Welcome to 3rd Grade Curriculum Night
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Welcome to 3rd GradeCurriculum Night
School doors will be open at 7:10 a.m.
Students are considered tardy if they
are not in the classroom by the 7:40 a.m. bell Dismissal time is 2:40 p.m. Early release days dismiss at 11:40 a.m.
Homework 30 minutes a day (Monday – Thursday)
Tic-Tac-Toe Menu Board for Spelling and Math
Extra Reading - read to parents or read to self
Third grade has a snack break each morning after Block Class (10:15a.m.) Please send healthy snacks.
Only water bottles allowed in the classroom.
Please remember that we have several students with tree and peanut allergies.
Behavior management toolPositive and negative pointsStudents earn points to
receive rewardsParents can access student’s
report daily
Emphasis on place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, geometry and fractions
Inquiry Based Learning: hands-on manipulatives, interactive activities, student collaboration, and problem solving
Math
Language Arts Genres - variety of genres, including fantasy,
fables, folktales, poetry, and biographies
Inquiry Based Learning - interactive activities, student collaboration, problem solving, Guided Reading, and Reader’s Writer’s Response Journals
Spelling – words will be sent home weekly in their Day Planner (should be signed daily)
Social Studies - has been integrated into the Language Arts program
Science Inquiry Based Learning- hands-on experiments, interactive activities, and student collaboration
Science Journal – students are expected to keep a record of their learning in their journals
TestingBeginning of the Year (BOY) – September 9-20 Math – Aimsweb, Kathy Richardson Universal Screeners for
Assessing Math Concepts Reading - Aimsweb, DRA (by student’s needs only)
Middle of the Year (MOY) – January 6-17 Math – Aimsweb Reading – Aimsweb
End of the Year (EOY) – May 5-16 Math – Aimsweb Reading – Aimsweb
STAAR Testing Math April 22
Reading April 23
Teacher Website Newsletter – Each Monday Please send a note with your
child if they are going home any way that is different from their normal routine. Without a note stating
changes, we must send your child home their regular way.
7:40 – 8:00 D.E.A.R (Drop Everything And Read) 8:00 – 9:30 Math 9:30 – 10:15 Block (Computer/Musart/PE)10:15 – 11:30 Language Arts/Social Studies11:30 - 12:00 Lunch12:00 – 1:30 Language Arts/Science 1:30 - 1:50 Recess 1:50 – 2:20 RTI (Response to Intervention) 2:20 – 2:40 Continued LA Block 2:40 Dismissal
Third Grade Schedule
“CHILDREN ARE NOTA DISTRACTION FROM MORE
IMPORTANT WORK.THEY ARE THE
MOST IMPORTANT WORK.”John Trainer, M.D.
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