Welcome to Curriculum Night Mrs Bowdens 20182019 Third

Welcome to Curriculum Night! Mrs. Bowden’s 2018/2019 Third Grade Lake Wilderness Elementary Please leave a note for your child on the sticky note.

Laura Bowden aka Bowden’s Bobcats I have taught at Lake Wilderness for 19 years I live in Kent, but my children attend Cedar River and Tahoma High school I have taught fourth grade for 16 years, and third grade for three years My wonderful husband is a musician

Contact Information lbowden@tahomasd. us Email works best Please anticipate a 24 hour turn around on messages My website is always up to date Newsletters follow come home every month with up emails if needed

Daily Schedule 8: 30 -8: 40 8: 40 -10: 15 10: 15 -10: 30 10: 35 -10: 55 10: 55 -11: 25 11: 25 -11: 55 11: 55 -12: 35 12: 35 -1: 50 1: 50 -2: 05 2: 10 -3: 00 Morning Work Reading/Writing Recess Writing WIN (What I need) PE M, W, Friday STEM Tues. Music-Thursday Recess/Lunch Science/Math Recess Math Tues. /Thurs. Fluency Tests

Class reward for excellent behaviors as a collaborative group We set goals and earn points for exhibiting the chosen Habit of Mind When we reach 30 points the class votes on what they want Individual Rewards--Clips We are always looking for the good in those around us, and recommend each other Recorded on our goal form daily

Goal forms—Friday to Monday Here is an example of one: Help your child with this responsibility. Please sign in the comment line, feel free to write me a note with any concerns or wows then return it to their daily folder to turn in on Monday

Take home Folders Corrected Work Goal form on Friday Homework Important information THEY COME BACK DAILY in order for your child to stay organized

Homework Policy Daily math worksheet-should only take 10 -15 minutes Reading Friday Look minutes, math minutes Friday to for Home/School Connection papers as well as some take home projects.

Items needed at home Ruler Dictionary Access to a computer, smart phone or tablet for Raz. Kids, apps or access to my website Lined paper Pencil, erasers and small sharpener Library card

Third Grade Grading Policy 4 -Exceeds standard— 95%-100% 3 -Meets standard— 76%-94% 2 -Progressing toward standard— 65%-75% 1 -Below standard— 0%-64% These are based on the Common Core expectations

Math Expressions Aligned with the National Standards There are five core structures to it: 1. Math Talk 2. Building Concepts 3. Student Leaders 4. Helping Community—no SSR 5. Practice We teach to depth now, with lots of focus on fluency and inquiry

Math Units Unit 1 Multiplication & Division with 0 -5, 9’s & 10’s Unit 2 Multiplication & Division with 6’s, 7’s, 8’s, Multiples of 10’s Unit 3 Measurement, Time & Graphing Unit 4 Multidigit Addition & Subtraction Unit 5 Write Equations to Solve Word Problems Unit 6 Polygons, Perimeter & Area Unit 7 Explore Fractions End of the Year Review

Fluency Expectations

Math Home Expectations Have your child explain or “teach” you the math When you look at your child’s math find the pieces that you can gush over Point out the times that you use math to help your child see math in the real worked Enjoy math and numbers together

Reading Reader’s workshop Silent reading Read aloud Partner reading Poetry Fiction and Nonfiction and Thinking skills for comprehension Reading just-right books Raz Kids

Writing Lucy Calkin. Workshop focused, lots of unfinished pieces. First Semester: Personal Narrative Second Semester: Informational and Poetry Third Semester: Persuasive and Fairy Tales Common Core driven assessment Students are asked to support their ideas with layers using descriptions, examples and personal anecdotes.

Science Maple Valley/Salmon Cycle and Maple Valley history Sustainability and preservation, we get to go to on a free field trip to the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery on Sept. 27 th. Organisms and their Environment Forces and Motion Weather and Climate Life Cycles and Traits

District policy –No Food Some small item is fine, such as stickers or pencils We sing happy birthday, it is announced on the intercom, and they get a popcorn quarter from me