2. Welcome to Mrs. Sears’ Curriculum Night While You Wait: 1. Find your child’s desk and please take a seat. 2. Write your child a note on the card.

3. Our Agenda 1.General School Information 2.A Typical Week in 3rd Grade 3.Classroom Policies 4.General Information

4. The Sears’ Family Emily, 10 and Ryan, 13 Skamper

5. My Goal I want your child to enjoy learning in a safe environment. I want them to improve in their reading, math, and writing, and become independent learners. I want them to feel like we are a family at school.

6. General School Info School Begins at 8:25 Class Line-Up- 8:05 Dismisses at 3:00 Online- Infinite Campus: report cards, progress reports School/class website- address in packet

7. The Third Grade Team Ms. Sears Mrs. Campbell Mrs. Olson Mrs. T.

8. Writing Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Series Grammar Skills-capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence/paragraph structure. The Writing Process-prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing The Six Traits of Good Writing Spelling & Vocabulary Weekly Spelling and Vocabulary List Learn Cursive Handwriting!!! Portfolio

9. Specials Music: Day # 3 & 6 Library: Day #1 Bring books PE: Days #2 & 2 Wear shoes

10. Technology Computer Lab (Day #3) –Gain knowledge about technology –Develop technology skills –Apply and interact with technology Student Work Stations in Classroom –Conduct Research, work on projects –Instructional Games –Word Processing

11. Math: Engage New York Scott Foresman adopted textbook TERC Investigations Whole and small groups Learning Objectives: * Master Math Facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) * Number Sense & Number Patterns * Graphing, Probability, Geometry, Measurement, Fractions * Problem Solving & Logic Reasoning

12. Lunch Our lunch time is 11:05-11:45 Students have recess first. 11:25 is when they enter MPR to eat. *Rule is that only your child will be able to eat with you.

13. Language Arts * Houghton Mifflin Harcourt New Series – phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension * Whole group & small group instruction * Content Area Literacy in Social Studies and Science will be incorporated into reading units. * Non-Fiction texts, Close Readings, literature studies, author studies * Literature Response * Book Projects

14. Science Social Studies Harcourt Integrated in Thematic Units ( Rocks and Minerals, Scientific Method, Energy, Plants, Ecosystems, and Health) Social Studies ( Government, Geography, American and World History, American Heroes, and Economics) Junior Achievement

15. Behavior P.A.C.K. Club Classroom Store Pride in the P.A.C.K.

16. Homework Calendar Reading Due each Friday Responsibility Forgot Homework

17. Grades Report Cards-Letter Grades Mid-Progress Online Reports & Report Cards online Thursday-Test Day for Language Arts Friday- Math quiz on concept and spelling test Fridays- Check Take Home Folder

18. Communication E mail is quickest for me Phone call by next day Webpage Email through Infinite Campus

19. School Information –Field Trips- Tax Credit Donation As a grade level we would like to go to Kartchner Caverns for a field trip that are instructionally aligned with the third grade standards. In order to have these learning experiences we are encouraging tax credit donations be made to third grade. We can’t do it without you! $400 per couple, $200 single) Transportation- email is best Sign up on Basha’s webpage Infinite Campus

20. Thanks! Thank you for coming!