1. Bradford Woods Elementary Third Grade CURRICULUM NIGHT
3A Miss Garrity
3B Mrs. Tarchick
3C Mrs. Harvey

2. Curriculum Night Agenda
Transition to Third Grade
Communication
Homework
Curriculum
General classroom/Building Information

3. Transition to Third Grade
Non-consumable Textbooks
More Homework
Must Study for all Tests
More Challenging Vocabulary
Responsibility for His/Her Own Learning

4. Communication Assignment Book Weekly Bulletin
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Report Cards/Tyler System
Office ( )
Thursday Blast

5. Homework 10 minutes per grade level (30-40 min.)
Expect math and spelling 3-4 times/week
Homework Folder – Green Plastic
Assignment Books
T = Together
Parental Help
Holidays and special school nights
Classroom Time Missed

6. Homework Why? Reinforces what has been learned in class
Responsibility of:
Student
Parent
Teacher
Why?
Reinforces what has been learned in class
Helps students develop positive study
habits
Prepares students for upcoming lessons
Teaches responsibility and independence

7. Report Card Letter Grades: Reading English Spelling Math
Social Studies
Science
Writing only receives a marking indicator twice a year.

8. Grading Scale
A – 90
B – 80
C – 70
D 69
*Tyler System

9. have been incorporated into the NA curriculum
The PA Core Standards
have been incorporated into the NA curriculum
The PA Core Standards are designed to provide a pre K–12 continuum to reflect the demands of a college- and career-ready graduate.
NA curriculum incorporates all of the PA core standards as well as additional concepts and skills. Always been rigorous – now even more so.
Skills and concepts that were just introduced in 3rd grade now need to be mastered. That is the main difference

10. ELA (English/Language Arts)
No more CA (communication arts)…
ELA (English/Language Arts)
Reading, Writing, English
- 3rd grade does include a phonics/word analysis component, however the focus is more on comprehension skills.
3rd grade comprehension skills include…..

11. - Determine the moral or lesson of a story
- Making Inferences
- Character Analysis
- Determine the moral or lesson of a story
- Cause/Effect Relationships
- Point of View
- Author’s Purpose
Use context clues to determine word meaning
Use text features to locate and interpret information
Main idea and supporting details
Compare/Contrast

12. Citing evidence from the text to support answers is required.

13. Harcourt School Publishers Storytown
“Lessons”
6 “Themes” (5 lessons per Theme)
Every 5th Lesson is a REVIEW of skills
taught in the previous 4 lessons.
Each lesson consists of:
- 1 story or nonfiction text
- 10 vocabulary words
- A phonics/word analysis skill
- A comprehension skill
- A grammar lesson
- A writing skill
- One other “focus” skill

14. Each lesson will include….
Tests
Each lesson will include….
1 Vocabulary Quiz
1 Weekly Test
1 Spelling Test

15. Vocabulary Quiz
Words introduced and the list goes home on Day 1 of the lesson.
Quiz is usually about 5 days later.
Words are discussed and reviewed during the week in class, but should be studied at home.
The quiz is usually a matching quiz along with questions about a selection of the words.
The questions must be answered in a complete sentence . They must restate the question and use proper mechanics and spelling.

16. Poor answer: when I kept doing belly flops
Example:
Explain a time you felt frustrated.
Poor answer: when I kept doing belly flops
Great answer: A time I felt frustrated was when
I was learning how to dive, and I kept
doing belly flops in the pool instead.
Point out no cap no period not a complete sentence did not restate question

17. Weekly Test Weekly Tests consist of:
10 multiple choice comprehension questions related to the story
An essay question related to the story (evidence will need to be cited)
Multiple choice questions related to the comprehension, grammar, and focus skills taught that week.
Lessons are generally taught over 5-6 days with the weekly test given on the 5th or 6th day.
Students are required to use their books when taking the weekly reading tests in order to facilitate the citing of evidence used to support their answers.
Every 5th lesson is a review lesson and no vocabulary quiz or weekly test will be given during these weeks.
Don’t really need to study for these tests but reading the story aloud at home and discussing it at home is always a plus

18. Spelling Monday – Pretest** List goes home
Monday’s HW is to write missed words from
pretest 3X each due Tuesday
Packet goes home/due Thursday
Friday Test
** If student scores 100% on pretest, a 100% goes in the grade book and student is exempt from Friday’s test.
The student must still complete the packet.
Plural rules, homophones, compound words Mention that any deviation from normal testing schedule will be on weekly bulletin and/or assignment books

19. Grammar The Sentence Nouns Pronouns Possessives Adjectives/Adverbs
Mechanics

20. Writing Projects Personal Narrative Opinion Essay Instructions
Fictional Narrative
Friendly Letter
Descriptive Essay
Compare/Contrast
Students will learn to write for different audiences and different purposes

21. Book Reports - creative component December and April
oral report presented to the class
- summarize the book/memorization encouraged
- written component
- creative component
Practice at home so it is obvious they practice; eye contact important – can’t read straight from cards.Creative component as well as reading and summarizing the book

22. MATH Place Value/Rounding Addition/Subtraction Time/Money
Multiplication
Division
Data Collection/Interpretation
Measurement
Geometry
Fractions
Patterns
Probability
Decimals
Multiplication 2 digit by 1digit
Division with remainders
4 chapters of multiplication/3chapters of division (division concepts/basic facts – relationship to multiplication) we usually combine those chapters
Chapters go in order until after geometry then we skip to fractions and go back and do what we skipped after fractions.

