Curriculum Night
Mrs. Magee’s Third Grade
August 18, 2015
Please have your child here by 7:45.
We do morning work at this time.
When your child is tardy, they get
behind from the very start of the
day!
This is also time to turn in the
previous night’s homework and
folders, along with any notes from
home.
 7:20-7:55 – Agenda Sentence and Morning Work
 7:55-8:35 – Specials
 8:40-9:25 Start Writer’s Workshop
 9:25-10:10 - Math
 10:10-11:00 - Reading
 11:00-11:50 - ELA
 12:00-12:30 - Lunch
 12:30-12:50 - Recess
 12:50-1:35 - Science/Social Studies
 1:35-2:00
- Finish Writer’s Workshop
 2:10Dismissal
 Math- addition/subtraction with regrouping,
multiplication, time, division with remainders,
geometry, & place value
 Reading- working on fluency, comprehension, retelling
of story, & vocabulary
 Writing- cursive handwriting, grammar skills, & writing
a story with a good beginning, middle and end. We will
also be introducing writer’s workshop and work on 3
types of writing-expository, narrative, and persuasive.
 Social Studies- Greece, Biographies, government, and
economics
 Science- magnets, rocks, heat energy, pollution, and
habitats/animals in Georgia
 AR is now up and running. Your child is working towards
earning 10 points for the first 9 weeks.
 Students should select books within their reading range.
 After reading the books they can take a test. A
website will soon be sent home so you and your child can
look up books within your child’s specific reading range.
 3rd Grade Prize Day is once a month. Students will be
rewarded when they reached certain point values. .
 We will also celebrate meeting their AR goal at the end
of every nine weeks.
• Your child will have weekly spelling and reading
comprehension tests. Spelling test will be every other week on
Thursdays and Reading comprehension test will be on Fridays.
We will also be taking a Math 4 Today Quiz and a Daily
Language Instruction Quiz each Friday
 We will also be having time test on addition and subtraction
facts on Wednesdays, these will be changing to multiplication
facts as we learn them.
 We will also be taking Social Studies Weekly Quizzes on
Wednesdays.
 Special projects and book reports will always count the same
as a major test grade. Assignments that are turned in late will
be penalized and graded accordingly.
 Projects are supposed to be a way to get the family involved and
learn together. Please do not spend money, use things you have
at home or I can provide the needed materials.
-Differentiated Spelling Lists
 Students took inventories during the first week of school.
This determined his/her strengths and weaknesses in
spelling patterns.
 Based on the pre-assessment, students will work on spelling
lists in the areas of weakness.
 Another spelling inventory will be given in December to
check for growth.
-Spelling Homework
 Spelling Choice Board
Every Two Weeks
Choose a minimum of 5 items
Students must turn in choice board and activities on the
day of the test.
-Spelling Tests
 Every other Thursday on Spelling City
Math Facts
 In 3rd grade, a major focus in math is mastery of addition, subtraction and
multiplication facts (Xtra Math and Moby Max).
 Weekly Facts Quizzes
 Multiplication Fridays
 PRACTICE DAILY!!
 In the second semester we will begin to explore problem solving more. We will
have problem solving Fridays with exemplars.
Edmodo – a computer
program for discussion
questions, polls, quizzes,
etc. We will have a weekly
reading discussion question
each week and we will take
our newspaper quiz on here
every Wednesday.
Xtra Math, and Moby Max
 Xtra Math - This program is used to help students
memorize their math facts.
 Moby Max–A self-assisted computer program that
has games and lessons to assist with students in all
subject areas based on their abilities.
 Students can work on these programs at home!
3rd Grade will only watch 2 to 3 yearly
videos with county approval only.
All videos will be related to chapter books
3rd grade has read and a writing activity will
go along with the book and movie as a
comparison activity.
GPB Video Streaming – computer clips of
standards related material to enhance
lessons and concepts will be used weekly.
 Daily homework assignments will be written in the agenda.
Agenda must be signed nightly.
