Nautilus Elementary
2005-2006 3rd Grade Syllabus
READING
Using
the State Standards students will participate in Guided Reading groups
according to their reading level using books integrated with social studies and
science.
They will be required to participate in
the following activities:
·
Read and Lead program
with PTA
·
Book Reports
·
Oral Presentations
(poetry, demonstrations, reports)
·
Vocabulary Development
/ Daily Oral Language lessons
·
Journals / Reading log
/ Reading Response to classroom read-aloud stories
·
Sustained Silent
Reading in class (Students are
expected to supplement silent reading at
home
for a minimum of 30 minutes each evening.)
Based on the Four Square Writing program, students
will learn the writing process from pre-write to the finished product to meet
State Standards at their grade level.
Using the State Standards in Mathematics, lessons will be used
from the following texts:
Scott
Foresman/Addison-Wesley Mathematics
and Investigations as well as teacher created lessons
and
hands-on activities to develop mathematical concepts. Students will also be assigned objectives in
the Accelerated Math program, on the computer, to
match the classroom content.
·
Students will be
responsible for home study of addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division facts
for timed math tests in the classroom.
Science will be taught with district science kits and
include the following units:
Marine Science Electricity Interaction
Health: The Great Body Shop
SOCIAL STUDIES
Our
focus will be “communities” presented as a tie to 4th grade
Washington State History.
Students
will work on keyboarding skills, word processing, and Internet research (with
parental permission). Various programs
for curriculum integration will be used.
Students will be graded on Skills/Concepts and
Participation on art activities.
Students will participate in music for two periods in a 6-day rotation and the grade-level musical concert in the spring. Grading will be on Skills/Concepts and Participation.
HEALTH AND FITNESS
EDUCATION (Teacher: Mr.
Underwood)
Students
will learn activities and safety to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle.
Students
are asked to dress appropriately on P.E. days.
LIBRARY (Librarian: Mrs. McElfish)
Students will meet with the librarian each Friday. Books are always due Thursday afternoons.
SKILLS
FOR SUCCESS lessons will be taught
to all students. They will be required
to keep and update daily, a calendar of events and assignments.
·
3-ring binder and
dividers are required
·
Notebook (loose-leaf)
paper required – college-ruled preferred
·
#2 pencils, black and
red pens required
·
Check your child’s
binder and calendar each evening with your child.
·
Help your child plan
ahead for projects and reports. Read to
your child each day! Research shows
that children that are read to (besides reading to themselves) make the most
growth in reading. Read aloud for 30
minutes each day!
·
Please offer to assist
your child, if needed, when they work on homework – but do not do the
assignment for them. If you provide
assistance, please indicate (write a note) in the margin of the paper any
difficulty your child experienced.
·
Homework is provided to
give students additional practice on concepts and skills. It will be assigned almost every night and
should not take students more than 30 minutes to complete. (Provide a quiet, comfortable place for your
child to work - free from distractions!)
·
Completed homework is
due and will be checked each morning.
·
It is expected that
students do their best work and use nice penmanship on all classroom assignments
as well as homework assignments.
Sloppy, rushed, and late work is unacceptable.
·
Students/Parents should
not remove any papers from the binder sections except to work on, review,
etc. The papers will be removed in
class when appropriate
· Students are coached to verbalize their learning and set goals needed to complete third grade in preparation for their conference in October.
Please feel free to contact me regarding your child’s
progress, homework or classroom assignments:
·
Classroom: 253-945-3419
(anytime) Home: 253-797-5432 (please limit to emergencies)
·
School e-mail:
bmusselm@fwps.org Home
e-mail: brooke_musselman@yahoo.com
·
For other teachers,
please call the office at 253-945-3400.
Please do
not forget to provide an Emergency Kit for your child.
If we have
an emergency, you will not want your child to be without the comfort of having
something from you.