Balanced Literacy

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English/Language Arts
Textbooks Houghton Mifflin Rewards Horizons

• Balanced Literacy
• Shared Reading
• Guided Reading
• Independent Reading
• Read alouds

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Writing

• Cursive handwriting
• Word Study
• Writers Workshop

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Math Texts Everyday Math journals
Student Reference Book
(SRB)
Homework Monday-Thursday the kids will usually
have a home link worksheet for homework. They
are to work on this on their own. If they are
having difficulty then write a note to the
teacher so that we can help the child in the
classroom.
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Multiplication Will start in the fall. Quizzes
will be timed. Must pass each table through 12
in order to participate in the ice cream
party. Then we will go on to have mixed
multiplication quizzes.
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Science

• Process Skills
• Scientific Inquiry
• Habitats and Adaptations
• Sound
• Earth Materials and Changes
• Heat and Changes in Matter

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Inquiry Science Resources
SC Science Curriculum Standards

• FOSS kits
• STC kits
• MacMillan/McGraw Hill textbook and workbook
• Diamond Dell In-house Fieldtrip

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Social Studies
3rd grade focus South Carolina
History Textbook The South Carolina Adventure
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Social Studies

• South Carolina History Content
• SC places and regions
• The role of human systems in SC
• Exploration and settlement of SC
• American Revolution and SCs role in the
  development of the new American nation
• The events that led to the Civil War, the course
  of the War, Reconstruction, and SCs role in
  these events
• SCs major developments in the late nineteenth
  and twentieth century

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Field Trips
On Campus Diamond Dell/September 28 Joe
Long--Confederate Museum and Relic Room/ April 12

• Off Campus
• Congaree National Swamp/
• October 15, 16, 19, 20
• SC State House Museum/
• gtlate January/early February
• Parents will need to drive their own vehicles
  if chaperoning

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Homeroom Volunteers
Teachers do not pick their homeroom parents.
This is an area that PTO handles. There will be
times when teachers will need small tasks done
will contact parents individually. Please make
sure you fill out the volunteer sheet w/PTO if
you want to help.
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Parent Communication

• Agenda
• Thursday Folder
• Handwritten note
• Email

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Grading Policies

• Interims sent home
• Report cards every nine weeks
• Grading Scale
• A 93 100
• B 85 92
• C 77 84
• D 70 76
• F 69 and below

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Homework Policy

• ALL HOMEWORK WILL BE CHECKED DAILY SO IT IS
  IMPERATIVE THAT YOUR CHILD TURNS IN ALL WORK
  DAILY!
• Homework counts as part of the final grade in
  each subject area.
• Should be completed in 30-45 minutes.

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Behavior and Discipline

• Class rules and school rules
• Class discipline plan
• Support and encourage appropriate
• behavior
• Consequences
• District 5s discipline policies and
  consequences are fully enforced by all third
  grade teachers.