 Homework is due the following day unless otherwise stated.
 Homework will be brought to and from school in the white
notebook.
 Every night students will need to write the amount of time they
have read in their agenda with a signature as part of their
homework.
 Failure to complete homework will result in your child having to
complete it at recess on certain days when we have homework
checks.
 Homework is not busy work it is used to practice and reinforce
the skills we are learning.
 A - 90-100 - Above and Beyond
 B – 80-89 – On Target
 C – 71-79 – Almost There
 D- 70 – Needs Help
 F – Below 70 – Do it Again
Scores with a percentage are
recorded grades!
 Participation
 S= satisfactory
 N= Needs Improvement
 U= Unsatisfactory
 Please look over graded papers, and help your child with excessive errors.
 Please sign the top paper in the Friday folder and return all papers on Monday.
You will receive all of your child’s papers at the end of each semester.
 Contact me if you feel your child needs extra help or you need ideas of how to help
them
ITBS
Iowa Test of Basic Skills – We
will be taking this test in
October. This is an ability
test not an achievement test.
Georgia Milestones
 Third grade students will take the GA Milestone
Test in April. More information coming soon!
-Item Types
• Selected-Response [aka, multiple-choices]
– all content areas
– evidence-based selected response in ELA
• Constructed-Response
– ELA and mathematics
• Extended-Response
– ELA and mathematics
Georgia Milestones
 Constructed response is a general term for
assessment items that require the student to
generate a response as opposed to selecting a
response.
 Extended-response items require more elaborate
answers and explanations of reasoning. They allow
for multiple correct answers and/or varying methods
of arriving at the correct answer. Writing prompts
and performance tasks are examples of extendedresponse items.
Georgia Milestones
 Features include:
 inclusion of constructed-response items in ELA and
mathematics, in addition to selected-response items
 inclusion of a writing component (in response to text) at
every grade level and course within the ELA assessment;
 inclusion of norm-referenced items in every grade and
content area to complement the criterion-referenced
information and to provide a national comparison; and
 transition to online administration over time, with online
administration considered the primary mode of
administration and paper-pencil back-up until transition is
completed.
Depth of Knowledge
 Some general distinctions can be made among the levels.
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Level 1: Requires students to recall or recognize facts or to use
simple skills or abilities.
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Level 2: Requires students to engage in some form of mental
processing beyond recalling or reproducing a response.
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Level 3: Requires students to reason, analyze, evaluate, or
synthesize information.
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Level 4: Requires students to explain, devise, analyze, evaluate,
synthesize (real world/problem based learning) over a period of time.
 The best way to contact me is through e-mail
or a note in your child’s white notebook folder.
I will do my best to get back to you the same
day if at all possible. I will check my e-mail
twice a day.
 I will sometimes contact you by phone to keep
you informed of your child’s progress.
 Parent Connect: You are now able to access
your child’s grades through the parent connect
program. Grades will be updated over the
weekend, so Mondays are the best time to
check your child’s progress.
Absences and Tardiness
 Please try to have your child at school and on time every
day. Your child misses valuable learning time when they are
not “in class” everyday. Please send in a note when your
child is absent. All absences will be unexcused until a note is
received.
 Students are responsible for class work/homework even
when they are absent. Students will have the number of days
that they were absent to return any missed work.
Rules:
 Agendas - Your child’s agenda must be signed every night
and brought to school everyday!
 Visitors – All visitors must check in at the office before
coming to the classroom or cafeteria.
Transportation
• Be sure to fill out your child’s monthly transportation
calendar. You may fill it out daily, weekly, or monthly. If it’s
not filled out we will have to call you to verify how your child
is going home.
• The office will not except transportation changes through
email. Please make sure that all transportation changes are
written down on a separate piece of paper, not the agenda.
Please do not just tell your student to let me know of
transportation changes. I MUST have a note.
• Parents may fax transportation changes along with a copy of
their drivers license.
