3rd Grade

Moving Up NightOur Thrilling Third Grade Team:

Ms. Ginter, Mrs. Nugent, Mrs. Shuey

Our Team

Ms. Ginter Mrs. Shuey Mrs. Nugent

What will my child’s typical day be

like?

Breakfast/Morning Recess

Classroom: Choose Lunch, Unpack backpack and homework folder, Sharpen Pencils and Prepare for the day

Specials (45 minutes)

Whole Group ELA (60 minutes)

Enrichment, Guided Reading & Interventions (90 minutes)

Lunch/Recess (20/20)

Science/Social Studies/Health (30 minutes –2x a week)

Words Their Way (30 minutes – 2x a week)

Math (90 minutes)

Writing

Beginning, middle & End

Main idea with elaborating details

Proper Grammar and Punctuation

Complete story with problem and solution in a sequence that makes sense.

Narrative, Informative, & Persuasive

Math

All the basic facts (+, -, x, ÷)

Addition/Subtraction with regrouping

Place Value to the millions and the hundredths

2D and 3D shapes and characteristics

Fractions

Money (counting & making change)

Time to the minute

Multiplying 3 digit numbers

Data (organizing and interpreting data)

Language Arts

Read Aloud

Comprehension and vocabulary in context

Shared Reading/Core Story

Comprehension: Main idea, inferences, drawing conclusions, author’s purpose, sequence of events, compare and contrast

Guided Reading

Small group targeting specific needs

Words Their Way

word patterns

Phonics

Word patterns, syllables, decoding

Grammar

Parts of speech, plurals and singular, noun/verb agreement, simple, compound and complex sentences, comparative and superlative adjectives & adverbs

Specials

Your child will have a special each day.

Music

Art

Gym (Wear sneakers)

Library (Bring the book your child checked out)

Lunch/ Recess

The school will provide three different lunch choices each day.

Main dish, vegetable, fruit and milk.

A school lunch menu will be sent home each month.

You may pack your child’s lunch. Please put their name on the lunch box. You may

pack food that needs to be microwaved. Remember to send in a plate or bowl if

needed and plasticware.

A free or reduced lunch is available. Contact the office for more information.

20 minutes for lunch

20 minutes for recess

If it is raining, we have indoor recess where children play with various games.

Additional Items

Homework

Snack

Book Orders

Donated Items

Monthly Newsletters

Beginning of the Year Assessments

DIBELS/DAZE

Oral Reading Fluency

Correlation between fluency and comprehension

110 words per minutes by the end of the year

Journey’s Comprehensive Assessment/Diagnostic Assessment

Words Their Way

Writing Assessment

4-Sight

Everyday Mathematic Beginning of the Year Assessment

PSSA’s and the Common Core

March/April – 6 sessions of testing

Common Core Standards – ELA and Math

Depth of Knowledge – Critical thinking skills

We want the students to be comfortable and confident!

What to Expect the First Day?

Have a backpack with your child’s FIRST

AND LAST name on it.

Supplies Needed: Pencil Box, extra

folder, sock, Expo marker, box of tissues

Get a good night sleep.

Send a smile with your child

What Can I do to Prepare?

Keep your child’s math skills sharp.

Participate in the Summer Reading

Challenge…encourage your child

read, read, READ.

Have a Great Summer…

See you next year!