Third Grade Curriculum Night 2021

I'm new about everything about third grade and how students can be most successful. So I'm miss Kurz . I'm one of the third grade teachers. I am misses Mckenzie. And I miss Veglia. So for Math in the third grade, we have a couple big focuses in the third grade, the first one is multiplication and division. We really want the kids to be fluent in their facts. So we really encourage them to practice at home. We will practice in the classroom, but practicing that for a homework would be fantastic. Also, we also have word problems, word problems, we will be doing in the classroom and we will be finding strategies for the students to help themselves when they solve. And then lastly, we will be focusing on fractions as well. Thank you very much. Putting the science together. So language arts English language arts is both reading and writing combined, and with reading what we really want the students to master is just how to read fluently on their own. We like to be able to teach them to read, to learn instead of teaching them just to read. And so we're really focused on asking and answering questions from the text and then being able to go to the text and use that to answer questions with lots of evidence. And so if they're struggling just to read the text at all, it makes it a lot harder for them. So just reading 20 minutes a night really helps build their fluency and allows us to make sure that we're pushing them into the reading to learn. Look at some last artists and a language English. So it becomes a characteristic of some text. And so look at your mama's skills and that's an annual opening parapet there must inform us. And it must have people just give to that the opinion for batia. It means. That we have this security to sour. I'm going to add in the writing part for English because I didn't say it yet. So we have opinion narrative and informative writing in third grade, so we're really working on all three of those. They also use that when they take the AZ merit in the spring. They're reading and writing scores combined. They have to be able to pass that in order to be able to pass on to the fourth grade. It's called move on when reading. It's a state law that we have. Just to make sure that students are on grade level and they'll have success in future grades. So we really try to focus on them being able to use what they've read to drive their writing and part of that is coming in narrative and informative. Some of it will be on the computer, but we'll also practice them writing in journals and making sure that they're getting in that handwriting that they might have most last year if they were remote at all. They have a lot of locations. So I knew in Arizona, then it was on a Lake passage. Several quarter of one 60. That is a yamiche and it gets aluminium as a pregnancy and cassette on a screen. So we also use mobi max at lung fellow, which is a great program on the computer. That's adaptive. So it gives kids the questions and it figures out what level that they're at and it helps push them forward if they're needing extensions, but it also will review if there's something that they may have missed and they just need a chance to see it again. And it is in reading math and then there's also science and social studies and it really helps with that fluency that we spoke about earlier. A useless analysis to the end is no classes. And. Since you see and see as not to realize, it's okay that you need multiplication. You can actually show the data as a multiplication. Assuming you need us to mask book about consumers. It's going to look like you are going to look at it. It's established numerous productive landmass in particular as a fluid. And we also have science. So we learn about life science physical science and earth and space science through the scientific method. So the scientific method is the one that usually comes up each quarter. But with life science, they learn about plant life cycles and even sometimes we go into animal life cycles. Physical science, they'll be learning about sound and light. And then earth science they learn a lot about rocks and volcanos and all the processes of earth. And look at the bacteria. Local volcanism. We also get to do a lot of experiments. So we look at science through reading and some of writing and those skills that we're trying to build in them, but they also get the opportunity to do experiments and really look at some of these through inquiry and project. The public is going to describe it as a calendar score. Let's go to personal policy. That is experimental. So phenomenal in malaria scientific. So on social studies, we look at American history world history civics and government geography and economics, but we really look at it through the lens of Arizona. So they learn what Arizona's government is, what our geography is, how our state makes its money and spends its money. And also its history and its connection with the world, so Arizona is really what drives all those other areas. In the last one, so let's tell that Arizona is located. So we also have high expectations at longfellow. One of our newest ones is we got new furniture and new paint, new technology, lots of different chairs and table options for students, supplies for each students. They call it pens and markers and colored pencils and dry rice markers and all kinds of stuff that they can use to help facilitate their learning. And so we've really just been focused with the kids on taking care of our new school, our new supplies, having pride and our environment and the materials that we're able to work with because we feel very fortunate to have all these new things. Because in our film, I think. People think there's a lot of new systems and some on the class laptops. It's an emotionality that makes us work in an industry. There's tons, and so this is the most PD end of time. Also with customers. I want the kids to be ready to learn every single day. When they come through the doors, they do learn something new. So we ask them to be on time, be in the uniform, be prepared and then cooperative. And the classes just keep at least of paraffin there. And so we're talking at least. We also practice mindfulness at school. So this is really their social and emotional learning and making sure students are able to regulate their emotions. It helps them with their memory. It helps them sustain attention. And so every day we try to give them a moment to kind of just be with their own thoughts, take some deep breaths and be able to help regulate their emotions so that when they are feeling overwhelmed or they're feeling sad or tired, they're able to get back into a place where they're able to learn at their best. Show up in the ramp for cars that one doesn't necessarily. We're also an avid school. So avid the letters are an acronym for advancement via individual determination. We also found this significant individual. And so what really avid does is it empowers students to be able to have tools and strategies to organize themselves to be aware of their own learning so that when the time comes that they're able to go from longfellow into junior high and high school and beyond, they're really prepared to have their own learning and have control over it. So we help students by organizing their binders and really giving them a place for everything organizing our cubbies and our classrooms as well. Because we believe organizations the way that they can then set goals and really watch their own progress for learning. We look at ourselves within that level. They are putting this out. So these are kind of our views of finders. We just really try to get them to stay organized and what each of the subjects is and what they might be learning. And we're really focused on having a growth mindset at longfellow, so it's not fixed. If something is difficult right now, it's just difficult for right now. We expect them to be able to grow. So no matter what level they're at, we expect them to be able to continue growing from