1. Back to School Night Third Grade
Welcome, parents!

2. Welcome to Third Grade! Sharon Entzminger- Humanities
Denise Sharbaugh– STEM
Kelly Pocasangre- STEM
Sherry Reitz- Humanities
Tiffanie Fulton (Spec Ed)
Olivia Geiger (McDaniel Intern)

3. Schedule 9:35 – 11:35 Block 1 (STEM or Humanities)
11:40 – 12:40 Specials
12:45 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 1:40 Recess
1:45 – 3:55 Block 2 (STEM or Humanities)

4. Grading

5. Grading Reading and Writing is combined into one grade
Math, Social Studies, and Science all receive an individual grade
Grades can be accessed anytime throughout the quarter

6. Behavior
ROAR
Cat Cash
Calming Corner
Reflection Sheet

7. PARCC Administered in Spring (April – June)
“measures real-world skills that colleges value, like critical thinking and problem solving”
*****typing skills are necessary*****

8. Volunteers Volunteers will service the entire grade
All materials will be kept outside of Mrs. Entzminger’s classroom in a folder
MUST be volunteered trained to help in any areas! (field trips, special events)

9. Homework
Read 20 minutes!
Wonders online reading program (login and password)
Practice math facts daily. Once mastered, revisit to maintain fact understanding.
Review and initial student’s agenda book daily for homework assignments and school/class notices.

10. Field Trips
Camden Yards and Fort McHenry - Spring

11. STEM/Humanities
STEM: Integration of math and science Humanities: Integration of reading (reading groups, writing, word study, vocabulary, grammar) and social studies * A more natural method of learning and problem solving

12. Word Study FUNdations Level 3
Continued from last year- same strategies, new patterns
Review parent letters to help with skills at home
Assessments at the end of each unit

13. Writing Narrative, Informative, Opinion
Will be embedded in Social Studies content and in STEM
Formative Assessments (CBA and PARCC) will require students to type their essays

14. Social Studies
Carroll County
U.S. Regions
Economics

15. Third Grade Assessment
Guided reading levels
CBA (County Benchmark Assessment) twice a year
Reading and responding in written form to text
Compare multiple texts using both written and audio
Text evidence! (State-Cite-Explain)
SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory) three times a year
Computer based
Reading comprehension and vocabulary
Lexile scores

16. MATH Eight Units Foundations of multiplication, division, and area
Strategies for addition, subtraction, and measurement
Equal partitions and naming of fractions
Multiplication and division
Multiplication, division and area
Equivalence and comparing fractions and measurement/data
Geometry and measurement
*Demonstrates computational fluency (multiplication and division facts)

17. Fact Fluency
Students are expected to practice their facts each evening: x and ÷
Fact practices can be found on the Carroll County Math Website
Quarter 1 facts are 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s
Quarter 2 facts are 3’s, 4’s, and 6’s
Quarter 3 facts are 7’s, 8’s, and 9’s
Quarter 4 is mastery

18. Science Units Inherited Traits Weather and Climate Force and Motion
Matter and Interactions

19. Thanks! Let’s Have a Great Year!