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EVERYDAY MATHHANDWRITING WITHOUT TEARS

TREASURESWRITING EXPECTATIONS

3rd Grade Curriculum

Everyday Math

Researched based-designed to enable children to learn mathematical content and become life-long mathematical thinker.

Spiral and Frequent Practice of Basic SkillsDeveloped around 6 mathematical strands:

Numeration Operations and Computation Data and Chance Measurement Geometry Patterns and Functions

Home Links

Homework assignments designed to relate what is done in school to children’s lives outside of school.

Give parents a better idea of the math children are doing at school.

Unit Family LetterStudent Reference Bookshttp://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/

Treasures Reading Program

Research based comprehensive reading language arts program for K-6.

Developed around 5 Components of Reading:• Fluency• Comprehension• Phonics• Phonemic Awareness• Vocabulary

Differentiated Instruction• Whole group and small group instruction• Leveled reading materials

Treasures Reading Program Online

www.treasures.macmillanmh.com/colorado Student Component:

• Spelling & Vocabulary Activities• Research Activities• Author /Illustrator Study

Family Component:• Reading List• Spelling Exercises• Extension Activities

Handwriting

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Handwriting Without Tears

We have a new handwriting program this year! Check it out at hwtears.com!

Handwriting Without Tears

Handwriting Without Tears is a proven success in making legible and fluent handwriting an easy and automatic skill for all students.

This program is a multisensory program designed to make handwriting fun because it teaches the easiest style, it includes fun strategies, and the student workbook is simple and straight forward!

A Lesson Example

Magic c is an important letter!Many of the letters are formed by

making the letter c first. For example, c, a, d, and g begin by

forming a c, which I will model now.

Writing

GenresDescriptivePoetryNarrativesExpositoryCreative

Best Practice for Writing

Six TraitsIdeasOrganizationWord ChoiceVoiceSentence FluencyConventions

Writing Process

PurposeAudienceIdeaPlanDraftEdit/Revise Publish

Third Grade Expectations for Conventions

Words are spelled correctly All priority words Any word already spelled for the student on his/her paper or the board

Correct punctuationCorrect use of capital letters Beginning of sentences Proper nouns

Commas are use correctly Items are in a series Greeting and closing of a letter Between day and year in dates Between city and state names Correct use of apostrophes in contractions Correct subject/verb agreement

No sentence fragmentsParagraphs are indented

Principals’ Writing Contest

Here is your chance to SHINE as a writer. Submit your writing to the principals by the due date (in a box in the office), and you’ll have a chance to win a prize. The topics will be posted each month along with a due date. A winner from each grade level will be chosen and the piece of writing will be posted on the Strawberry Park web page and in the office. Our District Writing Assessment rubric will be used to score papers, including the grade level expectations for conventions.

We can’t wait to read all of the amazing writing from our Strawberry Park Elementary writers!

September topic: We just started a new school year at SPE. Tell us about the

beginning to your new school year. Be sure to include lots of description and details. Your job is to make your writing as interesting for your reader as it was for you when it happened.

Due Date: Thursday, September 24th

Positive Behavior Support

Positive Behavior Support or PBS is a system that teaches and models behaviors and expectations for our school.

TEACH MODEL PRACTICERE-TEACH

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Attitude

With Respect and

Safety

Positive Behavior Support

Positive Behavior Support

postersSchool-Wide Expectations

To Be…

ReadyRespectful

safe