1. Mary DeGenova 3rd Grade Room 9 mdegenov@cdeducation.org
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2. Liturgy, Sacraments, Prayer
Religion
Scripture
Catholic Tradition
Liturgy, Sacraments, Prayer
Discipleship 2

3. Religion Prayers Hail Holy Queen Fatima Prayer Act of Contrition
Morning Offering 3

4. Religion
Students will learn through prayer, activities and discussion in class
I rarely use the textbook 4

5. Reading Daily 5 Guided Reading Whole Group Literature Circles
Peer Reading 5

6. Daily 5 1. Read to Self 2. Read to Others
3. Word Work (spelling words)
4. Writer's Notebook (writing process)
5. Listen to Reading (?) 6

7. Guided Reading Teacher working with small groups or individuals
Other students working on Daily 5 7

8. Spelling Friday – Pretest
If all words are spelled correctly, Challenge List (List B)
Tuesday- Word Work (practice Spelling list in a variety of ways) Please initial and date
Thursday- Final Test
Spelling City (New words will be posted on Fridays – book list (List A) and challenge list (List B)) 8

9. Inspector Fix-It
Phonics Skills
Editing Skills
Grammar Skills

10. Writer's Notebook Writing Process
*Brainstorming (variety of graphic organizers and strategies)
*Rough Draft (variety of ways to start a story)
*Editing (peer and teacher)
*Revising
*Final Copy 10

11. Math Common Core Curriculum
Same standards taught throughout the US at each grade level 11

12. Daily Problem-Based Interactive Learning
Math
Daily Problem-Based Interactive Learning
Hands-on Learning
Visual Learning 12

13. Response to Intervention (RTI)
Math
Response to Intervention (RTI)
Three Tiers
Tier 3
Tier 2
Tier 1 13

14. Math Tier 1: Ongoing Intervention
Monitor progress and prevent misconceptions during core classroom instruction 14

15. Math Tier 2: Strategic Intervention
Identify students’ strengths and needs and provide appropriate support 15

16. Math Tier 3: Intensive Intervention
Provide more intensive, personalized instruction for students who continue to struggle 16

17. Math Addition and Subtraction Timed Tests
(Try to beat your own personal time)
Time starts at 6 minutes and counts down (100 problems)
As the quarter progresses, the time will change to 5 minutes (100 problems)
Given Tuesday-Thursday 17

18. Math Multiplication Starts 2nd Quarter
Teach in many ways for all to grasp the concept
Timed tests will be given on multiplication later in the year
Division will follow 18

19. Cultures within the Community
Social Studies
Local Community
Cultures within the Community
Geography
Local Government
Economics 19

20. Hands-on learning (experiments, predict the outcome, observations)
Science
1st, 2nd and 4th Quarters
Water
Earth
Life
Hands-on learning (experiments, predict the outcome, observations)
No textbook
Students need to explain in writing on a lot of the investigations (application and inferencing) 20

21. Mental and Emotional Health
3rd quarter
Mr. Kochane will teach 1 time a week on a few sub-standards; I will teach the rest
Personal Health
Consumer Health
Mental and Emotional Health 21

22. Homework Schedule: Mon: Math and Grammar Simple Solutions
Tues: Spelling Word Work
Math and Grammar Simple Solutions
Wed: Study for Spelling Test
Thurs: Math and Grammar Simple Solutions
Study for various tests throughout the year
Please check and sign assignment notebook daily

23. Friday Folders
Blue Folder will be sent home on Fridays
Please review work with your child
Sign the form and date
Return on Monday
Please keep ALL papers in the folder (you will receive all of the papers at the end of each quarter)
If you have ANY questions or concerns, please write on a separate sheet of paper and slip into the pocket in the folder.

24. Field Trips
COSI (Winter months)
My Hometown (Last week of school)

25. Format: Multiple Choice and Short Answer
Terra Nova Test
October 17-21
Students are tested in Language Arts (Reading and English), Math, Social Studies and Science
Format: Multiple Choice and Short Answer 25

26. Ways We Learn Working in groups or pairs
Students explaining to other students
Oral presentations
Drawing a picture of the meaning or to show information
Skits
Using manipulatives (hands-on)
Projects (art supplies, collages)

27. Ways We Learn (Cont) Workbooks and Worksheets are used to reinforce the information learned Testing- (multiple choice, matching, explaining, showing through examples, drawing the meaning, verbal)

28. Parent Classroom Volunteers
Room 9 needs a “Discipleship Parent Representative”
“Mystery Reader” – Fridays 2:10-2:30
3. Assist in playing math games or math facts reviews with students
(All parents will receive an as to how to sign up to volunteer in the next week.) 28

29. Thank you for sharing your child with me!
May God bless you and your family! 29

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