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2 nd Quarter Curriculum Night

2 nd Quarter Curriculum Night. Ms. LaQuetta Best Mrs. Megan Callaghan Mrs. Colleen Burnett. Welcome! . This year is going by rapidly, we are into the 2 nd quarter…where does time go?!?!  Report Cards will go home on Tuesday November 12, 2013

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2 nd Quarter Curriculum Night

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  1. 2nd Quarter Curriculum Night Ms. LaQuettaBest Mrs. Megan Callaghan Mrs. Colleen Burnett

  2. Welcome! • This year is going by rapidly, we are into the 2nd quarter…where does time go?!?!  • Report Cards will go home on Tuesday November 12, 2013 • There will be NO School on Monday in honor of Veterans Day!!

  3. Housekeeping Ward Elementary collects the following items: • Cleaned drink cans (any) • Coke Caps • Box tops Make sure you “link” your grocery cards to Ward

  4. Reading Goals • We are going to focus on comprehensive language for reading this quarter such as: • Compare and Contrast • Cause and Effect • Text Features (headings, sub-headings, pictures, bold text, etc) • Character Traits

  5. Language Arts • Students will focus on writing argument/opinion writing pieces.

  6. Math Goals • Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic: solve problems involving four operations, and identify and explain patterns: represent and interpret data • Telling Time (elapsed) problem solving • Reason with Shapes and their attributes (pentagon, octagon, etc) • Develop Multiplication Strategies (arrays, groups, repeated addition, and memorization)

  7. Social Studies • Focus on the Government

  8. Science Goals • Earth in the Universe • Earth Systems

  9. Beginning of Grade Scores (BOG) • Scores will be released November 18th and this is just baseline data. • Don’t stress if your child didn’t perform the way you anticipated!!

  10. Homework • Students will receive reading homework that will be passages for them to read and answer questions. • Time to focus on test prep strategies. • The more practice now, the better they will be in May/June 

  11. How Can You Help? • Look over your child’s homework each night. • Ask them questions about things we are learning in class. • Ask them to teach you some of the fun tricks we learn in class to help solve math problems. • Using flash cards or playing cards, practice multiplying so students can become fluent with their multiplication facts.

  12. Helpful websites • http://www.ixl.com/math/grade/third/ • http://nlvm.usu.edu/ • www.storylineonline.net • http://resources.oswego.org/games/ • http://www.primarygames.com/ • http://oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html • http://www.readworks.org

  13. Questions… • Do you have any questions about anything?

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