WELCOME TO THIRD GRADE
Back To School Night
September 2015
OUTLINE
 Introduction
 Third Grade Procedures
 Curriculum Overview
HOMEWORK
 Reading/Vocabulary
 Math
 May also include:
– Science/S.S.
– Content-Related Assignments
OTHER HOMEWORK
INFORMATION
 Homework Reflects Class Work
 How Can Parents Help?
 Ask what they remember from class
 What makes sense?
 Give more help if needed BUT
 PLEASE BE SURE TO WRITE THE TEACHER A NOTE IF YOUR
CHILD DID NOT UNDERSTAND
 Help get your child into a consistent homework routine
 Please read the Homework Policy for Absent
Students in your packets Homework Procedures for Student Absence From
School.doc
PARENT/TEACHER
COMMUNICATION
Teacher to Parent:
 Comments from teacher on child’s work
 Monthly Third Grade Newsletter, Wayside web page
 Notes, emails, or calls from teacher
Parent to Teacher:
 Send a note to school with child
 Leave a phone message at school
 Email: Teacher emails in your packets
GRADING POLICY
 Learning Skills
 Work Habits & Thinking and Academic
Success Skills
 DEM, PRG, N
 Standards-Based Grading
 ES, P, I, and N
 Rubrics
SAMPLE THIRD GRADE REPORT
CARD
STANDARDS-BASED REPORT CARD
SOCIAL STUDIES - SAMPLE
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RECESS EXPECTATIONS
 Wayside Policy allows children to stay inside
for recess ONLY if there is a doctor’s note
for special circumstances
 If your child is too sick to go outside, please
keep him or her home another day
APPOINTMENTS
 Please come a few minutes early if your
child needs to leave before the end of the
day
 The office will call your child down when
you arrive
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
 Birthdays are not celebrated with food items brought into
the cafeteria during lunch time.
 Students may choose to bring in small favors (e.g. stickers,
bookmarks, or pencils) to share with the class.
 Student birthdays will be recognized during our morning
announcements.
 Birthday students may select a pencil from the office's
supply of birthday pencils.
CURRICULUM
Reading/Language Arts
Writing
Social Studies
Math
Science
READING/LANGUAGE ARTS
 Grade 3 Focus
 Reading for Literary Experience
 Reading to be Informed
 Grade 3 Materials
 MCPS Core Books
 Reference Books
 Curriculum Related Media
 Wm. & Mary Program
READING FOR LITERARY
EXPERIENCE
 Inferences
 Determine Meaning of Words
 Questioning
 Point of View
 Fact vs. Opinion
 Realistic Fiction vs. Fantasy
 Poetry
READING TO BE INFORMED
Text Features
Main Idea
Author’s Message
Comprehension Strategies
Summarizing
READING/LANGUAGE ARTS
(CONT’D)
 Guided by Curriculum 2.0 standards
 Goal is for students to read fluently, with purpose
and to construct meaning from text written at or
above grade level
 Extension of Reading Initiative program
 Accomplished through small groups, guided
reading, whole group and individual work
WRITING - AN INTEGRATED
APPROACH
 Grade 3 Focus
 Informational Writing
 Opinion Writing
 Narrative Writing
 Teaching Strategies
 Writer’s Workshop
 Reading Response Questions
 Journal Writing
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Reading Journal
Writer’s Notebook
Math Journal
Sci./S.S. Journals
SOCIAL STUDIES
 Geography
 Map/Geography Skills
 Economics
 Goods/services
 Culture
 Sharing of cultures past and present
 Civics
 Democracy
 History
MATH
 Follows Curriculum 2.0 standards
 Flexible grouping within classes
 Homework reinforces class objectives
MATH – MEASUREMENT TOPICS
 Marking Period 1: Number and Operations in Base Ten,
Operations and Algebraic Thinking, and Measurement and
Data
 Marking Period 2: Measurement and Data, Operations and
Algebraic Thinking, Number Operations – Fractions
 Marking Period 3: Measurement and Data, Operations and
Algebraic Thinking, Number Operations – Fractions
 Marking Period 4: Geometry, Measurement and Data,
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
SCIENCE
 Engineering and Technology
 Life Sciences
 Physical Sciences
TECHNOLOGY CONNECTIONS
 Supporting the Curriculum through use of:
 Media Center Visits
 Classroom Computer
 Promethean
 Chromebooks *(New)
 Google Classroom
 LanSchool
THANK YOU FOR
COMING TONIGHT!