2015 - 2016

Curriculum Presentation

Third Grade Team

Mrs. Brazelton, Ms. Haukeli, Mrs. Schneider

School-wide Guidelines

The 3 B’s!

1. Be safe

2. Be responsible

3. Be respectful

Homework

Reading (20 minutes per night, M - Th)

Monday: Spelling packet due Wed.

Tuesday: Math due Wed.

Wednesday: Reading/Language due Thurs.

Thursday: Math due Fri.

The expectation for your child

entering 3rd grade: Fluency of addition

and subtraction facts through 20.

Reading

Research based instruction in phonemic awareness,

phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.

We will incorporate the following into our

reading instruction:

Whole Group

Small Group

Partner Reading

Literature Studies

Independent Reading

AZ’s Move on When Reading

AZ state law:

Third grade students that score far below the

third grade level on the state adopted reading

test will NOT be promoted to fourth grade.

Exceptions: Some ELL and IEP students

Your student’s performance will be regularly

monitored throughout the year.

You will be notified as early as possible if we

have a concern about your child.

WRITING PROCESS

Prewriting

Draft

Revision

Editing

Publishing

Genres of Writing

Narrative

Opinion

Informative/

Explanatory

LANGUAGEGrammar and Usage

Parts of speech, subject and predicate, types of

sentences

Conventions

Capitalization, punctuation, spelling patterns, high

frequency words

Vocabulary

Use of reference materials

Spelling

Kyrene School District has adopted the Trophies spelling

program to go along with the reading program. This

focuses on word families and story words.

Each week:

Each Monday, students will be given a Spelling Preview where

they are given word family words. We will correct it together. They

will take home this list of words in their home binder.

Spelling homework: practice the words using Spelling City at

www.spellingcity.com or by another method of your choice.

Each Friday there will be a Spelling Test!

MATHEMATICS

Adopted Materials: Engage New York

Fosnot

AZ College and Career Ready Standards:

Operations and Algebraic Thinking (multiplication and division)

Number & Operations in Base Ten (multi-digit arithmetic)

Number & Operations (fractions)

Measurement and Data

Geometry

Mathematical Practices (problem solving, reasoning)

Science Life Science – Plants, Ecology

Physical Science – Light and Sound

Earth Science – Rocks, Erosion, Weathering

Social Studies Geography – Map Skills

American History – Immigration, Civil War

World History – Early Explorers; Ancient Greece

and Rome

Civics and Government

Economics

Grading

Proficient 85 – 100%

Developing 70 – 84%

Area of Concern – below 70%

Progress Reports (quarterly)

Kyrene Educational ResourcesKyrene.org > students > educational resources

Fun FridayEach Friday, students have the opportunity to participate in

Fun Friday.

Fun Friday includes a choice of an activity, such as games,

art, or computer. Students who have not earned Fun

Friday will go to Study Hall.

Students earn Fun Friday by:

Completing and turning in all homework

Completing and turning in all class work

Acceptable behavior for the week

Parent Drop off

• Please drop off between the cross walks. Pull up as far as possible. Do not let your students out before the crosswalk.

• If you pull into the lot and park, please walk your student across the crosswalk.

• Please be patient when waiting to pull into the lot. There is only one

line of traffic that is pulling in from the street.

• Students should be ready to exit the car when the time is

• appropriate.

Parent Drop Off

PARKING ONLY / NO STUDENT DROP OFF

LANE FOR STUDENT

DROP OFF

Enter Exit

CROSSWALKCROSSWALK

South Parking Lot – Mountain Sky Avenue

Mountain Sky Avenue

Parent Pick-up Pull up as far as possible and your student

will be sent to your car.

Students can enter cars after car passes the

cross walk.

PARKING ONLY / NO STUDENT PICK-UP

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Enter Exit

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South Parking Lot – Mountain Sky Avenue

Student waiting zone

Parent Pick-up Please have the Blue sign with your students

first and last name, and grade level displayed

in the windshield or hanging from the visor.

Stay in Your Car & Pull Forward

Let’s Put Student Safety First!

Thank you for attending tonight.

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Please join your child’s teacher in

their classroom for additional

information.