Welcome to Centennial Lanes 3 rd Grade BacktoSchool

Welcome to Centennial Lane’s 3 rd Grade Back-to-School Night Parents and Teachers … helping students win at everything they do!

Meet Our Team Mary Cannon - Paraeducator mary_cannon@hcpss. org Kelly Risolo - Team Leader kelly_risolo@hcpss. org Shannon Hardee shannon_hardee@hcpss. org Carrie Lawson carrie_lawson@hcpss. org Meagan Monfrida meagan_monfrida@hcpss. org Jennifer Watters jennifer_watters@hcpss. org Randi Malamphy – Special Education randi_malamphy@hcpss. org Amanda Bucchioni – Reading Specialist amanda_bucchioni@hcpss. org

THIRD GRADE’S SCHEDULE 8: 33 -8: 45 Morning Work 8: 45 -9: 45 Language Arts 9: 45 -10: 45 Related Arts 10: 45 -11: 45 Language Arts 11: 50 -12: 20 Recess 12: 20 -12: 50 Lunch 12: 50 -1: 00 DEAR/Read Aloud 1: 00 -2: 15 Math 2: 15 -3: 05 Content 3: 05 -3: 10 Stack and Pack � 11: 00 -11: 45 Media Class one day a week � � Chorus on Tuesdays from 2: 15 pm – 2: 45 pm �

LUNCH Lunch price is $2. 75 If a student forgets his/her lunch, the student will be sent to the office to call home.

RESPONSIBILITY GOAL: FOR EVERY STUDENT TO BE RESPONSIBLE IN THIRD GRADE! Responsibilities of Students: ● Copy down homework assignments daily ● Complete and turn in homework ● Ask parents for parent signature when necessary ● Empty Take Home Folder daily with parent ● Remember instruments Responsibilities of Parents: ● Check and sign your child’s planner each night ● Sign your child’s Friday Journal ● Empty Take Home Folder with your child ● Initial reading log on Language Arts homework ● Notes for dismissal changes

3 rd Grade Behavior Incentives ●Hallway Compliments ●B. U. G. Slips (Being Unusually Good) ●Behavior Clip Chart (Check your child’s planner each night!)

HOMEWORK ●Please check and sign your child’s planner each night – it’s a great place to find the homework assignments and find out what’s going on in 3 rd grade! ●Math Homework ØGiven daily Monday-Thursday ØConcepts will relate to what we are working on in class ØCommon Core review homework one night per week ●Writing Homework ØFriday Journal

HOMEWORK CONTINUED ●Language Arts Homework Ø Read for 20 consecutive minutes every night Ø Word Study Patterns * Q 1 and Q 2: Three Times a Week * Q 3 and Q 4: Twice a Week Ø Quick Write * Q 1 and Q 2: Once a Week * Q 3 and Q 4: Twice a Week * Typed responses encouraged

Language Arts Homework Sample

FRIDAY JOURNAL ●Purpose: ØTo help students develop a love for writing ●Completed in school on Fridays ØSomething new that was learned ØSomething exciting that happened ●Parent Signature ØPlease sign journals every Friday ØWe encourage you to write a short response

WRITING ●Students will be immersed in many types of writing this year: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Personal Narratives Realistic Fiction Biographies Book Reviews How To Poetry ● Teachers will model writing exemplary pieces, and then students will produce their own writing in each specific writing genre.

READING ● Main Standards: Key ideas and details Craft and structure Integration of knowledge and ideas ● Vocabulary skills ● Reading complex text ● Responding to text with evidence to support student’s thinking ● Essays

SAMPLE PARCC QUESTIONS

SCIENCE: Key Shifts ●K-12 science education should focus on BOTH content and skill, so that students know how to apply their factual knowledge. ●Science and engineering are integrated in the NGSS from Kindergarten through Grade Twelve. ● The NGSS were specifically designed to prepare students for college, careers, and citizenship.

Science Units Quarter One: Weather and Climate Quarter Two: Forces and Interactions Quarter Three: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Plant and Animal Survival Quarter Four: Inheritance and Variation of Traits: Life Cycles and Traits

SOCIAL STUDIES UNITS Our Community and Beyond ●Communities Near and Far ●The Community Count$ ●The Citizen and the Community ●

MATH ●Math students have been placed in math classes according to ability levels. ●We have flexible grouping according to students’ needs ●Mastery curriculum

MATH UNITS 3 Grade 4 th Grade Place Value Addition and Subtraction with Regrouping Rounding Multiplication/Division Facts Time Fractions Measurement Problem Solving Review of Place Value, Addition, Subtraction and Rounding Multi-Digit Multiplication and Division Fractions Decimals Measurement Problem Solving ● rd ● ● ●

Intermediate Report Cards ●Intermediate report cards are different from the primary level report cards. Students will now receive letter grades. ●Please sign and return progress report/report card envelope.

Grading Policy ●Every subject area is broken down into four areas: 1. Classwork 2. Tests/Quizzes 3. Participation 4. Homework ● These four areas will combine to become student’s report card grade.

EFFORT GRADING

Our First Field Trip! ●We will be visiting the Baltimore Museum of Industry in November. ●Please be on the lookout in your child’s Take Home Folder for the field trip permission slip coming home soon.

Volunteering in Third Grade We want YOU!

Team 3 Website http: //centenniallanethirdgrade. weebly. com/ ●Here you can find: 1. Important dates/upcoming events 2. Download important documents 3. Student and parent resources

Thank You for Coming! We look forward to working with you and your child this year! ØYou may proceed back to your child’s homeroom. Check out our classroom and read the letter that has been left out for you on their desk. Please feel free to leave them a note in return! Ø