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Mrs. Sytsma's Class THIRD GRADE CURRICULUM OVERVIEW MATH- Grade Level Expectations Place Value Addition and Subtraction of three and four digit numbers Understanding the meaning of Multiplication and Division Money Telling Time Math Strands: Geometry, Measurement, Number Sense, Probability, Algebraic Sense Measurement Problem Solving Logical Reasoning READING Comprehension Phonics Vocabulary Reading Skills and Reading Strategies Predicting Drawing Conclusions Reading Orally with Fluency Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) Home Reading Program—Book It! Pizza Awards LANGUAGE Sentence Structure Punctuation Capitals Paragraphs Parts of Speech Letter Writing Oral Communication Dictionary Skills SIX-TRAIT WRITING 1. Ideas 2. Conventions 3. Organization 4. Word Choice 5. Sentence Fluency 6. Voice Writing Process Writing Journal District Assessment SPELLING Phonics Word Meaning Spelling Rules Dictation Weekly Spelling Tests PENMANSHIP Printing Cursive Writing SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE Map Skills Healthy Habits Force and Motion Native Americans Structures of Life-(Living Things, i.e. plants, crayfish) Seashore SPECIALIST P.E.---Mrs. Arnold: Monday and Wednesday MUSIC---Mrs. Wright: Tuesday and Thursday COMPUTER LAB---Mrs. Silves: Thursday LIBRARY---Mrs. Holland: Friday REPORT CARDS (Rubrics) /PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES Guidelines for HOMEWORK Read for at least 15 minutes; 16 days or more/month Unfinished class assignments Assignments that enhance what has already been taught Spelling Practice and Math Facts or Math Game Practice The occasional Special Project or Research The assigned homework is due the next day. ASSESSMENTS MAP Test: Math, Reading, and Language – September, January and May-results shared at conferences and enclosed with final report card 6-Trait Writing –Spring Reading Fluency Assessment—on-set of third grade and each trimester Classroom Based Assessments WASL-- Math and Reading –Spring First Steps in Mathematics-a diagnostic tool CLASSROOM VOLUNTEERS Parents are encouraged to get involved by volunteering Working one-on-one or working in small groups Workroom projects Scholastic Book Orders Field Trips— Semiahmoo Beach and others are To Be Determined   NUTS AND BOLTS Folders—our link from home to school Parents can be supportive of their child's education by looking through and discussing the papers that come home in the school folder, talking with their child about what he/she learned at  school, signing/initialing the Home Reading calendars. Student Responsibility Plan-please sign and return back page Discipline-Students must follow the Guidelines for Success as stated in the Student Responsibility Plan Classroom Newsletter-Oct., Jan., Feb., March, and May Monthly IRPS Parent Newsletter Please No Toys Attendance-Arrival time is 9:00 am, absences begin at 9:16 am. After 9:15 parent and child are required to stop at the office for the "pink slip" which will admit the child to the classroom. Have your student eat breakfast at home or at school Checks (not cash) for book orders and field trips, made out to the companies and send in a labeled envelope with your child's name on it How I can be reached: School office 398-2111 Classroom 15: 318-2515, before or after school School E mail: csytsma@meridian.wednet.edu District Website: www.meridian.wednet.edu