"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." -- Benjamin Franklin

NOVEMBER 2016

THIRD GRADE GRADE NEWS

PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT STANDARDS: The students have been learning ELA and Social Studies or Science Standards through portfolio tasks. The portfolio will be used as an alternative promotion tool. Therefore, it is important that each student master the standards being taught. There are eight portfolio tasks that will be given over the next several months. Each ELA standard will be covered for a total of four times within those eight assessments. In order to master a standard, the student must receive a passing score on it three out of four times when assessed.

TITLE I SCHOOL

http://plantationpark.browardschools.com

SCHOLASTIC READING COUNTY – CURRENT LEADERS

Mrs. Crisanti’s Class McKenna Henschel Mr. Edwards’ Class Aidan Fitzgerald Ms. Holmes’ Class Ariana Mars Mrs. Leon’s Class Dylan Saito Mrs. Robinson’s Class coming soon Mrs. Welch’s Class Jacob Thomas

I-READY – CURRENT LEADERS (100% ACCURACY & TIME ON PROGRAM

Math Reading Mrs. Crisanti’s Class Kai Roberts Lorelei Sverak Mr. Edwards’ Class Zion Ramdas Ayanna Bain Ms. Holmes’ Class Karina Madraymootoo Lanna Vong Mrs. Leon’s Class Michael Sloan Sofia Schafer Mrs. Robinson’s Class Nichale Mitchell Nichale Mitchell Mrs. Welch’s Class Jaade Enriquez Anita Miller

KID OF CHARACTER – SEPTEMBER TRAIT: COOPERATION

Mrs. Crisanti’s Class McKenna Henschel Mr. Edwards’ Class Matthew Guivin Ms. Holmes’ Class Evelyn Padilla Mrs. Leon’s Class Leah Millon Mrs. Robinson’s Class Bathsada Scott Mrs. Welch’s Class Jayden Johnson

UPCOMING EVENTS

11/1 Mock Student Election 11/4 Patriotic Day

11/6 Daylight Savings

11/7 SAC/SAF/PTA @ 2:25 PM

11/8 Election Day – No School for Students

11/11 No School – Veteran’s Day

11/16 PTA & Title I ELA Family Night

11/17 Report Cards

11/19 City of Plantation Parade

11/22 Career Day

11/23-25 No School – Thanksgiving Break

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT(S)

“PPE Celebrates 50 Years, Bright Past, Brilliant Future!”

PPE’S MISSION & VISION STATEMENTS

PPE’S MISSION: As the PPE community, we strive to provide a safe environment that fosters 21st Century lifelong learners.

PPE’s VISION: Our vision is to promote an academic foundation that includes technology and life skills for future success. Students will develop critical thinking skills and achieve their highest potential as 21st Century life-long learners.

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." -- Benjamin Franklin

FLORIDA STANDARDS

Please access the new Florida Standards, at the below link, to better understand how to assist your child.

Literacy www.fldoe.org/pdf/lafs.pdf

Mathematics www.fldoe.org/pdf/mathfs.pdf

LITERACY: ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS/SOCIAL STUDIES

Students are learning:

• What is the purpose and need for government? • How can an author organize informational text to help

the reader? • ask and answer questions • relationship between historical events, scientific ideas or

steps in technical procedures • information gained from illustrations and words in a text • compare/contrast important points/key details in two

texts

MATHEMATICS

Students are learning about:

• interpret whole number quotients of whole numbers • determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication

or division equation • fluently multiply and divide within 100 • identify arithmetic patterns • multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10

SCIENCE

Students are learning about:

• Raise questions about the natural world. • Compare the observations made by different. • Keep records as appropriate, such as pictorial, written,

or simple charts and graphs, of investigations conducted. • Recognize that scientists question, discuss, and check

each other's evidence and explanations. • Recognize that scientists use models to help understand

and explain how things work. • Recognize that all models are approximations of natural

phenomena; as such, they do not perfectly account for all observations.

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MORE IMPORTANT NEWS

RESOURCES

I-READY

Use I-Ready to practice reading and math skills. https://login.i-ready.com/

Username: Provided to Students

Password: Provided to Students

DESTINATION LEARNING

Access Destination Learning through BEEP

Username: 10-digit Student Numbers (starts with 06)

Password: 1251

Use Destination Learning to practice reading and math skills.

SAMPLE FSA TESTS

http://parc c .pearson.c om/prac tic e-tests

www.fsaassessments.org

KHAN ACADEMY

www.khanacademy.c om/coach

MATIFIC.COM

Hundreds of Math A c tivities for G rades K-6

SCIENCE

http://www.floridastudents.org.

WONDERFUL site with tons of resources aligned to benchmarks with online digital activities.

BRAINPOP

http://www.brainpop.com

Brainpop engages students through animated movies, games, concept mapping, and more!

username: plantationpark password: brainpop

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." -- Benjamin Franklin

GENERAL HOMEWORK TIPS FOR PARENTS

1. Make sure your child has a quiet, well-lit place to do homework. Avoid having your child do homework with the television on or in places with other distractions, such as people coming and going.

2. Make sure the materials your child needs, such as paper, pencils and a dictionary, are available. Ask your child if special materials will be needed for some projects and get them in advance.

3. Help your child with time management. Establish a set time each day for doing homework. Don't let your child leave homework until just before bedtime. Think about using a weekend morning or afternoon for working on big projects, especially if the project involves getting together with classmates.

4. Be positive about homework. Tell your child how important school is. The attitude you express about homework will be the attitude your child acquires.

5. When your child does homework, you do homework. Show your child that the skills they are learning are related to things you do as an adult. If your child is reading, you read too. If your child is doing math, balance your checkbook.

6. When your child asks for help, provide guidance, not answers. Giving answers means your child will not learn the material. Too much help teaches your child that when the going gets rough, someone will do the work for him or her.

7. When the teacher asks that you play a role in homework, do it. Cooperate with the teacher. It shows your child that the school and home are a team. Follow the directions given by the teacher.

8. If homework is meant to be done by your child alone, stay away. Too much parent involvement can prevent homework from having some positive effects. Homework is a great way for kids to develop independent, lifelong learning skills.

9. Stay informed. Talk with your child's teacher. Make sure you know the purpose of homework and what your child's class rules are.

10. Help your child figure out what is hard homework and what is easy homework. Have your child do the hard work first. This will mean he will be most alert when facing the biggest challenges. Easy material will seem to go fast when fatigue begins to set in.

11. Watch your child for signs of failure and frustration. Let your child take a short break if she is having trouble keeping her mind on an assignment.

12. Reward progress in homework. If your child has been successful in homework completion and is working hard, celebrate that success with a special event (e.g., pizza, a walk, a trip to the park) to reinforce the positive effort.

GET READY IN THE 21ST CENTURY – LET’S GET TYPING!

As a way to be prepared in the age of technology, the Department of Literacy is recommending the website “TypingWeb” as a means for instruction in the area of typing and keyboard skills. TypingWeb is a free, web-based instructional program designed to develop student typing skills. It can be utilized by both beginning and advanced typists, and it allows for growth in typing skills by students at all grade levels.

Access to TypingWeb can be found online at: htt://www.typingweb.com