23. B = 3/5 Multiply 1 digit numbers by multiples of 10 ex. 4 x 60 = 240
Generate/recognize equivalent fractions ex. 2/6 = 1/3
Express whole numbers as a fraction ex. 24/6 = 4 or 3/1 = 3
Represent fractions (including mixed numbers) on a number line
Additional skills and concepts that are either not found in our Harcourt book or that we don’t believe are covered adequately in the book. New book coming in a year or two!
Many of these skills are skills that we often taught as enrichment –but now they are required skills that ALL third graders are required to know.
B = 3/5

24. Solve multi step word problems using one or more of the 4 operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
Measure to the nearest ¼ inch
Find area and perimeter of a rectangle including problems where a side is unknown…..solve area using L x W formula.
Interpret and create line plots

25. Third Grade Rocket Math
A research-based program which incorporates effective practice to move students toward automaticity with basic math facts.
No more than two new facts and their inverses are introduced at one time.

26. Key Points Parents should…
Use flash cards and/or the child’s oral practice “set” sheet
Practice only facts on the oral practice sheet, emphasizing the 3-4 “new” facts
Parent participation is important for each child’s success with this program. They need to have the tools necessary for at home practice and have procedural knowledge of the program.
This is what they need to do:
Create a set of flashcards or use oral practice “set” sheet
Practice only facts on the oral practice sheet, emphasizing the 3-4 “new” facts
Do “cold run” of practice 2-3 times
Have child read problem and answer.
If your child hesitates or gives an incorrect answer, read the fact with the correct answer to your child.
Have your child read the fact back to you with the correct answer.
If using flash cards, place the incorrectly answered cards 2-4 cards behind in the deck to be revisited.
If using oral practice sheet, have child back up three problems and start from there.
Place mastered facts into a separate deck for later review.

27. Key Points Parents could…
Create/purchase a set of flashcards Practice a “cold run” of deck 2-3 times
Separate deck for mastered facts
Parents can use any purchased deck of flashcards OR homemade/printed cards.
Start with a “cold run” 2-3 times.
Pull out mastered facts so practice is more focused on facts that still need mastery.
Model with 13 Flash Cards – have teachers practice 13 facts with flashcards
Teachers might consider modeling this at their Back to School Curriculum Night in the Fall to demonstrate how parents should practice facts with their children.
Activity – model using 13 Flash Cards - with teachers
Introduce script to be used at Curriculum Night to demonstrate how parents should use flash cards at home for practice

28. Sequence of Subtraction Facts
This chart can also be found for all the math operations.
Again note that are placed in the middle, not the end, of the sequencing of facts. This holds true regardless of the operation.
Point out where the are introduced above for addition.
Direct teachers to look at operation sequencing sheets at this point. Remind teachers to consider sending home the Sequence of Facts sheet for whichever operation(s) their class is working on to familiarize parents with which facts are in each set.

29. Math Criteria for Math Placement Grades: 3 through 5
End of Book Test
ITBS: Math Concepts
ITBS: Math Problem Solving
ITBS: Math Computation
Basic Fact Test
All students receive the same curriculum.

30. Social Studies Map Skills Earth’s Physical Geography Human Geography
How Communities Change Over Time
Our Country’s History
Citizenship
Government
Our American Culture
Economics

31. Science Earth Science: Physical Science: Space:
Water, Weather, Rocks/Minerals, Earthquakes/
Volcanoes
Physical Science:
Properties of Matter, Changes in Matter
Force/Motion, Simple Machines, Energy
Space:
Planets, Star Patterns, Sun, Moon, Earth Movements

32. Bradford Woods Annual Science Expo
Friday, February 19, 2016

33. The Bradford Woods Science Expo is an opportunity for BWE parents and other community adults to share their knowledge and expertise in some area of science.
Topics may include physics, earth and space, biology, technology, or any science related topic. Formal demonstrations or informal exhibits are welcome.
Demonstrations will be for BWE students and their families. Students will rotate through areas of interest.
Exhibits will be on display throughout the evening and may include slide shows, experiments, hand-on activities, lectures, visual displays, etc.
Interested parents: Expo Registration Forms will available on the BWE web site or from your teacher. Please mark your calendar!

34. NA Web Page

35. Online Textbook Resources
Don’t Forget!
Online MATH Book – tutorials, practice problems, games
Online Reading book – has a link to awesome MATH games!!!!

36. Standardized Testing 2015 - 2016
Iowa Test of Basic Skills
Reading & Math Jan. 11 – Jan. 15
PSSA
ELA Apr. 11 – Apr. 15
Math Apr. 18 – Apr. 22

37. Absences Building Procedures
Illness – Building Procedure
Day 1
Work will be saved and sent home with student the next day.
Day 2 or more
Requests prior to 10 am will be accepted to guarantee availability at 3:30 pm
Educational Trip
Assignments will be given to the best of the teacher’s ability. Due to schedule/curricular changes additional make-up work may be required.
Days missed = days to complete
Fill Out Form for Approval

38. New Opportunities Available to Third Graders
Orchestra
Student Leadership
Variety Show
Mention how to sign up for student leadership

39. Orchestra Elective class Students meet twice per week:
Ensemble – every Wednesday for 45 minutes to rehearse for concerts
- During Ensemble, orchestra students DO NOT miss any direct instruction
Lessons – 30 minute small group lesson/will be at the same day/time each
week
- students MAY miss direct instruction during lessons and will be responsible for making up missed work.
Students who are not at Ensemble will be…
Participating in enrichment/remediation activities
Working on special projects
Be sure to bring instruments every Wednesday and on lesson day

40. Thank you for sharing your child with us at school!
Please visit your child’s classroom
Feel free to write your child a letter