Welcome to 3rd Grade

Mrs. HolckMrs. HollyMs. Starr

2012-2013

Common Core State Standardsfor English Language Arts

• Reading – Literature• Reading – Informational Text• Reading – Foundational Skills• Writing• Speaking and Listening• Language

Reading Literature and Informational Text

Reading instruction using Harcourt Trophies, Science, Health, and Social Studies texts and other related texts

• Vocabulary

• Reading Strategies

• Comprehension Strategies

• Variety of Genres

• Independent Reading

Reading Foundational Skills

• Phonics and Word Recognition

• Fluency

Writing ProcessPrewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Publishing

Six Traits of WritingIdeas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions

Text Types and Purposes

Informative/ExplanatoryNarrativeOpinionResearch

D’Nealian HandwritingManuscript Cursive

Writing

Speaking & Listening

• Collaborative discussions

• Presentations and reports

• Appropriate speech

• Appropriate listening behaviors

Language

Grammar and UsageParts of speech, subject and predicate, types of sentences

ConventionsCapitalization, punctuation, spelling patterns,

high frequency wordsVocabulary

Use of reference materials

Adopted Materials – Investigations

Common Core State Standards

• Operations and Algebraic Thinking (multiplication & division)

• Number & Operations in Base Ten (multi-digit arithmetic)

• Number & Operations (fractions)

• Measurement and Data

• Geometry

• Mathematical Practices (problem solving, reasoning)

Math

Science• Life Science – Plants, Ecology

• Physical Science – Light and Sound

• Earth Science – Rocks, Erosion and Weathering

Social Studies• Geography – Map Skills

• American History – Immigration (Coming to America); Civil War

• World History – Early Explorers; Ancient Greece and Rome

• Civics and Government

• Economics

Grading• Proficient 85 – 100%

• Developing 70 – 84%

• Area of Concern - below 70%

Progress Reports (quarterly)

Success ClubEach Friday, students have the opportunity to participate in Success Club.

Success Club includes a choice of an activity, such as games, art, or computer. Students who have not earned Success Club will go to Study Hall.

Students earn Success Club by:• Completing and turning in all homework• Completing and turning in all class work• Acceptable behavior for the week

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About Me•Proud mom of 3 wonderful kids!

•Have taught preschool, first, second, third, and fourth grades

•My 3rd year at Monte Vista

•Bachelor’s in Early Childhood, Master’s Elementary Education

•Can’t do this alone… parents as partners!

Homework Binders• Goes to and from school daily

• Agenda– updated daily and online

• Hard Copies of the homework

• Responsibility Chart for each quarter

• Home – papers that may be kept at home

• School – items to be returned to school

Homework

• Daily Assignment (Mon-Thurs) – Spelling (due Fri), Math (2 nights), Reading Vocabulary & Comprehension

• Reading 60 minutes per week (Book Bags)

• Reading Response – twice a week in Response Journal

•Success Club or Study Hall

• CELEBRATE – each quarter

Classroom Behavior • Give Me Five Point System - handprints

• Students begin each day with 10 points

• Warnings/redirects will always be given

• Pull handprint, owe 5 minutes for each offense

• Points recorded on daily behavior chart

•Need a total of 35 points per week to attend Success Club

Book Bags• Bag, Book, and Reading Response Journal

• To and From School Nightly

• Read same book at home and at school – chapter book, nonfiction, picture book, etc.

• 60 minutes per week (includes weekends)

•Two reading response journals per week

•Read Your Way to a Sundae (read a minimum of 5 chapter books this year)

Math Matters• I absolutely teaching math!

• Strategies versus algorithms

• Addition and subtraction facts through December

• Multiplication/Division begin earlier in year

• January multiplication timed testing begins

• Never assign anything for homework I haven’t taught

• Dreambox, and other math websites

Good to Know• School Binders- by subject, stays at school

• High Frequency Word Assessment- important for daily writing (highlighted those to study). Study ideas on back of page.

• Spellingcity.com

• Letter from your child - feel free to write back to your child

Closing Thoughts“If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at school, I will promise not to believe everything s/he says happens at home!”

• Email me or call ANYTIME you have concerns, I am here to support YOU and YOUR CHILD on this journey!

• You are always welcome here!!! Come on down!!!