2016-2017

Curriculum Presentation

Third Grade Team

Mrs. Dow, Ms. Haukeli, Mrs.

Schneider,Ms.Pearson

School-wide Guidelines

The 3 B’s!

1. Be safe

2. Be responsible

3. Be respectful

HomeworkReading

20 min of reading per night

Log of weekly reading will take place on our school wide reading wall recording sheet

Math

4 word problems per week using the RDW strategy, due by Friday! (on the grade level page)

Extra opportunities

Dreambox, Typing Agent, Fluency Passages, Math Fluency practice sporadically throughout the year (x facts, games for home), etc…

The expectation for your child entering 3rd

grade: Fluency of addition and subtraction facts through 20.

Website

http://www.kyrene.org//site/Default.aspx?

PageID=36128

Reading

CKLA-Core Knowledge Language Arts

We will incorporate the following into our

reading instruction:

Whole Group listening/ learning

Small Group reading instruction

Integrated Focus groups

Literature Studies

Independent Reading

Partner reading

AZ’s Move on When Reading

AZ state law:

Third grade students that score far below the

third grade level on the state adopted reading

test will NOT be promoted to fourth grade.

Exceptions: Some ELL and IEP students

Your student’s performance will be regularly

monitored throughout the year.

You will be notified as early as possible if we

have a concern about your child.

WRITING PROCESS

Prewriting

Draft

Revision

Editing

Publishing

Genres of Writing

Narrative

Opinion

Informative/

Explanatory

- Thinking maps are

used in the process

LANGUAGEGrammar and Usage

Parts of speech, subject and predicate, types of

sentences

Conventions

Capitalization, punctuation, spelling patterns, high

frequency words

Vocabulary

Use of reference materials

MATHEMATICS

Adopted Materials: Engage New York

AZ College and Career Ready Standards:

Operations and Algebraic Thinking (multiplication and division)

Number & Operations in Base Ten (multi-digit arithmetic)

Number & Operations (fractions)

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Mathematical Practices (problem solving, reasoning)

Science Life Science – Plants, Ecology

Physical Science – Light and Sound

Earth Science – Rocks, Erosion, Weathering

Social Studies Geography – Map Skills

American History – Immigration, Civil War

World History – Early Explorers; Ancient Greece

and Rome

Civics and Government

Economics

Grading

Proficient 85 – 100%

Developing 70 – 84%

Area of Concern – below 70%

Progress Reports (quarterly)

Kyrene Educational ResourcesKyrene.org > students > educational resources

Parent Drop off

• Please drop off between the cross walks. Pull up as far as possible. Do not let your students out before the crosswalk.

• If you pull into the lot and park, please walk your student across the crosswalk.

• Please be patient when waiting to pull into the lot. There is only one

line of traffic that is pulling in from the street.

• Students should be ready to exit the car when the time is

• appropriate.

Parent Drop Off

PARKING ONLY / NO STUDENT DROP OFF

LANE FOR STUDENT

DROP OFF

Enter Exit

CROSSWALKCROSSWALK

South Parking Lot – Mountain Sky Avenue

Mountain Sky Avenue

Parent Pick-up Pull up as far as possible and your student

will be sent to your car.

Students can enter cars after car passes the

cross walk.

PARKING ONLY / NO STUDENT PICK-UP

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Enter Exit

CROSSWALKCROSSWALK

South Parking Lot – Mountain Sky Avenue

Student waiting zone

Parent Pick-up Please have the Yellow sign with your

students first and last name, and grade level

displayed in the windshield or hanging from

the visor.

Stay in Your Car & Pull Forward

Let’s Put Student Safety First!

Thank you for attending tonight.

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Please join your child’s teacher in

their classroom for additional

information.