Grade 3

Parent Information Evening

Thursday, 3rd September 2020
 Welcome!
Home-room teacher: Ms. Sophie
Learning Assistant: Ms. Ranj.
Introductions
 Information Summary
• Literacy
• Maths
• Units of Inquiry
• Learning Accelerator Programme
• Grade 3 Overview: Homework, Camp (tbc), ISAs

• Integrator Information
• Parental Support

• Questions
New classroom
 Literacy- Writing

6 Traits
● Ideas
● Voice
● Organisation
● Sentence Fluency
● Word Choice
● Conventions
 Literacy- Daily 5
This encourages independence and
student agency through choices:

● Read to Self
● Read to Someone
● Listen to Reading
● Work on Writing
● Word Work (Words their
Way program)
 Maths
ISS Curriculum which promotes an inquiry
approach which develops problem-solving and
thinking skills through these key areas:

• Number
• Pattern and Function
• Data Handling
• Shape and Space
• Measurement
IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) Inquiry
Cycle
 Concept-driven
Form Connection

Function Perspective

Causation

Responsibility Change
 Units of Inquiry (UOI)
Who We Are: Our beliefs and values shape who we are
Beliefs and values, what it means to be human

How We Organize Ourselves: Communities are supported by

effective systems
The interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities

Sharing the Planet: Living things depend on their environment to

survive
Rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other
people and with other living things
How We Express Ourselves:
Creative expression provides ways to communicate ideas and
emotions
The ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture,
beliefs and values.
How the World Works:
Understanding energy allows us to make sense of the world
The natural world and its laws; how humans use their understanding of
scientific principles
Where we are in Place and Time: Technology evolves over time
Orientation in place and time, the discoveries, explorations and migrations of
humankind
 Words you might hear

Learner Profile: what do learners need to be?

Caring, Principled, Open-minded, Balanced, Reflective,
Knowledgeable, a Thinker, a Communicator, a
Risk-taker, an Inquirer

Approaches to Learning (AtLs): What skills do we

need to develop?
Research skills, Communication skills, Social skills,
Self-Management skills, Thinking skills
 Homework Expectations

• 15 minutes of reading minimum daily ( record title and duration of

reading)

• 20 minutes of other tasks per day in:

-Maths (worksheets and Mathletics etc)

-Literacy (Reading Comprehension tasks and Journal Entry from choice

board)

- Unit of Inquiry (as directed)

• Homework book must be returned every Monday!

 Learning Accelerator Programme

● Personalised Learning Goals

● Student Agency
● Parental Support
 Integrator Information

Ms. Davis (Performing Arts) Ms. Hima (Visual Arts) Ms. Rehu (P.E.)
 Integrator Information

Ms. Miriam (ESL and Learning Support) Ms. Berna (Counsellor)

Integrator Information
 Parental Support

• Managebac- whole school/class information

• Communication- email is best

scrawshaw@iss.edu.sg

• Support and encourage Reading and Homework

organisation
• Field Trips/Camp (when possible)
• Guest Speaker (virtual)
• Class Parent- WhatsApp group, help with events
Questions