3rd Grade GiftedCurriculum

NightWednesday, August 15, 2015

Welcome to the Third Grade Gifted Classroom!

Please take a moment to find your child’s seat, and see if you can fill-in the blanks on the Parent Night Kid Quiz!

No Peeking! When you have finished, you can

then flip it over and see what your child wrote.

As you sit at these tables, you may be asking, “Where did the desks go?”

We do a great deal of group work that takes advantage of the student’s divergent thinking. The desks had to go! This is why….

Tables help to create an environment that encourages

CRITICAL THINKING

CREATIVITY

COLLABORATION

COMMUNICATION

What subjects will your child cover in their third grade gifted classroom, and what strategies will be used to teach them?

Reading

Research based instruction in phonics, fluency, vocabulary, spelling, and text comprehension.

We will incorporate the following into our

reading instruction:

Whole Group

Small Group

Partner Reading

Literature Studies

Independent Reading

Reading Skills

Making inferences

Shared inquiry

Main idea/ Summarizing

Cause and effect

Comprehension

Sequencing

Author’s Purpose

Using Literature and Informational Text (Novels, Junior Great Books, Scholastic

News, Bear Essential News for Kids, etc…)

WRITING PROCESS

Prewriting

Draft

Revision

Editing

Publishing

Genres of Writing

Narrative Opinion Informative/

Explanatory And opportunities to

become published authors!

Bear Essential News

The Young Reporters Program gives kids in grades 3 through 8 the opportunity to experience journalism firsthand. Through this free program of Bear Essential Educational Services, kids learn the fundamentals of reporting and how to apply them by writing for the "Get the Scoop" section of Bear Essential News for Kids.

http://bearessentialnews.com/

LANGUAGE

Grammar and Usage

Parts of speech, subject and predicate, types of

sentences

Conventions

Capitalization, punctuation, spelling patterns, high

frequency words

Vocabulary

Use of reference materials

MATHEMATICS

Adopted Materials: Engage New York

Fosnot

AZ College and Career Ready Standards:

Operations and Algebraic Thinking (multiplication and division)

Number & Operations in Base Ten (multi-digit arithmetic)

Number & Operations (fractions)

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Mathematical Practices (problem solving, reasoning)

Science

Life Science – Plants, Ecology

Physical Science – Light and Sound

Earth Science – Rocks, Erosion, Weathering

Social Studies Geography – Map Skills

American History – Immigration, Civil War

World History – Early Explorers; Ancient Greece and Rome

Civics and Government

Economics

Social-Emotional

Activities That Build: Self-esteem

Teamwork

Communication

Anger Management

Self-Discovery

And Coping Skills

Brain Break!

www.gonoodle.com

Project-based Learning

Focuses on student choice, teacher responsibility, and opportunities

for differentiation.

students participate in projects and practice an interdisciplinary array of skills from math, language arts, fine arts, social studies, science, and technology.

How we make Project-based Learning work in our gifted classroom:

Follow the district’s curriculum calendar

Adhere to AZ Career and College Ready Standards

Employ both Acceleration and Enrichment

In addition to class projects, there will be a homework project almost every month.

Cross Curricular Projects

Plan a business

Planning a vacation

Fencing a yard

Decorating a Room

Planning a Party

Research Papers

Etc…????

Take a look at one of the in-class projects we have already tackled!

S.T.E.A.M Marshmallow Challenge

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang/en//id/837

The task is simple: in eighteen minutes, teams must build the tallest free-standing structure out of 20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard of tape, one yard of string, and one marshmallow. The marshmallow needs to be on top.

Homework

IXL - online

Monthly project

The August Homework Project!!!

Design your own business.

No directions as such…. I want the kids to feel free to be creative without too many parameters.

A packet will come home this Friday.

This will need to be completed and returned to school for grading by Monday, August 31st.

Please work with your child to pace the work.

There will be a new project each month.

Contact me with any questions!

Grading

Proficient 85 – 100%

Developing 70 – 84%

Area of Concern – below 70%

Progress Reports (quarterly)

Fun Friday

Each Friday, students have the opportunity to participate in Fun Friday.

Fun Friday includes a choice of an activity, such as games, art, or computer. Students who have not earned Fun Friday will go to Study Hall.

Students earn Fun Friday by: Completing and turning in all homework Completing and turning in all class work Acceptable behavior for the week

How Can you reach me?

Email – jdow@kyrene.org

Phone -480-541-4520

How do I communicate with you?

EmailRemind.comClass Website

Remind 101

Mrs. Dow created 3rd Grade Self-contained Gifted on Remind.Follow these steps to join!1. Download the Remind app. It’s free!2. Enter the class code

@f8037Or visit this link:www.remind.com/join/f8037Join via SMS!Enter this number(520) 441-1731with this message@f8037

What’s Remind?Remind is a simple way for you to stay informed and up-to-date with what’s happening in your class. By joining your teacher’sclass on Remind, you’re choosing to receive class messages via push notifications, SMS, or email. Don’t worry, your phonenumber will not be shared with the teacher or anyone else in the class.

Class Website

http://www.kyrene.org//site/Default.aspx?PageID=30622

Monte Vista School-wide Information

- The 3 B’s

- Parent drop off and Pick-up

School-wide Guidelines

The 3 B’s!

1. Be safe

2. Be responsible

3. Be respectful

Parent Drop off

• Please drop off between the cross walks. Pull up as far as possible. Do not let your students out before the crosswalk.

• If you pull into the lot and park, please walk your student across the crosswalk.

• Please be patient when waiting to pull into the lot. There is only one

line of traffic that is pulling in from the street.

• Students should be ready to exit the car when the time is appropriate.

Parent Drop Off

PARKING ONLY / NO STUDENT DROP OFF

LANE FOR STUDENT DROP OFF

Enter Exit

CROSSWALKCROSSWALK

South Parking Lot – Mountain Sky Avenue

Mountain Sky Avenue

Parent Pick-up Please have the Blue sign with your students first and last

name, and grade level displayed in the windshield or hanging from the visor.

Parent Pick-up

Pull up as far as possible and your student will be sent to your car.

Students can enter cars after car passes the cross walk.

PARKING ONLY / NO STUDENT PICK-UP

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Enter Exit

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South Parking Lot – Mountain Sky Avenue

Student waiting zone

Stay in Your Car & Pull Forward

Let’s Put Student Safety First!

That’s about it!Thank you for visiting with me tonight!