Mrs. Vawter

3rd Grade 2018-2019

7:45-8:15 Morning Work/Announcements

8:20-10:00 Reader’s Workshop10:00-10:30 Personalization

10:35-11:05 Recess11:10-11:35 Lunch

11:45-12:15 Writer’s Workshop12:15-1:05 Specials

1:05-2:15 Math2:15-2:45 Science/SS

-Students arrive between 7:45 and 8:15-Car Riders dismiss at 2:55-Bus riders dismiss at 3:00

**All afternoon transportation changes must be in writing. Please do not email as I

may not see it before dismissal.

Our school day begins at 8:15. Students who are not in the room at 8:15 will be counted tardy. If your child

is absent, please fill out the online attendance form. Per CCS policy,

absence notes must be sent to the teacher within 2 days of the

absence.

This year we are continuing with the school wide PBIS behavior system. • Signature cards• Class stinger chart• Spirit Sticks• Quarterly Awards

We will also be using Class Dojo. Please make sure that you connect to your child’s account so that you can keep up with their daily behavior.

Standards Based Grading

Reading• Quick daily mini lesson to focus on a reading

strategy/skill then students work independently to practicing using the strategy.

• 5 Components (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension)

• Read 20 minutes nightly (80 minutes per week)

• Guided Reading Levels- students need to be a level Q by the end of the year

http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/k-3literacy/achieve/2017excelined-rpt.pdf

Word Study•Spelling inventory was given last week to place students in groups

•Words Their Way will start in October

•Words are taught through patterns

•Students will not be assigned homework for this.

Writing• Writer’s Workshop• Teach grammar and mechanics in

mini-lessons• Writing process• Students will collect ideas and write

personal and fictional narratives, informational, and persuasive pieces

Motto: A Writer’s Job is Never Done!

Read to Achieve“In 2012, the North Carolina General

Assembly established the Read to Achieve Program (RtA) under the leadership of

Senate President Phil Berger. RtA is a K-3 comprehensive reading policy that focuses on improving early reading

development with the goal of all students reading on grade level by the end of third

grade.”

http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/k-3literacy/achieve/2017excelined-rpt.pdf

Read to Achieve

Ways for 3rd Graders to show reading proficiency:• BOG test• Reading 3D• iReady• EOG test

• Read to Achieve test (only for students who do not pass the reading EOG test)

http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/k-3literacy/achieve/2017excelined-rpt.pdf

MathNC State Curriculum

UNIT 1 – Understanding Equal Groups (intro. to Multiplication)UNIT 2 – Using Data to Solve ProblemsUNIT 3 –Addition and SubtractionUNIT 4 – Making Sense of Multiplication and DivisionUNIT 5 – Reasoning with Shapes and Their AttributesUNIT 6 – Area and PerimeterUNIT 7 – Fractions as Parts of a WholeUNIT 8 – Length, Weight, CapacityUNIT 9– Time

Homework will not be assigned on a regular basis this year. Homework will be assigned if students do not finish their work in class or if they need extra practice on a particular topic. There will also be several at home projects this year. Students should also be reading at home nightly!

Field Trips – TBD

Class Shirts- Look for an order form coming home soon!

Parties- Winter Party, End of Year Party

• BOG (reading only)- Friday 9/14• Mclass Testing – 3 times per year

starting in September• Mastery Connect (Reading and Math Benchmarks)- 3 times per year starting

Sept/Oct 2018• Reading and Math EOGs – within last 10

days of school