Welcome to 3rd Grade Back to School Night at Laurel Ridge Elementary!
One Lion, One Roar!
Presented by:
Third Grade
Agenda
• 3rd Grade Staff • Basic Daily Schedules• Curriculum
– Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts
• Communication • Homework & Grading Policies • Volunteering • Class Parties and Celebrations• Testing
Third Grade Staff:Mrs. Knowlton
Ms. Oguara
Mrs. Krekeler
Ms. Early
Mrs. Donaldson
Mrs. Jaggers
Srta. Aponte
Mr. Jelinek
Basic Third Grade Daily Schedule9:10 Announcements 9:20 Specials-STEAM, PE, Music, Art and Healthy Habits (Guidance and Library will vary)10:20-11:30 Reading Workshop11:30-11:45 Recess11:45-12:15 Lunch12:20-1:00 Writing Workshop1:00-1:15 Recess1:15 – 2:30 Math Workshop2:30 – 3:20 Social Studies/Science3:20-3:45 Reteach/Enrichment3:55 Dismissal
Curriculum
Language ArtsReadingWritingOral LanguageWord Study
MathScienceSocial Studies
LANGUAGE ARTS-READING
• Quarter #1- Building a community of
readers and Character Traits
• Quarter #2- Nonfiction. Functional Texts,
Critical Literacy and Content Area Research
• Quarter #3 – Content Area Research-con’t.
Biography and Autobiography and Poetry
• Quarter #4 – Poetry, Testing as a genre,
Series book clubs
Language Arts - Writing
• Quarter #1 – Building a Community of
Writers and Personal Narratives
• Quarter #2 – Nonfiction: All About Books,
Story innovations and content area research
• Quarter #3 – Content Area Research-con’t.,
Realistic Fiction and Poetry
• Quarter #4 – Poetry, Persuasive reviews,
and Independent Writing Projects
Scholastic Materials
• Scholastic magazines are no longer funded
by the school.
• This year we are asking parents to support
us by paying the $6.00 per student fee for
the annual magazine subscription.
• Scholastic book clubs – Monthly orders
online for students.
Math• Quarter 1
• Addition and subtraction Part 1
• Place Value
• Rounding
• Comparing
• Multiplication and Division Part 1
• Quarter 2
• Geometry
• Fractions Part 1
• Measurement Part 1
• Multiplication and Division Part 2
Math
• Quarter 3
• Addiction and substation Part 2
• Measurement
• Fractions Part 2
• Provability
• Quarter 4
• Time
• Temperature
• Data
• Multiplication and Division
Science
Quarter 1 – Ladybugs
• Ladybug life cycles, food chains, animal adaptations, plant/animal diversity in ecosystems
Quarter 2 – Earth’s Cycles
• Natural patterns/cycles (seasons, day/night, tides, water cycle, moon phases), energy resources, effects of human influence on air/water quality
Science
Quarter 3 - The Scoop on Soil
Components and importance of soil, conservation of natural resources
Quarter 4 – Making Work easier
Simple/compound machines
Ancient World Cultures
Places: Ancient China; Ancient Egypt; Ancient Mali; Ancient
Greece; Ancient Rome; 5 oceans; Huang He (Yellow River);
Mediterranean Sea; Nile River; 7 continents; Virginia; United
States
Economics -- Natural, human, and capital resources; Producers,
goods, and services; Economic choice and opportunity cost;
Specialization; Trade
Big Ideas – Architecture; Basic principles; Climate; Community;
Community service; Contributions; Direct and representative
democracy; Diversity; Government—local, state, and national;
Hemisphere; Inventions; Relationship between environment and
culture; Rules; Volunteering; Voting
Organization and Study Skills
• Organization– Students are
responsible for keeping their desk and backpack organized.
– Students are responsible for keeping their academic planner up to date. Homework is written on Monday or Tuesday (holidays) and due on Friday.
• Study Skills
– Students are being
taught that studying is
not just looking at the
book.
– Studying is an activity
that requires effort.
FCPS Portrait of a Graduate Virtues and Citizenship
• Collaborator - respects divergent thinking; works within a
group to promote learning
• Communicator – effective reading to broaden
perspectives; active listening; effective writing
• Creative/Critical Thinker – problem solving; uses
information in creative ways; uses arts
• Global and Ethical Citizen – contributes to
community; cares for environment; demonstrates empathy,
compassion, and respect
• Goal Directed and Resilient – physical and
mental well-being; sets and meets goals; belief in self
Student Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
recommends:
– Stay home a least 24 hours after no longer having a
fever, or signs of a fever without fever-reducing
medicines.
– Encourage students to wash hands and keep their
hands to themselves.
Homework Policies -- Students practice,
apply, and/or elaborate on content that they are
currently learning. It may also be used as preparation
for learning new content.
Agendas– Homework should be noted
Homework Policy– Students should have roughly half an hour of
homework daily.– Students MUST read at least 20 minutes each
evening (30 min. takes a student to the 90% and 50 min. takes a student to the 98%)
– The rest of the homework will mostly be in math or language arts worksheets
Effort Guidelines• Participation: class discussions, group work,
partner activities, attention and focus during
activities, appropriate responses to student/teacher
interactions, homework completion
• Quality of work produced: neatness, attention to
detail, completeness, grammar and spelling
• Perseverance: task initiation, task follow-through,
consistency, academic endurance
• Receptivity to feedback: appropriate response to
suggestions or redirection, positive interactions
during student-teacher conferencing,
implementation of peer/teacher suggestions
RecessWe will go twice a day, so please dress your child in
layers to ensure they are able to stay warm in the
winter months.
BIRTHDAY TREATS
STUDENTS WHO WANT TO BRING IN
BIRTHDAY TREATS – Please let your
teacher know at least 24 hours in advance.
Some classes have students with allergies.
Communication:
• Notes (preferred)• Phone: (703) 426-3700 (speak to office staff)• E-mails –Knowlton- [email protected] – [email protected] – [email protected] [email protected] – [email protected] – [email protected] [email protected]• Wednesday Folders • Appointments/Conferences
– Before or After School
Volunteering Opportunities!
• Administrative– Wednesday Folders
• Room Parent(s) – Parties • Field Trip Volunteers
• Reading Groups for Book Club
• (October/March)• Scholastic Book Club Orders
Party Time
• Valentine’s Day –- February 14th
• End-of-the-Year
• Winter holiday party (Social studies theme)
• Ancient Cultures Day
• Mali Market Day
MyOn (reading)
Tumble books (LRES library website)
PeebleGo (LRES library website)
Khan Academy (math)
Online Math Textbook
Brainpop and Brainpop Jr.!
Please join us in the classroom to
unpack supplies and to complete
forms.