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Mrs. Sytsma's Class
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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. Evans: Thursday
LIBRARY---Mrs. Edin: Friday
REPORT CARDS (Rubrics) /PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES
- November 15, 16, 19 and 20
- March 31, April 1, 2, 3
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
- 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
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