Welcome to Welcome to Third Grade!Third Grade!Welcome to Welcome to Third Grade!Third Grade!

Curriculum NightCurriculum NightAugust 28, 2012August 28, 2012

YES Third Grade Teachers

• Mrs. Amy Anderson• Mr. Lamarrius Anderson• Ms. Lora Haghighi• Mrs. Julie Price• Mrs. Selena Tapley

– We are very excited about working with your children and are looking forward to a great year!

3rd GradeA New Experience…

• Letter Grades in ALL Subjects • ARMT Testing• Moving toward National Core Curriculum• Cursive Handwriting• Memorization of Multiplication Facts• More independence• Focus shifts from “Learning to Read” to

“Reading to Learn”

Change of Transportation• Students must have a Change of

transportation form if their afternoon dismissal changes.

– These should be sent into the office in the mornings. Please refrain from calling the office.

– Forms are in the binders– Please do not call the office as you are

in route to have your child wait in the office to be checked out.

• Car riders need to come between 7:10-7:30.

• Instruction begins at 7:30.

• The students need to be in the classroom ready to begin our day by 7:30.

• Please write your child’s name on jackets and coats.

Arrival and Dismissal

• We will have Snack Time every day. • Please send healthy snacks:

– Crackers, fresh fruit that is ready to eat– Vegetables– Please DO NOT send cakes, cookies or candy• Snacks are eaten as we work. Please send things

that your child can eat independently

A number of our students are unable to bring snacks. Any “extras” that you would like to send to share would be greatly appreciated.

Snack Time

Grading Policies and Procedures

• Auburn City Schools Grading Scale:

• A = 90-100• B = 80-89• C = 70-79• D = 60-69• F = 59 and below

Communication• Please read your child’s newsletter

EVERY week in order to keep informed of weekly school and grade level events.

• PTO and School-wide information is sent home in their Gold Folders on Thursdays.

• Each classroom teacher has their own procedures for sending home classroom work.

Royal Binders

PARENTS: Please check your child’s ROYAL Binder for

• Weekly newsletter• Homework• School announcements • Academic Resources• Transportation forms

(Responsibly Organizing Your Awesome Learning)

Homework

• Knightly Reading Card – 20 minutes of reading a night

• Fluency Homework• Math Fluency Card• Nightly Spelling – Spelling Workbook• Math homework – assigned by math

teacher

Plans For The Year

• This is a projected schedule. It is subject to change slightly as needed.

• Third Grade objectives may be found on the Alabama Course of Study. This is on Yarbrough website under Parent Info. and Resources

• Pre-test before every unit (not counted as a grade)

• Students change classes to meet each child’s instructional needs.

• Post tests are given at the end of every unit.

• Groups are fluid and changed every unit.

Walk to Math

Math Fact Fluency• The state of Alabama is stating that all

third grade students should be fluent in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts.

• We will be giving timed math fact tests. • Please practice these facts at home and

record time spent practicing facts on the yellow math card.

Math

Tests Class Work Homework

50% 40% 10%

Skills Tests

Pretest will be given. Post test

will count as final test grade.

Daily Class Work

(differentiated work in individual math

classes)

Homework(Differentiated

homework given by math

teacher)

Knightly Math Card(Students must

complete 4 boxes a week.

Each box represents 5 minutes of math fact practice.)

 

 

D.I.B.E.L.S.(Dynamic Indicators of Beginning and Early Literacy

Skills)• D.I.B.E.L.S. is a standardized reading

assessment that is given to all elementary students in the state.

• The assessment measures reading fluency.• Students are given scores such as:Benchmark, Strategic, and Intensive

• Students will need to read 110 words a min. to be considered benchmark .

Science and Social StudiesReading Intervention

•Students will have 4 weeks of Social Studies or Science instruction then switch classes and have 4 weeks of Science or Social Studies

•Some students will have Reading Intervention during this time. These students will participate in condensed, yet meaningful, Science and Social Studies lessons that coincide with what is being taught in the other classrooms.

Why do we needReading Intervention?

•Elevate student reading to grade level

•Last year, 99% of our Third Grade Students were in the highest levels of proficiency on the ARMT in reading and math.

•Students enjoyed the small group instruction and felt successful in reading

Reading Tests Class Work Homework

70% 28% 2%

Weekly Scott

Foresman

Selection Tests

50%

Scott Foresman

Unit Assessment

Reading Portion ONLY(at the end of each

unit)

20%

Daily Classroom Center/Book Group

Activities

Fluency Homework(Calculated by

percentage complete)

Fluency Grade(every other week)

Consists of the average of fluency and comprehension

questions

Knightly Reading Card(Calculated by

percentage complete.

Students must complete at least 4

lines each week. Each line

represents 20 minutes.)

Language Arts

Tests Class Work Homework

70% 28%  2% 

50%Grammar

Tests(at the end of each week)

20%Scott Foresman

Weekly grammar assessments

Daily Classroom Center/Book

Group Activities

Spelling Homework(Calculated by

percentage complete)

Scott Foresman

Unit AssessmentGRAMMAR

Portion ONLY

(at the end of each unit)

 

Spelling Tests

(every week)

Oral Language Sentences – graded

according to capitalization,

punctuation, grammar, and spelling.

Writing Assignments

(1 per quarter) Will develop a rubric for each writing assignment

as a common grading tool.

 

Field Trips• DeSoto Caverns (approx. $35)• Tuskegee Airmen Museum• Forest Ecology Preserve • Please write your phone number

on your checks.

Special Events• Fairy Tale Ball

• Oregon Trail

• International Day

Thanks for coming tonight

• Questions?• You will go to your child’s

classroom to discuss individual classroom procedures.