that level and rise up to higher levels. It's still something I want to go on. Auto and parties are key they have it. Or can no longer pick any of the people. Yes, it terminator. So we also have PBIS and playworks that long fellow. PBS stands for positive behavior intervention system. Throughout our learning and throughout being at longfellow, we do is do anything. The first one is crasto and crafting is a way that we can keep with families. Also, we have good tickets, stock and tickets are handed out by staff to students that are showing expectations for being responsible, being respectful and do you think? We also have a falcon assemblies and lastly we do have fun Friday and a fun Friday is a reward that is earned by showing those and meeting those expectations throughout the week. That means I'm a PVA. A consistent intervention. But the rest of this class do you find a communication. Respite to us and tell us about this and it's going to be necessary. Some premieres. It can be anything locally Yamamoto. I just put in another resource center. They study their own control systems and they got Pepsi and they're getting me into some pvs. And this is our PBIS matrix. So these are all the ways that students can be safe, be respectful, and be responsible throughout all the places on our campus. And so we go over this extensively with kids at the beginning of the year so that they understand the expectations. But at the same time, if they haven't mastered one, and they need to review this, we're able to refer to this and talk about what we learned in the beginning of the school year that will help them be more successful. And so if they're needing a little bit more help with how to be responsible, specifically on the playground, we're able to look at just that area and re teach them so that they're able to be successful at longfellow. Empathy samples more choice than at least a principal annual either illegal as well so. It's an opportunity. So it's not an issue in longfellow. And then we also have playworks that longfellow. So this is just a structured game time. So during all recesses, they have games with specific rules that they've learned at longfellow, which is nice because then all the students know the same rules. All the games are inclusive so they can include everybody. They can be really big games. They're fair, so students always get an opportunity to replay. If they are get kicked out for one level and it helps kids with conflict resolution. So if there's a disagreement in the game, they learn strategies for how they can get past those disagreements and get back to playing and having fun. Play work is good to have a skill as well regular along with but like I said again. Opportunity as opportunity as an App Engine. And I learned that we can do something for the recording. So really long fellow for third grade, their biggest homework is just to read 20 minutes every night. If they're reading 20 minutes every night, they're going to be making gains in their reading progress. And that will help us most in the classroom. That's for reading, and then for math, if you can just help them practice those math facts, but we talked about is they're still practicing addition and subtraction at this point. That's okay until they can master it. And then later on in the year, we would like them to be able to master multiplication and division facts, not with huge numbers, just those ones with low numbers that we want them to be automatic at. And looking forward to something. In the area, but actually basically comprehension. Multiplication is important. And longfellow are grading just really reflect current mastery of their standards, but it also is progress. So students are given multiple times to show progress throughout the year. And so sometimes grades reflect that progress rather than complete mastery. And this is standard is the only way that we develop opportunity. Society. And so where that we're able to gather that data for progress is through our reteach and redo policy. So when students are given that other opportunity to take an exam or to take a project and redo it, they're re taught first. So we go over the expectations and the standard with them again and try to help them reach that mastery before we just expect them to do it again. So grades are flexible in that way because students can show progress and they can show growth if they're given other opportunities to try and master something. We flexible opportunity that they can see an opportunity that I do not need that. And the stock is listed in standardized and randomly. As I said, even when it's presented or anything else, and again, this is feedback. So the only really event that we have coming up pretty soon to look forward to as parent teacher conferences in October, they'll be after fall break and that's when we can speak with parents one to one about their students progress and the ways that they'll be able to help most at home. So let's go for it. Then we can. Not only move on. Standard is very in an email case in point Transylvania. So one of the biggest things I would say that third grade is great about is communication. So these are the different ways that you can communicate with us and that we can communicate with you. So we have our class Doja links here and this presentation will be shared with you guys so you can click on those in your students teacher to be able to join the class and you can send messages. We can send messages to you and class dojo is really great and can translate as well. We also have our blue take holders and take home folders are LA for us to send information home to families and to get information back if families want to bring something back for us teachers. Also what's in the take home folder, the kids do have their weekly calendar. It has upcoming events. It also is a place where we can mark behavior, if there's things that maybe we might want families to see at home of maybe an area where their child needs to work on, we can write a little note in there. Also, in the take home folders, we do have their reading logs and that goes with the 20 minute that we really want them to read at home. So it's a way for them to log what book they're eating, how many minutes of reading and then they can graph it as well. And that's the random is important. The class audio is the presentation. Public comment says, but an exciting Catholic in a sample. Let's communicate. There is a solid. It's a problem that is as an important test case the president put care into. It can deliver. And that your DNA will suspicious. You still look well that we can use. And so for the other and then they use one status quo and locally. There is mass positive familiar. The intermediate areas actually are different. And then I just have two more things. The first is, we can't mandate masks for students, but we do encourage them. It's a great way since we have all students on campus. We don't have students virtual learning this year at longfellow for students to be covered up. Protect themselves, protect each other from all kinds of things, not just COVID. And let's go live. And for all of the benefits given present, and also for Latin museums, COVID, Peru, automated. And the last thing I would add is just you can see all three teachers here are all three teachers are presenting curriculum night together. And that's because their grade is really a very close team. All the students work with all the teachers at some point. And so it really is a united front and it's everybody working the best that they can to do what's best for your students and for families to be able to support those students so that they can make all the progress that they can this year. So there were moments in KPC panels, and I'm going to use a consumer class or console security console. And thank you for coming to curriculum night or watching the video so that you're able to do the best for students. Formula will be the only thing an opportunity that is. It has a lot of support to the Andes that look below.