Welcome to Third Grade!

2015-2016

Teachers you should

know:

Mrs. Jewell – Room 25

Mrs. Winhoven – Room

24

Mrs. Wolbert – Room 23

Ms. Price– Room 22

Creative Thinking Skills

• Fluency **• Flexibility **• Originality (quarter 3)• Elaboration (quarter 4)

Critical Thinking Skills

• Analysis (quarter 1)• Synthesis **• Evaluation (quarter 2)

Academic Success Skills

• Collaboration (quarter 1) • Metacognition (quarter 2)• Intellectual Risk Taking

(quarter 3)• Effort/Motivation/Persistence

(quarter 4)

**focused on at different grade levels

Thinking and Academic Success Skills (TASS)

Students will be able to:

• Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

• Read & comprehend literature strategically and independently.

• Read & comprehend informational text strategically and independently.

• Acquire appropriate vocabulary.

• Demonstrate command of grade-level conventions.

Reading

Students will be able to:

• Write opinion pieces and support a point of view.

• Write informative texts to examine a topic & convey ideas.

• Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.

• Develop and strengthen writing as needed.

• Use technology to produce and publish writing.

Writing

Spelling Students will have a bi-weekly spelling focus.

Spelling packets will be sent home on Mondays, and

due on Fridays. Please review and sign the Spelling

packet.

Students are expected to read for 20 minutes each

night and fill out the attached Reading Log.

Spelling tests are given on Fridays.

Spelling is a part of the Writing Grade, under Use of

Language. We take spelling tests under consideration,

but also take a close look at how students spell during

the writing process.

Students will investigate:

• Interactions between living things and the natural environment.

• Earth’s natural resources and how they impact human decisions.

• How physical processes can affect an object’s properties.

• How a force is required to change an object’s motion.

• Relationships between heat energy and objects.

Science

Students will study:• Democratic principles and responsibilities of U.S. citizens.

• How supportive communities are developed.

• Relationships between goods and services.

• Infer and explain characteristics of different cultures.

• Compare places & regions using geographic characteristics.

Social Studies

Students will be able to:

• Develop, demonstrate, & justify strategies for multiplication and division.

• Solve problems involving all four operations.

• Demonstrate multiple representations of fractions and equivalent fractions.

• Compare fractions.

• Solve measurement problems.

• Analyze properties of two-dimensional shapes.

Math

Math fact tests are given every Monday.

Students are given up to 5 minutes to

complete test.

Each student progresses at his or her

own pace.

Math Facts

 Google Apps for Education and Chrome books 

Students have their own Google accounts.

Students can access documents and email from home.

Chrome books are used to enhance and extend the learning experience.

Please return the Student/Parent Chromebook Contract by Friday, September 11!!

Two sides of the report card: academic success learning skills

Grades are based on multiple & varied measures over time.

Grades are based on the student’s level of

proficiency on the measurement topics.

Grades do not take into account effort, attendance, behavior, and attitudes. These areas are noted in the learning skills section.

Grading Policy

WordsIndependent Practice and Homework

Graded Work,Quizzes, Tests, and

Report CardWow, you did more

than expected!

ES

You did great work. You

got it!√+ P

You are getting the idea, but

need some more

practice.

√ I

You need to improve and

ask questions for

help.

√- N

Grading Rubric

Report Card

Report Card

Awards Assembly•Soaring Eagle Award

All P’s or ES’s

•Sailing Eagle Award All DEM on both Work Habits (not including TASS grades)

•Ascending Eagle Award   Any student who has demonstrated considerable growth

•Arts Award All P’s in Art, Music, and P.E.

Red homework folders will be brought home every night.

Math homework will be sent home nightly and should be turned in the next morning. Math homework will be reviewed in class and returned in homework folders.

Reading /Spelling homework packet will be sent home on Mondays, and must be returned with a parent signature on Friday.

Homework will be graded based on whether it is returned on time and complete. This grade is indicated on the Learning Skills section of the report card.

Students are expected to read for 20 minutes each night.

Homework Policy

Include all graded work, class work, and important notices.

Review materials with your child.

Initial and return this folder each Friday.

Thursday Folders

Behavior ExpectationsRespectful, Responsible, & Determined Learners

PBIS – Positive Behavior Incentive System

Consequences:

Student/teacher conference

Student/parent/teacher conference

Administration involvement

PBIS TicketsRespectful, Responsible, Determined

Students can earn tickets from specials, hallway, lunch & recess, completing weekly homework

Full tickets can be turned in for a prize

1 student from every class recognized at each Town Meeting in front of whole school

Safety PatrolThese are some of the requirements a student needs to demonstrate in order to be selected for a school safety patrol. These requirements must be demonstrated consistently:

Respectful to everyone, including students & staff

Responsible Organized and prepared for learning

Determined

Want to help others be safe and follow the school rules

Demonstrating work habits: Follow the school rules Complete all assignments on time

Be a leader and problem solver

Due to increased food allergies, for the safety of all students, treats will no longer be passed out in the classroom or in the cafeteria.

In classrooms on their birthday, students will receive a free homework pass and a birthday “book” from classmates.

Birthdays

Parent ResponsibilitiesAs parents, we are respectful, responsible, &

determined when we:Review homework nightly and the Thursday folder.

Contact the teacher about concerns (and praise!).

Attend PTA meetings & school-sponsored events.

Talk to your child about the school day.

Visit the Third Grade website periodically for information and announcements. https://sites.google.com/a/mcpsmd.net/third-grade-rocks-at-skr/