It’s Curriculum Night!

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Welcome to Third Grade!Third Grade is About: Becoming more

independent and taking responsibility for your own learning

Getting organized Making good friends

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How You Can Help Your Child:

· Establish calm, consistent homework

routines. Assist as necessary with homework.· Communicate with your child’s teachers. · Please check your child’s planner daily. It’s a

great communication tool. · Talk with your child about his/her school

work, friends, academic goals, and life.

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Our Goals· To give your child the academic and

social skills they need to be successful in third grade

· To provide a supportive and fun classroom environment

· To help your child make new friends and discover new interests

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Class Subjects· The subjects we cover during third

grade are: · Reading, Writing, Word Study (ELA) · Math· Science · Social Studies · Computer Skills· Social Skills

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English Language Arts Reading

· Word Study · Responding to

Literature · Read Aloud · Guided Reading · Shared Reading · Independent Reading· Book Clubs

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English Language ArtsWriting

· Your child will begin to write exciting, fancy sentences. You will notice them understanding and using paragraphs.

· They will use conventions of writing such as spelling, punctuation, and capitals.

· We will consume, critique, and produce personal narratives (stories from life, imaginative stories), essays and opinion writing (persuasive writing) and informative writing (reports and power points)

English Language ArtsWord Study

• Students will be given words in school on Monday to cut, sort and conduct activities with throughout the week (sorts, sentences, rainbow words, etc)

• Students will also receive a list to go home on Monday to study during the week.

• Students will take a word study test on Friday.

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Math· Math Expressions· Student Leaders· Mathboards· Proof Pictures· Homework and

Remembering· Place Value· Addition, Subtraction· Graphing · Measurement · Fractions · Mastery of Multiplication

Facts · FasttMath

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Math Online

· You may access the program by going to the district website www.kenton.k12.ny.us find Edison Elementary under Schools and click on ThinkCentral. Students can use their user name and number.

· You may access FASTTMATH by going to the same website and finding the FASTTMATH link.

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Science· Our Science series is Scott

Foresman · The Science Curriculum includes 4

units of study that spiral from year to year: · Life Science · Earth Science · Physical Science · Space and Technology.

· We will start with a unit of study in Matter. Others include Plants, Ecosystems, Space, Water and Weather.

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Social Studies· We will be studying

world communities to include history, economics, geography, and government.

· We will also integrate Social Studies with reading.

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Technology· Each classroom has 6 lap tops. These will be

used to incorporate all subject areas. · Classes also have a designated time in the

lab each week.

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New York State TestsEnglish Language Arts

Tuesday, April 16 – Thursday, April 18 · Reading

Comprehension · Listening · Writing · Editing for

Capitalization and Punctuation

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Math Wednesday, April 24 – Friday, April 26 • Number Sense &

Operations • Reasoning & Problem

Solving • Measurement,

Geometry, & Probability

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Homework · Children copy homework assignments in

their planner daily. PARENTS: Please review the planner nightly.

· Children are to read at home for 20 minutes every night. They should record the book read in the reading log.

· Math will be given regularly. · Math facts should be practiced daily.· There will be consequence in school for

missed homework.

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Birthdays

• We want to celebrate your child’s birthday! We will sing to him/her. Your child will be able to choose a book and a pencil from the office.

• Pencils, erasers, and/or stickers can be handed out if you wish.

• The cafeteria offers two different birthday celebration choices if you choose to participate (Slushies or Pizza).

Here’s to a great year!