Lake Myra ElementaryThird Grade

Read to Achieve, Curriculum, Homework and Expectations

Genres of Texts• Fiction• Books in a Series• Informational Texts• Mysteries• Biographies• Realistic Fiction

Basic Reading Skills• Literal and Inferential Questioning• Recalling Main Ideas• Examining Text Features

Vocabulary Development:Suffixes, prefixes, words in context, multiple meaning words, synonyms, antonyms, homophones, homographs, compound words

Reading

Read to AchieveLaw states that all students should be proficient in reading by the end of third

grade. Students will be monitored

throughout the year to check their progress towards proficiency by taking 3

reading passages a week.

Students can exempt out by meeting any good cause exemption.**

•demonstrates, through a student reading portfolio, reading proficiency appropriate for 3rd-grade students•demonstrates proficiency on Read to Achieve Test•is a Limited English Proficient (LEP) student with

fewer than two years of instruction in the ESL program

•has a disability and whose individualized education program (IEP) indicates (i) use of the NCEXTEND 1

alternate assessment, (ii) at least a two-school-year delay in educational performance or (iii) receipt of

intensive reading interventions for at least two school years

•has (i) received reading intervention and (ii) previously been retained more than once in

kindergarten or Grades 1 through 3•demonstrates reading proficiency appropriate for

3rd-grade students on approved alternate assessments approved by the State Board of

Education

Students will receive intensive reading

instruction inside the classroom.

* If students are or become exempt they will

continue receiving intensive instruction but will not longer take the

weekly reading passages.

If students do not demonstrate

proficiency, they will be invited to a 4 week

track out camp (2 weeks of 2 different track outs) beginning in

the spring to receive specialized reading

instruction.

3rd Grade Math Curriculum

•Addition and Subtraction up the1000’s Place•Rounding•Geometry - 2Dimensional Shapes•Equalities and Inequalities•Patterns•Multiplication and Division•Graphing•Area and Perimeter•Fractionso Comparisonso Equivalento Fractional parts of a shape •Measurement and Time

Throughout the curriculum, students will reflect on how math helps us in everyday life.

Special Note to All MathematiciansIt is important for all mathematicians to learn to recall basic math facts quickly. If they know the

basic math facts, it allows them to focus more on problem solving by freeing up brain space. So,

please spend sometime each day working on your math facts!

Homework● Read 20 minutes every

night● Write in reading log● Math Homework every

night● Occasional projects● Homework

Agendas/Binders○ Homework for the

week will be sent home Mondays.

○ Students can work to meet family schedules.

HOW TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF HOMEWORK RESPONSES

TRC (Text Reading and Comprehension) example:

Write a summary of the text. Include the main idea and three or more details.

0 score:Soccer is famous and soccer is played with eleven players each.

3 score:Soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world. The main idea is how to play soccer and some rules of soccer. One detail is one of the

soccer rules which is nobody is allowed to touch the ball with their hands. The only ones are the goalies. The second detail is there are only 11

people on one team. The third detail soccer is only 90 minutes per game.

Questions?