Curriculum Night 2014-15

Welcome to Third Grade

Meet our Team!

• Ms. Melissa Oster•• Mrs. Laurie Arellano•• Mrs. Janice Wagner••

Communication• Weekly newsletters• Classroom webpages• Phone calls • Emails

Mrs. Arellano

larellano@kyrene.org

480-541-33512

Ms. Ostermoster@kyrene.org480-541-3354

Mrs. Wagnerjwagne@kyrene.org480-541-3353

Extra Info• Student cannot go home with anyone else

without written permission

• Field Trips: Tax Credit Money $400 if filing jointly: $200 for filing single

• We are planning to go to Kartchner Caverns this year, and it is quite expensive. We APPRECIATE any donations!

• Any changes in going home, please send a note, email or call the front office by 2:00.

Class Expectations

• Be Safe

Be Respectful

Be Responsible

• We do not cause a problem for ourselves or others

• Dream BIG! And go after your dream!!

Behavior Choices• PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Support)

NEW to Lagos this year!

• Your child is aware of the expectations of our classroom

• Clip UP for good choices / Clip DOWN for poor choices

• Recovery (Australia)

• Friday Choice Time (Fun Friday) is for taking responsibility for all class work and homework during the week

Snacks

• Healthy snacks may be brought in for individual consumption, or to be shared with the class

• Water in water bottles only

• All food must be store bought

• Birthdays: You may provide a healthy snack that your child will pass out at regular snack time.

Reading• Children learn to read by reading and

by being read to by an adult• Classroom reading groups to read

stories, discuss vocabulary and literary elements, (author’s purpose, characters, setting, problem and solution)

• Write summaries and take tests on comprehension

• Writing and language integrated with reading

• Focus is on comprehension and fluency

• Reading fiction and non fiction text• Daily 5 Reading Workshop

Writing• Students will write on a daily basis• The 6 Trait Model is used in conjunction

with the Write from the Beginning and Beyond writing program to define excellence in writing: Ideas, Word Choice, Conventions, Organization, Sentence Fluency and Voice

• Poetry• Realistic fiction • Friendly letter• Personal narrative• Persuasive paragraph• Research / Informative

Science

• Rocks and Minerals• Erosion• Plants• Light and Sound• Ecology• Steps of the Scientific

Process

Social Studies

• Ancient civilizations (Greece and Rome)

• History of communities• Geography: Map skills• US history (Civil War and 1900’s

Immigration)• Economics • Civics/Government• Cultural diversity• Timelines

Math

• Place value to hundred thousands• Addition/subtraction 4 digit problems• Multiplication/division• Geometry• Fractions: Identify, add, subtract, compare• Measurement: Weight, length and capacity• Time (elapsed time)• Money Count and compare up to $100.00 • Problem solving• Basic Facts: Add/Subtract Multiply/Divide

• The complete Kyrene curriculum can be found at www.kyrene.org under curriculum department

Homework• Homework sent home on Fridays,

including spelling and vocabulary words.

• Due back by the following Friday

• Spelling words and activity, reading or language or writing and math

• Spelling/Vocab. Test on Fridays

• Read a minimum of 60 min. per week

• Practice strategies for multiplication and division

• Rotating Weekly Projects

• Dreambox

Thinking Maps

• Based on 8 Cognitive Skills

• Thinking Processes

• Not just graphic organizers!!

New Assessments for 2014-2015• The AIMS test, which is not aligned to the existing

standards, was used for the last time in Spring 2014.• Arizona State Board of Education is devoted to the

selection of a rigorous assessment to measure student learning and inform the State’s accountability measures.

• The State Board of Education’s final selection and adoption of a new statewide English language arts and mathematics achievement assessment is expected to occur in early October, 2014.

• This new statewide achievement assessment will be aligned to Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards and will be administered beginning in the spring of 2015.

ELA Example

Math Example

THANK YOU!

• We appreciate your attendance tonight as you learned more about what your child will be learning in third grade.

• The third grade team is here to support you as well as your child.

• Thank you for being a part

of OUR team!