Our Grade 3 teachers are Ms. Toney and Mrs. Stewart
English Language Arts/ESL:
Instructional Objectives:
Spelling & Vocabulary – Grade 3 Level
Students will be able to…
A) Writer’s Workshop- Students will be required to participate in a whole class “writer’s talk”. Students will be provided with group instructions of the writer’s craft. Students will participate in individual writing conferences with teacher. Students will share their writing with the class. Students will recognize the relationship between reading and writing; what students learn as readers helps them as writers and vice versa. Students will learn various Mechanics (parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, nouns, verbs, adjectives, subjects, and predicates, etc.).
B) Word Study- Students select and work on their own spelling words that illustrate important principles. In addition, students are given a weekly list of grade 3 words to study. Tests are each Friday.
C) Monthly writing assignments- Preparing for MCAS testing. Ex. Holiday writings that show descriptive paragraphs, Autobiography, poems, friendly letters, book reports, summary/retelling of stories, and personal responses to stories.
D) Write a composition, in cursive, with indentations of paragraphs. Full heading and margins will be used.
E) Writing Assessments- Students will develop a writing sample three times for this school year, based on information drawn from a given “Key Question”. The beginning sample will show the level or areas that the student needs to improve. The final assessment should show that the student has grasped all information that has been taught at a grade three level.
F) MCAS-Blast Off Guide- Students read short passages and answer multiple choice open response questions pertaining to the passage. Preparing students for MCAS Testing.
Literature: What books, stories, poems or other literature will students read this term? Students will read widely from a variety of short stories, chapter stories, poetry, plays, fables, biographies, newspaper editorials & articles.
Examples:
A) Reading Workshop- Students read independently, books of their choice based on their individual reading levels. Students utilize age/grade level appropriate text found in our Trophies Anthology of Literature. They participate in small group instruction, geared to what they need to know. Examples are writing and reading responses, sharing stories and informational pieces aloud. Students study different genres, fiction, non-fiction, biography, etc.
B) Guided Reading: Students will be assessed using DIBELS and Grade Testing and placed into the appropriate guided reading level group. Once placed, students will read texts at their level, students will be reevaluated and placed accordingly. The DIBELS will be given three times throughout the year, and there will be progress monitoring each month.
C) Core Literature Series (Chapter book readings) – Good Grief Third Grade, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Super Fudge, Fudge-A-Mania, Class Clown.
Mathematics:
Instructional Objectives:
What students will be able to know and do as a result of their work for this school year?
- regroup in addition, subtraction (carrying, borrowing), regrouping in multiplication
- multiplying (0-12), dividing with remainders, fractions, money, time, place value.
- problem solving, estimation, rounding numbers, odd-even numbers.
- geometry, graphing, measuring distances.
T.E.R.C. Investigations-
Students will be involved in hands on, cooperative/challenging tasks. Through the use of manipulatives, they must work out strategies to complete/define a particular word problem.
Key Questions: (Samples)
- Explain how you solved the problem.
- Make a bar graph, pictograph, line graph.
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Social Studies
A) Topics Under American History:
- Focus on Historians, American Revolution, U.S. Presidents
- African America, Asian, Latin American, Native American
- Slavery, Civil Rights, Segregation, Discrimination and Injustice
- U.S. Mapping, Continents of the World, Large Bodies of Water
-Students will have to submit a state report based on Facts learned through research of an assigned state within the United States.
B) From Sea to Shining Sea-Massachusetts
This book is divided into six units that will provide basic guidelines for the study of Massachusetts. Examples include: Timeline, History and Mapping.
Key Questions: (Sample)
How does past history affect how we live today?
Science:
Please see Science pages on this site.
Technology:
Students will be able to:
-Know how people use tools (ex. magnifying glass, ruler, electric light, scissors, hammer, pencil, computer)
-Understand that some materials can be recycled and some cannot.
-Identify technology in everyday life, now and in the past, with examples from structures, communication, transportation and manufacturing
Student Products/Major Assignments:
English Language Arts/ESL:
Autobiography
Written responses in literature notebook
Mathematics:
Money, time, geometric shapes, graphs, end of unit assessments, written responses in journals.
Science and Technology:
- reports - cooperative learning
- experiments - products for folders
- work collection - journals
Assessment/Grading Policy:
Student’s progress will be frequently assessed, using the following methods:
English Language Arts/ESL: class participation, reports, classroom assignments, journals, homework, tests
Mathematics: journals, class participation, tests, class assignments, homework, class projects
Math Assessments (Midterm, End of Year)
Science and Technology: Science Project, experiments, classroom participation, homework
Social Studies: State Report, U.S. Presidents Report, class participation, written chapter assignments
Other Subjects: classroom participation, written assignments, homework
Instructional Strategies:
What instructional strategies will be used in this course?
- class discussion, participation, written assignments
- notebook journals
- standardized tests
- oral presentations
- key questions
- written reports
Additional Information/Expectations:
Tips for Parents:
What can parents do to be helpful?
- Read agendas.
- Go over homework with children.
- Prepare children for tests.
- Offer support and participation to teacher.
- Read to your child.
- Continue reviewing code of discipline throughout the year.
- Be aware of promotion and attendance policy.
- Try to attend both open house meetings.
Student Supplies:
- 3 sharpened pencils with erasers per day
- A pencil sharpener with cover
- 1 box of tissues
- 4 pocket folders
Parent Appointments (meetings days/times; phone number):
(617) 635-8064 / Mon-Fri. 8:00-8:30 AM or by phone call
Other Expectations:
- Enforce school uniforms.
- Proper behavior in school or bus.
Additional Information:
- Inform teachers of new address and phone numbers
- Send in a note for absenteeism.
- Sent nutritious meals for lunch.