “new” facts

28. Key Points Parents could… • Create/purchase a set of flashcards Practice a “cold run” of deck 2-3 times • Separate deck for mastered facts

29. Sequence of Subtraction Facts

30. MathCriteria for Math PlacementGrades: 3 through 5 Placement Test ITBS: Math Concepts ITBS: Math Problem Solving ITBS: Math Computation Basic Fact Test • All students receive the same curriculum.

31. Social Studies • Map Skills • Earth’s Physical Geography • Human Geography • How Communities Change Over Time • Our Country’s History • Citizenship • Government • Our American Culture • Economics Please note - The Social Studies Textbook will no longer be available online.

32. Science Earth Science: Water, Weather, Rocks/Minerals, Earthquakes/ Volcanoes Physical Science: Properties of Matter, Changes in Matter Force/Motion, Simple Machines, Energy Space: Planets, Star Patterns, Sun, Moon, Earth Movements

33. Science/Social Studies STUDY GUIDES - passed out about a week before each test - also available online. - information comes straight from the test! - Use “Quizlet” for practice!

35. Exhibits can include science related slide shows, experiments, hand-on activities, lectures, visual displays, etc. Demonstrations will be for BWE students and should last approximately 15 – 20 minutes. Students will rotate through exhibits. Please complete the Expo Registration Form that will be available on the BWE Web page later this year.

36. BWE Web Page

43. Standardized Testing2017 - 2018 Iowa Test of Basic Skills Reading & Math Jan. 8 – Jan. 12 PSSA ELA Apr. 10 – Apr. 13 Math Apr. 16 – Apr. 18

44. AbsencesBuilding Procedures We provide make-up work when the student returns after an illness, however, if you would like to request work before a student returns, please do so prior to 10AM on the day you would like to pick up the work (or have it sent home with another student). Please send in a note when your child returns so the absence can be noted as “excused.” 10 days - District Letter Sent • For both excused and unexcused absences 15 days - District Letter Sent • For both excused and unexcused absences • After this letter, only absences with a Doctor’s Note will be excused.

45. Unexcused Absences • 3 unexcused: Letter sent and School Improvement Conference scheduled • 6 unexcused: Letter sent, School Improvement Conference, and referral to Community Based Attendance program

46. Educational Trip Assignments will be given to the best of the teacher’s ability. Due to schedule/curricular changes additional make-up work may be required. Days missed = days to complete Please fill out a form for approval (available online or in the office).

49. Thank you for sharing your child with us at school! • Please visit your child’s classroom • Feel free to write your child a letter