Welcom e to Curriculum

N ight!

Grade Three

Septem ber 22, 201 1

Our Team■ Robbyn Wile

■ K ris-anne D ooley

■ Laurel Wolfrum

■ M eg Sm ith

■ Paula M acGauley

■ M arybeth M athews

■ Support staff: Jen LaCava, K at

M cGowan, Jen Spencer-M cAdam s,

M ichelle Zam pell, D eb Trevarrow,

Jenifer Cooke, D ianne Cote, Jennifer

Grenier

Balanced L iteracy

■ Program with Tufts U niversity/

read ing com prehension strategies

■ Fundations

-spelling, phonics, gram m ar,

vocabulary, m echanics

Writing Process

■ Lucy Caulkins writing program

■ We write every day!

■ Paragraphing

■ Supports our readers’

workshop

■ Open-Response to read ing

M athem atics

■

■ Beginning, D eveloping and Secure

skills/ M ass. State Fram eworks

■ Spiral curriculum

■ H om e L inks

■ Facts practice

Social Studies ■ Social Studies Topics:

– M A and Local H istory

– Geography

– Econom ics & Governm ent

– Biographies/fam ous people from M assachusetts

■ Curriculum-based – Research

– Group projects

■ Citizen Facts– Things you need to know

about being an inform ed

citizen of the U nited States

Science

■ Plants, Soil, Trees

■ M agnets and Electricity

■ Rocks and M inerals

■ Inquiry based learning

■ Science N otebooks

■ H ands-on experiences

M CAS in Grade 3

■ English/Language Arts test

(M arch/April)

■ M ath test (M ay)

■ H ow do we prepare our

students?

– Our curriculum does it!

– Practice test-taking

skills

and situations

Technology in the

Classroom s■ Tools are used to:

– Collect data/

research

– Organize

inform ation

– Present find ings

– Word process

– Assess progress

■ Som e tools/program s we use:

– M icrosoft Word, Power

Point, Excel

– Inspiration/K idspiration

– D igital cam era

– Lexia

– Raz-kids

– D ragon Speaks

– K urzweil

– Class wikis

Assessm ent

■ Observation/Conferencing

■ D ata collection/progress

m onitoring

■ Perform ance assessm ents

■ Q uality ind icators and rubrics

■ Ongoing throughout the year

■ Trim esters

■ Open com m unication

– Conferencing

– Phone calls

– Em ails

■ IND EPEND ENCE!

■ 30 m inutes per night (on

average)

– M ath skills

– M ath fact practice

– Read ing com prehension

■ Reinforces class work

■ Encourages responsibility and

accountability

■ H ow to help:

– create a routine

– have supplies handy

– offer a quiet spot

Would you like to help?

H ere’s how:■ H elp at hom e

by:

– Read ing

to/with your

child

– Practicing

writing

(thank you

notes,

shopping

lists, etc.)

– H elp build

routines,

encourage

responsibility

■ H elp the class

by:

– Chaperonin

g a field

trip

– Contributin

g supplies

from the

wish list

occasionall

y

– Contact

VIS to

volunteer

TH ANK YOU FOR COM ING!

Laurel Wolfrum

lawolfrum @ ipswichschools.org

K ris-anne D ooley

krdooley@ ipswichschools.org

Robbyn Wile

rowile@ ipswichschools.org

M eg Sm ith

m esm ith@ ipswichschools.org