Curriculum Night September 20, 2011 Peirce School Grade 3 Mrs. Bodkins & Mrs. Salzsieder.
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Transcript of Curriculum Night September 20, 2011 Peirce School Grade 3 Mrs. Bodkins & Mrs. Salzsieder.
Curriculum Night September 20, 2011
Peirce SchoolGrade 3
Mrs. Bodkins & Mrs. Salzsieder
Mrs. Bodkins - 24 studentsMrs. Salzsieder - 23 students
Let’s talk curriculum!
Balanced Literacy
Reading•Shared Reading
Modeling strategies•Guided Reading “Book Clubs”
Based on assessments and conference notes,
Small group focus on strategy or skill, usually short duration•Independent Reading of Just Right literature in a variety of genre
Conferences are done frequentlyAssess for skills being focused on in
mini lessons•Reading Response Journals
Used for writing a reading reflection every other week based on their independent reading
Fundations- Students participate in a variety of activities that emphasize
reading/spelling patterns-Weekly spelling list
- Pre-test on Mondays-followed by Post test on Friday
Writing•Year long Writer’s Workshop following the Lucy Calkins Art of Teaching Writing
•Later in the year we will teach strategies to write paragraphs and essays
•Newton Writing Prompts in Fall and Spring
•Writing in different genres: personal narrative, poetry, research project, fiction
• Six Trait Rubric
Cursive•Alphabet Soup
•Kinesthetic approach•Once or twice a week•All students are beginning with lower case letters
Math• Modified and Enriched Everyday Math
• Volume 1 and Volume 2 Math Journals• addresses the new Common Core Standards• Supplement with Kathy Richardson
• Student Reference Book• Daily mini lesson• Guided practice followed by independent practice• Home Links/Homework on a nightly basis• Math Log on a nightly basis• Differentiated instruction beginning with Unit 2
• Pre-Assessment • Three Groups so children get what they need
SCIENCE - Life Cycle of A Tree - Water Cycle - Mystery Powders - Life Cycle of Amphibians - Engineering -Towers and Bridges
Social StudiesFall •History•Massachusetts GeographyWinter•The Wampanoag Story•The Pilgrim Story •Spring•Colonial Boston (Reading and History Integration)•The Newton Story (1700’s)
Questions About Our Curriculum?