1. Curriculum Presentation Third Grade Team
Curriculum Presentation
Third Grade Team
Mrs. Dow, Ms. Haukeli, Mrs. Schneider,Ms.Pearson

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

3. 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.

4. Website
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5. 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

6. 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.

8. WRITING PROCESS
Prewriting
Draft
Revision
Editing
Publishing

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

10. 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

11. 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)

12. 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

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

14. Kyrene Educational Resources
Kyrene.org > students > educational resources

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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

18. 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.

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

20. Let’s Put Student Safety First!

21. Thank you for attending tonight.
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Please join your child’s teacher in their classroom for additional information.