Transcript Welcome To the Fifth Grade! - Hewlett

Welcome to Back to
School Night!
• Please sign up for a Parent-Teacher
conference. Kindly reserve the
evening times for working parents.
• Sign out the math student handbook.
• Add your email to the class list if you
are interested in doing so.
• Respond to your child’s letter.
Expectations and Goals
• Positive, risk-free learning environment
• Students will feel supported and
appropriately challenged
• Goals for Students
Behavior expectations: Be kind! Work hard!
Build responsibility / independence
Learn to set goals and achieve them
Practice “Habits of Mind”
Understand that mistakes are part of learning
• Home and school work as a team!
Send in a note or call if you have a question or concern
Homework Policy
• Purpose: To reinforce and maintain skills learned in class;
foster a sense of responsibility
• Law of Diminishing Returns:
– The tendency for a continuing application of effort or skill toward a
particular project or goal to decline in effectiveness after a certain
level of result has been achieved.
• Given Monday – Thursday nights
• Reading and log every night, including weekends and
vacations
Time increases throughout the year
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Usually math, reading, another subject
Parents supervise, but do not correct
Effort – Content and Appearance
Complete homework in library during recess
Homework Tips
• Set a daily time and place (routine)
• Quiet place with few distractions
• Have necessary supplies (sharpened
pencils, post-its, looseleaf paper)
• Pack backpack as soon as homework is
completed
• Offer support and praise, but do not
complete the homework for your child
What to Expect in 3rd Grade
• Classwork and Homework
– Not all work is graded, but is reviewed
– Students usually check themselves
– Checked Work folder
• Content Area Tests
– Emphasis not on grade, but what student
needs to work on
– Sign and return
Reading Workshop
• Teachers College workshop model
• Common Core Learning Standards
• Developing critical thinking skills
• Reading many different genres
• Build fluency and comprehension
• Develop vocabulary!
• We need your help!
• Reading levels –> M-P
• Time spent reading Just Right Books!
• Complete reading logs
Reading Levels Explained
Levels K-M
Levels N-Q
Plot
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Single Plot Line
Problem + solution
Skill: Hold onto and retell
longer stories
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May have multiple plots
Not always a solution
Skill: Hold onto stories over a
series; more inferential and
interpretive
Characters
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Single Trait
Author tells the reader
Feelings change, not character
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Multiple traits – more complex
Need to infer traits
Ambivalence
Character changes over time
Tricky Parts
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Words: Need to figure out
words that may not be every
day vocabulary and/or words
that are specific to a topic
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Phrases / paragraphs
More figurative language (e.g.
idioms)
Main character not always
truthful
Compare characters and plots
across books
Author’s purpose
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Common
Core
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Compare characters and plots
across books
Author’s purpose
Reading Levels Explained
Reading
Level
M
Characteristics of Reader
• Knows the characteristics of a
range of genres
• Understands more elaborate
plots and multiple characters
that develop and change over
time
• Identifies structure of texts
(description, compare and
contrast, problem and solution,
cause and effect)
• Word solving is smooth and
automatic with both oral and
silent reading
• Can read and understand
descriptive words, some
complex content‐specific
words, and some technical
words
Book Titles
• Horrible Harry
• Song Lee
• Arthur’s …
• Magic Tree House
• The Littles
• Junie B. Jones*
• The Bailey School Kids
• Berenstein Bears
• Sports Fiction by Matt
Christopher
Reading Levels Explained
Reading
Level
P
Characteristics of Reader
• Identifies the characteristics of a
full range of genres
• Identifies underlying
organizational structures and uses
them to help navigate through text
• Processes lengthy, complex
sentences, containing prepositional
phrases, introductory clauses, and
lists of nouns, verbs, or adjectives
• Solves new vocabulary words, some
defined in the text and some
unexplained
• Most word solving is unconscious
and automatic; little overt problem
solving needed
• Can read and understand
descriptive words, some complex
content‐specific words, and some
technical words
Book Titles
• Magic School Bus
• Encyclopedia Brown
• Time Warp Trio
• Worst Witch
Reading Levels Explained
How Readers at Each Band Would Comprehend The Wizard of Oz
K, L,and M
Readers
Dorothy is friendly. The problem is she gets taken to Oz by a
tornado. It gets solved when she uses her magic shoes to get
home.
