Back to School Night at Laurel Ridge Elementary! One Lion, One - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome to 3rd Grade Back to School Night at Laurel Ridge Elementary!

One Lion, One Roar! Presented by: Third Grade

Agenda

• 3rd Grade Staff
• Basic Daily Schedules
• Curriculum

– Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts

• Communication
• Homework & Grading Policies
• Volunteering
• Class Parties and Celebrations
• Testing

Third Third Grade Grade Staff: Staff:

Mrs.

• Mrs. Knowlton

Knowlton Ms.

• Ms. Oguara

Oguara Mrs.

• Mrs. Krekeler

Krekeler Ms.

• Ms. Early

Early Mrs.

• Mrs. Donaldson

Donaldson Mrs Mrs. . Jagge Jaggers rs

• Srta. Aponte
• Srta. Aponte
• Mr. Jelinek
• Mr. Jelinek

Basic Third Grade Daily Schedule

9:10 Announcements 9:20 Specials-STEAM, PE, Music, Art and Healthy Habits (Guidance and Library will vary) 10:20-11:30 Reading Workshop 11:30-11:45 Recess 11:45-12:15 Lunch 12:20-1:00 Writing Workshop 1:00-1:15 Recess 1:15 – 2:30 Math Workshop 2:30 – 3:20 Social Studies/Science 3:20-3:45 Reteach/Enrichment 3:55 Dismissal

Curriculum

 Language Arts

 Reading  Writing  Oral Language  Word Study

 Math  Science  Social Studies

LANGUAGE ARTS-READING

• Quarter #1- Building a community of

readers and Character Traits

• Quarter #2- Nonfiction. Functional Texts,

Critical Literacy and Content Area Research

• Quarter #3 – Content Area Research-con’t.

Biography and Autobiography and Poetry

• Quarter #4 – Poetry, Testing as a genre,

Series book clubs

Language Arts - Writing

• Quarter #1 – Building a Community of

Writers and Personal Narratives

• Quarter #2 – Nonfiction: All About Books,

Story innovations and content area research

• Quarter #3 – Content Area Research-con’t.,

Realistic Fiction and Poetry

• Quarter #4 – Poetry, Persuasive reviews,

and Independent Writing Projects

Scholastic Materials

• Scholastic magazines are no longer funded

by the school.

• This year we are asking parents to support

us by paying the $6.00 per student fee for the annual magazine subscription.

• Scholastic book clubs – Monthly orders
• nline for students.

Math

• Quarter 1
• Addition and subtraction Part 1
• Place Value
• Rounding
• Comparing
• Multiplication and Division Part 1
• Quarter 2
• Geometry
• Fractions Part 1
• Measurement Part 1
• Multiplication and Division Part 2

Math

• Quarter 3
• Addiction and substation Part 2
• Measurement
• Fractions Part 2
• Provability
• Quarter 4
• Time
• Temperature
• Data
• Multiplication and Division

Science

Quarter 1 – Ladybugs

• Ladybug life cycles, food chains, animal

adaptations, plant/animal diversity in ecosystems Quarter 2 – Earth’s Cycles

• Natural patterns/cycles (seasons, day/night,

tides, water cycle, moon phases), energy resources, effects of human influence on air/water quality

Science

Quarter 3 - The Scoop on Soil Components and importance of soil, conservation of natural resources Quarter 4 – Making Work easier Simple/compound machines

Ancient World Cultures

Places: Ancient China; Ancient Egypt; Ancient Mali; Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome; 5 oceans; Huang He (Yellow River); Mediterranean Sea; Nile River; 7 continents; Virginia; United States Economics -- Natural, human, and capital resources; Producers, goods, and services; Economic choice and opportunity cost; Specialization; Trade Big Ideas – Architecture; Basic principles; Climate; Community; Community service; Contributions; Direct and representative democracy; Diversity; Government—local, state, and national; Hemisphere; Inventions; Relationship between environment and culture; Rules; Volunteering; Voting

Organization and Study Skills

• Organization

– Students are responsible for keeping their desk and backpack organized. – Students are responsible for keeping their academic planner up to date. Homework is written on Monday

• r Tuesday (holidays)

and due on Friday.

• Study Skills

– Students are being taught that studying is not just looking at the book. – Studying is an activity that requires effort.

FCPS Portrait of a Graduate

Virtues and Citizenship

• Collaborator - respects divergent thinking; works within a

group to promote learning

• Communicator – effective reading to broaden

perspectives; active listening; effective writing

• Creative/Critical Thinker – problem solving; uses

information in creative ways; uses arts

• Global and Ethical Citizen – contributes to

community; cares for environment; demonstrates empathy, compassion, and respect

• Goal Directed and Resilient – physical and

mental well-being; sets and meets goals; belief in self

Student Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends:

– Stay home a least 24 hours after no longer having a fever, or signs of a fever without fever-reducing medicines. – Encourage students to wash hands and keep their hands to themselves.

Reading and Math LATE MAY/EARLY JUNE

Homework Policies -- Students practice,

apply, and/or elaborate on content that they are currently learning. It may also be used as preparation for learning new content.

Agendas – Homework should be noted Homework Policy – Students should have roughly half an hour of homework daily. – Students MUST read at least 20 minutes each evening (30 min. takes a student to the 90% and 50 min. takes a student to the 98%) – The rest of the homework will mostly be in math or language arts worksheets

Effort Guidelines

• Participation: class discussions, group work,

partner activities, attention and focus during activities, appropriate responses to student/teacher interactions, homework completion

• Quality of work produced: neatness, attention to

detail, completeness, grammar and spelling

• Perseverance: task initiation, task follow-through,

consistency, academic endurance

• Receptivity to feedback: appropriate response to

suggestions or redirection, positive interactions during student-teacher conferencing, implementation of peer/teacher suggestions

Recess

We will go twice a day, so please dress your child in layers to ensure they are able to stay warm in the winter months.

BIRTHDAY TREATS

STUDENTS WHO WANT TO BRING IN BIRTHDAY TREATS – Please let your teacher know at least 24 hours in advance. Some classes have students with allergies.

Communication:

• Notes (preferred)
• Phone: (703) 426-3700 (speak to office staff)
• E-mails –

Knowlton- maknowlton@fcps.edu Oguara – noguara@fcps.edu Krekeler – eekrekeler@fcps.edu Donaldson- nmdonaldson@fcps.edu Aponte – tamorales@fcps.edu Early – tmearly@fcps.edu Jaggers- wejaggers@fcps.edu

• Wednesday Folders
• Appointments/Conferences

– Before or After School

Volunteering Opportunities!

• Administrative

– Wednesday Folders

• Room Parent(s) – Parties
• Field Trip Volunteers
• Reading Groups for Book Club
• (October/March)
• Scholastic Book Club Orders

Party Time

• Valentine’s Day –- February 14th
• End-of-the-Year
• Winter holiday party (Social studies theme)
• Ancient Cultures Day
• Mali Market Day

MyOn (reading) Tumble books (LRES library website) PeebleGo (LRES library website) Khan Academy (math) Online Math Textbook Brainpop and Brainpop Jr.!

Please join us in the classroom to unpack supplies and to complete forms.