Welcome to 3rd Grade Curriculum Night **Your child has written you a letter. Please feel free to write back to them during this presentation.

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Welcome to3rd Grade Curriculum NightYour
child has written you a letter. Please feel free
to write back to them during this presentation.
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Daily Schedule

• 820- 840 Attendance/Pledge/Mountain
  Math/Mountain Language
• 840- 940 Spalding/Grammar
• 940- 1025 Reading snack Bathroom Break
• 1030- 1100 Specials
• 1100-1140 Social Studies/Science
• 1145-1205 Writing
• 1205-1220 Tribes
• 1220-100 Lunch/Recess
• 110-220 Math
• 220-245 AR/BURST/Agenda
• 245-250 Clean up/ Dismissal

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Specials (1030-1100)

• Day 1 Library
• Day 2 PE
• Day 3 Music
• Day 4 Mystery Reader/Computers
• Day 5 PE
• Day 6 Music

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Spalding

• Practice spelling on Monday, Tuesday, and
  Wednesday
• Thursday spelling practice test (30 words)
• Practice test needs to be returned every Friday
  regardless of score (including 100)
• All students take Friday spelling test regardless
  of practice test score
• Spelling Homework page will be in
• binder

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Accelerated Reader (AR)

• Content and length of books are just as important
  as book color
• Students are expected to maintain their percent
  correct at 90 or higher
• Renaissance Place online
• Weekly A.R. reports online
• Wide variety of book choices check online for
  books within in your childs reading range
• Home Connect http//www.mychandlerschools.org/2008
  20922163445400/blank/browse.asp?A383BMDRN2000B
  COB0C62265

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Reading

• Open Court and Literature Studies
• Vocabulary development
• Develops comprehension skills through the five
  mental actions monitoring comprehension, making
  connections, predicting, reformatting,
  summarizing
• 1-2 grades in reading per week weekly test,
  vocabulary, map used to organize text, or any
  other activity
• Students are encouraged to refer back to the
  story to look for the answers on the reading test.

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Math

• Students have one math book that travels between
  school and home most evenings.
• Problems are copied from the book into math
  spiral or grid paper.
• Students must show all work.
• Students may use the grid paper to maintain
  neatness.
• Common Core Math Standards will also be
  implemented throughout the year.
• Multiplication (15 weeks)
• Fractions (7 weeks)
• Geometry and Measurement (5 weeks)
• Number Sense (8 weeks)

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Science/ Social Studies

• Aligned to state standards and common core
• Class science fair project will be in the winter
• Student are assigned an individual science and
  social studies book to use in class

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Our class expectations If you change your card
to Oscar Worthy Performance, Mrs. Hight will
place a sticker or stamp in your agenda! Your
behavior exceeded my expectations?   Making a
good choices will allow you to change your card
to Bravo! Bravo!    You will start out each day
on On the Red Carpet which means you are ready
to learn.   If you receive a warning, you will
change your card to Take One!   If you receive
two warnings, you will change your card to Take
Two!  
  Oscar Worthy Performance  
  Bravo! Bravo!
  On the Red Carpet  
  Take One!  
  Take Two!  
 

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Homework

• Parents check homework for completion and
  accuracy and then sign off on the agenda. Only
  accept their best!
• Please do not sign ahead of time
• 2 missed signatures in a week results in not
  participating in Fun Friday.
• Missing or incomplete homework is completed
  during lunch detention.
• Homework includes minimum of 20 minutes of
  reading per night.
• Homework is randomly graded, so it is important
  that parents review their childs work for
  accuracy.

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Detention

• Detention is given for incomplete homework/
• class work, inappropriate behavior, and
  falling behind in A.R. goals.
• After students are tardy 3 times in a quarter,
  they will be required to serve lunch detention.
• Excessive detentions may lead to a parent-teacher
  conference as well as lower behavior grades.

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Weekly Folders

• Student papers are sent home on Fridays along
  with a reflection form. Please read and sign the
  reflection form and have your child return it on
  Monday.
• The reflection form is considered homework, so if
  it is not returned
• on Monday, students will
• serve detention.

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Grades

• Papers with a score will be recorded in the grade
  book and put in weekly folders.
• Report cards are given at the end of each
  quarter.
• You can check your students grades online
  anytime!
• Please give me 1-2 weeks to enter grades.

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Absences

• Please try to schedule all appointments and
  vacations outside of school hours.
• Fridays are test days and it is important for
  your child to be present
• Make up work will be given to your child when
  absent and they will be given 1 day for every day
  absent to complete.

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Communications

• Schoolwide Newsletter will no longer be emailed.
  It is only available on our schools website
  (please register ASAP)
• www.CTAFreedom.com
• Grade level newsletters will be available online
  as well. Visit the news section, and go to your
  childs grade level newsletter.
• (Please continue to help us save money and go
  green with less paper copies!)

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Birthdays

• All treats must be store bought.
• District policy states that treats are
  individually wrapped for health reasons.
• If drinks are provided, they must be clear
  liquids.
• Please notify the teacher to give notice about
  birthday treats that will be sent in.

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Useful AR Links

• If your child has a book and theyre not sure if
  it's an AR book, look it up under AR Book Find
  http//www.arbookfind.com
• Folett Destiny can give you access to the Library
  Catalog of books.  This is helpful for helping
  your child develop a booklist of books they would
  like to read.  It also lists the book's AR book
  level and points. http//destiny.chandler.k12.az.u
  s/
• Keep track of your child's AR reading and goals,
  through HomeConnect.  To register you will need
  your child's username and password.  Most
  students know their AR username and password by
  heart.https//hosted153.renlearn.com/254902/HomeCo
  nnect/Login.aspx
• Parent Guides for Common Core PTA
  http//www.pta.org/4446.htm

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Other Business

• Class Directory (see form)
• Contacting me-Email is best
• Box tops
• Volunteers
• Pick up procedures
• Lunch

• High Heat 105 heat index, students stay inside
• August Conference- Sign-up Genius
• Infinite Campus (see form)

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Thank you for coming!