WELCOME TO 3 RD GRADE PARENT NIGHT Mrs

WELCOME TO 3 RD GRADE PARENT NIGHT Mrs. Clifford

READING Within our Journeys reading program we will teach grade level curriculum as well as differentiated material that will expand your child’s reading skills. Areas of emphasis include, but are not limited to: Literal comprehension Interpretive (inference) comprehension Summarizing Fluency Gathering Information Nonfiction Phonics Novel reading Predicting Persuading/Arguing Vocabulary Author’s mood and purpose Topic/Main Idea/Details Analyzing Story Elements Close Reading

FLUENCY Idaho Reading Fluency 3 rd Grade Goals Fall 77 Winter 96 Spring 110

READING FLUENCY Reported on all 3 Trimesters Focuses on accuracy, automaticity, phrasing, expression, selfmonitoring, and a retell.

LANGUAGE The language component of our curriculum refers to the command control of standard English grammar and usage in speaking and writing. · Parts of speech · Sentence structure · Capitalization · Punctuation · Grammar · Phonics (decoding) · Figurative Language · Prefix/Suffix meanings · Multiple Meaning Words · Dictionary Skills

WRITING Your students will have many opportunities throughout the year to practice writing for different purposes. The following are some examples of types of writing students may be doing in third grade. Narrative Informative Paragraphs Descriptive Note taking Process writing Journaling Autobiographies Research papers Poetry Editing Persuasive/argumentative

WORD STUDY A spelling pre-test will be completed every Monday. Spelling tests will be given on Fridays. The goal is for students to know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis when decoding and writing words. Students will read and write grade level appropriate irregularly spelled words. (what, were, was, there, their, they’re, friend, etc. ) Word study also includes a vocabulary component (context clues, adding affixes such as agreeable, disagreeable, etc. )

MATH Our math instruction is aligned to match the National Common Core Standards. As a result, students throughout the district will be taught the same instructional concepts within the same trimester. Third grade has three Big Ideas that are tied to other instructional concepts. This helps students develop a deeper understanding of math notions and their interrelationship. Other math concepts and skills will be taught in addition to the “Big Ideas”.

3 rd Grade Mathematic “Big Ideas” Unit 1 --Multiplication & Division Computation I can understand multiplication by thinking about groups of objects. I can understand division by thinking about how one group can be divided into smaller groups. I can use what I know about multiplication and division to solve word problems. I can multiply and divide within 100 easily and quickly because I know how multiplication and division are related. Unit 2—Number Systems, Relationships, & Representations I can understand that fractions represent part(s) of a whole, part(s) of a set, or distance(s) on a number line. I can use models of fractions to represent numbers equal to, less than or greater than one. I can order, identify, and measure fractions (halves, thirds, fourths, sixths and eighths to solve problems that involve comparing, ordering and identifying equivalents. Unit 3 --Dimensional Measurement Relationships I can recognize and measure the area and perimeter of two-dimensional shapes. I can understand that rectangular arrays can be decomposed into identical rows or into identical columns. I can decomposing rectangles into rectangular arrays of squares (multiplication).

SCIENCE Four science units will be taught: § Reason for the Seasons § Living Things in their Environment § Force and Motion § States of Matter

SOCIAL STUDIES Our Social Studies curriculum is developed around the concept of working together in a community. We will learn about: ØWhere/Why communities are started ØTypes of communities ØMy personal ethnic heritage and how this connects me to my community. ØHow communities change over time ØCommunity Structure ØPeople in communities ØCommunity leaders/Laws ØGoods and services ØSupply and Demand ØGeography/Landforms/Maps/Directions

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION A healthy snack at recess helps a student focus during the day. Headphones are helpful for our computers and i. Pad devices. Please send clear water for your child to drink in class and be sure they bring their container home and wash it. In third grade, students will participate in several district and state tests. These include; IRI, District Universal Screeners, and SBAC test for Common Core State Standards had been renamed as the ISAT test (in April-May).

HOMEWORK • Homework Calendars are sent home on or near the first of every month. Calendars need to be initialed by parents and/or guardians and returned to school at the end of the month. • Spelling homework and lists will be sent home on Mondays. Tests are on Friday. • Other homework will come home as needed for extra reading comprehension, fluency, writing, and math practice. • Additionally I may need to send unfinished class work home to be completed and returned to school. • I encourage students to visit our classroom website for extra practice as well. http: //www. westada. org/Domain/4057

CLASS DOJO REPORT CARDS PLEASE LOG INTO POWERSCHOOL TO VIEW GRADES. CLASS WEBSITE http: //www. westada. org/Domain/4057

Announcements from our principal, Mrs. Gourley: • Attendance and Punctuality - (excessive absences, 4 days in a trimester / excessive tardies, 5 tardies in a trimester) • Wild West Night has been moved to the spring. • Bookoween and Harvest Parties - We are making a change and instead of having a Halloween Parade this year, we are having a Harvest Celebration. This will give special attention to Bookoween, which provides an important curricula connection to reading and literacy. There will be celebration announcements and give-a-ways on Friday, 28 th, a school-wide read-in, and end-of-the-day parties.

Thank you for volunteering for our class. The volunteer list is on the table in the hall if you need to change your time or sign up for a time. Thanks!