Welcome to Our Oasis of Learning! North Hill’s 3 rd Grade

Agenda Highlights of the Year Highlights of the Year Daily Schedule Daily Schedule Curriculum Curriculum Homework Homework Grading and Assessment Grading and Assessment STAAR STAAR Class Expectations for Behavior Class Expectations for Behavior Communication Communication Supporting Your Child’s Learning Supporting Your Child’s Learning School Policies School Policies Q & A Q & A

Highlights of the Year: What’s Special About 3 rd Grade? Cursive, multiplication, & division! Cursive, multiplication, & division! Transition from learning to read to reading to learn Transition from learning to read to reading to learn First year of STAAR! First year of STAAR! A great year to give your child more responsibility A great year to give your child more responsibility Our Big Goals: Grow 1.5 years in reading (as measured by AR) Achieve an average of 85% on all assessments Grow 1.5 years in MAP

Daily Schedule ***At 10am Attendance*** (Tardy at 7:45am) 7:45-7:55Morning Meeting/Announcements 9:00-9:50Specials 11:00-11:30Lunch 1:00-1:30Recess 3:10- 3:45Regular Dismissal 2:00-2:30Early Dismissal (Wednesdays only!) Schedules will vary for each teacher regarding the core subjects.

Curriculum a.Math – GoMath, Mad Minute, Target Practice, flashcards, Study Island, as well as various other math resources b.ELA – Journeys (reading groups), CraftPlus (writing and grammar), Accelerated Reader (computer-based comprehension quizzes), variety of literature in all genres and media types c.Science – Interactive Science books, hands-on science experiments, exploration tables, stations (centers), technology integration d. Social Studies – fiction literature and non-fiction informational text to teach good citizenship, map skills, social studies concepts, etc., technology integration

Homework Monday through Thursday Homework completion affects your child’s citizenship grade! Homework completion affects your child’s citizenship grade! -Reading (30 min. night) -Reading (30 min. night) -Reading Comprehension -Reading Comprehension passages passages - Math practice pages - Math practice pages -Study for tests -Study for tests Study for the spelling quiz Study for the spelling quiz on Thursday (or Friday) on Thursday (or Friday)

Grading and Assessment Fall, Winter, and Spring we will take MAP- tests the growth of each individual student The data will guide our instruction. Focus on modeling and guided practice Most class work done in workbooks/ journals Graded work will be sent home each week (Sign and return major tests. Students will keep them in their data notebooks.)

Letter grades (no percentages) on Letter grades (no percentages) on report cards (Percentages will be on report cards (Percentages will be on progress reports.) progress reports.) -Tests/Projects= 70% -Daily Grade= 30% Contact us at any time w/ questions Contact us at any time w/ questions

STAAR WHAT IS IT? Multi-day testing in April Multi-day testing in April 3 rd grade: reading and math 3 rd grade: reading and math Focus on higher-level thinking, not literal questions Focus on higher-level thinking, not literal questions Non-fiction emphasis Non-fiction emphasis HOW WE PREPARE YOUR CHILD ALL instruction is standards- based and aligned with STAAR ALL instruction is standards- based and aligned with STAAR Special STAAR materials Special STAAR materials Small group instruction Small group instruction Benchmarks/ practice tests Benchmarks/ practice tests More resources forthcoming that you can use at home More resources forthcoming that you can use at home Do not fear! We have lots of time to prepare for STAAR, and we will be READY!

Class Expectations for Behavior

Communication Check Take Home Folder- School folders daily (dark green folder) Check/sign planner daily School phone ( ; Ms. Greger will pass along your number and we will call you back as soon as we can.) (most expedient!) 3rd grade’s webpage is on the North Hills website

Supporting Your Child’s Learning At Home Checking Home- School Folder daily Checking Home- School Folder daily Signing planner daily Signing planner daily Checking HW Checking HW READ together! READ together! In the Classroom Family Festivities Family Festivities Sending in supplies Sending in supplies VIP help VIP help Volunteering Volunteering Clearance issues (background check) Clearance issues (background check)

School Policies Check the ABC’s of 3 rd grade -We will be sending it home with your child! -We will be sending it home with your child!

Jasmine Narcisse: Grace Martinez: Jessica Epstein: Caitlin Wright:

Questions and Answers