Back to School Night Back to School Night 20132013

Back to School Night Back to School Night 20132013

Welcome Parents!Welcome Parents!Room 14 Room 14

Mrs. CarrollMrs. Carroll

A Little About Me…

Shining Brighter Every Day

Language Arts• Philosophy: Balanced Literacy

Language Arts

Reading Components:• Strategies that Work• Making Meaning

Shared ReadingModeled ReadingGuided ReadingIndependent Reading

Language Arts

• Writing Components:• Writing Workshop (Being a Writer)

Mentor TextsModeled WritingGuided WritingIndependent WritingWord Study

Go Math! Concepts for 3rd Grade:

•Addition and Subtraction within 1,000•Represent and Interpret Data•Understand Multiplication•Multiplication Facts and Strategies•Understand Division•Division Facts and Strategies•Understand Fractions•Compare Fractions•Time, Length, Liquid Volume and Mass•Perimeter and Area•Two-Dimensional Shapes•By the end of Gr. 3, students must know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.

Changes to Expect in the New Go Math! Program

•more exploration of concepts BEFORE learning the steps to solve problems• more hands-on activities• higher expectation of student problem solving• more higher-level thinking required• expected to explain their thinking when solving problems• more real-life applications of concepts deeper level of understanding• more online opportunities for reteach, enrichment, and/or practice • tests are all word problems• spiral review on practice workbook pages

Math Meeting• October 15th 2:00 APR Central

School• October 17th 7:00pm Woodland

School

Social Studies• Topics

– Communities– Native American Communities– Jamestown– Pioneers – Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark– Economics– Local, State and National Government

Science

• UnitsPlant Growth and DevelopmentRocks and Minerals

Chemical Tests

NJASK3• New Jersey Assessment of Skills

and Knowledge• Language Arts/Math• State assessment• May• Study groups

Classroom Procedures•Expectations: STARSStrive to do your best dailyTreat others the way you want to be treatedAlways show others kindnessRespect yourself, others, and your environmentStay in control•Homework– Usually 4 nights/week– Read for at least 15 minutes– Sign planner every night after homework

is completed

• Friday Folders• Tests and quizzes• Parent/teacher communication:

– Note in planner– Voicemail– Email– My webpage

• Birthday Celebrations

Classroom Procedures

Class Webpage• http://www.warrentboe.org/

A Word From Our Homeroom Parents

Look Around the Room!• Front Table

– November conference sign ups– Party Sign-ups– Strategic Plan Brochure– District Survey

• Children’s work– GLYPH– All About Me Balloons– Good Morning Letter

Thank you for coming!

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