Welcome to 3rd GradeCurriculum Night

School doors will be open at 7:10 a.m.

Students are considered tardy if they

are not in the classroom by the 7:40 a.m. bell Dismissal time is 2:40 p.m. Early release days dismiss at 11:40 a.m.

Homework 30 minutes a day (Monday – Thursday)

Tic-Tac-Toe Menu Board for Spelling and Math

Extra Reading - read to parents or read to self

Third grade has a snack break each morning after Block Class (10:15a.m.) Please send healthy snacks.

Only water bottles allowed in the classroom.

Please remember that we have several students with tree and peanut allergies.

Behavior management toolPositive and negative pointsStudents earn points to

receive rewardsParents can access student’s

report daily

Emphasis on place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, geometry and fractions

Inquiry Based Learning: hands-on manipulatives, interactive activities, student collaboration, and problem solving

Math

Language Arts Genres - variety of genres, including fantasy,

fables, folktales, poetry, and biographies

Inquiry Based Learning - interactive activities, student collaboration, problem solving, Guided Reading, and Reader’s Writer’s Response Journals

Spelling – words will be sent home weekly in their Day Planner (should be signed daily)

Social Studies - has been integrated into the Language Arts program

Science Inquiry Based Learning- hands-on experiments, interactive activities, and student collaboration

Science Journal – students are expected to keep a record of their learning in their journals

TestingBeginning of the Year (BOY) – September 9-20 Math – Aimsweb, Kathy Richardson Universal Screeners for

Assessing Math Concepts Reading - Aimsweb, DRA (by student’s needs only)

Middle of the Year (MOY) – January 6-17 Math – Aimsweb Reading – Aimsweb

End of the Year (EOY) – May 5-16 Math – Aimsweb Reading – Aimsweb

STAAR Testing Math April 22

Reading April 23

Teacher Website Newsletter – Each Monday Please send a note with your

child if they are going home any way that is different from their normal routine. Without a note stating

changes, we must send your child home their regular way.

  7:40 – 8:00 D.E.A.R (Drop Everything And Read) 8:00 – 9:30 Math 9:30 – 10:15 Block (Computer/Musart/PE)10:15 – 11:30 Language Arts/Social Studies11:30 - 12:00 Lunch12:00 – 1:30 Language Arts/Science 1:30 - 1:50 Recess 1:50 – 2:20 RTI (Response to Intervention) 2:20 – 2:40 Continued LA Block 2:40 Dismissal

Third Grade Schedule

“CHILDREN ARE NOTA DISTRACTION FROM MORE

IMPORTANT WORK.THEY ARE THE

MOST IMPORTANT WORK.”John Trainer, M.D.

Our Muddy Bootser