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In order to create and maintain a positive learning environment for all students, I will
follow the behavior and discipline policies below.
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Consequences:
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In our classroom, multiple strategies will be used to help students learn to self-correct
inappropriate behavior.
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Examples of most often used strategies are listed below:
 1. Complimenting
 2. Nonverbal reminder
 3. Verbal reminder
 4. Offer assistance
 5. Provide a safe space for de-escalation
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None of the above consequences will require parent notification. If a student continually
needs to be removed from group activities, communication between teacher and parent
will occur and a plan will be developed. Parents will also receive notification if a behavior
involves hurting someone else or disrespect.
 Positive behavior reinforcement:
 Indian Knoll has a school-wide positive behavior plan. Students are members of a
house (yellow, blue, green, purple, orange, or red). Throughout the year, students
will be earning points for their house based on good behavior and involvement in
school. If a student is doing something especially well, teachers will recognize the
behavior by filling out a Firebird Feather card on that student. Each card
completed and turned in earns points for the student’s particular house. On
Friday, students who turned in cards are entered in a drawing to win one of 5
goody bags.
 For classroom-wide behavior, we will have a clock displayed in the classroom. The
clock will start at 12 o’clock and the students can earn time on the clock for good
behavior, hallway behavior, homework, etc. Once we move our clock ahead 12
hours, the class will earn a celebration of their choosing. This is a fantastic way
for students to keep track of their good behavior, learn elapsed time, and work
together towards a common goal. We will start over once we have met our goal.
IKES Communities
 Our Mission with the new House System:
 To create a sense of community across grades among our students and
staff. By incorporating the different houses at our school we are hoping to foster a
sense of ownership within our school.
 Each house will meet on a regular basis throughout the school year during the
school day. They will work on different service projects that will benefit our school
and the community around us. Our goal is to create more connections between
all grade levels. Students will be placed in houses on Wednesday during specials.
Our first House meeting will be August 20th. Look for your child to bring home a
flyer introducing their House and opportunities for you as parents to be involved.
-If you would like to send in a special treat for your
child’s birthday, please make arrangements ahead of
time to drop them off. We currently have 20 students.
The best time to do Birthdays are during lunch.
- If possible please let me know ahead of time where the
treats are coming from or send them in the morning of
the celebration, so I can verify all information with the
nurse. – Example – Cupcakes from Publix, Cookie Cake
from Kroger, etc.
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Please no homemade goodies for treats due to allergies
and other medical needs in the class
-We have a winter party and an end of the year party.
 Ice Cream (KONA Ice)– Dates: August, September, October,
April, and May. Price is $2.00-$5.00 depending on size.
 Water Bottles are welcome daily to keep on their desk.
 Field Trip – A field trip is in the works. We hope to visit
the Tellus Museum sometime in October. Be on the look
out for information about the upcoming field trip coming
home soon.
 We are not allowed to accept transportation changes by email. If you forget to send a note in with your child you
must fax a note to the office along with a copy of your
driver’s license.
Remain “In the Know”
• Parent Connect – Check grades online (Weekends or Mondays).
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Get signed up through parentsupport@cherokee.k12.ga.us: If you need to activate an
account in ASPEN, email this address with the child’s name, school, and grade level.
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ID.cherokee.k12.ga.us: If parents (or students) have forgotten their password or
account information, they can visit this website.
– Link is on my website – Parents Access to Grades
• Remind 101
– Text messages about important school related items.
– Contact Mrs. Magee for more information.
 I check my email (chelsea.magee@cherokee.k12.ga.us ) at least 2 times a
day. This is the best way to contact me.
 Always read newsletters for important information. August is the only
month that I will be sending home paper newsletters. Please let me know
if you would like to continue to receive a paper copy of the newsletter.
 Our room moms are Andrea Rittenberry and Angie Studstill .
 My website will also be updated weekly with important information:
 http://mysite.cherokee.k12.ga.us/personal/chelsea_magee/site/default.
aspx
 Thank you very much for attending curriculum night!