WELCOME TO OUR

CLASSROOM- P1
Miss Sexton
Grade 3

BALANCED LITERACY
Reading with: Guided Reading
Reading: Silent/Group Reading
Reading Aloud
Journal Writing
Process Writing
Oral Reports
Readers Workshop
Writers Workshop

MECHANICS AND GRAMMAR

Oral Language
Written language
Spelling
Daily Lang. Rv.
Vocab. Dev.
Parts of Speech

NARRATIVE TEXT
Genre Characteristics- Main idea, story themes,
knows characters thoughts and motivations
through dialogue.
Textual Features- simple shadow and
personification, third persons point of view
Core genre-historical fiction, adventure stories,
humorous stories, realistic fiction, fantasy
stories, poetry, plays, trad. lit.

INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Organizational

Patterns- Knows simple

problem/solution, simple sequence
Textual Features- knows timelines, bold face,
italics, table of contents, simple titles, marginal
notes, glossaries, prefaces, pictures, tables and
graphs
National Geographic Magazine
Skills- highlighting, re-reading

READING UNITS
Reading with Independence
Understanding Characters
Non-Fiction reading with Independence
Book Clubs- Mixed Genres

WRITING UNITS
Personal Narrative
Personal Narrative with Fluency
Nonfiction Writing
Writing Research (about Michigan)
Personal Essay
Realistic Fiction

WRITING PROCESS
Prewriting
Writing
Revising
Editing
Publishing

WRITING TRAITS
Ideas: the meaning and development of
the message
Organization: the internal structure of
the piece
Voice: the way the writer brings the topic
life

to

Word Choice: the specific vocabulary the writer

uses to convey meaning

WRITING TRAITS CONT.

Sentence fluency: the way words and phrases

flow throughout the text
Conventions: the mechanical correctness of the
piece
Presentation: the overall appearance of the
work

SPELLING
Spectrum program
Daily list of 10 words plus HFW.
Packets (in class): words in context, word
building, fun with words, word across the
curriculum, words in writing, misspelled words,
dictionary practice, and word building.

MATHEMATICS
Unit 1: Trading Stickers and Combining Coins.
Unit 2: Surveys and Line Plots
Unit 3: Collections and Travel Stories
Unit 4: Angles, Area, Perimeter
Unit 5: Equal Groups
Unit 6: Stories, Tables, Graphs
Unit 7: Finding Fair Shares
Unit 8: How Many Hundreds? How many miles?

UNITS 1-3
Unit 1: hundreds, tens, ones. Place value.
Addition and subtraction strategies.
Combinations with a sum of 100.
Unit 2: Representing and describing categorical
data and numerical data. Collecting and
analyzing measurement data.
Unit 3: Building 1,000. Addition and subtraction
strategies and stories.

UNITS 4-6
Unit 4: Measurement, finding area and
perimeter, polygons.
Unit 5: groups, skip counting, arrays, and
division and multiplication.
Unit 6: understanding tables, graphs, and
patterns.

UNITS 7 AND 8
Unit 7: Sharing and decimals.
Unit 8: numbers in the hundreds and addition
and subtraction strategies.

MATHEMATICS CONT.
Investigations Series
Problem Solvers
Manipulatives
Write About Math
Math Word Banks/Vocabulary

THIRD GRADE SCIENCE

CURRICULUM
Plant Growth
Sound
Finding The Moon
Fossils
Animal Studies

THIRD GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

CURRICULUM
Geography, Map Skills
MICHIGAN
Geography of Michigan
Economy of Michigan
Early History of Michigan
Growth of Michigan
Government of Michigan
Public Issues facing MI Citizens
Core Democratic Values

HOMEWORK

Set up a study area

Schedule a daily homework time
Encourage your child to try the work on their own

Nightly Reading
20 min. nightly
Practice math facts nightly
Math homework daily (sometimes every couple of days)
Please sign your childs daily planner every day
Unfinished Work Note

BEHAVIOR SYSTEM
Life Long Skills/Habits of Mind
Point System (3,2,1,0)
Turn in points to purchase rewards at our
classroom store

HABITS OF MIND
Persistence
Thinking Flexibly
Thinking Interdependently
Team Work

GRADING SYSTEM- REPORT CARDS

4 EXCEEDS THE STANDARD ~ Evidence of the student

exceeding the learning objective. Students achieving at the Exceeds the

Standard level demonstrate insights and understandings that go beyond the
grade level expectations for the content standard.

3 MEETS THE STANDARD ~

2 APPROACHING THE STANDARD ~ Evidence of the student's

Evidence of the student meeting the

learning objective. Students achieving at the Meets the Standard level
demonstrate a solid understanding or display of the skills and concepts included
in the content standard. This is the expected grade level performance.
partial attainment of the learning objective. Students achieving at the
Approaching the Standard level demonstrate a partial understanding or display
of the skills and concepts included in the content standard.

1 AREA OF CONCERN ~ Evidence of students minimal

understanding of the learning objective. Students achieving at the Area of

Concern level demonstrate a below the basic understanding or display of the
skills and concepts included in the content standard.

GRADING SYSTEM- SCHOOL WORK

In our classroom, I usually grade the students

papers (4,3,2, or 1) based upon the criteria
mentioned on the report cards. If you see a +, ,
or -, it means that the paper was either
completed at home, with partners, or as a group
in class.

FALL CONFERENCES
Fall Conferences will be on November 17th and
19th
Please sign up for a time on the sheets in media
center.

SPECIALS SCHEDULE
Monday- Music 9:45-10:20 Library 12:55-1:15
Tuesday- Art 9:55-10:40
Wednesday- P.E. 9:45-10:20
Thursday- Music 2:35-3:10
Friday- P.E. 9:45-10:20
Lunch 11:50-12:35

COMMUNICATION
Notes

/Daily Planner

Please

sign your childs planner daily to keep open

communication

Phone:

248-573-8650
E-mail: sextonm@slcs.us
Website

7svupp

classroom.google.com class code:

Thank you so much for taking time to join us.

Your presence tonight is appreciated.

Questions?
**Please grab a copy
of the report card
before you leave.**