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Welcome to Curriculum Night! West Wing School August 23, 2012

Introductions Third Grade Team Mrs. Amarillas Mrs. Amarillas Mrs. Bohlman Mrs. Bohlman Mrs. Logan Mrs. Logan Mrs. Patti Mrs. Patti Mrs. VandeBerg Mrs. VandeBerg

Tonight’s Curriculum Overview I. Reading II. Math III. Writing III. Science & Social Studies IV. Spelling

Reading Assessment  DIBELS Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills One Minute Measures of Child’s Literacy Development One Minute Measures of Child’s Literacy Development Assesses 3rd Graders in the area of Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) & Comprehension (DAZE) Assesses 3rd Graders in the area of Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) & Comprehension (DAZE) Monitors Growth Throughout the Year Monitors Growth Throughout the Year Assessed Three Times Per YearAssessed Three Times Per Year

Core Reading Program Reading Street Common Core Series Audio CDs Audio CDs Leveled Readers - Leveled Readers - Below Level, On Level, Advanced, & ELL Decodable Books Decodable Books Student Text Books – Weekly Story, Reading Strategies & Skills ~ Both Fiction & Non- Fiction Student Text Books – Weekly Story, Reading Strategies & Skills ~ Both Fiction & Non- Fiction Small Group Practice Small Group Practice

Phonics  Phonics & Word Recognition Know & apply grade level phonics & word analysis skills in decoding words. Know & apply grade level phonics & word analysis skills in decoding words. Identify & know the meaning of the most common prefixes & derivational suffixes.Identify & know the meaning of the most common prefixes & derivational suffixes. Decode words with common Latin suffixes.Decode words with common Latin suffixes. Decode multi-syllabic words.Decode multi-syllabic words. Read grade appropriate irregular appropriate words.Read grade appropriate irregular appropriate words.

Reading Expectations 3rd Grade ~ Strategies & Skills 3rd Grade ~ Strategies & Skills Strategies include: Background Knowledge, Important Ideas, Inferring, Monitor & Clarify, Predict & Set Purpose, Questioning, Story Structure, Summarize, Text Structure, & Visualizing. Strategies include: Background Knowledge, Important Ideas, Inferring, Monitor & Clarify, Predict & Set Purpose, Questioning, Story Structure, Summarize, Text Structure, & Visualizing. Skills include: Author’s Purpose, Cause & Effect, Classify & Catgorize, Compare & Contrast, Draw Conclusions, Fact & Opinion, Generalizations, Main Idea & Details, Graphic Sources, Literary Elements, Sequencing, & Steps in a Process Skills include: Author’s Purpose, Cause & Effect, Classify & Catgorize, Compare & Contrast, Draw Conclusions, Fact & Opinion, Generalizations, Main Idea & Details, Graphic Sources, Literary Elements, Sequencing, & Steps in a Process

Ways To Improve Comprehension Use Cues Prior to Reading: Set a purpose for reading Set a purpose for reading Discuss New Vocabulary Discuss New Vocabulary Taking a Picture Walk Taking a Picture Walk Making Predictions Making Predictions Building Background if necessary Building Background if necessary During Reading Ask all levels of questions Ask all levels of questions After Reading * Retell Story & Discuss Main Idea & Characters

Ways to Improve Comprehension. Continued  Comprehension can be improved by building fluency. Fluency is gained by repeated oral readings.  Over the course of the week- Reread the same story several times.

Vocabulary  Helps children understand what they read  Use context clues to decode new words  Vocabulary words are correlated to the weekly story and supplemental texts

Flex Reading Groups *Students switch classrooms for 30 minutes per day for specific reading instruction based on independent needs. *Within each group, students will work on one of the 5 areas of comprehension: Making Connections & Predicting, Questioning, Monitoring, Summarizing, and Visualizing. Students will switch groups throughout the year. *Students will not receive grades from their Flex Group teacher.

Why Can’t My Child Skip the 20 minutes of reading each night?  Student A practices 10 whole school days in a year.  Student B practices 2 whole school days a year. By the end of 6 th grade, if both students maintain these reading habits... Student A will have read an equivalent of 60 whole school days. Student B will have read an equivalent of 12 whole school days. Based on these habits and statistics, one can expect the gap of information to have widened considerably. How do you think both Student A and Student B will feel about him/herself as a student by the end of 6 th grade?

Writing & Grammar  Prewrite, Draft, Revise, Edit & Publish  Goals –  Expressive Writing: Personal narratives, Stories Personal narratives, Stories  Expository: journals, making lists journals, making lists  Functional:  Rules, Letters, Notes  Persuasive: Support your Point of View Support your Point of View

Six Traits of Writing  Organization – formats (friendly letter), transitional words (next, then, but, etc.) transitional words (next, then, but, etc.)  Voice – Demonstrate a personal touch through word choice, style & expression.  Word Choice – use a variety, conveys meaning  Sentence Fluency – flows & sounds like natural speech.  Conventions – capital letters & punctuation.  Ideas – brainstorming, staying on topic

Math  enVision Math from Scott-Foresman  Based on Common Core Standards  Research Based  Incorporates Manipulatives  Number Facts  Assessment at the end of each topic  Rocket Math for fluency in addition, subtraction & multiplication facts.

Math  Number Sense & Operations – Identifying numbers & relationships, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication Estimation  Data analysis, probability, discrete math – data, graphs, outcomes of experiments, counting possible outcomes  Patterns  Geometry  Structure & Logic - Reasoning

Science  Foss Science Active & hands on learning. Active & hands on learning. Engages students in real world processes. Engages students in real world processes.  Third Grade Themes  Inquiry Process, History and Nature of Science, Science and Personal and Social Perspectives, Structures of Life, Physics of Sound & Earth Materials Science

Social Studies  Harcourt Series American History American History World History World History Civics & Government Civics & Government Geography Geography Economics Economics

Special Areas  P. E. ~ Ms. Langseth & Ms. Knuth  Band ~ Ms. Rich  Art ~ Mrs. Hilbert / Music ~ Mrs. Ortiz  Technology ~ Ms. Witteveen

Dismissal  Students MUST know their route home each day.  Please be sure to add a note about any change in your child’s dismissal in his/her homework folder.  Park Gate / Parent Procedure & Yellow Card  ALL DISMISSAL CHANGES/EMERGENCIES AFTER 2:00 p.m. MUST be addressed through the front office.

Homework & Behavior Colors  Please review & correct homework nightly  Sign Agenda Nightly  Behavior Colors ~ Note the change in colors: Outstanding Super Day Great Day Ready to Learn Reminder Teacher’s Choice Parent Contact

Field Trips  Possible Excursions: Pioneer Village Pioneer Village Science Museum Science Museum Fire Department Fire Department Desert Outdoor Center Desert Outdoor Center

Housekeeping  Time For Kids Magazine $5.00 request per child  T-Shirts ~ Grade level shirts! More information to come.  T-Shirts ~ Grade level shirts! More information to come.

Thank you  Your time is valuable!  Thank you for attending this informative evening!