WELCOME TOTHIRD GRADE

Increased research skills using books and internet

Sites available through third grade home page

Cooperative learning as well as independent assignments

Writing skills and content reading comprehension

improved

Ongoing assessment for both group and individual work

Library and Computer Lab facilitate curriculum agenda

Animations, photographs and illustrations

Adjustable reading levels

Narrated videos

Used in classroom and at home

Podcast enabled – MP3 format

Lessons correlated to Berkeley Science Standards

Enhance classroom learning and special projects

Focus to incorporate technology into curriculum

Students build technology and keyboarding skills

Use state-of-the-art hardware and software

(Web 2.0 applications)

Most projects are rubric – based

Students earn points in each category

Empowers students to take charge of their progress

Shift from learning to read to reading to learn

Exposure to a variety of genres

Comprehension and analysis of text

Responding to text, Literature Circles

Self-selected reading

D.E.A.R. time and at-home reading

Buccaneer Book list

Long term and short term goals

Student conferences with teacher

Assessment of independent reading

Name a career where an employee is asked to

list ten to fifteen words in a column without

using spell check or any other resource

Spelling is a tool used to communicate in writing.

Friday test - 100% correct

1. always 2. correctly 3. usually 4. transfer 5. writing

I allwayes spell my words correktly on

my Friday test, but it ushualey dosent

transfir to my daily writeing

Not an isolated subject

Students use tools & resources to spell words

Transfer into daily writing

Student accountability

Dictation assessment

RUBRICS

Score 1-5

*Rubrics cover

3-4 important

strands of each

trait.

*Students score

anonymous

stories before

being scored

themselves.

Grammar (varied lessons, games, practice)

Wordly Wise – two week rotation

At-home practice can be found online

Research-based curriculum

How students learn

Extensively researched and field

tested

Basic skills and conceptual thinking

Add, subtract, multiply, fractions, decimals, etc.

Evaluate/assess problems

A hands-on, problem solving

approach

Students encouraged to solve problems in

multiple ways to fill their arsenal of

strategies

Instruction that revisits concepts regularly

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." — Dr. Seuss (Oh, the Places You'll Go!)

"Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!" — Dr. Seuss

Questions?