Ms. Ogden - 3rd Grade



	Important Information Here are some helpful hints to better understand your child’s 4^th quarter progress report: Reading Comprehension- basal reading story quick checks and Friday weekly skills tests Identifies Literary Elements- author’s purpose, problem/solution, characters, setting, main idea, genre Vocabulary- vocab words from basal stories, possessive nouns, figurative language, analogies Writing Clearly expresses ideas- writing uses clear and creative details to support topic/main idea- must receive a score of at least a 4 on the rubric (Q1&2 was a 3) Clearly organizes ideas- sequencing is evident and clear using appropriate transitions- must receive a score of at least a 4 on the rubric (Q1&2 was a 3) Effective Word Choice- uses a variety of descriptive language to communicate ideas- rubric score of 4 Grammar- weekly English skills Spelling Application- weekly tests and spelling in written class work Math Number Sense- fractions, mixed numbers, place value, rounding, estimating sums and differences Operations- addition and subtraction up to 4 digits, multiplication up to 12x12, 2-digits by 1-digit and 3-digits by 1-digit multiplication, division up to 144÷12 as well as division with remainders Problem Solving- choosing operations (+,-,x,÷) to solve story problems and multi-step problems Communication Strategies- problem solving using a variety of strategies and being able to explain in words how and why they came to their answer- must receive a 3 or 4 in all 3 areas (answer, strategy, explanation) this is the most difficult math concept Geometry- tessellations, drawing figures, solid figures, angles, lines, polygons, triangles, quadrilaterals Measurement- customary/metric units and conversions, length, temperature, perimeter, area, volume, elapsed time, making change, adding and subtracting money, am/pm, calendar skills Data Analysis- probability, organizing data and understanding how to read and make various types of graphs and tables Science/Health: Body Systems, Simple Machines, PHMPRC experiments Social Science: Map skills Miscellaneous Info: Our expectations (rules) are that each child will be responsible, respectful, and resourceful. I have a behavior system in my room, which allows students to earn rewards for good behavior. (Try Your Best board) There are also consequences for students who choose not to follow the rules. Students can move up or down on the ticket system based on their behavior throughout the day. (Rewards and consequences are given based on the color your child ends his/her day on.) Rewards and consequences are as follows: Green Shamrock: Shamrock ticket and Reward ticket- Excellent Behavior Green: Reward ticket- Good Behavior Yellow: 1^st offense- Warning Orange: 2^nd offense- Miss 5 minutes of activity time Red: 3^rd offense- Miss ALL of activity time and note home to be signed and returned Blue: 4^th offense or major offenses- Referral to office ** There will be a homework packet every week, which is due on Friday mornings. Each child will be given an assignment book tomorrow, which will be filled out together each day so you know what we did in school. Assignment books should be signed by one parent each night and returned to school every day. I will check to make sure assignment books are signed, so this is also a good place to write me a quick note if you have any questions. (Homework will be written in the HW section of the assignment book. Class work done in school will be written in each subject area so you can know what we did that day.) Students will also color in a box to show behavior choices made in school that day. * If you have any questions about anything, please feel free to e-mail me, ogdenkl@vvsd.org or call (630)759-4300 at anytime!