1. Third Grade Presents:

2. Our Third Grade Team

3. Introduction Ashley MacMitchell-Mehan macmitchell_ashley@svvsd.org Acacia Nadeau nadeau_acacia@svvsd.org Stephanie Potter potter_stephanie@svvsd.org

4. Our Schedule What do they do all day? 9:00-9:15 Routines and Warm-Ups 9:15-10:00Writing Workshop (Fridays include Spelling Tests) 10:00-10:45Specials 10:45-11:05Snack & Read Aloud 11:05-12:10Literacy Block (Mondays include Spelling Pretests) 11:00-11:30: Library *Tuesday: Mrs. Potter *Thursday: Mrs. Nadeau *Friday: Mrs. MacMitchell-Mehan 12:15-12:50Lunch & Recess 12:50-2:00Math 2:00-2:15Recess 2:15-3:25Science/Social Studies 3:25-3:35Blog Out/Clean-up/Dismissal

5. School Calendar

6. Important Dates Picture Day: tomorrow! Fall Festival: September 21 Conferences: October 8-11 (no school on October 12 th ) Harvest Hustle: October 19 Thanksgiving Break: November 16 – 23 Field Trips: in-house and in late May

7. Warm Up/Morning Work Daily 6-Trait Writing –Goal: All week, students plan for their writing using a specific trait and focusing on one convention skill. Students apply this to a writing prompt on Friday.

10. Spelling for Writers

11. Writing Workshop Mini-lessons that target a specific skill. This could be a “writing” skill such as how to choose a good idea, or a conventions/mechanics skill such as when to use capital letters. Independent writing time One-on-one writing conferences Publishing/sharing/celebrating Students will also complete writing prompts before each unit to help target instruction and after each unit as a writing assessment. Students will always be graded on their conventions and at least one trait.

12. Writing Curriculum Year at a Glance Personal Narrative –Event organizers, timelines Expository Essays/Research –Powerhouse Paragraphs Fiction –Story Mountain Prompt Writing Poetry

13. Specials PE with Mr. Goldsberry (be sure your child wears appropriate footwear and clothing) Art with Ms. Nazarenus Music with Mrs. Ordway

14. Library Schedule Mrs. Potter ~ Tuesdays Mrs. Nadeau ~ Thursdays Mrs. MacMitchell-Mehan ~ Fridays Books are due each week on your child’s library day. Children may renew their books if they bring them to school.

15. Read Aloud and Snack Important part of the day! Students should bring a healthy snack –Goals – Listening skills Great way to model the reading strategies to our students using a common text Community building — we’re reading the same text in all 3 rd grade classrooms

16. What you will see in our classrooms: Large Group Instruction Building Reading Skills Vocabulary Instruction Reading Comprehension Strategies Small Group Instruction Students are reading text that is at their reading instructional level Teacher is continuing the whole-group reading comprehension strategy work at the small-group level Independent Work — Put First Things First! Students engaged in independent and meaningful tasks Daily 5 — includes reading and reflecting, content work (National Geographic, Leadership Workbook, Cursive Workbook, etc.), book group projects, spelling activities, Raz- Kids (computer reading program)

17. What Good Readers Do Make Connections Infer (includes Prediction, Summarize) Create Images (visualize) Ask Questions Determine Importance Synthesize Self-Monitor for Understanding Use Fix-Up Strategies

18. Reading Assessments Theme Tests SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory) DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills – measures fluency) Small Group/Large Group Observations Reading Reflections

19. Short Constructed Response

20. Lunch and Recess We go out to recess unless there is lightning and thunder, or if it’s under 15° F. Please send your child to school with appropriate clothing.

21. Math Expressions Lessons build on previous lessons Students have daily homework (except on weekends) Homework is posted on our classroom blogs Homework allows students to practice skills they learned in class that day, as well as review skills from past lessons Homework is corrected in class at the beginning of math each day Challenge Worksheets

22. Math Resources For You Click on this link for the Math Expression Website https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.dohttps://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do The school must be set to “Alpine Elementary School” before you start. Our third grade User Name is: svvsd3rd and our Password is password. Then click Login. When the page comes up, click on My Library, then click on Math Expressions Activity Book G3 (SE). Click on Volume 1 or 2, then click on the lesson number (this will be in the “Math Homework” section of our blog, or on your child’s math homework). Our class lesson pages will come up. If you click Lesson Resources, you will find our homework and other practice.

23. Math Curriculum Year at a Glance Addition and subtraction of multi-digit numbers Word problems Geometry (including area and perimeter) Multiplication and division Fractions, probability, decimals Time and measurement

24. Math Facts Our school-wide third grade goal is for students to master their multiplication and division facts 0 – 10 by May. –How can I help my child with this? Multiplication/division math games Flash cards (you’ll be getting these tonight!) Skip-counting objects at home, at the grocery store, etc.

25. Science Focusing on the Scientific Process Science Notebooking Garden Studies Environmental Studies Third Grade Curriculum

26. Science Curriculum Year at a Glance Solid Earth Plant and Animal Life Cycles Matter

27. Social Studies Curriculum Year at a Glance Maps and Geography History of the St. Vrain Valley Economics Personal Finance (aka “Classroom Economics”) Introduction to Local Government Citizenship * Social Studies is integrated throughout content areas.

28. Homework… Planners Homework Folders Thursday Folders Reading Logs (weekly) Spelling (weekly with a test on Friday) Math (daily except weekends) Leadership (monthly) Friday Fun/Work Room allows your child to practice skills presented in class, and challenges them by introducing concepts they might not have seen before. It also develops their work ethic, responsibility and important habits of mind.

29. The Leader in Me Each month, we’ll be focusing on one of the 7 habits: September: Be Proactive October: Begin with the End in Mind November: Put First Things First December: Focusing on Community Service January: Think Win-Win February: Seek First to Understand, then be Understood March: Synergize April: Sharpen the Saw

30. TCAP Our reading test is in February, and our math and writing tests are in March. Our students have the skills they need to do well on these tests! We try our best to make this a time of low-stress. We ask parents to donate special snacks, we have extra recesses and do not assign homework.

31. Blogs Acacia Nadeau http://blogs.stvrain.k12.co.us/anadeau Ashley MacMitchell-Mehan http://blogs.stvrain.k12.co.us/amacmitchell Stephanie Potter http://blogs.stvrain.k12.co.us/potter

32. Thank you! We look forward to working with you to make this a successful year with your child!