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Back to School Night 2013

Back to School Night 2013. Welcome Parents! Room 16 Mrs. Scherzer 908-753-5300 ext. 5236 www.warrentboe.org. Welcome to Our Classroom. *Sign up for our class parties! *Sign up for conferences ! *Write a note to your child ! *Homeroom Parents: Mrs. Tania Burton, Mrs. Stacey Colman.

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Back to School Night 2013

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  1. Back to School Night 2013 Welcome Parents! Room 16 Mrs. Scherzer 908-753-5300 ext. 5236 www.warrentboe.org

  2. Welcome to Our Classroom • *Sign up for our class parties! • *Sign up for conferences! • *Write a note to your child! • *Homeroom Parents: Mrs. Tania Burton, Mrs. Stacey Colman

  3. About Me Mrs. Lisa Scherzer 3rd grade teacher Douglass College, Rutgers University B.A. in Spanish and Theater Arts Certified K-12 Taught Grades K-8 in Warren Township as a long term substitute for 10 years Taught 4th Grade 2011-2013

  4. Language Arts • Philosophy • Balanced Literacy • Active Literacy • Gradual Release of Responsibility • Teacher modeling • Guided practice • Collaborative practice • Independent practice • GOAL - Application

  5. Language Arts • Reading Components • Strategies that Work/Comprehension Toolkit • Making Meaning • Guided Reading • Independent Reading • Book Clubs/Literature Circles • Reader’s Theater

  6. Language Arts • Writing Components • Writing Workshop (Being a Writer) • Modeled writing, shared writing, guided writing • Word Study • Vocabulary • Academic Vocabulary

  7. Math • Go Math! Concepts for 3rd Grade • Addition and Subtraction within 1,000 • Represent and Interpret Data • Understand Multiplication • Multiplication Facts and Strategies • Understand Division • Division Facts and Strategies • Understand Fractions • Compare Fractions • Time, Length, Liquid Volume and Mass • Perimeter and Area • Two-Dimensional Shapes • By the end of Gr. 3, students must know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.

  8. Math • Changes to expect in the new Go Math! Program • more exploration of concepts BEFORE learning the steps to solve problems • more hands-on activities • higher expectation of student problem solving • more higher-level thinking required • expected to explain their thinking when solving problems • more real-life applications of concepts • deeper level of understanding • more online opportunities for reteach, enrichment, and/or practice • tests are all word problems • spiral review on practice workbook pages

  9. Social Studies • Topics • Communities • Native American communities • Jamestown • Pioneers – Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark • Economics • Local, state and national government

  10. Macmillan website • Lesson summaries, practice quizzes • Assessment • Vocabulary quizzes, chapter tests • Multiple choice, map/study skill, writing question

  11. Science • 3 units • Inquiry based approach • Plant Growth and Development • Rocks and Minerals • Chemical Tests

  12. Technology • 21st Century Skills Initiative • Collaboration and Critical Thinking • iPads • Laptops

  13. NJASK3 • New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge • Language Arts/Math • State assessment • May

  14. Classroom Procedures • Expectations • Posted • Raising Responsibility System • Homework • Usually 4 nights/week • Read for at least 20 minutes • Sign planner every night after homework is completed • No more than 45 minutes • Don’t need to correct

  15. Friday Folders • Tests and quizzes • Parent/teacher communication • Note in planner • Voicemail • Email • Our webpage • Birthday Celebrations

  16. Look Around the Room! • BackTable • November conference sign ups • Class party sign up • Children’s work • Bioglyphs • Quiz • Note to child

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