Bradford Woods Elementary Third Grade Curriculum Night - Miss Garrity, Mrs. Tarchick, Mrs. Harvey

1. Bradford Woods ElementaryThird GradeCURRICULUM NIGHT 3A Miss Garrity 3B Mrs. Tarchick 3C Mrs. Harvey

2. Curriculum Night Agenda • Transition to Third Grade • Communication • Homework • Curriculum • General classroom/Building Information

3. Transition to Third Grade • More Homework • Must Study for all Tests • More Challenging Vocabulary • Responsibility for His/Her Own Learning

4. Communication • Assignment Book • Weekly Bulletin • Parent/Teacher Conferences • Report Cards/Tyler System • Email • Office (724-935-5081) • Thursday Email Blast www.northallegheny.org

5. Homework • 10 minutes per grade level (30-40 min.) • Expect math and spelling 3-4 times/week • Homework Folder – Green Plastic • Assignment Books • T = Together • Parental Help • Holidays and special school nights • Classroom Time Missed

6. Homework Responsibility of: • Student • Parent • Teacher Why? • Reinforces what has been learned in class • Helps students develop positive study habits • Prepares students for upcoming lessons • Teaches responsibility and independence

7. Report Card • Letter Grades: • Reading • English • Spelling • Math • Social Studies • Science • Writing only receives a marking indicator twice a year.

8. Grading Scale A 100 – 90 B 89 – 80 C 79 – 70 D 69 *Tyler System

9. The PA Core Standards have been incorporated into the NA curriculum The PA Core Standards are designed to provide a pre K–12 continuum to reflect the demands of a college- and career-ready graduate.

10. ELA (English/Language Arts) Reading, Writing, English - 3rd grade does include a phonics/word analysis component, however the focus is more on comprehension skills. 3rd grade comprehension skills include…..

11. - Making Inferences - Character Analysis - Determine the moral or lesson of a story - Cause/Effect Relationships - Point of View - Author’s Purpose • Use context clues to determine word meaning • Use text features to locate and interpret information • Main idea and supporting details • Compare/Contrast

12. Citing evidence from the text to support answers is required.

13. Harcourt School Publishers Storytown • “Lessons” • 6 “Themes” (5 lessons per Theme) • Every 5th Lesson is a REVIEW of skills • taught in the previous 4 lessons. • Each lesson consists of: • - 1 story or nonfiction text • - 10 vocabulary words • - A phonics/word analysis skill • - A comprehension skill • - A grammar lesson • - A writing skill • - One other “focus” skill

14. Tests Each lesson will include…. 1 Vocabulary Quiz 1 Weekly Test 1 Spelling Test

15. Vocabulary Quiz Words introduced and the list goes home on Day 1 of the lesson. Quiz is usually about 5 days later. Words are discussed and reviewed during the week in class, but should be studied at home. The quiz is usually a matching quiz along with questions about a selection of the words. The questions must be answered in a complete sentence . They must restate the question and use proper mechanics and spelling.

16. Example: Explain a time you felt frustrated. Poor answer: when I kept doing belly flops Great answer: A time I felt frustrated was when I was learning how to dive, and I kept doing belly flops in the pool instead.

17. Weekly Test Weekly Tests consist of: 10 multiple choice comprehension questions related to the story. An essay question related to the story (evidence will need to be cited). Multiple choice questions related to the comprehension, grammar, and focus skills taught that week. Lessons are generally taught over 5-6 days with the weekly test given on the 5th or 6th day. Students are required to use their books when taking the weekly reading tests in order to facilitate the citing of evidence used to support their answers. Every 5th lesson is a review lesson and no vocabulary quiz or weekly test will be given during these weeks.

18. Spelling Monday – Pretest** List goes home Monday’s HW is to write missedwords from pretest 3X each due Tuesday Packet goes home/due Thursday Friday - Test ** If student scores 100% on pretest, a 100% goes in the grade book and student is exempt from Friday’s test. The student must still complete the packet.

19. Grammar The Sentence Nouns Pronouns Possessives Adjectives/Adverbs Verbs Mechanics

20. Writing Projects Personal Narrative Opinion Essay Instructions Fictional Narrative Friendly Letter Descriptive Essay Compare/Contrast

21. Book Reports First Semester and Second Semester oral report presented to the class - summarize the book/memorization encouraged - written component - creative component

22. New Mathematics Curriculum • We have updated the curriculum in grades K-8. • Instruction will focus on inquiry-based methodology. • Problem solving will be emphasized in all units. • All Pennsylvania Core Standards for Mathematics will be addressed. • GO MATH! will be our new textbook series. • Each student will receive “mini-books” for all units. Students can write in their consumable books. • There are new online resources that can be used at home for additional practice and reinforcement.

23. MATH • Whole Number Operations • Ch. 1: Addition and Subtraction within 1,000 • Ch. 2: Represent and Interpret Data • Ch. 3: Understand Multiplication • Ch. 4: Multiplication Facts and Strategies • Ch. 5: Use Multiplication Facts • Ch. 6: Understand Division • Ch. 7: Division Facts and Strategies • Fractions • Ch. 8: Understand Fractions • Ch. 9: Compare Fractions • Measurement • Ch. 10: Time, Length, Liquid Volume, Mass, (and Money) • Ch. 11: Area and Perimeter • Geometry • Ch. 12: Two Dimensional Shapes

24. Third Grade Rocket Math • A research-based program which incorporates effective practice to move students toward automaticity with basic math facts. • No more than two new facts and their inverses are introduced at one time.

25. Key Points Parents should… • Use flash cards and/or the child’s oral practice “set” sheet • Practice only facts on the oral practice sheet, emphasizing the 3-4 “new” facts

26. Key Points Parents could… • Create/purchase a set of flashcards Practice a “cold run” of deck 2-3 times • Separate deck for mastered facts

27. Sequence of Subtraction Facts

28. MathCriteria for Math PlacementGrades: 3 through 5 Placement Test ITBS: Math Concepts ITBS: Math Problem Solving ITBS: Math Computation Basic Fact Test • All students receive the same curriculum.

29. Social Studies • Map Skills • Earth’s Physical Geography • Human Geography • How Communities Change Over Time • Our Country’s History • Citizenship • Government • Our American Culture • Economics

30. Science Earth Science: Water, Weather, Rocks/Minerals, Earthquakes/ Volcanoes Physical Science: Properties of Matter, Changes in Matter Force/Motion, Simple Machines, Energy Space: Planets, Star Patterns, Sun, Moon, Earth Movements

31. NA Web Page

32. Standardized Testing2016 - 2017 Iowa Test of Basic Skills Reading & Math Jan. 9 – Jan. 13 PSSA ELA Apr. 3 – Apr. 7 Math Apr. 24 – Apr. 28

33. AbsencesBuilding Procedures Illness – Building Procedure Day 1 Work will be saved and sent home with student the next day. Day 2 or more Requests prior to 10 am will be accepted to guarantee availability at 3:30 pm Do not forget to send in a note when your child returns so the absence can be noted as “excused.” Educational Trip Assignments will be given to the best of the teacher’s ability. Due to schedule/curricular changes additional make-up work may be required. Days missed = days to complete Don’t forget to fill out a form for approval (available online or in the office).

35. New Opportunities Available to Third Graders • Orchestra • Student Leadership • Variety Show

37. Thank you for sharing your child with us at school! • Please visit your child’s classroom • Feel free to write your child a letter