Transcript Welcome to 4th Grade Parent Night

Welcome to
3rd Grade
Curriculum Night
Make sure you have an index card in front of you!
Please write your name, your child’s name, and your
child’s teacher. Record any questions you have during
the presentation. That way, if we don’t get to them
you can give them to your child’s teacher and he/she
will e-mail you directly.
Meet the Team!!!
• Ms. Watson
• Ms. Deming
• Ms. Selby
• Mrs. Hindes
• Mr. Hiroshige
• Mrs. Lehner
• Mrs. Couden
Our Team Resume
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Over 50 years of teaching experience
3 children
5 master degrees
1 national board certification
1 teacher who presented last year at the state gifted
conference and region 6 conference
4 AIG (Academically Intellectually Gifted)
Certifications
8 bachelor degree’s
2 Irwin teacher of the years
Over $160,000 still to pay in college debt
Guess Whooo?
• Professional bowler
• Identical twin
• Captain of the
cheerleading team
• Irwin parent
• Use to be a nanny
• World traveler
• Soccer MVP in high school
Desired Outcomes for
Irwin’s Students:
- Attain levels of academic achievement
consistent with abilities
- Engage in abstract, creative, and effective
reasoning
- Apply insightful questioning
- Develop a capacity to see interconnections
among disciplines
- Curriculum studied in greater depth through
more challenging lessons and differentiated
activities
- Curriculum accelerated to include above-grade
level material (when appropriate)
- Advanced pace of learning
- Integrated 21st century learning
TD Strategies used During
Instruction at Irwin
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Multiple Intelligences
• Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Jr. Great Books
• William and Mary Read Curriculum
• Curriculum compacting
• Individual Contracts
• Complex Problem Solving
• Paideia Seminar
Higher Order Thinking Skills & Questioning
• Interactive Notebooks
• Reading Workshop
• Writing Workshop
• Inquiry & Problem Based Learning
• Math Olympiad & Math Detective
• M3
• Project Based Learning
• Cooperative Learning
• Creative Thinking
3 Key Ideas for Parents to Help
Implement/Reinforce the Common Core
State Standards at Home:
•Think deeply – Ask open ended questions after they
finish reading. Give them multi step math word
problems.
•Integrated learning – Incorporate learning as much
as you can into the real world.
•Showing how they know – Have students orally or
written explain their answer or show you how they
got the answer.
Grading
• Power School (parents can access grades online by
logging on with a username and password.
Information will be sent home soon.)
• 60% Projects & Tests
• 40% Quizzes, in-class assignments, exit tickets,
interactive notebooks
• CMS policy of no lower than 50%. Will see
students raw score on paper, but 50% goes in
grade book.
Grading Scale
A = 93-100
B = 85-92
C = 77-84
D = 70-76
F = Below 69
Teach for Mastery
• New CMS policy this year
• Students who receive below an 85% on a
unit test did not show mastery
• They will be re-taught the material in
small group during class and will re-test
about a week later. If the student shows
mastery (85% or higher) on the re-test,
their final score will be an 85%.
• For example, if they receive a 56% on the
first test and a 89% on the second test,
their new test grade will be an 85%.
Math Curriculum
• Place value
100 minute daily math block:
• Rounding
• Comparing/Ordering numbers
-10 minute math
• Estimation
-60 minute math lesson
• Elapsed time
-30 minute differentiated
instruction/small group work • Multi-digit addition/subtraction &
properties
based on data
• Unknown equations
• Multi-step problem-solving
Math Assessments Used:
• Data/Graphing
- MAP data
• Multiplication
-Weekly Exit Tickets
-Unit Tests
• Division
-Quizzes
• Geometry (attributes of shapes)
-Interactive Notebooks
• Perimeter/area
-In class assignments
• Fractions
• Order of operations
• Measurement
• Multi-digit multiplication
Balanced Literacy
2 hours daily reading block:
-reading workshop (60 minutes)
-writing workshop (45 minutes)
-interactive read aloud (20
minutes)
-word work (20 minutes)
Assessments:
-Reading 3D
-DIBELS
-DAZE
-Weekly Spelling Tests
-1:1 Conferences
-MAP Testing MAP dynamically
adapts to a student’s responses – as they
take the test. Students answer a
question correctly and the test presents
Structure:
a more challenging item. If a students
-Mini-lesson (10 minutes)
misses a question, MAP will offer a
-Independent Reading/Book
simpler item. In this way, the test
-Clubs while teacher is
narrows in on a student’s learning level,
conferencing or working with small engaging them with content that allows
them to succeed. This testing is for the
groups (45 minutes)
instructional purposes of reading and
-Share (5 minutes)
math.
