1. Summit Hill Elementary School’s Third Grade Annual Curriculum Night

2. Agendas should be filled out daily Upcoming tests will always be given with advanced notice Students are expected to fill out their agendas independently as part of their morning routine The agenda is also a place for missing assignment and behavior notifications AGENDA EXPECTATIONS

3. READING COMMON CORE STANDARDS Support answers and opinions with evidence from the text Close readings Thick vs. thin questions non-fiction and fiction Differentiation through small group instruction Reading across the curriculum Literary genres Narrative elements Predicts, summarizes and uses inferring to obtain meaning and author’s purpose Use of dialogue Relates new information to prior knowledge Demonstrates comprehension Fluently reads aloud

4. Written Expression/ELA  Lucy Calkins writing workshop model  Proper Sentence structure (fragments, run-ons)  Types of sentences (declarative, exclamatory, inference, interrogative)  Text types and purposes (informational, opinion, narrative)  Research to build and present knowledge  Nouns (proper, abstract, concrete)  Pronouns  Verbs (action, helping)  Adverbs  Adjectives  Prefix/Suffix  Antonyms, Synonyms, homophones, homographs, homonyms

5. Reading Logs Research has shown that daily reading is essential for academic growth across all subjects. Daily reading can include audiobooks, reading with a parent, reading to a parent or another child, or taking turns with another reader. Parents, please sign your child’s reading log to verify that they are reading at home.

6. Math Georgia Standards of Excellence Unit 1: Numbers and Operations in Base Ten Unit 2: The Relationship Between Multiplication and Division Unit 3: Pattern in Addition and Multiplication Unit 4: Geometry Unit 5: Representing and Comparing Fractions Unit 6: Measurement Unit 7: Show What You Know

7. Science Georgia Standards of Excellence Major Concepts/Skills Earth Science: Rocks and minerals Soils Weathering Fossils Physical Science: Heat energy Magnets Life Science: Habitats Features of organisms of Georgia Pollution and conservation

8. Social Studies Georgia Studies of Excellence Units of Study:  Map and Globe Skills  Geographic  Historical  Government/Civics  Economics  Famous Americans integrated throughout the curriculum

9. The 7 Habits of Happy Kids

11. Absences and Tardies Please send a written note or email when your child is absent from school. Please send a note within 3 days. Students are counted tardy if they are not in the classroom at 7:40 a.m. Students with excessive tardies or unexcused absences will be referred to administration. It is the student’s responsibility to request all make up work. Make up work should be returned to the teacher in the same number of days the student was absent.

12. Food Policies Breakfast and Lunch is served daily. Prepay available. Notification of lunch charges are sent home. The maximum of charges allowed for students is $9.00. If this limit is reached students will get an alternate meal (cheese sandwich and milk) Snacks Nutritious snacks that are easy to eat. We eat & work at the same time. Students may have a water bottle as well in the classroom. Birthdays Send invitations in the US Mail. Do not pass out at school. You may send in a treat on your child’s birthday. Please send individual treats with all serving supplies Please notify your child’s teacher and have treats here no later than snack time which is 9:30-9:45.

13. Safety and Visitors Students have practiced and are aware of all safety drills. Constant communication between staff and administration is practiced. All doors remain locked during the day All visitors must sign in at the front desk. All volunteers must complete a “Volunteer Safety Information Form” online.

14. Communication Email is the best way to contact teachers. Gray Folders are sent every other Friday with graded papers. These folders contain school information. Please review, sign, and return graded papers the following school day. All dismissal changes should be sent to the teacher before 8:00am. If you send an email throughout the day and the teacher does not respond please call the school.

15. Important Information No School: 9/1 – 9/5 Thursday – Monday 10/10 – 10/13 Monday – Thursday 11/8 Tuesday ITBS Testing: 10/24 – 10/28

16. Thank you for coming! Please stay seated for a message from our PTO