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ALEKS Elementary Overview

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ALEKS Elementary Parent Night Presentation

 

WELCOME TO THIRD GRADE!

CURRICULUM 

READING-Harcourt - Mrs. Feiner

  • Two reading texts; one story per week; different genres; vocabulary worksheets, transparencies, and binders; literary elements;vocabulary/comprehension test at the end of the week

  • Sign-o-gram – Front cover of reading book

  • Reading logs – Handed out Friday; due following Friday; required reading – 5/7 days for 20 minutes; extra credit for other days; title of book, pages read, minutes read; may use weekly reading story and Scholastic News.

  • Pizza Hut Book-It program

ENGLISH-Harcourt - Mrs. Feiner

  • Language handbook, transparencies, and workbook pages

  • Different styles of writing, sentences, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs

  • Daily Oral Language (DOL) , journal writing, “sticker stories”, etc.

SPELLING-Harcourt - Mrs. Feiner

  • Workbook pages for review

  • Spelling games

  • Pre-test Monday; final test Friday (if needed); extra credit words

  • New words written in planner

HANDWRITING–D’Nealian - Mrs. Feiner

  • Manuscript and cursive review

MATH–Saxon - Mrs. Feiner

  • Constant review of math concepts

  • Power Up; new concepts/lesson practice; written practice (homework) for each lesson

  • Hands-on activities

  • Tests (after Lesson 10), then after every 5 lessons

  • ALEKS math also available

SCIENCE–Harcourt - Mrs. Bratley

  • Five units – animals; weather; forces & motion; lakes, ponds, rivers; air/flight

  • Text (reading), activities on science log & in notebook

  • Hands-on lab activities

  • Study guide for each section; section quiz; unit test

RELIGION–Brown/ROA - Mrs. Yeoman

  • Church history, Ten Commandments, celebrations/traditions, saints, prayers

  • Text (reading), notebook (activities)

  • Homework – Faith Journal, comments, activities

  • Mass – Wednesday, 9:15, St. Joseph’s; other feast days; please join us anytime!

SPECIALS

  • PE – Mr. Kramer – Tuesday/Thursday

  • Music – Mrs. Hasenour – Wednesday

  • Discovery – Mrs. Koester – Thursday

  • Spanish – Mrs. Buss - Friday

  • Computer – Mrs. Morrison – Tuesday/Thursday

  • Art – Mrs. Hartog & Mrs. Diemer - Monday

  • Library – Wednesday
     

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

  • Planners – Lists assignments/homework/reminders; please check and sign daily 

  • Homework – Due the next day unless otherwise noted.

  • Report cards/grading scale – Diocesan report card; letter grades this year, as well as * (commendation),+ (improvement shown) , x (improvement needed)


    A – Excellent (93 – 100)
    B – Very good (86 – 92)
    C – Good (76 – 85)
    D – Below average (70 – 75)
    F - Failure (Below 70)
  • TeacherEase – Use to check grades for each subject; assignments for each subject, missing work, correspondence

  • Book orders – Scholastic/Lucky book clubs; sent monthly;order on-line or return the form and check made out to Scholastic; set aside for gift-giving

  • Star Student display – See schedule for dates and details

  • Field Trips - HCC play(Fall); Midway Village(Spring)

 

Reading log
Math Homework form - Front
Math Homework form - Back

Aquin Catholic Schools
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Freeport, IL 61032
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