Transcript Back to School - Edgewater School District

Back to
School
Third Grade Avgerinos
September 21, 2015
Melissa Avgerinos
 BA Psychology, New York University
 MAT Elementary Education, William Paterson
University
 Started at EVG in September 2006
 Taught Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade
 [email protected]
Typical Third Grade Day
Period
Time
Class
0
8:00
Homeroom
1
8:15
Language Arts
2
8:59
Special
3-4
9:37
Language Arts/Snack
5
11:03
Math
6
11:45
Lunch/Recess
7
12:27
Math
8-9
1:09 – 2:33
Science/Social Studies/
Family Life/Spanish
TUES
WED
THURS
FRI
Gym
Mr.
Miranda
Media/
Library
Ms. Gash
Art
Ms.
Rattinger
Music
Gym
MMr.
Miranda
Spanish
Ms. Pahhas
Spanish
Ms. Pahhas
Mr.
Rausenberger
Special Schedule
MON
copied daily into assignment
Homework Policy
pad
can be viewed on class
webpage, homework board
is checked but not graded
allows for independent practice
of skills taught in school
everyone starts with 100, each
missing assignment is -3 points
should take about an hour
Math Curriculum
 GO! Math
 Aligned to the Common Core
 Common Core requires early mastery of multiplication AND
division, pop quiz
 daily lesson, independent practice, review, games to reinforce
skills, homework, unit test
 Think Central website to access tools (login information on the
desk)
 Class webpage had links to learning games to practice skills
Reading Workshop
In the Classroom
 Read Aloud of mentor text
At Home
 Independent reading of “just
 Teacher led instruction of one
skill or strategy
 Guided practice of skill or
strategy
 Independent reading and
practice of skill or strategy
 Small groups for guided
reading or strategy work
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
right” books for 20 minutes,
building up to 30 minutes
Use post it notes to keep track
of thinking
Reading log in reading folder
Reading response every night,
5-8 sentences
Reading Folder and Notebook
go home EVERY NIGHT and
come back EVERY DAY
Reading
Workshop
Students learn to read
and understand texts that
are just right for them to
read independently.
Students are periodically
assessed to ensure that
they are progressing.
Writing
Workshop
collecting ideas
drafting
revising
editing
publishing
Handwriting – Third Graders will be learning cursive. Please see the
handout in your folder.
Word Study
 Students were
 Lists are introduced
assessed and
assigned a word study
group
 Words will be
assigned biweekly
 Words are sorted
based on patterns or
meaning
on Monday in small
groups
 Homework Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday
 Collected and
checked on Friday
 Test every other
Friday
Word Estimates
 Read Alouds are selected
 Students look up the
based on the unit theme
 Reading level of read alouds is
often above the independent
reading level
 Vocabulary words are
identified by the teacher
ahead of time
 Students practice reading the
word and then estimate its
meaning during the read aloud
dictionary definition and part
of speech AFTER reading is
complete
 Students learn to use the word
in a meaningful sentence
 Vocabulary is reviewed daily
 Students will be assessed with
a vocabulary test
Social Studies
•
Units of Study (communities, US regions, government)
• Weekly TIME for Kids Newspaper and Quiz
• Map Skills
• Geography
• MAC lab
Students will complete projects, homework, classwork, and tests.
Science
•
•
Units of Study
(living things, plants, animals, rocks and minerals, force and motion)
• Nonfiction Reading Strategies
• Hands on Experiments
Students will complete projects, labs, classwork, homework and chapter
tests
Grading
Grades based on the following:
• Classwork
• Homework
• Tests and Quizzes
• Projects
Tests and quizzes are given to inform instruction.
PARCC Testing
 State Test administered once per year
 April 2016
 Language Arts and Mathematics
 7 Units of Testing