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Daily Schedule
7:55 – 8:15 Morning Work – Math Boxes
8:15 – 9:00 Social Studies/Science
9:00 – 9:15 Recess
9:15 – 10:10 Writing
10:10 – 11:45 Literacy Block
11:45 – 12:30 Lunch/Recess
12:30 – 12:45 Read Aloud
12:45 – 1:45 Math
1:45– 2:30 Specials a=PE; b=TECH;c=Music; d=Library
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Third GradeHomework
• Folders will go home weekly on either Friday or Monday & need to be returned the following Friday – the due dates will be on the front cover of the homework
• Reading Log– At least 100 minutes per week– Math 4 Today and Language Arts
4 - Review of third grade
curriculum• Spelling– Practice per your child’s needs
They need to try their best!
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Parent Support
• Schedule time for homework• Provide appropriate
environment & materials (let me know if you need some materials)
• Provide help & positive support as necessary
• Communicate questions & concerns to the teacher
• (email is the best: [email protected])
• Volunteer(complete the online back ground check
first)
• Remember it is “WE”Together “WE” are
stronger!
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Odds and Ends• Birthdays
– Invitations to all parties must be mailed from home – too many hurt feelings!
– No “treats”- school policy
• Illnesses– If your child is sick, then home and rest are the
best
• Transportation– If your child’s transportation schedule changes
from it’s typical routine, please provide a note or email
• Please be sure to check in at the office each time you come into the school!
• Fall Conferences will be the week of Halloween
• Two Field Trips – November 13th and another in the spring
• OAKs test – it begins this year!
New School Language
• The Common Core– Rigorous, consistent, & continuity
amongst 46 states
• Learning Targets– Specific content and language
standards to be taught
• Curriculum– District-wide materials and how
students are taught
• New Report Card
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Math
• Multiplication and Division problems with 100– With fluency– Variety of strategies– Multi-step word problems
• Fractions– Express, model, and compare
• Geometry
• Measurement and Data– Time (elapsed)– Graphing
• Beaverton Learning Targets– Everyday Mathematics– Every Day Calendar
• Investigations• Math 4 Today
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Literacy– Reading
• Students will develop through daily instruction & practice– Comprehension strategies– Fluency– Vocabulary – Robust Vocabulary– Reading to perform task
• Daily reading will include – Whole group & small group
instruction and individual conferences– Individual reading D.E.A.R.– Appropriately leveled trade books– A variety of genres
• Your help is needed 10:30-11:30 daily
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Language Arts – Writing
• Three writing forms will be taught:– Opinion Writing
• Organized structure and thought
– Informative/explanatory Writing• Facts, details, connections and
conclusion statement
– Narrative Writing• Characters, setting, dialogue, and
signal events with a sense of closure
– Also, just for fun Poetry and journal writing!
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Language Arts – Handwriting
Manuscript and cursive will both be taught and used in third grade
Hint: spellingwords will comehome in cursive in January!
Inspire pride in personal work appearance
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Spelling
• Harcourt’s StoryTown
– Weekly phonics and word patterns
– Teaches sounds, blends, & rules of spelling
• Pretest on Monday – words sent home with students
• Posttest on last day of the week
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Social Studies
• Participating as a Responsible Citizen in Our Community
• Goods and Services• Young Geographers• Neighborhoods and
Communities Change Over Time
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Science
• Energy– Common forms and uses– Sun as a source– Seasonal weather patterns– The Earth as a planet
• Heredity– Lifecycles of plants and animals
• Matter– Solids, liquids and Gases– Properties of objects
• Engineering Design– Design and test a prototype– Carry out an investigation
