Welcome Back to Third Grade!

Memorial Elementary 2014Miss Venice

Communication

• Teamwork= success for all!

• Parent-teacher contact is essential:

• Email at tvenice@ebnet.org

• TeacherWeb: Find the link through the school web sitehttp://teacherweb.com/NJ/MemorialElementary/Venice/table0.aspx

A Typical Day in Grade Three!• Writing• Snack (NUT FREE! NUTRITIOUS!)• Reading• Math• Recess/Lunch (12:00 – 12:40)• Social Studies / Science / Health• Word Work

Weekly SpecialsLibrary and Media: Wednesday

Music: Tuesday and Friday

Physical Education: Wednesday and Thursday

Art: Monday

• Don’t forget to bring back library books on Wednesday!

• Don’t forget sneakers on Physical Education days!

Student Expectations

A Third Grade Student is expected to:

•Abide by class-generated rules and expectations (classroom constitution!)•Respect other people and property.•Be an active listener. •Engage in lessons and class work at all times. •Self-monitor and carry out all daily routines without reminders. •Maintain appropriate standards of behavior.•Set his or her own goals and strive to achieve them.•Produce high-quality work that is reflective of his or her ability level.

Our Class Clip Chart!• Students begin on “Ready to Learn.” • Can be moved up and down the chart at any time.. • Consequences for Inappropriate Behavior:

• Heading Towards Rock Bottom- Students are asked to reflect back on their

behavior.

• Stung By a Jellyfish- Students must write a paragraph about changing their

behavior

• Caught in a Net- Students fill out a form to be signed by parents.

Super Improvers Wall! (Academic Goal Achievement

Motivation)

• All students start at “beginner.”

• Students will move up the chart throughout the course of the year as they continue to set and achieve goals, large and small.

• Students must fill their cards with ten stars before receiving a card on the next level.

•Randomized Prize Box Days•Class Compliment Chain•Bear Hugs

Other Behavioral Motivators/Incentives

Grading Systems

• Standards Based Report Cards• Based on NJ Common Core Curriculum Standards and Common Core State Standards.

• Learning Goals/ Interpersonal Goals• BG= Below Grade Level Standard• AG= Approaching Grade Level• MG= Meets Grade Level*****• EG= Exceeds Grade Level

INTEGRATED LANGUAGE ARTS!• Read Aloud

• Active Reading Strategies• Turn and Talk• Vocabulary Building

• Shared Reading/ Close Reading

• Time for Kids• Science Investigations• Poetry/ Quotation analysis

• Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop

• Mini Lesson• Independent Work• Teacher Conferences• Strategy/Guided Groups• Partnerships

• Word Study (Words Their Way)• Differentiated Sorting Activities• Sight Word practice• Grammar

Writer’s Workshop Curriculum Highlights

Narrative WritingInformational Books Realistic FictionOpinion WritingLiterary Analysis and Essay Writing Fairy Tales

NEW UNITS OF STUDY

Reader’s Workshop Curriculum Highlights

Building a Reading Life Character Theory Nonfiction/ Expository TextsMystery and Social Issue Book Clubs Short Texts: Myths, Fables, Folktales

Independent Reading In and Out of School

• Students should log their reading at home• Reading Log template can be found on

website (Handouts)

• Reading Levels: based on assessment• Students required to read on their

independent level during Reader’s Workshop.

• Guided Reading: instructional level• Student levels tested periodically.

Mathematics Curriculum HighlightsProblem Solving*

Fact Fluency *Adding/ Subtracting Whole NumbersLinear Measures and AreaMultiplication and DivisionPlace Value in WholeNumbers and DecimalsGeometryFractionsMeasurement and DataProbability

GUIDED MATH!

Social Studies Curriculum Highlights• Geography Review

• Life in Communities• Government • People and Culture• New Ideas Change Communities• Living and Working • Note: Students will be reading

and writing frequently in social studies

Science Curriculum Highlights

Rocks and MineralsMagnetism and ElectricityStructures of Life

Health Curriculum HighlightsPersonal Growth and DevelopmentNutritionDiseases/Health ConditionsSafetyCommunicationDecision Making & Goal SettingCharacter Education

Homework• Students are expected to record their homework in their

agendas every morning.

• Unless otherwise directed, all assignments are due the next day.

• If students miss two or more assignments in a week, a note will be sent home.

• Students are expected to complete work independently.

• Reader’s Response due on assigned day.

• Reading Logs due Fridays.

Home Routines

• Multiplication and Division Fact Practice- mid-October

• Reading Log

• Recommended: Home Writer’s NotebookTyping Practice- PARCC

PARCC: The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers

• New standardized assessments used in numerous states.

• Computer-based assessments in Mathematics and English Language arts/Literacy.

• Geared towards preparing students for college readiness.

• Keyboarding/computer practice is very important for success!

FIELD TRIPS!•Franklin Mineral Museum- November 11th

•East Brunswick Municipal Building

•Permission Slips will be distributed two weeks before each trip.

Important Dates• Conferences: Oct 21-24

2014

Mar 3- 6 2015

• PARCC testing: Spring

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”

- William Butler Yeats

Thank you for Coming!Let’s Make this a Fantastic Year !