This is the information I shared with parents in September of 2012.

1. Welcome to Curriculum Night!
Mrs. Lauren Mack
3rd Grade
Room 6

2. Communication
 Monthly Newsletters
 Our class website:
www.mrslmack.blogspot.com
 Email address: lmack@hopkinton.k12.ma.us
 Telephone: 1-508-487-9860, ext. 115

3. Organization
 Red Homework Folders
 Homework Agenda books
 Written Homework (3 times a week at 30
minutes)
 Schedule Printed on website and on red
homework folder
 Color coded folders

4. Specials Schedule
 Monday-P.E.
 Tuesday-Music
 Wednesday-Library
 Thursday-Health and Art
 Friday-Computer Lab and P.E.

5. Reading
 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

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

7. Writer’s Workshop
 Focused corrections
 Modeling from author’s works
 Graphic organizers
 Conferencing

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

9. Cursive Handwriting
 Zaner-Bloser program
 Lower case letters first, then upper
case
 Graded on cursive with April report
card

10. Math
 Everyday Mathematics Program
 Topics: Addition and Subtraction of whole numbers,
measurement, multiplication and division, place value
and decimals, geometry, fractions, probability
 Timed facts tests (3 rd
graders are expected to
complete 20 problems in one minute.)
 End of unit assessments will be sent home to be signed
and returned to school

11. Social Studies
 Geography of Massachusetts
 Pilgrims and Plimoth Colony
 Puritans and Massachusetts Bay
Colony
 American Revolution

12. Science
 Simple Machines
 Rocks and Minerals
 Moon
 Plants

13. 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

14. Room 6

15. Room 6

16. Fall Conferences
 Fill in your preferred email and
telephone contact information
 November 2nd, November 16th, and
December 7th are the designated
conference days
 Additional days and times available
 Homeroom parents

17. Wish List
 Electric Pencil Sharpener
 Clip Boards

18. Questions?
Thank you for attending Elmwood School’s
Third Grade Curriculum Night!