Mrs. Lauren Mack teaches 3rd grade in Room 6. She provides an overview of the curriculum, including subjects like reading, writing, spelling, math, social studies, and science. She outlines the communication methods, homework policies, and schedule. Mrs. Mack also reviews classroom organization, responsibilities, conferences, and includes a wish list for donations. The purpose is to inform parents about the academic year plans and policies.

1. Welcome to Curriculum Night!
Mrs. Lauren Mack
3rd Grade
Room 6
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2. Communication
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Email updates to all parents and guardians
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Our class website:
Text
hopkinton.schoolwires.net/Page/1076
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Email address: lmack@hopkinton.k12.ma.us
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Telephone: 1-508-497-9860, ext. 115
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3. Organization
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Red Homework Folders
Homework Agenda books
Written Homework (3 times a week at 30
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Schedule Printed on website and on red
homework folder
Color coded folders
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4. Specials Schedule
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Monday-Library
Tuesday-P.E.
Wednesday-Art
Thursday-Music
Friday-Health and P.E.
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5. Reading
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Macmillan/McGraw Hill Treasures
New theme each week
60% non-fiction, 40% fiction
Shared reading to model reading
strategies and skills
Leveled books for guided reading
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6. Reading
Independent reading to reinforce
strategies and skills
 End of unit assessments
 Grammar taught with writer’s
workshop and focused skills in each
unit
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7. Writer’s Workshop
Focused corrections
 Modeling from reading texts
 Graphic organizers
 Conferencing
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8. Spelling
Each week will focus on new
phonetic rule
 Alternative list will begin after first six
weeks
 Spelling homework
 Tests will be on Fridays
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9. Cursive Handwriting
Zaner-Bloser program
 Lower case letters first, then upper
case
 Graded on cursive on last marking
period of report card
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10. Math
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EnVision Math is researched-based and is fully aligned
with the new Common Core math standards
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Hands-on and minds-on learning activities daily to build
mastery in key mathematical skills
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Core lessons are highly visual including digital
animations
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Topics: Number sense, Place value, Multiplication,
Division, Fractions, Time, 2-dimensional shapes, Area,
Perimeter, Liquid Volume and Mass, and Graphing Data
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Timed facts tests (3rd graders are expected to complete
100 problems in five minutes)
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11. Social Studies
Geography of Massachusetts
 Pilgrims and Plimoth Colony
 Puritans and Massachusetts Bay
Colony
 American Revolution
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12. Science
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Simple Machines
Rocks and Minerals
Moon
Plants
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13. RC Guiding Principles
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The social curriculum is as important as the academic curriculum.
How children learn is as important as what they learn. Process and content
go hand in hand.
The greatest cognitive growth occurs through social interaction.
To be successful academically and socially, children need a set of social
skills: CARES (cooperation, assertion, responsibility, empathy, self-control).
Knowing the children we teach—individually, culturally, and
developmentally—is as important as knowing the content we teach.
Knowing the families of the children we teach and working with them as
partners is essential to children’s education.
How the adults at school work together is as important as their individual
competence. Lasting change begins with the adult community.
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14. Student Responsibilities
Bring the red folder and agenda back and
forth from home to school everyday
 Complete written homework 3 times a
week
 Read for at least 20 minutes each night
 Practice math facts on a regular basis
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15. Time for Kids
Non-fiction text
 Current events
 Subscription fee $5.00 per student
(payable to Mrs. Mack)
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16. Room 6
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17. Room 6
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18. Fall Conferences
Fill in your preferred email and
telephone contact information
 November 8th, November 15th, and
November 22nd are the designated
conference days (Friday afternoons)
 Additional days and times available
 Homeroom parents
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19. Wish List
Extra tissues as needed
 Used building toys
 Individually wrapped nut-free snacks
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20. Questions?
Thank you for attending Elmwood School’s
Third Grade Curriculum Night!
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