Welcome

3rd Grade
Parents!
 Meet Your Third Grade Teaching Team

Your third grade teachers

work collaboratively
together each week to
share assignments, ideas,
activities, and student
growth and needs. We help
support one another inside
and outside the classroom
to create a well structured
team committed to helping
our students be successful.
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 Welcome to Third Grade:

*Responsibility is a BIG part of third grade and we expect students to start showing
more independence and responsibility through their behaviors and their work.

What can I do at home?

*Providing your student(s) with at home responsibilities (packing their lunch, snack,
unpacking yellow folders, given chores, etc.)

* Let your student “fail” a few times and help them learn from the fail (if they forget
homework, let them forget it instead of bringing it to them)
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EL Curriculum:
WCPSS has chosen EL Education as the new
curriculum resource to support teachers in grades
3-8 for the 2018-19 school year.
1.
What is EL Education?
EL Education is a curriculum written by and for teachers
with emphasis placed on active learning and student
engagement. Classrooms are structured with highly
collaborative activities that allow students to engage in
academic conversations and investigations of rich
academic topics. EL aims to contribute to the student’s
ability to be globally competitive and active contributors
in building a better world.
 EL Curriculum
How is an EL lesson structured?
- Whole group followed by practice with partners/groups
- ALL Block: Similar to the daily 5 structure. Students will
have the opportunity to read to self, work on
writing/vocabulary, use technology, and meet with the
teacher in small, differentiated reading groups.

Students will revisit the same skills several times

throughout the year. If they do not master a skill during one
quarter, they will have the opportunity to master throughout
the remainder of the year.

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 Modules:

Module 1: Overcoming Learning Challenges

Module 2: Adaptations and the Wide World of Frogs

Module 3: Exploring Literary Classics

Module 4: Water Around the World

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Math Curriculum Topics:
● Multiplication- equal groups, arrays, repeated addition, skip counting
● Graphing- bar graphs, picture graphs, analyze data
● Addition & Subtraction- regrouping with 3-digit numbers, word problems
● Rounding- to the nearest 10 & 100
● Multiplication with Properties, Word Problems, & Fact Fluency (0-10 Facts)
● Geometry- 2-d & 3-d shapes, shape attributes, partition shapes
● Area & Perimeter- base x height=A, & length + length + width + width=P
● Fractions- parts of a whole & set, equivalent & comparing fraction
● Measurement- Capacity, Volume, US Customary Units- word problems
● Time- nearest minute, half, quarter, & hour, elapsed time

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Math:
● Day in the life of Math Class
● Math Stations & Enrichment
● Nightly Homework & Math Stars
● Homework Helper
○ http://hdethirdgrade.weebly.com/homework-helper-
math.html

● Student Websites for extra practice

● Review Assessments with your child each
week at home
Science and Social Studies
Science: Social Studies:

➔Matter ➔Civics and Government

➔Forces and Motion ➔History and Colonial

America
➔Objects in the Sky
➔Geography, Environmental
➔Human Body Literacy & Culture

➔Plants ➔Economics and Financial

Literacy

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 Sites We Use:
Classroom Technology
Seesaw Each class has 1:3
Google Classroom Chromebooks (6 each)
Epic reading
Prodigy
Xtramath.org
Education Galaxy Kindles are available for
Typing Club student use as well as a
few student laptops per
class.

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 How We Use Student Technology

★ Google Classroom-
Students can ★ Seesaw-
complete tasks and Publish class
★ Typing Club- assignments at school activities, projects,
Students learn to as well as at home work that is then
type through connected to
through a process families to support
on an online students at home.
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 ★ Epic-
An online library
★ Education for students to ★ Prodigy-
Galaxy- read books of Video game like
Game like their choice or math practice.
practice for books on specific Teachers can assign
math and topics assigned questions
★ Xtramath.org - reading. by the teacher. pertaining to math
math fact Students use EG standards for
fluency in to practice skills students to practice
addition and and standards those given skills.
subtraction. in the two
subject areas.
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 Our Classroom Communities
★ Building successful communicators
○ Morning Meeting: new school wide activity at
Highcroft! It is a daily meeting where the class
builds relationships, teamwork skills and social-
emotional skills.
○ We explicitly teach communication skills.
○ At home: Support with Magical Conversations!

