1. Hop Brook Open House Third Grade Welcome, parents and students!

2. Welcome to Third Grade!  I will give a quick overview of our third grade curriculum and our classroom.  If you have any questions during my presentation, please wait until the end.

3. Year Long Reading Expectations  We will continue to become better decoders using our six syllable types.  We will improve fluency and oral reading using inflection and emotion, as well as reading just right books.  We will strengthen comprehension with familiar strategies and use more evidence to support our ideas. Author’s Words!!

4. Reading Strategies  Visualizing  Predicting  Connecting  Questioning  Inferring

5. Writing Expectations  This year we are using a writing program called Traits.  The Traits Model will help us use the writing process to perfect our pieces. Planning Drafting Revising Editing Publishing  The Traits Model also has a 6+1 Traits strategy to improve our writing and make it more enjoyable to the reader.

6.  Understanding Multiplication  Connecting Multiplication & Division  Computing with Whole Numbers  Exploring Measurement & Data  Understanding Area & Perimeter  Reasoning about 2-D Shapes  Understanding Fractions  Reasoning with Fraction Comparisons & Equivalence

7. enVisions Daily Lesson  Solve & Share  Visual Learning  Convince Me  Guided Practice  Independent Practice  Quick Check  Intervention/Centers/Games  Homework

8. enVisions Student Log-In https://naugatuck.powerschool.com

9. Conferences  Conference Dates:  Wednesday October 21 st  Thursday October 22 nd  Friday October 23 rd  Please, sign up for a time of interest before you leave tonight.  Notes:  Conferences are held to review a series of reading and math assessments to help your child receive the best possible education.

10. Bee-havior  Here at Hop Brook we have a positive behavior system where students will be recognized for their wonderful behavior!!

11. Homework  I will assign about 30 minutes of homework every night. All homework assignments will be found in your child’s Student Planner.  In addition your child should be reading for a minimum of 20 minutes a day. Please log their minutes each night & return Reading Calendars at the beginning of each month.

12. Spelling Homework

13. Parents Support  Parents could help their child by:  reviewing concepts and strategies daily.  checking class work & homework daily  maintaining an avenue of communication with your teacher  continuing to praise & motivate  monitoring daily reading

14. Third Grade Web Site  Parents could check homework assignments, class news, weekly spelling lists and current topics in Math and Language Arts on our web site.  www.naugy.net www.naugy.net

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16. Journal Entry  Today your child wrote in their journals explaining what their favorite thing about being a child was, but also what their most difficult thing was.  Before leaving this evening please read this journal entry and respond by writing what your favorite thing about being a parent is, but also what is the most difficult thing too.

17. Thank you for coming & let’s have a great year together! Mr. Remillard, Ms. Andreoli & Mrs. Taft