3rd Grade Curriculum Night

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3rd Grade Curriculum Night

• McAlpine Elementary School

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Meet the Teachers

• Amy Bennison
• LaGina Flowers
• Danielle Lange
• Jane ORourke
• Danielle Wright- Student Teacher
• Jeanette Burnham-Student Teacher

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Part 1

• Meeting Student Needs in Homeroom

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Why Stay in Homerooms?

• Increases Instructional Time
• Creates positive student-teacher relationships
• Creates strong classroom community
• Provides structure for students through
  consistency
• Allows teacher to have better knowledge of
  students strengths/weaknesses
• Allows for integration of the content
• Allows for flexibility in the daily schedule
• Creates opportunities for in-depth study of units
• Fosters consistency with assessments and grading
• Facilitates parent-teacher communication

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Literacy

• Imagine It!
• Whole group comprehension lessons used to
  introduce reading strategies
• Vocabulary

• DWT Stations
• Uses a variety of fiction and nonfiction texts
• Rotating stations AR, Independent Work,
  Teach-led mini lessons

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Math

• Math notebooks
• Daily Math Warm-Up
• Combination of whole group/small group
• Differentiated assignments, including CW and
  Study Island.

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Study Island

• Instructional Diagnostic
• Web-based
• Research-based
• Built based on NC SCOS
• Interactive games that make learning fun

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How Does Study Island Work?

• Teachers assign items based on current units
• Students work to achieve a Blue Ribbon
• passing level is 70
• Remediation
• Automatic reteach lessons for topics not passed
• Below grade level material
• Enrichment
• Higher passing rates set by teacher
• Challenging material

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www.studyisland.com
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How will Study Island be Used?

• To meet needs of all students
• Reteach assignments
• Acceleration assignments
• Individualized passing rates
• Individualized skill assignments
• Homework
• Class work
• Literacy and Math

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Brain Break

• Hit the Deck The card pulled is the amount of
  seconds for the activity drawn.
• Spades- Run in Place
• Hearts- Jumping Jacks
• Clubs- Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
• Diamonds- Raise the Roof

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Part 2

• Using Questioning to Promote Higher Level Thinking

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Question Stems

• Teaching students to ask high level questions
• Creates a culture of thinkers
• To ask an intelligent question, you must truly
  understand the material
• Researched based Marzano, Kennedy

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Question Stems

• Knowing Defining, Recalling
• Organizing Arranging Information
• Applying Demonstrate Prior Knowledge
• Analyzing Examining Parts/Relationships
• Generating Producing New Ideas
• Integrating Connecting Information
• Evaluating Assessing Quality

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Activity

• Read the text.
• Use the question stems to write one question
  about the text on your index card.
• Make sure you know the answer to your question!

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Read and Ask a Knowing Question

• TOKYO - The world's oldest man celebrated his
  113th birthday on Thursday, telling reporters at
  his home in southern Japan about his joyful life
  and healthy appetite.
• "I'm happy," said Tomoji Tanabe as the local
  mayor presented him with flowers and a giant tea
  cup glazed with his name and date of birth. "I'm
  well. I eat a lot," he added.
• Tanabe, recognized by the Guinness Book of World
  Records as the oldest living male last year, eats
  mostly vegetables and believes the key to
  longevity is not drinking alcohol.
• The former civil servant lives with his son,
  drinks milk every day and has no major illnesses,
  although he now writes in his diary only once or
  twice a month. He used to write on a daily basis.

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Ask and Swap
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Think Pair Share

• Think of different ways you can use question
  stems at home as you read with your children.

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B.U.G

• Our grade uses a B.U.G. (Bring Useful Gear)
  Notebook to help us learn how to organize our
  materials and stay organized throughout the year!
  
• DO take home every night and return each morning
• DO NOT take out papers in the BUG unless in
  homework/parent pocket
• Papers in subject folder we are currently working
  on in class

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The Book

• Consequences Involved
• WARNING
• First (1st) Time "The Book" is Signed     
     Sticker in Agenda and Conference
  with Teacher
• Second (2nd) Time "The Book" is Signed   Sticker
  in Agenda and 2nd Conference with
  Teacher
• Third (3rd) Time "The Book" is Signed      
  Student writes a Behavior Sheet
• Multiple Times                                   
        Phone Call Home, Conference with
  Parents, and/or Office Referral

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Agenda

• Main way of communication
• Please sign agenda
• Letter stamp is to represent that the teacher has
  seen agenda
• Nightly Reading, Active Eagles, Math Facts need
  parent initial (one initial for all 3 is fine)
• Sign up for teacher bulletins on website

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Active Eagles

• Our school participates in physical education
  program that promotes healthy living outside of
  the school day. Students are to complete 30
  minutes of activity outside the school day each
  day- this can include anything from loading the
  dishwasher to playing in a soccer game. Each
  night parents sign beside the AE in students
  agendas to verify their participation in the
  program. At the end of each quarter, teachers
  will collect the agenda and look at the
  signatures. Students will be able to receive a
  ribbon celebrating their achievement at the end
  of each quarter during the quarterly Student
  Recognition Ceremony.

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Math Facts

• 10-20 minute practice each night
• Sign off in the agenda
• Students choose from Math Facts ideas list in
  their BUG.
• Extremely important to bring students to a higher
  level of thinking in math.

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Spellers Choice Contract

• Students choose one activity on Monday, Tuesday,
  and Wednesday.
• Turn in Thursday.
• Thursday night is a practice test- parent sign in
  agenda.
• Friday is spelling test.

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Monday Folders

• Required to keep a Portfolio on each student.
• Please sign and return tests within 48 hours.
• All other work may stay at home if it is not
  stamped Sign and Return.

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Accelerated Reader

• Ranges and goals are set (expect them to be lower
  this quarter due to time it takes to launch the
  program).
• Progress sent twice a quarter mid-quarter and
  before the end of the quarter
• Need to maintain an 85 average on the tests.

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Writing Portfolio

• We are required to keep a running writing
  portfolio for each student. Therefore, it is
  imperative that when you receive writing samples
  at home marked Sign and Return we receive them
  back. You should expect to keep the bulk of your
  students writing samples by the end of the year
  though (some samples must go to the fourth grade
  teacher so s/he has an indication of your childs
  latest writing abilities).

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Grading

• Third grade is the first year that students are
  graded on a 7 point scale and it is converted
  into a letter grade. The scale looks like this
• A 100 93
• B 92 85
• C 84 77
• D 76 70
• F 69 and below
• Occasionally, it is more appropriate for students
  to receive grades indicated by a ? (100/A), ?
  (90/B), or a ?- (80/C). These will be recorded
  on their papers and are an indication of minor
  grades.
• If your student receives a C or below on an
  assignment, it is encouraged that your student
  correct their answers, and turn back in to their
  teacher for partial of the credit back.

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Late Assignment Policy

• If students are missing assignments without a
  letter of excuse, our late paper policy is that
  the first day the assignment is missed, the paper
  is graded regularly, and then dropped one grade.
  If a paper was a low A, it will now be a low B.
  Each day after that the assignment continues to
  be late, that grade will drop two points until it
  is turned in. This policy helps with grading
  fairness.

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Projects Goals

• Extend the Curriculum
• Teach Time Management
• Student Created, Parent Guided

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Questions