Third Grade Teacher Trivia
(for while you wait)
1. Who is the only teacher that is a native to
Arizona?
2. Which teacher has five pets?
3. Which teacher got a new puppy last year?
4. Which teacher has been teaching 25 years?
5. Which teacher got married last year?
Transportation
3rd Grade Teachers
Mrs. Laubham
Mrs. Mundt
Ms. Lindemann
Mrs. Williams
Mrs. Olney
Welcome to Third Grade
Curriculum Night
2015-2016
With your hostesses…
Mrs. Laubham
Mrs. Mundt
Ms. Lindemann
Mrs. Olney
Mrs. Williams
Daily Schedule
7:39 Be on Time
Writing
ELA Block
Specials
Reading IFG
Lunch
Math IFG
Math
Social Sciences
Writing
Our main focus is
writing an organized
paragraph
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Writing to explain
Writing to inform
Writing to compare
Writing to persuade
Other thoughts…
• Inventive spelling is no
longer cute – dictionaries
• Research on the Internet
• Cursive (starts January)
• Genre Writing (personal
narratives, persuasive,
poetry, fairy tales, etc…)
Snack
We encourage your child to
bring in a healthy snack each
day to fuel their brain.
If sugar is one of the first three
ingredients, it is NOT a healthy
choice. Snack is during
academic instruction. Try for
something not too messy.
IDEAS: crackers, fruit, vegetables, granola
bars, trail mix
Testing??
• Your child will be tested
in Language Arts, Math,
and Writing this year.
• The test will be in the
Spring.
• By law, if your child Falls
Far Below in reading they
will repeat third grade.
What is Move on When Reading?
• Arizona State statute requires screening of the reading
ability of all students in kindergarten through third grade.
• The law, (A.R.S. 15-701) passed in 2010, states that when a
third grade student scores far below the third grade level
on AzMerit, they will not be promoted to fourth grade.
• Requires additional instruction or retention for students
who are not meeting minimum requirements by the end of
third grade.
• Exempt students include:
– ELL or LEP students who have received less than two
years of English Instruction.
– Students with an IEP in Reading or Language and the
student’s parent or guardian agrees that promotion is
appropriate.
What is the identification process and
timeline?
– All students are screened using DIBELS by the end of August.
• Parents of students identified for intervention are
contacted by their child’s teacher prior to Fall ParentTeacher conferences.
– A parent-teacher conference is requested by the school to
create an intervention plan.
• Mid-year progress
– Students reading progress is closely monitored and checkin points are identified. Interventions are updated as
needed.
• End of Year
– Notification of 3rd grade promotion or retention occurs
upon receiving results of AzMerit.
• Expect more complex text than your child has previously read.
Reading IFG
M, T, Th, F
• 95% Group (Phonics Groups with the K-3
teachers)
• Read Live for fluency
• Comprehension
• Enrichment
Language Arts
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Compare/Contrast settings, characters, plots
(support with evidence)
Inferring
Cause and Effect
Summarizing-Main Idea
Fluency-not how fast, but smooth, correct,
and with expression
Comprehension – provide strategies of what good
readers do
Math IFG
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Differentiated Instruction
based on common
assessments (quarterlies)
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Quarterly data sheet
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Students get additional
support with the skills
they need
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We share all students
Common Core Math
8 Mathematical Practices
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving
them.
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively
• Construct viable arguments and critique the
reasoning of others
• Model with mathematics
• Use appropriate tools strategically
• Attend to precision
• Look for and make use of structure
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
Math
First Quarter:
Second Quarter:
• Introduction to Multiplication • Develop understanding of
and division
fractions as numbers
• Applying place value,
• Develop understanding of
properties and operations to
multiplication and division
addition and subtraction of
• Demonstrating computational
multi-digit numbers
fluency in problem solving
Third Quarter:
• Extending understanding of
multiplication and division
and attributes of geometric
figures
• Connecting data to the four
operations and fractions
Fourth Quarter:
• Extending understanding of
fractions as numbers
• Understanding measures of
liquid, volume, weight, and
mass
Social Sciences
Health
Science
• Harcourt - focus on safety and healthy
living
Emphasis on…
Investigations
Explorations
Experiments
Social Studies
• Ancient Greece and Rome
• European Explorers
• Civil War and contributions of people
during this era
• Immigration during 19th/20th Century
• Wax Museum (February)
• Jr. Achievement-economics
• (Volunteers Needed)
Our Units…
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Plants: Williams
Biomes: Mundt
Weather and Erosion:
Lindemann
Rocks and Minerals:
Laubham
Light and Sound: Olney
Community Building
• Class Meetings Activities, Sharing,
Supporting
• Cooperative 3rd grade learning groups,
learning buddies from other grade levels
• Character Counts
• Love and Logic
Homework
• Blue folders: Please check them nightly
• Blue Slip: To be signed and returned weekly
• Reading Minutes: Document your minutes
• 120 minutes or more a week is the expectation for third
graders
• Homework
• Assigned every WEDNESDAY and due the following
WEDNESDAY.
• Must be 100% complete with a parent signature each
week
• If lost, you can find them on a third grade teacher’s web
site
“Parents as Partners”
Communication is Key
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Check Homework Folders for written communication
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Weekly Newsletters – e-mailed by homeroom teacher
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Going Green – please let your child’s teacher know if you have
NOT signed up for this
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PLEASE email us for the most effective and timely response.
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Please let us know if there are any outside factors that would
affect your child at school.
llaubham@kyrene.org
rmundt@kyrene.org
llindemann@kyrene.org
mrwilliams@kyrene.org
polney@kyrene.org
If children show good character
They may earn
Character Counts tickets and ClassDojo
points!
…or there will be a consequence
depending on the action
Reflections
A few more things
(we’re almost done!)
• Temperature in Classroom- encourage your child to
bring a sweater or dress in layers.
• Gets humid and hot and then freezing cold
• Water bottles- are encouraged (NO JUICE,
GATORADE)
• Birthdays- We cannot celebrate in the classroom or
have any candy, cookies etc. (Arizona nutritional
standards and District policy)
• Bathroom policy- Please remind your child to go
before school, at lunch and during the class
bathroom break
Third Grade Teacher Trivia
(for while you wait)
1. Who is the only teacher that is a native to
Arizona?
Mrs. Mundt
2. Which teacher has five pets?
Mrs. Williams
3. Which teacher got a new puppy last year?
Ms. Lindemann
4. Which teacher has been teaching 25 years?
Mrs. Olney
5. Which teacher got married last year?
Mrs. Laubham
3rd Grade Teachers
Mrs. Laubham
Mrs. Mundt
Ms. Lindemann
Mrs. Williams
Mrs. Olney
Thank you for
attending
Curriculum
Night
We look forward
to working with
you this year!