Third Grade

Curriculum
Night
 About
Your
teacher
• I received my Bachelors
degree from Kennesaw
State University in 2014. Go
Owls!
• This is my third year teaching
third grade at Avery!
• I love teaching because of
the “ah-ha” moment you see
when children finally
understand a concept they
are learning about!
Contact
Your
Teacher
• Email: laurie.vance@cherokee.k12.ga.us
• Agenda
• Friday Folders
• Notes
• Phone Calls
• Conferences: September-October
 Clip
Chart
• Colors
• Hall of Fame
• Tickets/Ticket Store
• I feel that this system will
reward the many students in
my classroom who consistently
make good choices, while giving
those students who have a
more difficult time meeting
expectations an incentive to do
better.
Agenda
• Please make sure you check your child’s
agenda each night and sign it.

• Your child is responsible for writing down the

agenda sentence/homework and color each
day.

• Please try NOT to write transportation notes

in the agenda if at all possible. You can find
the transportation changes form on my
website.
Grades
• This is the first year that the
students will receive progress
reports and report cards with
a grading scale.
• A: 90-100
• B: 80-89
• C: 70-79
• F: 69 and below
Friday
Folders
• Most graded papers and school flyers will
come home on Friday in your child’s Friday
Folder.
• Papers in the “Homework/Return to School”
section of your child’s folder should be
returned to school.
• Please keep the papers in the “Keep at
Home” section at home and go over them
with your child.
• Send the Friday Folder back to school on
Monday.
Binders
• Generally, binders stay
at school throughout
the week. If your child
brings theirs home.
Please do not take out
any of the papers in
their binders.
English-Language Arts
 This year, the county has
adopted a Balanced
Literacy Program. It
consists of Reading, Writing,
Word Study, and
Assessment.
Assessments:
• Scholastic Benchmark Assessments
• Easy CBM Comprehension
• Individual Comprehension and Fluency Checks

Differentiation Strategies:
• Unit Assessments
• Flexible Grouping
• Literature Circles
• Guided Reading
• Leveled Readers
Math
• Flexible Grouping is • Third Grade Standards:
• Place Value
determined
• Rounding
through unit pre
• Addition and
and post tests. Subtraction
• Please be sure to • Multiplication and
Division
review and study
• Fractions
addition,
• Geometry and
subtraction, and Measurement
multiplication facts • Algebra
with child. • Problem Solving
Science
• Physical Science • Earth Science
• Heat energy • Rocks and
• Life Science Minerals of
• Habitats Georgia
• Features of • Soils
organisms • Weathering
• Pollution and • Fossils
Conservation
Social
Studies
• Third Grade Standards
• Maps and Globes
• Government
• Economics
• Explorers
• Colonization
• Native Americans
Field
Trips
Amicalola Falls Diamond Del
November 9th: Rocks and Minerals
Vance, Turner, March 19th:
Adams, Sizemore In-House
All Classes
November 10th:
Garrett, Esser,
Gilleland
Additional
Information
• Library • Snacks/Water
• Tuesday Bottles
• Box Tops • Class Parties
• Specials • Award’s Day
• Room Mom
• Canvas
• PTA
• Homework
Avery c u b s
Create. Unite. Believe. Succeed.

Avery Mission Statement

It is our mission at Avery Elementary to create a safe
and enriching environment where students and faculty
unite in learning through collaboration, independent
thinking and applying knowledge. In doing this, we believe
students will be empowered to succeed as life long
learners and productive citizens for the future.