Download - 3W Curriculum Night
Handwriting * Program- Handwriting Without Tears * Duration- Cursive all year/3 to 4 times a week * Second semester - everything must be written in cursive!
Vocabulary • WordMasters- learn 25 words • two times a year
• Analogies- using vocabulary words in analogies
Learn 10 different types of analogies
Spelling * Focus on a spelling pattern each week Monday- Pre-test (take-home list will come home with tic-tac-toe sheet!) Tuesday- What’s the rule? Word pattern sort. Wednesday- Poems, sorts, and sentences that incorporates word patterns and practices words. Friday-Post-test (Tic- Tac- Toe sheet due with parent signatures)
Reader’sworkshop * Daily-10/15 min. mini-lesson, 35/40 min. independent/reading response time, 5/10 minutes of partner share.. • Skills- author’s purpose, cause/effect,
inferences, questioning, envisioning, predicting, theme, and main idea
Reader’s workshop * Conferring-meeting with your child one-on-one • Strategy groups- small group instruction
based on skills they need to learn
• Book clubs- kids working on the same book having discussion about the book
Writer’s workshop * Daily-10 min. mini-lesson, 25 min. writing time, 5 min. share * Skills- narrative writing, information writing, opinion writing, letter writing, poetry
* GUM – Grammar, Usage, Mechanics
Math workshop * Program- Investigations, Engage NY * Daily- 20 min whole group lesson, 30 min. independent work/workshop, 10 min. wrap-up and review * Skills- mastery of + and – skills, multiplication facts up to 10x10, intro to division facts, place value, data/graphs, fractions, geometry, measurement, estimation, time, money, area * Website for strategies!
Social studies/Science * Areas of Focus
Social studies- multicultural, colonial, pioneers, economics, civil rights
Science- light and sound, plants, food chains, environmental interactions
Take-home practice * Every night- Read for 20 minutes and
practice math facts (websites) * Take-home folder * Assignment Book - Oops! * Missing/late homework policy
- Oops! - Oh No!
How Can I help with homework?
• Foster independence- homework should be
done by themselves • If they are stuck- then help! • Let me know! • Don’t tell them how to spell it or where the
error is…point them in the right direction!
Behavior Management * Individual incentives
Class Dojo (1 warning, 5 parent’s notified, 6 office) Positive Postcards
* Class incentives Sweet Behavior
Mystery Walker * Organization Desk Checks
Class Meetings * Olweus- Bully Prevention Program * Meet once a week (30 minutes) * Class Meeting Rules * Bully Rules * Problem Solving/Safe zone • Choose to Be Nice • Mindset
SNACKS * pre-packaged snacks * Excludes fruits and veggies • NO peanuts in snack ingredients • They cannot be processed in a plant that has
peanuts/nuts