Please find your child’s seat and enjoy the note that was left for you!
There is a blank index card for you to write back.
Welcome to Grade 3
Social Emotional Learning
Social and Emotional Learning
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Goals:
To acquire and apply the skills, knowledge, and attitudes:
What is RULER?
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RULER is an approach to social and emotional learning (SEL) that teaches emotional intelligence to people of all ages, with the goal of creating a healthier, more equitable, innovative, and compassionate society.
RULER Skills
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R ecognizing emotions in oneself and others
U nderstanding the causes and consequences of emotions
L abeling emotions with a nuanced vocabulary
E xpressing emotions in accordance with cultural norms and social context
R egulating emotions with helpful strategies
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The RULER Tools
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Home/School Connection
The Weekly Folder
Please read and sign the weekly folder every weekend and return it on the first day of the week.
The weekly folder is a good resource to use to promote conversation. It gives you an easy way to talk to your child about their week.
Agendas
do a check in with your child.
the classroom website.
Homework
Yes! Your child has homework!
In third grade, we are promoting:
Please visit our HGP website: https://sites.google.com/longmeadow.k12.ma.us/homework/home
Class Website
Links to other important school pages, schedules, and calendars are all available.
Standards-Based Report Cards
Elementary Report Card
Longmeadow Public Schools
What is a standards-based report card (SBRC)?
Curriculum
Mathematics
Bridges is a rigorous program designed to address math standards
in a way that’s enjoyable and accessible to all learners.
The program focuses on developing:
Problems & Investigations
Work Places
Assessment
8 units
4 modules in each unit
20 sessions in each module
Problems & Investigations
The session often begins with a problem posed to the whole class.
Students think and work independently or talk in pairs before sharing and comparing strategies and solutions as a whole class.
The teacher monitors and guides the class discussion to make sure that students understand important mathematical concepts.
Work Places
Work Places are engaging math exploration activities that reinforce key skills. The teacher observes and interacts to address students’ need for support and enrichment.
Assessment
Number Corner
Number Corner is a skill-building program that revolves around the classroom calendar and gives students an active role. They receive daily practice as well as steady encounters with broader mathematical concepts.
Calendar
Grid
Calendar Collector
Number Line
Computational Fluency
Solving Problems
9 months
September - May
5 “workouts”
15-20 minutes daily
W.I.N. Block
Center School has set aside a designated block each day, called W.I.N.
What I Need
Science and Social Studies
CKLA
CKLA- What is it?
CKLA stands for Core Knowledge Language Arts.
It is complete literacy program that includes foundational skills, grammar and morphology, vocabulary instruction, reading, and writing.
CKLA follows a structured literacy model. This means that the program focuses on explicit and systematic literacy instruction to support student learning.
What to Expect with CKLA:
Writing begins with explicit instruction in building complex and grammatically correct sentences, building toward strong paragraphs, and eventually full essays. Writing practice and instruction is embedded into each unit, with students working in multiple genres. Students also practice responding to text-dependent questions through writing.
Grades K-2: 120 minutes of instruction each day
Grades 3-5: 90-120 minutes of instruction each day
3rd Grade:
Integrated skills + knowledge: 120 minutes
(Emphasis on vocabulary, content knowledge building, reading skills, writing skills, grammar, morphology)
Assessments
Benchmark Assessments:
DIBELs 8th Edition will be used for Beginning of Year, Middle of Year, and End of Year assessment data.
The test assesses age-appropriate skills by grade level. Some skills being assessed are letter naming, word reading, fluency, and comprehension.
Unit Assessments/ Mid-Unit Assessments:
Other Assessment Opportunities:
Home/School Connections
Caregiver Letters
Amplify Digital Experience
Other optional resources
Teachers may send home a caregiver letter at the beginning of each unit with information about what to expect.
Students have access to learning resources through the Amplify Digital Experience platform.
This includes an adaptive component called Boost!
(More information will be coming soon!)
Specials
Monday Physical Education*
Exploration Studio
Tuesday Physical Education*
Wednesday Music
Thursday Art
Friday Library*
Dismissal Procedures
School ends at 2:45.
Each classroom teacher is responsible to line students up and walk them out after the bell rings.
Students who are getting picked up in carline will have a designated spot where they should wait with their grade. Dismissal arrangements should be discussed with your family.
Field Trips
Chaperones must have a current CORI approval.
Interested in helping out in the classroom this year?
THANK YOU
for coming!
This presentation is available on the class website!