★ Growth Mindset
○ We strive to produce learners who enjoy showing their full
effort, love challenges & are intrigued by mistakes.
○ You can help! Encourage your child, but allow them to make
mistakes.
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Homework-
In 3rd Grade, we really want our students to develop the skills
they need to be responsible and independent. In order to do this,
we expect your child to take the initiative to fill out their daily
agenda, bring their homework and folder home, complete the
assigned homework, and return it to school the next day.

Reading- your child is expected to read each night for 20 or more

minutes. This can be any book of their choice.

Math- your child is expected to complete the worksheet assigned

each night that coincides with the daily math lesson.
Each week, your child has the option to complete the weekly
Math Stars pages. This will provide your child with various Math
Enrichment opportunities and challenges.

*Extra practice at home in Reading & Math: Education Galaxy website

 Field Trips:
*Duke Homestead:
-October 16th: O’Brien, Klein, Nelson, Soifer, Geris
-October 18th: McMillan, Fitzgerald, Ebner, O’Connor, Madden

*Planetarium:
-December 6th: All Classes

*Art Museum:
-April 24th: McMillan, Klein, Nelson, Soifer, Geris
-April 25th: O’Brien, Fitzgerald, Ebner, O’Connor, Madden
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 Learning Experiences &
Young Authors:
Learning Experiences:
Multiplication Day- March 1st

Garden Day- May 1st & May 3rd (Rain Date)

Young Authors:
Frogapalooza: TBD

Peter Pan Celebration: TBD

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 WCPSS Grading System
4 - Exemplary
• Student consistently demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the standards, concepts
and skills taught during this reporting period.
3 - Proficient
• Student consistently demonstrates an understanding of the standards, concepts and skills
taught during this reporting period.
2 – Approaching Proficiency
• Student is approaching an understanding of the standards, concepts and skills taught
during this reporting period.
1 – Non-Proficiency
• Student does not yet demonstrate an understanding of standards, concepts and skills
taught during this reporting period.

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 Third Grade EOG Test
✓Measures student performance on the goals, objectives and grade-
level competencies noted in the North Carolina Standard Course of
Study.
✓Week of May 28th
✓Administered in both reading and math

* Students who did not score above a 438

on the BOG will be able to demonstrate
proficiency by passing an alternative assessments*

Why?
The test measures growth.
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 Explorers Information
Explorers is a 3rd Grade WCPSS Enrichment program. ALL 3RD GRADERS will go as
a whole class, to enrichment with Ms. Steinbroner for 45 minutes for Reading & 45
minutes for Math, once a week from September-December.

During the month of September, Mrs. Steinbroner will be completing CogAt Test Prep
with all students.

**IF your child is in SSA, they will not be able to attend the Math Explorers Session
each week & will need to complete the CogAt Test Prep Booklet on their own at home.
Mrs. Steinbroner has offered to grade these booklets, if you would like.

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 CoGAT Testing Information
All NC third graders will take the CoGAT test on October 9th, 10th and 11th
Each day consists of about 35 minutes of testing. No preparation is necessary.

The CogAt is the first round of AIG Identification. Depending on student CogAt scores,
students may need to take additional testing in December: IOWA Test.

Any questions??
Email Jillian Steinbroner (jsteinbroner@wcpss.net)
or Dana Walters (dwalters1@wcpss.net)

CoGAT information meeting with Mrs. Walters- Oct 2nd 5:30-6:15

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 Scholastic/ Finding Good Fit Books:
Scholastic book wizard is a great tool to help find good fit books for your child.
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/

Every purchase you make on

Scholastic helps our classroom
library grow!!!

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Third Grade Website: http://hdethirdgrade.weebly.com/

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