N, O, P & Q
Readers
All of the above and…
I noticed that the characters all said one thing but acted in a
different way, For example, the Scarecrow said he was not
smart but he always finds a way to solve their problems. I also
noticed that Dorothy had to solve many little problems before
she could solve her big problem of getting home.
R, S, and T
Readers
All of the above and…
I noticed that the setting seemed like a character, too. Let me
explain…
U, V, and W
Readers
All of the above and…discuss theme and symbolism.
X,Y, and Z
Readers
All of the above and… The Wizard of Oz is a satire of the
Depression / Dust Bowl era in American history. Let me
compare that to another satire called Gulliver’s Travels.
Writing Workshop
• Teachers College Workshop model
• Writing in different genres
• Process
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Collecting seed ideas
Drafting
Revising & Editing
Publishing
Sharing
Third Grade TC Units of Study 2013-2014
Months
Reading
Writing
September/October
Unit 1: Building a Reading Life
9/3-10/11
Unit 1: Crafting True Stories
9/3-10/11
October/ November
Unit 2: Studying Characters Across
Series in Book Clubs
10/15-11/22
Unit 2: The Art of Information Writing
10/15-11/27
November/December
Unit 3: Nonfiction Reading: Reading to
Get the Text
11/25-12/20
Unit 3: Changing the World: Persuasive
Speeches, Petitions and Editorials
12/2-1/31
December/ January
Unit 4: Learning Through Reading:
Countries Around the World
1/6-2/7
February
Unit 5: Social Issues Book Clubs
2/10-3/7
Unit 4: 3rd Grade Literary Essay
2/3-2/28
March
Unit 6: Test Preparation
3/3-3/28
Unit 5: Test Preparation
3/3-3/28
April/May
Unit 7: Biography Book Clubs
4/23-5/22
Unit 6: Poetry
Unit 8: Mystery Book Clubs
5/27-6/20
Unit 7: Once Upon a Time: Adapting and
Writing Fairy Tales
5/19-6/20
May/June
4/23-5/16
Word Study
• Words Their Way program
• Differentiated and developmentally
based
• Word sorts
• Goal is to transfer to
reading and writing
Math
 Blending of different programs with principles of
Math in the City and Investigations
 Student Handbook is a tool for explaining math
concepts – Please sign out!
 Workshop model where students explore math –
working through the process builds understanding
 Repertoire of different strategies
 Emphasis on number sense to help students
understand math concepts
 Algorithms taught after explorations
 Fact challenges
Math
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9=
300
- 198
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open number line
56 + 42
50 + 40
6+2
decomposing numbers
Social Studies
Units of Study
– Countries Around the World, Starting with the
U.S.
– Learning about a Far Away Country: Brazil
– China: Similar in Some Ways, Different in Others
– Learning About Cultures Around the World
through Literature
Science
Units of Study
– Measuring Matter
– Water
– Living Earth
Field Trips
 Brookville Outdoor Educational Center
 Wednesday, October 30th
 3 chaperones per class
 Green Meadows Farm: Festival of
Cultures
 End of May/beginning June
 3 chaperones per class
Testing
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Teachers College Reading Assessments
COGAT Practice Test (October 1)
COGAT Test (October 2-4)
New York State ELA Test (April 1-3)
New York State Math Test (April 30 – May
2)
• Content area tests will be announced in
advance
Miscellaneous
• Communication
– Note in Boomerang folder or email
– Emails:
• [email protected]
• [email protected]
• Snack – Please send a healthy snack!
– Allergies! We are a nut-free class!
• Lunch
– Please send money in a sealed envelope labeled with the child’s name.
– Send with child – avoid drop-offs please
• Birthdays
– Celebrated once per month; coordinated by class moms
Miscellaneous
• Class Moms
– Mrs. Rocha
– Mrs. Gerstin
• Scholastic Book Orders
– Order online at any time!
– Link on my teacher page
Thank you for coming to
Back to School Night!
Remember…
• Please sign up for a Parent-Teacher
conference. Kindly reserve the evening
times for working parents.
• Sign out the math student handbook.
• Add your email to the class list if you are
interested in doing so.
• Respond to your child’s letter.