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Welcome to Third Grade: A Guide for Parents on Curriculum Night

Join us for Curriculum Night and discover what your child will learn in third grade! This year focuses on fostering independence, responsibility, and building friendships. We’ll cover English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies, while using technology to enhance learning. You'll find ways to support your child at home, including establishing homework routines and using planners for communication. Our goal is to create a supportive, fun environment where students thrive academically and socially. Let's make this a wonderful year for your child!

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Welcome to Third Grade: A Guide for Parents on Curriculum Night

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  1. It’s Curriculum Night!

  2. Welcome to Third Grade! • Third Grade is About: • Becoming more independentand taking responsibility for your own learning • Getting organized • Making good friends 2

  3. 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. 3

  4. Our Goals • To give yourchild 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 4

  5. Class Subjects • The subjects we cover during third grade are: • Reading, Writing, Word Study (ELA) • Math • Science • Social Studies • Computer Skills • Social Skills 5

  6. English Language Arts Reading • Word Study • Responding to Literature • Read Aloud • Guided Reading • Shared Reading • Independent Reading • Book Clubs 6

  7. English Language Arts Writing • 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) 7

  8. English Language Arts Word 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.

  9. Math • Math Expressions • Student Leaders • Mathboards • Proof Pictures • Homework and Remembering • Place Value • Addition, Subtraction • Graphing • Measurement • Fractions • Mastery of MultiplicationFacts • FasttMath 9

  10. Math Online • You may access the program by going to the district website www.kenton.k12.ny.usfindEdison 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. 10

  11. 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. 11

  12. Social Studies • We will be studying world communities to include history, economics, geography, and government. • We will also integrate Social Studies with reading. 12

  13. 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. 13

  14. New York State Tests English Language Arts • Tuesday, April 16 – • Thursday, April 18 • Reading Comprehension • Listening • Writing • Editing for Capitalization and Punctuation Math • Wednesday, April 24 – • Friday, April 26 • Number Sense & Operations • Reasoning & Problem Solving • Measurement, Geometry, & Probability 14

  15. 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. 15

  16. 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). 16

  17. Here’s to a great year!

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