3rd GradeCurriculum

Mrs. Ergle & Mrs. Cato

MeEt Our third GRadE Class:

Fall Break

Sep. 21th

Labor Day

Sept. 7

Communication• Newsletters

• Emails (please allow up to 24 hours for a response)

• Gena.Ergle@cherokee.k12.ga.us

• Heather.Cato@cherokee.k12.ga.us

• CES website: http://portal.cherokee.k12.ga.us/Schools/clayton-es/default.aspx

• Agenda

• Monday white envelope

• Parent Conferences (Fall & Spring conferences and at parent request)

• APTT Conferences in November

Parent Expectations• Please have your child to school on time

• Read student’s agenda daily

• Sign behavior sheet daily

• Sign and return the Monday white envelope

• Please review graded work with your child

• Please make sure your child has completed homework and is prepared for class

• Read notes that are sent home

• Please communicate with the teachers

Agendas/Binders• Third grade students should bring home their agendas and binders every day.

Please check and initial your child’s agenda daily.

• Please review your child’s agenda daily for assignments and/or important information.

• All transportation changes and excuse notes must be written on a separate sheet of paper, not written in the agenda. We send theses notes to the office each day.

• Behavior for each day will be noted on the behavior sheet in the agenda. Please initial the behavior sheet nightly.

• Reading logs should be completed by the student and initialed by an adult nightly.

Attendance/Tardies• As long as students are healthy, they need to be at school.

• If students are absent, please provide a doctor’s excuse when you can.

• The tardy bell rings at 7:45. If your student eats breakfast at school, please be sure they are here in time to eat in the cafeteria and arrive in their classroom BEFORE the tardy bell rings.

CLASSROOM RULES• Respect others, respect yourself and respect your school!

• Keep hands, feet and objects to yourself!

• Be safe, be kind and be honest!

• Follow directions the first time they are given

• Raise your hand and wait to be called on

• We have FUN and learn something new day!

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

•Daily behavior chart

•Behavior Bucks

• S.U.P.E.R.S.T.A.R.S.

•C.A.R.E tickets

DAILY SCHEDULE7:30-8:00 Welcome Work/Succesmaker/

8:00-9:00 Group 1- Math

Group 2- Reading

9:00-10:00 Group 1- Reading

Group 2-Math

10:00-10:20 Recess

10:20-11:00 Media Center (every other Monday) Tuesday/Thursday- Lab Wednesday/Friday- Review Welcome Work/Reading/Writing Skills

11:05-11:35 Lunch 11:45-12:30 Specials

12:40-1:20 Group 2-Language Arts/Writing Workshop

Group 1- Science/Social Studies

1:20-2:40 Group 1-Language Arts/Writing Workshop

Group 2-Science/Social Studies 2:00-2:10 Fill Out Agendas/Review Day/Pack-Up

Academic Grading• A-90-100 B-80-89 C-71-79 D 70 F-69 and below

• Students will be graded on their report cards in the following subject areas: reading, language arts (writing/spelling/grammar), math, social studies, and science. Spelling is now part of language arts on the progress reports and report cards

• Online Parent Portal-you can check your child’s grades online. Please go to the office and see Glenda Lanier to signup.

• Any work recorded in the grade book will have a number/letter grade on the paper. If you see a check or smiley face, then we simply checked the work off as completed. A homework average grade will be recorded in the grade book at the end of each quarter.

Cherokee County Schools follow the GPS Common Core.

• You may review the standards at the Cherokee County webpage.

http://www.cherokee.k12.ga.us/ps/default.aspx

• You may also review the Georgia Standards of Excellence on the following website.

https://www.georgiastandards.org/standards/Pages/BrowseStandards/BrowseGPS.aspx

Reading• Integrated components of Reading Street

by Scott Foresman

• Chapter Books/Leveled Readers

• Reader’s Response Journals

• Differentiation

• AR Tests

• Citing Text Evidence/Written Response

• Strategies for Comprehension

• Vocabulary

• Variety of Genres

• Word Work/Phonics/Word Patterns

• Reader’s Workshop

• Homework

• Nightly Reading Log-Please make sure your child is reading every night.

• Prepare for Reading Test

• Projects

• Assessments

• Reading ComprehensionTests

• Reading Skill Assessments

• Activities/Projects

Reading Expectations for Students at the End of Third Grade

• Read with fluency and expression

• Gain understanding from a reading passage

• Cite text evidence from a reading passage

• Increased reading stamina

• Answer multiple choice, short response, and constructive response questions about a passage

Writing /Language Arts• Writer’s Workshop

• Writing throughout the curriculum

• Writing Process

• Narrative, Informational, and Persuasive

• Journals

• Quick Writes

• Weekly Grammar Concepts taught within writing and reading

• Homework

• Review grammar/writing concepts

• Practice sheets

• Writing assignments

• Assessments

• Tests, Quizzes

• Activities/Projects

• Student’s Writing Portfolio

Language Arts Expectations for Students by the End of Third Grade

• Write complete sentences including correct punctuation and capitalization

• Write, edit, and publish student’s own writings

• Increase writing stamina

• Write narrative, persuasive, and informational papers

• Know and use various parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

Spelling• This year we will be studying word patterns from Words Their Way and Orton

Gillingham. Our spelling words will come from word patterns.

Homework

• Students may choose from a list of spelling activities to help learn the words.

• Students/parents may choose activities to do each week. Encourage the student to learn the word pattern/sounds the letters make, not just memorize the word.

Assessment

• Test on Fridays

• Students will be held accountable for the spelling patterns on tests and in their writing.

Spelling Expectations for Students at the End of Third Grade

• Apply spelling patterns/phonics lessons to their writing and reading

• Spell most Dolch words and Frye words correctly in their writings

Math• Differentiation

• Individuals, Partners, Small Groups, Whole Group

• Math Journals, Math Centers, Graphic Organizers, On Core Mathematics workbook

• Topics we will cover: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, geometry, measurements, fractions, rounding, graphs, patterns and data analysis

• Homework: Review of past skill or skill students are having difficulty with sent home weekly in Homework Packet

• Students are assessed through quizzes, unit tests (will always send study guide), projects, and activities.

Math Journals• Students complete 1-2 journal entries daily in

their math journals.

• Questions are based on the current unit we are studying and require students to justify their answer. The sum of 4 + 3 is 7, just like always, but now they must explain WHY 7 is the sum of 4 + 3 or HOW 7 is the sum of 4 + 3.

SCIENCE• Science Journals

• Graphic Organizers

• Videos

• Experiments

• Topics we will cover: scientific method, habitats of Georgia, magnets, rocks and soils, fossils, interdependence of man (pollution and conservation in our environment)

• Assessment through quizzes, tests and projects

SOCIAL STUDIES• Worksheets, Maps,

Charts, Videos, Webquests, Internet Research

• Topics we will cover: map skills, the foundation of the U.S., democratic heritage; life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; rights and freedoms for everybody; the work force in democracy; rights of workers in the U.S.

• Assessment through quizzes, tests and projects

Important Information• Volunteers are always welcome in our classrooms. Please let

us know if you would like to volunteer during school hours or at home.

• Individual birthday snacks are welcome at lunch.

• We are planning on one off campus field trip this year and a possible in house field trip.

• Please join PTA!

Words to Be Looking and Listening For:

•Georgia Milestones

•Text Evidence

•Depth of Knowledge

•Rigor

•Reading and Writing Stamina

Georgia Milestones-Spring

ITBS-Late Fall

Third Grade success is a team effort!

Let’s Work Together to Have a Great Year.

Questions?Please email if you have any

questions.