BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT 2015-2016

WELCOME TO ROOM 226

Please make yourself at home, look around the room and find your child’s seat.

Don’t forget to respond to your letter!

Please sign up to send something in for our parties throughout the year--Sign up sheets are on the back table.

Mrs. Goodwin

610-579-4186 goodwib@garnetvalley.org

Schedule

7:00-7:20 Homeroom and Content

7:20-7:35 Reading

7:40-7:50 Math

7:50-8:00 Tour of the building

Welcome to Third Grade at GVES

Homeroom Parents-TBD

Can you donate? The donation list is in the hallway!

Email and phone list- being sent around

Thank you in advance for donations and help through the year!

Daily Schedule

8:40-9:00 - Morning Routine 9:00-9:30 - Word Study 9:30-10:00 - Mini lesson, writing, publishing 10:00-11:00 - Math 11:00-12:00 - Recess/Lunch 12:00-12:45 - Guided Reading 12:45-1:00 - 100 Book Challenge 1:00-2:00 - Specials 2:00-3:00 – WIN and Science and Social

Studies 3:05 - Dismissal

Specials Schedule

Monday Music/Gym

Tuesday Art

Wednesday Library Class/Guidance

Thursday Book exchange/Study Skills

Friday Music/Gym

Science and Social Studies

Curriculum is on school wires Units of study

Plants Sun, Moon, Earth Rocks and Minerals Map Skills Our Community and Beyond Government

Classroom Thoughts

No news is good news!!

All About Me

Classroom Jobs

Snack

Birthdays

School Wires- www.garnetvalleyschools.com

Important Information No Perfect Attendance

Please do not send in sick children! Conferences

Combined conference- 15 minutes Sign ups for conferences will be online details to

follow.

Field Trips14 th- Longwood GardensTBA – Play in MediaRock and minerals assembly here at GVESFebruary 9th.

Olweus-Bully Prevention Program

Weekly class meetings Topics

What is a bully? What is bullying? Bullying rules Bullying books How to help a victim? How to get help if you are the victim?

Upgrades are to ensure a safe learning environment for students, staff, and visitors.

Visitors will press an intercom button to communicate with the office staff.

Visitors will enter the building, show their identification and sign in to the building.

We appreciate your support with these upgrades.

Security Upgrades

Language Arts Transition7:20-7:35

Mrs. Goodwin- Room 226

Mrs. Alderfer- Room 235

Homework

Going Green!! Family letter with weekly news,

updates, and reminders Homework for the week on the back

Wednesday-Writer’s Notebook 100 BC strategy I do check for completion-rewards,

etc.

100 Book Challenge

16 lines per week- two lines in class/one at home

15 minutes of reading per line

Read and get a signature

By Friday, students must be on the goal for the week.-On HW letter

At least 1 line must be from the leveled books brought home-Additional lines can be choice reading.

Writing

Narrative

Persuasive

Descriptive

Free Write

Read alouds

Mini lessons

Peer editing

Teacher conference

Language Arts and Reading 4 Blocks

Word Study Grammar Skills Spelling

Guided Reading Small and large group Trade books

Writing Narratives, persuasive, informational Free-writes and prompts Publish pieces in lab Writing folders, writing center, flash drives

100 Book Challenge Conferencing

Spelling

Differentiated groups Same words for 2 weeks (possible) 10-15 minutes of practice in school with

homeroom teacher (T, W, Th) 2 nights of homework in spelling notebook. School and home word sort

Guided Reading

Mrs. Agostinelli comes in to read with us.

Genres- Mysteries, poetry, fiction, non fiction, fairy tales, biographies, differentiate all books

Mini lesson as a whole group

Math Session7:40-7:50

Stefanowicz - 230

Flanagan - 228

Razzano - 242

Mack – 227

Goodwin – 226

Beitz- 239

Welcome to Room 226

Math Class with Mrs. Goodwin

Please pick up a math packet on the counter.

Third Grade Math

Daily Math each day Homework packet

Signed, done each night, spot checked the next day, collected on Friday

Some nights-two sheets each night Regular and critical thinking sheet Math Facts- quality over quantity!! Expectation is 5 lines a week.

Math

Math folder with challenge work will be kept in the classroom

Friday Folder Pretest each chapter-differentiate each

lesson based on needs

Math series - envision

Math series

Garnet Valley selected math materials from Pearson Publishing Company.

Our new program, called enVision Math, is fully aligned to the PA Core Standards

Curriculum

Our curriculum is aligned to the new PA Core Standards for Mathematics

All units begin with a stimulating topic opener, provide opportunities for interactive learning, as well as sufficient opportunities for differentiation, and meaningful assessments. Students will have a hard copy of the text as well as online access to that resource.

Emphasis will be placed on- reasoning, problem solving, modeling, decision making, engagement in mathematics.

Topics 1-Numeration 2-Numer Sense-

Addition/Subtraction 3- Use Place Value to

Add and Subtract 4- Meanings of

Multiplication 5- Multiplication Facts-

Use Patterns 6- Multiplication Facts-

Known Facts 7- Meanings of Division 8- Division Facts

9- Understanding Division

10- Fraction Comparison and Equivalence

11- Two Dimensional Shapes and

Attributes 12- Time 13- Perimeter 14- Area 15- Liquid Volume and

Mass 16- Data

students in the primary grades will have time to fully develop a strong understanding of numbers).

(numeration and place value),

master addition and subtraction fact concepts,

develop the ability to compose and decompose shapes (visualization)

Math Thinker

Math Questions?Call or email me anytime.Goodwib@garnetvalley.org610-579-4186