1. Welcome to Curriculum Night! Mrs. Woods 2015-2016

2. What do we teach? Beyond the reading, writing, and math, our goal is to teach your children how to be productive members of society. In order to do so, we must make our students confident, strong, and able to learn from their mistakes. We accomplish this through practice, hard work, and occasionally laughter.

3. Where do we begin? Before we can teach your students that they can accomplish anything, we must first assess what they know. The next few slides cover where the students were assessed at the beginning of the year in reading and math.

4. Math Fact Fluency Above average- 8 and above Average- 3 to 8 Below average- 3 and below

5. Reading Fluency Above average – 110 and above Average- 60 to 110 Below average- below 60

6. What next?  In School:  We continue to assess at least once a month to monitor all of our student’s progress. If a student isn’t achieving at grade level, we also have tutoring and other resources to help your child succeed.  At Home:  There are lots of things you can do at home to help your student succeed.  Make sure your child has the time and place to complete their homework each night.  Read aloud together.  Write letters to each other.  Play math games.  Do flash cards for math fluency.  Have your child journal.

7. Major things we will learn this year in math:  We use the Saxon Math program for our math curriculum:  Multiplication facts  Division facts  Addition and subtraction with fractions with like denominators  Perimeter and area  Elapsed time  Number lines  Three dimensional shapes  Measurement  Place Value

8. Major things we will learn this year in English Language Arts:  Elements of literature- Plot, Character, Setting, Theme  Summarizing both narrative and informative text  Citing textual evidence  Writing a 3-paragraph essay using the writing process- Drafting, Editing, Revising, and Publishing  Writing Poems

9. Major things we will learn in other subject areas:  Constitution  Scientific process and experiments  How to play a recorder  Bats  The Human Body  Geography  The United States of America

10. My Favorite Apps:  Epic! (Netflix for books)  Measure  Spelling City  Spalding App  Phonogram  Cursive Writing  Cursive Words  Math Monsters

11. Ways to contact me:  There are three different ways you can find out what is going on in class and/or contact me with questions or concerns –  School website: franklinphoneticschool.com  E-mail: 3rdgradewoods@gmail.com3rdgradewoods@gmail.com  Phone: 928-775-6747

12. Title 1 Reading and Math Title I, under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), provides financial assistance to local educational agencies to meet the needs of special educationally disadvantaged children at preschool, elementary, and secondary school levels. The purpose of Title I is to help all children achieve the state’s academic standards. This is accomplished through supplemental programs that consist of instructional services, instructional support services, school wide reform efforts, and increased involvement of parents in their children’s education. Students in 1-5 th grade who fall far below on the ISteep reading and/or math assessments are serviced during the academic day for reading and/math intervention time with our Reading Specialist, Mrs. Ham.