1. CEUs/Instructional Seminars
Welcome! 3rd Grade Parents
Evening Agenda
Homework
Home Projects
Team Grading
Testing Dates
Field Trips
Volunteers
Canvas
Schedule
PBIS Expectations
ELA
Math
Science
Social Studies
Health
CEUs/Instructional Seminars 1

2. 3rd Grade Schedule 8:05- 8:15 Breakfast 8:15-8:30 Community Time
8:30-10:30 Language Arts
10:20-11:20 Related Arts
11:20-12:20 Recess/Lunch
12:20-1:20 Content
1:20-2:35 Math
2:37-2: Dismissal 2

3. School-Wide Behavior Expectations
R.O.C.K
▶RESPECTFUL ▶ON-TASK ▶COOPERATIVE ▶KIND
▶Class Dojo: Students will earn points and rewards for demonstrating ROCK behaviors and staying on green. Points turn into pawprints for...
▶ Weekly Rewards: Class Incentives
▶ Monthly Rewards: School Store and Dog Club
▶ Students who are not following ROCK expectations will receive…
▶ Verbal Warning
▶Think Time
▶Minor Referral
▶Major Referral

4. Language Arts
Language Arts standards are on-going throughout the year.
Students will demonstrate comprehension by consistently writing about the books they are reading and providing evidence from the text.
Independent Daily Reading (IDR)
Cont. 4

5. Throughout the year students will read, listen, and respond to :
Language Arts Cont.
Throughout the year students will read, listen, and respond to :
Literature/Fiction
Informational Text/Non-Fiction
Writing Units:
Writing About Reading -Letter of Opinion
Biography Poetry
Realistic Fiction -Research Report
-Opinion Essay -How To Writing
Show notebooks 5

6. WORD STUDY Phonics Prefixes Suffixes Vocabulary Spelling
A Powerful Approach
Phonics
Prefixes
Suffixes
Vocabulary
Greek & Latin Roots
Spelling 6

7. WORD STUDY AT HOME
Quick Writes: Twice a week, students will write for 10 minutes about a given prompt and incorporate new vocabulary words into their writing. 7

8. Mathematics Numbers and Operations in Base Ten
Adding, Subtracting, Rounding
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Multiplication and Division
Basic Facts are VERY important!!!
Fractions
Measurement and Data
Time, Area, Perimeter
Geometry 8

9. The Standards for Mathematical Practice
Make sense of the problems and persevere in solving them.
Reason abstractly and quantitatively
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Model with mathematics.
Use appropriate tools strategically.
Attend to precision.
Look for and make use of structures.
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

10. Rigor of Mathematics
Is achieved through high-quality tasks that balance conceptual understanding, procedural understanding, and application of mathematics. 10

11. Homework is due every Friday
Math Homework
Homework is due every Friday
Monday: CC Review -page 1
Tuesday: CC Review -page 2
Wednesday: Fact Practice
Thursday: Problem Solving
Dreambox/Wixie: **Optional

12. How does your child use Dreambox at school?
•Dreambox is being used during:
•Math rotations- independent time
•Technology class
•Breakfast
•Indoor recess

13. Home Usage: Expectations & Tips
•The only person who should be playing on your child’s account, is your child.
•Once your child starts a lesson, they need to complete it. Otherwise DreamBox can’t tailor the next lesson to meet their needs.
•Tips
•Remind your child that it’s okay to make mistakes!
•When they’re stuck, have them click the help/hint button.
•Plan at least 15 minutes for each section.

14. Science Quarter 1: Weather and Climate
Quarter 2: Forces and Interactions
Quarter 3: Plant and Animal Survival
Quarter 4: Life Cycles and Traits 14

15. Social Studies Quarter 1: Changing Communities
Quarter 2: Mapping Our World
Quarter 3: Money Matters
Quarter 4: Project Citizen

16. Health Q1: Social and Emotional Health
Q2: Safety, First Aid, & Injury Prevention
Q3: Disease Prevention & Control
Q4: Tobacco, Alcohol & Other Drugs

17. G/T CEU Curriculum Extension Units
-Interdisciplinary advanced-level content, reading, writing, & thinking skills
„-2 CEUs per grade per year lasting approximately 9-12 weeks each
„-Each unit requires two hours of instruction per week with the G/T Resource Teacher
„-Multiple criteria used for the selection process
Third Grade CEUs:
Engineering/Weather Immigration
G/T Instructional Seminars
-Designed to develop advanced-level skills in an area of interest for students
-Offerings vary based on the needs of the students and grade-level teams
-Each unit will meet with the G/T Resource Teacher 1-2 times per week during recess.
Third Grade Seminars:
Unheard Perspectives Citizen Scientists Book Club

18. Homework Agenda Books Reading at Home Word Study Daily Math Homework
with technology
(optional)

19. Third Grade Projects Biography Project (home)
We ask that your child completes this project with assistance only when necessary
Chesapeake Bay Research Project (in-school)

20. Grading Procedures Students will receive letter grades
Reading -Science
Writing -Social Studies
Spelling -Health
Language Mechanics -Math Concepts
Learning Behaviors -Math Problem Solving
Classwork, homework completion, participation, effort, attitude, etc.
-Weekly Progress Report in Agenda

21. Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) 3rd-5th Grade
Fall Administration: October
Winter Administration: end of January through February
Administered in the Fall and Winter for Reading and Math
Measures student growth over time
Provides preliminary benchmark of College and Career Readiness
Assesses instructional strengths and needs
Supports differentiated instruction in the classroom
Parents receive progress reports after each administration

22. CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test) - Grades 3 and 5
Measures verbal, quantitative, and learned reasoning abilities
Used for GT placement decisions
Administered in December

23. PARCC Assessments PARCC Benefits:
Indicates how closely students are on track to graduate college and career ready
Gives teachers regular results to guide learning and instruction
The PARCC assessments are on a 5 point scale:
1-Did not yet meet expectations, 2-Partially met expectations,
3-Approached expectations, 4-Met Expectations, and 5-Exceeded expectations
Students hand-carry PARCC results home in the first few weeks of the following school year.

24. Field Trips Baltimore Museum of Industry– Fall (Date TBA)
Bread-make – March
Camden Yards - May 24

25. Field Trip Chaperone Selection Process
If a parent/guardian would like to be considered as a chaperone, they must check the chaperone box on their child’s permission form, provide contact information, and return the form to their child’s teacher.
Permission forms may be turned in before payment.
Chaperones will be contacted by the homeroom teacher if they are selected for the trip.

26. Field Trip Chaperone Selection Process - Continued -
After the first field trip, chaperone requests from parents/guardians who have not attended a previous field trip this school year will take first priority.
Parents/guardians that are not selected to chaperone will be placed on a waiting list and used if needed.
Parents/guardians who submit a request will be notified via phone or if they were selected or not selected to chaperone on a field trip.

27. Canvas TEAM PAGE CLASS PAGE Used for team schedule updates
To get to Canvas:
-parents
-students
CLASS PAGE
Used for student engagement with technology
***PLEASE UPDATE OR CONFIRM YOUR FAMILY FILE TONIGHT!!

28. Volunteering at CRES
Please indicate on your child’s form if you would like to be a volunteer this year
Volunteers must review the volunteer video below and print out a volunteer certificate. Please bring it to school when you are called to volunteer.

29. Additional Home Resources
Cradlerock
cres.hcpss.org
HCPSS
Hcpss.connect-for parents
Hcpss.me –for students
*HCPSS Connect Family File‬ to update emergency cards
-Needs to be updated every year

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