Curriculum Presentation Third Grade Team 2016-2017 Curriculum Presentation Third Grade Team Mrs. Dow, Ms. Haukeli, Mrs. Schneider,Ms.Pearson

School-wide Guidelines The 3 B’s! Be safe Be responsible Be respectful

Homework Reading 20 min of reading per night Log of weekly reading will take place on our school wide reading wall recording sheet Math 4 word problems per week using the RDW strategy, due by Friday! (on the grade level page) Extra opportunities Dreambox, Typing Agent, Fluency Passages, Math Fluency practice sporadically throughout the year (x facts, games for home), etc… The expectation for your child entering 3rd grade: Fluency of addition and subtraction facts through 20.

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Reading CKLA-Core Knowledge Language Arts We will incorporate the following into our reading instruction: Whole Group listening/ learning Small Group reading instruction Integrated Focus groups Literature Studies Independent Reading Partner reading

AZ’s Move on When Reading AZ state law: Third grade students that score far below the third grade level on the state adopted reading test will NOT be promoted to fourth grade. Exceptions: Some ELL and IEP students Your student’s performance will be regularly monitored throughout the year. You will be notified as early as possible if we have a concern about your child.

WRITING PROCESS Prewriting Draft Revision Editing Publishing

Genres of Writing Narrative Opinion Informative/ Explanatory - Thinking maps are used in the process

LANGUAGE Grammar and Usage Parts of speech, subject and predicate, types of sentences Conventions Capitalization, punctuation, spelling patterns, high frequency words Vocabulary Use of reference materials

MATHEMATICS Adopted Materials: Engage New York AZ College and Career Ready Standards: Operations and Algebraic Thinking (multiplication and division) Number & Operations in Base Ten (multi-digit arithmetic) Number & Operations (fractions) Measurement and Data Geometry Mathematical Practices (problem solving, reasoning)

Science Social Studies Life Science – Plants, Ecology Physical Science – Light and Sound Earth Science – Rocks, Erosion, Weathering Social Studies Geography – Map Skills American History – Immigration, Civil War World History – Early Explorers; Ancient Greece and Rome Civics and Government Economics

Grading Proficient 85 – 100% Developing 70 – 84% Area of Concern – below 70% Progress Reports (quarterly)

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Parent Drop off Please drop off between the cross walks. Pull up as far as possible. Do not let your students out before the crosswalk. If you pull into the lot and park, please walk your student across the crosswalk. Please be patient when waiting to pull into the lot. There is only one line of traffic that is pulling in from the street. Students should be ready to exit the car when the time is appropriate.

LANE FOR STUDENT DROP OFF Parent Drop Off PARKING ONLY / NO STUDENT DROP OFF LANE FOR STUDENT DROP OFF Enter Exit CROSSWALK South Parking Lot – Mountain Sky Avenue Mountain Sky Avenue Our main student drop off / student pick up lot is on the west parking lot off of 46th Street.

LANE FOR STUDENT PICK- UP Parent Pick-up Pull up as far as possible and your student will be sent to your car. Students can enter cars after car passes the cross walk. PARKING ONLY / NO STUDENT PICK-UP LANE FOR STUDENT PICK- UP Enter Exit CROSSWALK South Parking Lot – Mountain Sky Avenue Student waiting zone

Parent Pick-up Please have the Blue sign with your students first and last name, and grade level displayed in the windshield or hanging from the visor.

Stay in Your Car & Pull Forward This will help the parent pick up line flow.

Let’s Put Student Safety First!

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