welcome to shafer elementary 3 rd grade curriculum night 2015-2016
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WELCOME TO SHAFER
ELEMENTARY
3rd Grade Curriculum Night
2015-2016
MR. & MRS. SHAFER
LANGUAGE ARTS
Your child will be taught Reading and Writing
using a balanced literacy approach. This includes:
read aloud, shared reading, guided reading,
independent reading, shared writing, and
independent writing.
The structure for this will be built around a
Reading Workshop and Writing Workshop.
WORD WORK
The goal of word study is to enhance a student’s
reading ability, written language, and vocabulary
skills. Teaching spelling through word study enables
students to not only be able to spell words but to
apply and transfer spelling skills to reading and
writing, which requires more complex thinking and
understanding.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Big Ideas for 3rd Grade
Narrative Study Expository Text
Narrative Writing Expository Research
Drama/Fables/Myths/ Legends
Assessment as a Genre
Literary Nonfiction Persuasion
Writing About Reading On Going Word Study
Poetry
SOCIAL STUDIES
Students will be creating an interactive notebook
to encourage and reinforce their knowledge,
concepts, and skills.Big Ideas for 3rd Grade
Classroom Community Economics & Entrepreneurs
Map Skills Communities (past and present)
Landforms Innovators
Government & Elections Space Pioneers
Early American History Celebrating Cultures
MATH
Guided Math (students grouped based on data and
student needs to extend or enrich). Students who are not
being pulled for small group at that time are doing
differentiated math stations, fact fluency or menus.Big Ideas for 3rd Grade
Place Value Graphing & Probability
Addition & Subtraction Measurement
Multiplication & Division
Geometry
Money Fractions
FACT FLUENCY
Homework (computer games, apps, flash cards,
plus parent resources will be sent home also)
One graded assessment at the end of each 9
weeks.
The goal is to complete 25 facts in 1 minute 40
seconds.
SCIENCE
Students will experience hands on exploration to
extend and enrich knowledge and vocabulary.
Big Ideas for 3rd Grade
Health Earth
Body Systems Organisms & Environment
Physical Properties Solar System
Force, Motion, & Energy
STAAR INFORMATION
Math STAAR May 9, 2016
Reading STAAR May 10, 2016STAAR are 4 hour timed tests that assess
students knowledge.
PLANNER/TRACKER
Homework information will be written in the
planner daily, along with reminders and important
information.
This is seen as a valuable tool in daily
communication between home and school, so please
check your child’s planner/tracker daily for
information.
BIRTHDAYS
We look forward to helping your child celebrate their special day
with their classmates. This will take place at the end of lunch.
We ask that the treat be something that is individually wrapped
and/or separated (i.e. cupcakes, cookies, donuts) and store bought.
Please send with your child to the nurse’s office to be approved in
the morning.
Check in with your child’s homeroom teacher to schedule a day to
bring in birthday treats.
COMMUNICATION
We believe that communication between home and
school is a vital part of children’s educational success. We
look forward to working with you as a team. • Friday Weekly Email• Daily Folder • Expectation Card• Planner• Website
EXPECTATION CARD
The Expectation Card is used as a means of communicating with
parents/guardians about behaviors which need improvement.
Teachers will record misbehavior(s) on the school wide
Expectation Card. The card will go home in the Daily Folder each
day. A mark will be given if the card is not signed and returned
the next day.
Detentions will be assigned as a consequence when a student
receives 7 marks or 5 tardy days.
CONFERENCES
We look forward to meeting with each family to
discuss your child’s accomplishments, strengths, and
overall progress.
We will send home emails for conference signups.
You may request a conference with your child’s
teacher at any time during the year by contacting
them.
DISMISSAL
Dismissal is at 3:40 p.m. Early dismissal is at
12:40.
All changes in transportation must be in
writing and received by the office before 3:00.
Emails are not accepted.
Biker/Walkers will not be released if we are
having severe weather at 3:35.
HOMEWORKEach night students are asked to read 20 minutes and track it in
order to help build their reading stamina.
On Monday, a reading passage that matches our reading program
and is correlated to STAAR will be assigned. Students are asked to
show their “work” and the passage will be due Friday morning.
On Monday, a Math assignment will be given and expected to be
worked on nightly and turned in completed Friday morning.
On Monday, a Writing/Word Work assignment will be given and will
be turned in complete Thursday morning.
Homework is due at 8:20 am. Homework delivered to the office after
that, is considered late.
MONEY
All money needs to be sent in an envelope that is
labeled with your child’s name, student ID #, the
homeroom teacher’s name, and what the money is
for (i.e. lunch money, spirit wear, etc.).
NURSE
Please inform Mrs. Sosa (our wonderful nurse) of
any special needs your child has.
State law prohibits teachers from giving
medications to students at school. All medicines
(including cough drops) must be sent to the clinic
and administered by the nurse with written
permission from the parent. All medications must be
in the original container for the nurse to dispense to
the student.
GRADES
Students will be assessed on 4 grading periods that
are each approximately 9 weeks long.
Parents are encouraged keep up to date with their
child’s progress using the Home Access Center.
Parents can see grades, assignments, and test
scores. More information can be found at katyisd.org
under the parent tab.
RETEACH/RETEST POLICY
Major Test (x2) concepts will be retaught if a child
scores below 70%. The child will have the
opportunity to retest 1 week later. The scores from
both tests will be averaged together. The final grade
for the retest will be the average of the 2 grades and
it will not exceed 70%.
SNACKS
Students will have snack time at 10:00 a.m. each day.
We ask that students bring snacks that are healthy and can
be eaten easily. Some examples include fruit, carrot sticks,
granola bars, pretzels, goldfish, etc. Snacks that will not be
permitted include chips, candy, cookies, etc.
Students may bring water bottles to school each day. Please
make sure it is labeled with your child’s name. To reduce spills,
we ask that the water bottles have sports lids or flip tops.
WE HOPE YOU’VE ENJOYED THIS PRESENTATION!
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A SHINING YEAR WITH YOUR SILVER
KNIGHT!
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