Welcome to 3rd Grade

Curriculum Night Austin Road Elementary ~ 2015-2016

Presented by:

Ms. Tania Brown

Ms. Chante Evans

Mrs. Vicki Stroud

Pathways to Success

“We refuse to be anything but successful!”

Success

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• Georgia Standards of Excellence

(English/Language Arts and Math)

• Georgia Performance Standards

(Science and Social Studies)

• Homework Policy / Agenda

• Third Grade Discipline Plan / S.O.A.R.

• Attendance

• Forms of communication

• Parent Volunteers /Chaperones

• Awards Criteria

• Infinite Campus

• Report Card

Curriculum Night

Achieving Success in Reading/Language Arts

In Reading /Language Arts, students will learn:

The conventions of standard EnglishHow to apply word analysis skills to decode and

read fluentlyStrategies to better comprehend and understand

different types of textHow to write different texts for various purposes

(narrative, informational, and opinion pieces)How to conduct short research projects that

build knowledge about a topicReading comprehension will be measured using F&P (goal is Level P) and CFA’s.

Achieving Success in Math

Number and Operations

- Use place value understanding and properties of operations to

perform multi-digit arithmetic

- Fluently add and subtract using multiple strategies to solve word

problems

- Represent and compare fractions / equivalent fractions

Algebraic Reasoning- Represent and solve problems using multiplication and division

- Fluently multiply and divide within 100

- Explain patterns in arithmetic

Geometry- Reason with shapes and their attributes

Achieving Success in Math

Data Analysis- Represent and interpret data (draw a

pictograph, a bar graph and a line plot)

Measurement- Solve problems involving measurement

and estimation of intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects

- Understand the concepts of area as it

relates to multiplication

- Solve problems involving perimeters of

polygons.

Students will be assessed using IKAN, GloSS, and CFA’s.

Achieving Success in Science

* Life Science

Habitats

Interdependence

* Earth Science

Rocks and Soil

Fossils

* Physical Science

Heat

Magnets

Achieving Success in Social Studies

• Government / Civic

Understanding

• Economic

• Geography

• Historical Figures

Historical Figures

Mary Bethune

Paul Revere

Susan B. Anthony

Cesar Chavez

Thurgood Marshall

Lyndon B. Johnson

Fredrick Douglass

Franklin Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

Homework Policy

• Read for a minimum 20 minutes daily

• Spelling/Vocabulary Packet or Choice Board

• Other assigned homework assignments /

projects varying by classroom

• Please sign agenda nightly

Homework is a key part of student

success. It is an excellent way to

reinforce skills and concepts taught in

the classroom.

Third Grade Discipline Plan

Safe

Organize

Accountable

Respectful

When positive behaviors are noticed throughout the building, faculty and staff will give the student’s SOAR card a hole punch. Students meeting the required number of punches at the end of the week will be rewarded with a treat.

Routines and rituals will be

taught and followed daily to

build a positive learning

environment. However, if

students do not follow the

classroom rules, the following

steps will be taken.

1. Verbal Warning

2. Conference with teacher

3. Time out in the classroom

4. Time out in another

classroom

5. Call home/Parent conference

6. Infinite Campus behavior

referral

Attendance

Students MUST be in class by

7:45 to be marked present.

Students arriving after 7:45

must be checked in through

the front office for check-in

by parent/guardian.

The breakfast line stops

serving breakfast at 7:40

each morning.

Forms of Communication

Open communication between home and school is extremely vital to your

child’s success!

• Email / Phone call/Campus Messenger

• Written notes in your child’s agenda or daily

folder

• Class Website

• Schedule a conference when needed

• Remind 101

Parent Volunteers / Chaperones

In an effort to maintain the safety of all students at Austin Road

Elementary School, all volunteers are required to have a

background check by Henry County Schools. If you'd like to

volunteer, chaperone a field trip, or have direct contact with the

students, you will need to undergo a free background check. This

needs to be done as soon as possible. It could take up to fourteen

days before a background comes back. If you wait to the event

date is near to get this done, it is possible that it will not be

back. If this is the case, you would not be allowed to

participate. Please contact the Main Office at 770-389-6556 to

complete the required and necessary paperwork to have your

background check completed.

Infinite Campus

• Parents can view grades online via Parent

Portal on Infinite Campus.

• If you haven’t already done so, please

contact the front office to obtain login

information to Parent Portal.

Note: Grades will be updated every Wednesday.

Awards Criteria

Two awards ceremonies will be held

this year. The first one will be in

January, and the second one will be

May.

Please refer to the awards criteria

handout. This handout will be made

available to you in the near future.

Report Card

4’s = exceeding

3’s = meeting

2’s = progressing

1’s = emerging

0’s = critical need

Only the standards are listed

on the report card. For

example:

•Describes cultural and

geographical systems of

historical Americans

Your child may score a 3 for

this standard after mastering

1 historical figure (i.e. Paul

Revere), but may score lower

or higher under this standard

for a different historical

figure (i.e. Susan Anthony)

Standardized State

Assessment

• Georgia Milestone Assessment

– All subject matters are tested

– Given in April

– Not sure if the failure of the test will mean

retention.

– More information to come

Questions

Thank you for

attending

curriculum night!