Welcome to 3rd Grade Back to School Night 2010-2011

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Welcome to 3rd GradeBack to School Night
2010-2011

• Mrs. Spruell
• Ms. Jones
• Mrs. Balimtas
• Ms. Krabbe
• Mrs. Collins
• Mrs. Jay
• Mrs. McGuire

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Agenda

• Meet the teacher
• New Responsibilities
• Agenda Books
• Homework- A daily responsibility
• Organization
• School Wide Discipline Plan
• The Road to Excellence
• Think Sheet
• Team Time
• Weekly Recognition
• ACE Award

• Curriculum
• Grading in Third Grade
• Determining Grade levels in reading
• The Grace Period
• Gradual release of responsibility.
• New Grading System
• Communications
• Friday Folders
• Agenda Books

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Responsibilities for Third Graders

• Complete daily homework
• Maintain a positive and serious attitude toward
  learning
• Display excellent behavior throughout the day
• Ask questions when things are challenging
• Keep materials and assignments organized
• Arrive to school on time - We are encouraging
  all students to arrive to school by 845 a.m. in
  order to promptly began instruction at 900 a.m.

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Home School SUCCESS

• Excellence starts with us!
• Ways to support your child
• Homework
• Study
• The importance of communication!

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School Wide Discipline Plan

• RULES
• Be respectful
• Be responsible
• Be safe

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The Road to Excellence

• Laurel Woods is on the Road to Excellence
• School-wide behavior plan that is guided by PBIS
  Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
• Three School Rules Be Respectful, Be
  Responsible, Be Safe
• Stoplight system within every grade
• Blue super behavior
• Green meeting behavioral expectation
• Yellow received a warning
• Red a warning and other intervention or
  negative consequence have been implemented
• Each day students will record their daily
  behavior in the agenda book. Parents should
• view the agenda book, sign daily, and discuss
  expectations at home.

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Howard County 3rd Grade Curriculum

• Language Arts
• Continue to develop fluent reading skills
• 3 purposes for reading
• 3 purposes for writing
• Grammar parts of speech and correct usage
• Develop a spelling conscience
• Literature study non-fiction, folktales,
  legends, fables, poetry

• Math
• Place value to 100,000
• Number Relations and Computation (addition,
  subtraction, multiplication division)
• Algebra, Patterns Functions
• Fractions Decimals
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Statistics
• Probability
• Communication
• Problem Solving/Estimation

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Howard County 3rd Grade Curriculum

• Health
• Mental Health
• Tobacco, Alcohol Drugs
• First Aid

• Social Studies
• Life in Howard County
• The North American Continent
• Investigating the World
• Science
• Weather
• Heat, Light Sound
• Experimentation
• Life Cycle of Plants

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Determining Grade Level in Reading

• Students are ON grade level when they can read
  text at the 3rd grade level AND respond to
  comprehension questions both orally AND in
  writing.
• Students are ABOVE grade level when they can read
  and respond independently in writing to text that
  is at the 3rd grade level and higher.
• Any student who cannot yet read (decode) AND
  respond in writing to text at the 3rd grade level
  is considered BELOW grade level.

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The Grace Period

• was designed for those students who can read 3rd
  grade text, but are still learning how to write
  an answer to comprehension questions.
• allows those students to be considered ON grade
  level for the first two marking periods as they
  learn how to write a well-developed response to
  comprehension questions.
• is in effect until the end of the second marking
  period. At this time, students must be able to
  respond in writing to 3rd grade level text to be
  considered ON grade level.

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Understanding Your Childs Reading Level and the
Grace Period
Student Independence

Teacher Support
These students Cannot yet read 3rd grade level text. Need to be able to read words at the 3rd grade level --OR-- Can read 3rd grade level text, But do not always show they understand the words they can read. These Students. Can read 3rd grade level text. Can understand most or all of what they read. Need teacher support to write a response to questions. Should require less support over time and become more independent as readers. These students Can read 3rd grade text or higher. Can understand most or all of what they read. Need no support from the teacher to write a satisfactory response to questions about what they read. Are working on developing higher level thinking skills while in reading group.
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New Grading System

• Evaluation Codes for Grades 3-8
• A- Outstanding level (90-100)
• B- High level (80- 89)
• C- Satisfactory level (70-79)
• D- Low level (60-69)
• E- Failure (50-59)

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Third Grade Field Trips2010-2011

• October 21st Historic Ellicott City
• April 21st Sharps Farm
• May 19th Maryland Science Center

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Welcome to 3rd GradeBack to School Night
2010-2011

• Thank you for coming this evening!