Third Grade Curriculum Night

1. Welcome
to
Third Grade’s
Curriculum Night

2. Excerpt found online written by Julie Williams -
“There’s a giant step waiting in third grade. Kids
will still read, write, and do math, of course; but the
way they do them will start to shift. This year, and
increasingly in fourth and fifth grades, kids move from
“learning to read” to “reading to learn,” and from
“learning to write” to “writing to communicate.”
Teachers will still guide them closely, but they’ll be
introducing another goal too: working independently.

3. We teach the Georgia Standards of Excellence
(GSE).
Georgia Standards of Excellence website
OCS Office of Teaching and Learning
Parents’ Guide to Student Success

4. First Quarter: Greece, Paul Revere,
Government/Civics, Frederick Douglass
Second Quarter: Susan B. Anthony, Mary M.
Bethune, Economics
Third Quarter: Geography and the Roosevelts
Fourth Quarter: Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B.
Johnson, Cesar Chavez

5. “Daily 5” Read to Self (Increase independent reading stamina.)
Read to Someone (Check for understanding.)
Word Work (Expand vocabulary.)
Work on Writing (Literacy connection.)
Listen to Reading (Engage with texts at various levels.)
C.A.F.E. C (Comprehension – I understand what I read.)
A (Accuracy – I can read the words.)
F (Fluency – I can read accurately, with expression and
understanding.)
E (Expand Vocabulary – I know, find, & use interesting words.)
Over 50% of students’ reading will be informational text to support
science and social studies curriculum and content.

6. First Quarter: Personal Narrative
Second Quarter: Information
Third Quarter: Opinion/Argument
Fourth Quarter: Imaginative Narrative
Writing included each quarter -
process/procedures/routines, writing across the
curriculum (including research connections)

7. Unit 1: Numbers and Operations in Base Ten
Unit 2: Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Relationship
between Multiplication and Division
Unit 3: Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Properties of
Multiplication and Division
Unit 4: Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Patterns in
Addition and Multiplication
Unit 5: Geometry
Unit 6: Representing and Comparing Fractions
Unit 7: Measurement

8. First Quarter: Heat Energy and Magnets
Second Quarter: Rocks, Soil, and Fossils
Third Quarter: Habitats of Georgia
Fourth Quarter: Pollution/Conservation

9.  Science Technology Engineering Art Math
 Engineering Design Process
 STEM Challenges in the Classroom
 Angela Harris, STEM Coordinator
 Activity Rotation – 1st
and 3rd
9 weeks

10. We teach many standards in a unit. We also
assess these standards through formative and
summative assessments, observations, class
work, group work, discussion, interviews etc.
As teachers, we are assessing all day. Our
MAIN GOAL is to use assessments to
determine whether or not students meet the
standards. Student progress will be shared
using Standard Based Report Cards.
Standards Based Grading and Reporting
Information

11.  End of Unit Common Assessments: To protect the integrity
of Oconee County Schools’ completed common assessments
will not be sent home. Teachers will determine a way to
communicate assessment results, as well as strengths and
weaknesses on specific standards with you.
 Power School –Report Card data will be entered at the end of
every quarter into Power School. You will be able to check
your child’s progress online at that time. Printed report cards
will still be sent home as well.

12. Third graders will take the Georgia Milestones
state assessments aligned with GSE. Here is where
you can find information on these assessments.
New Georgia Assessment Information
Taken Online
Writing Component
– short answer in reading, math
-essay writing on one of the three genres
Milestones Testing Window Open: April 12-May 2

13. Milestones
Measures STANDARDS for the GRADE
Designed to measure how well students
acquire the skills in the state adopted
curriculum for their grade level (GSE)

14. MAP- (Measure of Academic Progress)
Measures GROWTH for the students
Correlates with GSE
Designed to target a student’s academic performance in
mathematics, reading, and language usage.
Tailored to an individual’s current achievement level.
The computer adjusts the difficulty of the questions so that
each student takes a unique test. This gives each student a
fair opportunity to show what he or she knows and can do.

15.  To differentiate instruction, create flexible
groupings of students, and inform
intervention strategies
 To measure a student’s progress in reading
and math
 Identify where a student’s strengths are and
if help is needed in any specific areas
 To guide instruction in the classroom

17. Absences – If your child is absent from school, you MUST have a written
excuse in the office within 48 hours. Otherwise, the absence will be marked
unexcused. Only 5 parent excuses are accepted.
Lunch Visitors – For the safety of all children, please remember you are
allowed to eat with only your child at the visitor’s tables.
Volunteer Training – For the safety of all students at RBES,
all volunteers are asked to attend RBES Volunteer Training.
If you plan to volunteer or visit a classroom (including attend class parties,
work/visit field day, help with grade level plays, work with students, etc.) you
should attend a training session on August 27 at 6 pm, September 3 at 9 am, or
November 4th
at 9 am.
Check the Agendas and the Class Blogs frequently!
Don’t forget to check Activity Blogs as well.

18. • School Hours are from 7:45-2:30.
• Please have your child at school promptly
each morning. This gives them plenty of time
to prepare for the day and complete morning
work. Children will be counted tardy if they
arrive after 7:45 am.

19. If you have any questions please email your
child’s teacher.
Thank you for attending!
We will post this PowerPoint on the blog.