Welcome to 3rd Grade Curriculum Night!

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Welcome to 3rd Grade Curriculum Night!
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Overview

• Curriculum guide can be found at
• http//www.shakopee.k12.mn.us/Page/2804
• How to use this curriculum and home support guide
• 3rd grade homework policy
• Approximately 10 minutes of homework per grade
  level
• At this point, your student should read at least
  15 minutes per night
• Each night you should plan for at least 30
  minutes total time for homework
• Assignment Notebook needs to be signed and
  returned every day

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Language Arts Reading

• MAP scores and fluency assessments to determine
  individual needs.
• Students will participate in reading groups at
  their reading level or dealing with a skill they
  need.
• Daily reading is the key to becoming a better
  reader.

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Reading Units

• Unit 1 Main Idea and Supporting Details
• Unit 2 Visualize/Analyze Characters
• Unit 3 Identify Sequence of Events
• Unit 4 Summarize and Synthesize
• Unit 5 Making Connections/Inferences
• Unit 6 Fact and Opinion
• Unit 7 Making Inferences and Predictions
• Unit 8 Compare and Contrast
• Unit 9 Cause and Effect
• Unit 10 Draw Conclusions

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Reading Units

• Here is what a unit looks like
• Week 1 Introduce a skill
• On last slide
• Week 2 Introduce a genre
• Realistic Fiction, Fairy Tales, Non-Fiction,
  etc..
• Week 3 Fluency
• Readers Theatre

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Language Arts Writing

• Students will write stories, reports, poems, and
  letters.
• Each day a lesson will be taught and time to
  write will be provided.
• 3rd Grade Units
• Personal Narrative
• Realistic Fiction
• How-to
• Persuasive
• Poetry

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Language Arts Word Study

• Students select 5 words from a list of High
  Frequency words that they didnt know on the
  pretest this fall.
• Students will be practicing a feature skill each
  week.
• The goal is to teach students about words and how
  they relate students learn patterns for a
  lifetime, not a list for a week.
• There will be a quick quiz every Friday in place
  of traditional Spelling test.
• Word Study homework will be given on Monday and
  is due on Friday.

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Weekly Homework
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High frequency words and sentences 1.______ _____
___________________ 2._____ _ ____________________
____ 3.______ ________________________ 4.______ __
______________________ 5.______ __________________
______
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Math

• Students will have blue math homework almost
  every night.
• Students will be pre-tested on most chapters.
• Typical math lesson
• whole group lesson, try sample problems as a
  class and then individual or small group work.
• Big focus in 3rd grade is mastering
  multiplication facts.
• Please review addition and subtraction facts at
  home.

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Online Math Tools

• Math Expressions textbook
• Online math manipulatives
• Online games
• www-k6.thinkcentral.com
• Username firstnamelastname or jackson3
• Password 123456 or
  jackson3
• Lunch number

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Science

• Hands-on activities with reading resources
• Three areas studied
• Life science (plants and animals)
• Physical Science (energy and sound)
• Space and Technology (planets, solar system)
• Throughout the science units there will be a
  focus on science based careers

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Social Studies

• Themes covered this year
• Geography and Mapping
• Government and Citizenship U.S. History
• Economics
• History

Social Studies box online www.pearsonsuccessnet.co
m Username DeanPod Password Jackson3
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Health

• Safety
• Nutrition
• Drugs
• Decision making
• How to take care of your body

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Report cards

• Grades
• 4, 3, 2, or 1
• 4 100-93, 392-80
• 279-70, and 169 and below
• Personal Growth
• M Meets Expectations
• P Progressing
• NP Not Progressing

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Study Island

• http//www.studyisland.com/web/index/
• Map scores will be uploaded to Study Island to
  meet the needs of each student.

Username firstnamelastname.jc ex deanpod.jc
Password 123456 (Lunch number)
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RAZ Kids

• http//www.raz-kids.com/main/Login
• Teacher name is used for username
• Increase fluency
• Comprehension quiz
• Book at their level at home

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RAZ Kids report
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How can you help at home?

• check your childs back pack each night and
  return the round-trip home folder
• practice and review math facts and games
• discuss the current science and social studies
  topics with your child
• spend time reading stories together

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Field TripsWe will need volunteers for all of
our field trips

• Shakopee Fire Station fire safety week
• Minnesota Wildlife Refuge
• Fall Seeds on the Go!
• Winter Snowshoeing
• Spring Measuring trees
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts
• Beginning of April
• Science Museum of Minnesota
• Beginning of May

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Daily Schedule2015-2016

• 830845 Morning Work
• 845-905 Word Study
• 905-935 Core Reading
• 935-1030 Readers Workshop 
• 1030-1100 Social Studies/Science/Health
• 11001150 Specialists
• 11501205 Read Aloud
• 1205-1245 Recess/Lunch
• 1245-150 Math
• 150-220 Encore
• 220-255 Writers Workshop
• 255-300 Clean Up/Assignment Notebook
• 305310 Dismissal

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Any questions? Thank you for all your
support!!!