-Cold Reads
-Post it notes “Stop and Jots”
-Weekly Reading Quick Checks
Reading Curriculum
• Launching the Reading Workshop
• Following Characters into Meaning (Fiction)
• Nonfiction/Informational Reading
• Poetry
• Fables/Folktales/Myths
• Social Issues/Series Book Clubs
Writing Curriculum
• Launching the Writing Workshop
• Narrative writing
• Informational/Explanatory Writing
• Opinion Writing Pieces
• Poetry
Science Curriculum
• Matter
• Soil/Plants
• Energy
• Earth Systems
• Ecosystems
• Human Body
• Force/Motion
• Assessments: tests, quizzes, experiments,
interactive notebooks, exit tickets, in class
assignments
Social Studies
• Communities Changing Over time
• Citizens and Government
• Roles in the Community
• Geography
• People and Economics
• People and Technology
• Storytelling and Cultures
• Assessments: tests, quizzes, interactive
notebooks, exit tickets, in class assignments
What is an
interactive notebook?
• Your own personalized text book that includes
everything you’ve learned throughout the year!
• A helpful tool that will help you complete your
homework each and every night (especially math).
• Study tool for quizzes and tests
• Great resource for end of the year review
• Helps you stay organized! You never have to worry
about losing papers.
• Allows for the 4 C’s: Creativity, Critical Thinking,
Collaboration, Communication!
How is it organized?
• Begins with a table of contents to help with
organization
• The Right Side is teacher directed and is
restricted for the teacher only. This is where
you will learn new information and take notes
on what you learn. You will learn exactly how to
take notes on this side.
• The Left Side is the students’ side. This is
the side that you show your understanding of
the right side. It is your independent practice.
You will use both sides to help you at home
when you are doing your HW.
Example of Teacher
Notes – Right Side
-At the beginning of
the year the notes
are more guided. By
the end of the year
the students are
taking a majority of
their own notes. This
is a skill they will
need to take with
them through college.
Left Side Examples
Foldables
More Examples:
Pictures
Advertisements
Poems
Post Cards
Technology
Proficient
Basic
Beginning
Criteria
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Right Side (Teacher Side)
The assignment including handwriting is neat, and completed with
care
Notes are complete and well detailed
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Left Side (Student Side)
The assignment including handwriting is neat, and completed with
care
The assignment is complete
The assignment is completed according to instructions given
The assignment is correct
The left side shows a thorough understanding of the right side (2
points)
Color has been used to make the assignment neat and attractive.
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Organization and Timeliness
oPages are attached securely, left side/right side order intact
oPages numbers and dates are on each page
oThe notebook assignment was completed and turned in on time
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Creativity
Student’s assignment is creative and thought provoking.
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Evidence of Additional Thinking/Effort – WOW Factor
Student put exceptional effort into both right and left side
assignments. Assignment goes above and beyond the requirements.
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SS/Science Interactive Notebook
Rubric Sample
What are the EOG’s?
• EOG stands for the End of Grade Testing. It is a test given by the state to
all students in grades 3-8. Third graders take test in two areas, reading and
math. Both are all multiple choice.
• Students receive a score for each subject. The scores are called levels and
they range from 1 to 5.
Levels 1 - 2 are considered not passing
Level 3 is considered passing but not meeting college and career ready
standards. Level 3’s do not need to re-take the EOG. However, only high
3’s are considered PROFICIENT.
Level 4 is passing, but is meeting college and career ready standards
Level 5 is passing, and all kids are meeting the college and career ready
standards.
