WELCOME TOTHIRD GRADE
Increased research skills using books and internet
Sites available through third grade home page
Cooperative learning as well as independent assignments
Writing skills and content reading comprehension improved
Ongoing assessment for both group and individual work
Library and Computer Lab facilitate curriculum agenda
Social Studies and Science Projects
Animations, photographs and illustrations
Adjustable reading levels
Narrated videos
Used in classroom and at home
Podcast enabled – MP3 format
Lessons correlated to Berkeley Science Standards
Science Power
Enhance classroom learning and special
projects
Focus to incorporate technology into
curriculum
Students build technology and keyboarding
skills
Use state-of-the-art hardware and software
(Web 2.0 applications)
Computer Lab with Mrs. Driscoll
Most projects are rubric – based
Students earn points in each category
Empowers students to take charge of their progress
Rubric Based Assessment
Shift from learning to read to reading to learn
Exposure to a variety of genres
Comprehension and analysis of text
Responding to text, Literature Circles
Self-selected reading
Reading Instruction
D.E.A.R. time and at-home reading
Buccaneer Book list
Long term and short term goals
Student conferences with teacher
Assessment of independent reading
Independent Reading
Name a career where an employee is asked
to list ten to fifteen words in a column
without using spell check or any other
resource
Spelling is a tool used to communicate in writing.
Spelling
Friday test - 100% correct
1. always2. correctly3. usually4. transfer5. writing
Spelling
I allwayes spell my words correktly
on my Friday test, but it ushualey
dosent transfir to my daily writeing
Writing sample, 2 wks later
Not an isolated subject
Students use tools & resources to spell words
Transfer into daily writing
Student accountability
Dictation assessment
Spelling
Language Arts- Writing
RUBRICSScore 1-5
*Rubrics cover 3-4 important strands of each trait.
*Students score anonymous stories before being scored themselves.
Grammar (varied lessons, games, practice)
Wordly Wise – two week rotation
At-home practice can be found online
Language Arts
Research-based curriculum
How students learn
Extensively researched and field
tested
Basic skills and conceptual thinking
Add, subtract, multiply, fractions, decimals,
etc.
Evaluate/assess problems
Every Day Math
A hands-on, problem solving
approach
Students encouraged to solve problems
in multiple ways to fill their arsenal of
strategies
Instruction that revisits concepts
regularly
You can expect to see…
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." — Dr. Seuss (Oh, the Places You'll Go!)
"Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!" — Dr. Seuss
Words of Wisdom
Questions?