Third Grade Curriculum Night Fielder Elementary

Testing

Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Reading TAKS February 23, 2005 Math TAKS April 19, 2005 Reading TAKS (as needed) April 20, 2005 Reading TAKS (as needed) June 2005 TAKS Test: Testing Dates:

Policies & Procedures

Third Grade Guidelines Rules are posted Discipline sheet in folder Sign EVERY Monday evening Comes home each Monday with notes, memos, and graded papers Return on Tuesday Discipline FolderCommunication Folder

Sound Familiar?

Third Grade Guidelines If incomplete or left at home, student receives a mark in his/her discipline folder Students will be given one more evening to complete the homework Each day, 10 points deducted On the fourth day of incomplete class work, a zero will be given if work is still unfinished Homework PolicyLate Work Policy

Third Grade Guidelines Each subject has dividers and pocket folders Important as a tool for organization and responsibility Please do not remove papers from your child’s binder Daily assignments are written for each calendar day Parents may find it very helpful to check Time Trackers each night and initial on the line provided BindersDaily Planner

Curriculum

Reading McGraw Hill Reading Series: Basal reader TAKS workbook Newspapers Leveled books Novel units & genres “The Big… R” Reading Logs: About 20 min. each day Texas Bluebonnet books Different genres each six weeks 500 min. each six weeks Book reports begin second six weeks. One report per six weeks.

Reading Log Third Grade Reading Log Name ______________________________ Due Date: __________________ Required genre: _____________ TitleMin. read Parent Signature Week 1: ______________________ ______________________________ ________________________________________ Week 2: ______________________________ 6 week total minutes ________ Parent signature _______________________________________ front back

Reading Skills Vocabulary Context Clues Supporting Details Relationships & Outcomes Inferencing & Generalizations Summarization/Main Idea Fact & Opinion Prefixes/Suffixes Synonyms Antonyms Homonyms Homophones

Spelling Monday – homework with words #1-10 Tuesday – homework with words #11-20 Wednesday – study words Thursday – Dictation test (3 sentences, spelling & language grade) Friday – Word test (20 words, spelling grade only) Each reading teacher does Spalding Students new to KISD may request flashcards to practice phonemes “Spelling C-O-U-N-T-S” book should be kept in binder Super Spellers

Language Focus: Parts of speech Reference materials Big 6 research The Writing Process Various writing types Vocabulary Power: Hearing & seeing words used Discussing & defining meanings Reading & writing words in meaningful context

Daily Math Lesson Every Day Counts calendar math Big 5 warm up Fast Facts on Thursday & Friday Review of homework or previous day’s lesson Presentation of new material Guided practice/Independent practice Enrichment

Mastery of addition & subtraction facts Place value to hundred thousands Addition with regrouping Subtraction with regrouping Time & Money Multiplication facts Division facts Geometry Customary & Metric Measurement Fractions & Decimals Problem Solving including estimation, reasonableness, and solution strategies 3 rd Grade Math Skills

Science Health & Nutrition Plant & Animal Habitats Matter Motion, Simple Machines Forces of Nature and the Environment Solar System

Social Studies Map Skills Citizenship and Local Government Jr. Achievement, Christopher Columbus Jamestown Westward Movement Heroes and Cultures

Technology Compaq PCs Third grade has 24 wireless laptops to use in class for projects Fielder’s home page: Includes a link to online games for each Spelling unit and Math flashcards/games

Technology Type to Learn Larson’s Mathematics Streaming Video MS Word MS PowerPoint Kidspiration Internet Research WebQuests

Third Grade Helpful Hints Things you can to do help your 3 rd grader include: Design a set bedtime. Start each day with a healthy breakfast. Don’t forget we now serve breakfast at Fielder! Establish a homework routine. Teach your child to check backpacks & binders before bedtime. Make this your child’s responsibility. Hold your child accountable as they learn responsibility & independence.

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