Welcome to Third Grade Parent Night Reading/Language Arts

Reading Workshop Mini Lesson: Students come to the carpet for a 10 minute lesson each day. Independent Reading: Students each have their own book bag filled with “just right” books for them. During this time they will read independently and will stop and jot down powerful thinking while they are reading. Conferences: I will meet with students individually or in groups to check in with what they are working on as a reader and what is going on in their book. I will see if they are applying the skills we have been learning in our mini lessons and set goals for them to work on as a reader. Strategy Groups: I will meet with groups of students who I feel all need to work on a particular skill. Book Clubs: Students will get to read the same book as other students in their group. They will decide how much they will read each week and will meet weekly to discuss their thinking with their group.

Reading Workshop Structure

Reading Units of Study -Building a reading life -reading to learn grasping main idea and text structures -poetry -character studies -traditional literature and drama -research clubs -test taking as a genre -mystery

Writing Workshop has the same structure as reading workshop Mini Lesson: 10 minute writing lesson Independent Writing: students are writing independently at their desk, trying to add to their writing what strategies were taught that day Conferences: meet with students individually and in groups to work on areas they could improve their writing Writing Partners: partners help each other during the writing process

-crafting true stories (small moments) -writing about our characters writing Units of Study -crafting true stories (small moments) -information writing -poetry -writing about our characters -once upon a time -changing the world -revision

Focus Poetry *Students are given a new poem every 2 weeks to put in their poetry folder *Every other day, we will do an activity with the poem *Activities may include: Making predictions Noticing new Vocabulary/unfamiliar words Learning/Noticing Poetry Elements Learning/Noticing Figurative Language Partner Reading Comprehension/ Author’s Purpose *Poetry Quizzes will be given each 9 weeks. We will let you know in the newsletter when the quizzes will be.

Conventions & Grammar *We will cover each grammar objective for 2 weeks *A quiz will be given at the end of the 2nd week *We will do activities every other day throughout the 2 weeks to practice

Word Study is learning about the relationship of letters to sounds as well as the structure of words to support reading and writing. *Word Study Focus pattern will be sent in the newsletter each week. *Assessments will be about every 5 weeks over the patterns taught in the previous weeks *High Frequency words will be assigned each week, but not tested. They will be held accountable for spelling them correctly in their writing

Homework -reading homework will be assigned at the beginning of the month and due on the last friday of the month -students will be expected to use www.biblionasium.com to review books and complete challenges (you can visit the 3rd grade website for more info on how to use biblionasium- http://bhe3rd.weebly.com/ -students will also complete an activity to support their reading -Students should read at least 20 minutes every night

grades The following grades are anticipated grades that we will take each 9 weeks. We will let parents know in the weekly newsletter of any upcoming major/minor grades. Reading: Major: post unit assessments, embedded reading assessments, reading passages Minor: focus poetry quizzes, read aloud assessments, independent reading skill practice Other: homework Language Arts: Major: Published writing piece, post on demand writing assessment Minor: word study quizzes, mid unit check ins, grammar quizzes Other: grammar practice

Keeping up with grades Wednesday Folders: Each Wednesday a folder will come home with important flyers and graded work. Please take out the papers and return the folder each Thursday. Home Access Center/Katy ISD APP: Grades may be viewed through these portals. If you need your password, please contact our registrar Joni Pistrui at 281-234-0500. This password is different than your child’s katy cloud login. If you ever have any questions or concerns about your child’s grades, please contact me.

Conferences Do to our early release days being full days of instruction now, we will not be having a face-to face conference with every parent. Please make sure your are checking Home Access Center on a regular basis and checking the graded work that comes home in the Wednesday Folder. If your child’s teacher has a concern regarding your child, we will be contacting you individually.

Resources Istation: Istation is a reading application that measures overall reading, text fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and word analysis. For students struggling in reading or any of the areas listed above, it is recommended that students go on istation for 20-30 minutes 3 times a week to improve such skills. Students can access istation through the katy cloud. BenchmarkU: BenchmarkU is an online book catalog. Students can log in through the Katy cloud. They can search for books based on their reading level. Readworks: Readworks is a website where you can download reading passages based on grade level, genre, or comprehension skill. Parents can create a free account to access. www.readworks.org These are the main resources that we feel would help your third grader. However, please visit the BHE 3rd grade website for more websites and apps that will give your child extra practice in all subject areas.

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Any Questions? Thank you for coming! :)