Mrs. Motil’s Third Grade Class Curriculum Night August 25, 2015

Daily Schedule 7:20-7:55- Homeroom – Work time: agenda, morning work, cursive, Successmaker, etc. 8:00-8:50- Social Studies/Science 8:55-9:45- Math (1 st group) 9:50-11:00- Language Arts/Writing 11:00 -11:30- Lunch 11:35-12:25- Specials (PE, Art, Music) 12:30-12:50- Recess 12:55-1:20- Spelling/DEAR cont./AR test/Pack-up 1:25-2:15- Math (2 nd group) 2:15- Dismissal

Communication   Agenda  Notes  Phone Calls  Conferences  There is no such thing as TOO much communication!! *Please no s about transportation. School rule... We must have a note about transportation change. We can not take your child’s word!

School Wide Communication To receive Mr. Fuller’s text messages through Celly to (case sensitive).

Class Webpage  Weekly Newsletter  Upcoming Events/Reminders  Specials Schedule  Links to other CCSD websites  Updated Weekly  tracie_motil/site/default.aspx tracie_motil/site/default.aspx

Lunch  Our lunch time is 11:00am - 11:30am.  If you come to eat with your child, please feel free to eat at the blue tables outside the café. Please only take your child and not any other students from the class.  Remember no outside food!!!

Agenda  Please make sure you check and sign your child’s agenda each night.  Your child is responsible for writing down the day’s assignments/homework and due dates each day.  Do not write transportation notes in the agenda. These notes have to be sent to office.  Please check your child’s behavior card nightly and sign at the end of each week.

Behavior Card  How does my child lose a point?  What are the consequences?  What are the rewards?  How does the behavior card relate to the behavior chart?

Grades  This is the first year that the students will receive progress reports and report cards with a grading scale. My grade book is electronic which you will have access to on parent connect.  A  B80-89  C  D70  F 69 and below

Portal for Grades  onid=12696E30C7BAC275578A7E03B7320A9A onid=12696E30C7BAC275578A7E03B7320A9A  If you do no have an ASPEN account: send an to the address below and you will receive a login and password. If ASPEN does not recognize your please make sure the office has your correct address. 

Organization  Please make sure that your child brings their binder and any textbooks back to school each day.  Please do not take anything out of the binder/homework folder without checking with your child. Your child is responsible for their work!  We really try to instill good organization habits this year. This is a life skill and will help prepare them for 4 th.  You can help by having your child organize his/her room. Dedicate a quiet place for homework.

Georgia Milestones  The state of Georgia has adopted a new assessment system: Georgia Milestones Assessment System.  This will replace the Georgia Criterion Referenced Competency Test (GCRCT).  Georgia Milestones will be aligned to the Common Core Georgia Performance Standards (CCGPS) and will require more from students than the previous assessments, in order to better prepare students for college and career and to provide a more realistic picture of academic progress.  A major benefit of the new system is that it is one consistent testing program across grades 3-12, whereas previously students took a series of individual tests.  The new testing system will include open-ended questions to better gauge students’ content mastery. Third grade will no longer have a writing assessment. Writing, in response to text, will be assessed as part of the ELA assessment in each grade..  Georgia Milestones will be administered entirely online.

CCGPS  The new Georgia performance standards can be found at  Click on the Georgia Performance Standards tab at the top of the page, then click the GPS by grade level K-8 link on the left hand side of the page, then click on any link under the Grade 3 section for our standards

Reading  Assessments-  STAR  EasyCBM  Accelerated Reader  ReadNQuiz  Literature Circles  Basal skills

Grammar  We use Daily Language Instruction, Daily Paragraph Editing, and Writer’s Workshop.  Students will learn the 4 types of sentences and be able to identify and write them.  Students will identify the parts of speech and use them correctly in writing.  Students will find the subject and predicate of sentences and be able to supply the missing part of a sentence.

Writing  We will work on using the 5 step writing process:  Personal narrative  Opinion Writing  Persuasive writing  Informational writing

Math Third Grade Standards:  Place value/Rounding  Addition and Subtraction (should be mastered)  Multiplication and Division  Multiplication Facts!!!!!  Fractions  Geometry and Measurement  Time  Algebra  Problem Solving

Science and Social Studies  We alternate most science and social studies units.  Third Grade Science Standards  Georgia Habitats  Rocks, Soil, Fossils  Heat  Magnets  Third Grade Social Studies Standards  Map skills  Famous Americans through history  Economics  Greece influences on our government and architecture

Homework  Children will have homework nightly. Every night the girls and boys need to read minutes.  They will also have spelling and math homework.  We will on several occasions have projects.  Parent’s homework:  Be sure and sign your child’s agenda and behavior card. Children earn buck-a-roos for turning in homework on time and having papers signed.

Accelerated Reader  I want all the child to be the best reader he/she can be. To be a good reader, you have to read! Each quarter the children will have a goal to work towards.  Looking for an AR Book?  Go to AME Media Center  es/media/default.aspx es/media/default.aspx

Monthly Activities in 3 rd grade  August: Flat Stanley  September: Habitat Project  October: Mineral Research and Greek Day ( We will dress up as a Greek/an sample Greek Food)  November: ITBS testing and Because of Winn-Dixie  December: Decorating Gingerbread houses, Giving Tree, and Class party  January: Mr. Popper’s Penguins  February: Biography Fair  March: Lemonade Wars  April: Georgia Milestones Assessment and Market Day  May: End of the year party and State research project

Field Trips  Free in-school field trips with Northside Hospital  Tattle Tales in-school field trip on historical figures  GA Power in-school field trip on Heat Energy  Tellus Museum visit on fossils

Questions??? Let’s Have a Great Year!