Curriculum Night 2019-2020

Welcome to Third Grade

with Mrs. Fisbeck

7:50-8:00 Check-In

• Check-In Procedures
• Empty folders and write in planners
• Pledge and Announcements
• Attendance
• Tardies

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8:00-8:40 Key Time

• KEY Time is a whole school response implemented to keep students achieving to their highest potential.
• All third grade teachers, and school specialists will be working together to meet the needs of our students.
• Students grouped according to needs and these groupings change several times during the year. They might change teachers.

8:40-9:00 Number Corner

• Our entire class is together for Number Corner working on a variety of math skills.
• Each month focuses on several different skills that either correlate with our math lessons or prepare us for the next unit of math.

9:00-9:35, 9:50-10:20 Literacy

• Whole class mini-lesson (ReadyGEN)
• Independent/Small Group Reading Work
• Conferring and/or

small group instruction

• 9:35-9:50 Recess/Snack
• *Please only send water in your child’s water bottle.

• Our spelling goal is to spell all two and three letter high frequency words correctly in writing by the end of third grade. We will study syllable types, root words, affixes.
• Spelling Tests through Spelling City online tests
• Spelling homework/practice will focus on the foundational skills section that is aligned with ReadyGen lessons.

Spelling

10:20-11:05 Specials

• We are on a four day rotation with
• A Days are MUSIC
• B Days are ART
• C Days are Media (Library/Frank Tank)
• D Days are PE

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11:05- 12:10

Read Aloud (15 minutes)

Writing

• Our writing curriculum comes from ReadyGen and correlates with the lessons we are learning during reading, so our reading texts are used as mentor texts.
• We will be working on narrative, opinion, and informational.
• We will focus on sentence structure, capitalization and punctuation, and paragraph structure.
• Students will be expected to write multi-paragraph essays and stories by the end of the year. Each paragraph should have a topic sentence and supporting details. This is a big jump, but we will get there!

12:10-12:50 Recess & Lunch

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• Recess: 12:10-12:30
• Lunch 12:30-12:50

12:50 - 1:50 Math

Bridges and Number Corner

• Problems and Investigations, Problem Strings, Student Workbook, Workplaces

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• I will be sending home math HW packets at the beginning of the week. Students may work on pages throughout the week. Sometimes we will work on them in class. Please check planner for homework details.

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• HW should not lead to tears or fights.

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1:50-2:25 Science

& Social Studies

Social Studies and Science units rotate during the year.

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Social Studies topics studied are:

• Geography, map skills
• Immigration
• City Government
• Consumer education �(Mini Society)

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1:50-2:25 Science

& Social Studies

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Science Units:

• Rocks and the Earth’s Surface
• Field Trip to School of Mines Sept 26th
• Physical Science - States of Matter
• Life Cycle of Plants and Animals
• Bunk with the Beasts - Zoo Field Trip

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2:25-2:33 End of Day Procedures

• Stack chairs, tidy up, get backpacks, closing circle, time to share.
• Franklin Friends, Clubs

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Genius Hour - Friday Mornings

What is Genius Hour?

Second Step

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• Social-Emotional Learning
• Some HW - Talk

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Standardized Assessment

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• iReady testing in Reading and Math - (fall, winter, and spring)
• District Writing Assessments
• CMAS - April
• LTRS Spelling screeners

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How Parents Can Support Learning

• Eight and nine year olds need at least ten hours of sleep a night.
• Homework: Having a consistent time and place with all possible materials needed helps children stay focused on learning.
• Reading
• Bridges Math Home Connections
• Spelling

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Helping Your Child Become Independent

Third grade is a big year for developing independence. I expect a lot from students in this area!

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If you are looking for ways to help your child grow in their independence and responsibility, you can implement some of the following:

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Helping Your Child Become Independent

• Give your child chores to complete - and make sure they follow through!
• Have your child start packing his/her own lunch - you can narrow the choices and check after they are finished.
• Make it your child’s job to show you their planner and check if they have homework.
• Ask your child what they like to do for fun and then do that activity with them.
• Let your child choose how to spend their free time (screen time should rarely be an option!)
• Let your child lead the family on a hike or bike ride. Let them decide where to go and have them be in charge of getting ready.

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How can I help?

Birthday Celebration Policy

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Volunteer Opportunities

• Garden helpers
• Field Trip volunteer
• Art Start
• Party Planner
• Room Parent?
• Lots of PTO opportunities!

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How does classroom management work?

• Class Rock Jar
• Restorative Practices
• Natural Consequences
• Positive Reinforcement
• Whole school and class rules are linked to Franklin "I" Statements
• Patriot Bucks

How can we communicate?

• www.franklin.littletonpublicschools.com/
• Teacher Pages
• 3^rd Grade

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• Conferences are twice a year (Oct. & Mar.), but we can meet as needed.

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• E-mail is the best way to communicate with me.

sfisbeck@lps.k12.co.us