• All third grade students are expected to make a level 3 or 4 on the EOG in
order to be promoted to the fourth grade.
The EOG will be given toward the end of the school year.
What if my child does not
pass the EOG?
•If they are proficient, they are promoted to Grade 4
•If they are not proficient, they may take a retest of the
EOG (different form) or the Reach to Achieve alternate
test
• If they are proficient on the EOG retake or the
alternate test, they are promoted to Grade 4
• If they are still not proficient, they may qualify for a
“good cause exemption” and be promoted to Grade 4
• If they do not qualify for a “good cause exemption,
”they are then enrolled in a Summer Reading Camp
EOG Continued
• If a parent decides not to enroll the student in the
Summer Reading Camp, the student is retained in third
grade
• If the student attends and completes Summer Reading
Camp, the student may achieve proficiency by passing the
alternate test OR by passing with a complete reading
portfolio (contents and structure to be determined)
• If proficiency is gained by either means test or
portfolio), the student is promoted to Grade 4
• If the student is still not proficient, the student
moves to the next school year with a “retained” label on
the record in Power School
There will be a separate meeting in Oct. w/ Ms. Ashford
specifically for 3rd Grade EOG and Read to Achieve
Projects
One Project per quarter
• Students should be able to do independently
• You will be given at least 4 weeks to complete
• Directions & rubric will always be e-mailed out
in advance
• For each project a Weebly will be created
that lists resources you may need to complete
it.
BYOT
• Allowed to bring their own devices and log onto the
school network
• Devices must be checked in to the teacher every day
first thing in the morning
• Devices stay locked up throughout the day unless the
students have permission to use them by the teacher
• Not allowed to let others use their devices!
• Do not take them to recess or lunch
• Must sign BYOT compact and return it to school before
you bring yours in
BYOT FAQ’s
Q: What type of device is best?
A: A device with the internet (ie. IPAD, IPAD mini, Iphone,
Lap top, etc.)
Q: Should I bring my device everyday?
A: Yes, so that the teacher can include them into her plans
each day and not have to worry about students
forgetting theirs.
Q: What will we use the BYOT devices for?
A: Razkids, Dreambox, Word Work, Writing Workshop
(dictionary), Reading Workshop (read), Socrative (exit
ticket), kids blog (literature response), and so much
more!
Homework
• About 60 minutes per night
• Purpose: reinforce what is being taught at school. Reflection of
that day’s lesson. Students should be able to complete
independently.
• Typical night’s homework:
Spelling---2 assignments per week
Math---Worksheet
Reading---30 minutes and complete reading log
• Occasional: study or finish unfinished work
• Weekends---Only unfinished work or projects
• Students must get reading log, agenda, and behavior calendar
signed and turn in homework daily.
• Students will get a tally (warning) for homework not turned in
Extra Credit
• There will be no
extra credit
projects or
assignments to
raise grades.
There will be bonus
questions on some
tests that are
worth additional
points.
Student Conduct
• School-wide positive behavior reinforcement – OWL
feathers
• Each teacher does a positive behavior reinforcement
– ie. Marbles, stickers, class store, treasure box
Consequences:
• 0 = Great Day!
• 1 = First Warning
• 2 = Second Warning
• 3 = 15 min. Silent Recess & Think Sheet
• 4 = 30 min. Silent Recess & Parent Contact
• 5 = Office Referral
Teacher/Parent
Communication
• Email, which is most preferred! (please do not
e-mail dismissal changes the day of. We may
not receive them!)
• Newsletters weekly by e-mail (paper by
request)
• Phone calls
• Notes in their homework/communication
folders
• Please use legal pads for dismissal notes!
Field Trips
We will be going on some field trips this year.
We have one mandated CMS field trip. So far
we have a total of four field trips we would like
to do. Depending on the budget, we may or may
not do more.
• Solar System Planetarium (Discovery Place)
• Imaginon play
• Rosedale Historic Site (CMS)
• Fire Safety held @ Irwin
Questions???
Thank you for taking the time to
come in tonight! 