Welcome to our Third Grade web site.
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Teacher Goals
- 1. Help students become more responsible.
- 2. Help students become more independent.
- 3. Help students put forth their best effort.
- 4. Help students become more successful.
- 5. Help students maintain a positive attitude.
- 6. Help students learn the required material.
THIRD GRADE CURRICULUM
Language Arts
- Writing
- Reading
- Spelling
- Handwriting
- Learning to Write
The students will learn how to correct the mistakes that they find in pre-written sentences. The corrected sentences are then discussed. Students will also learn the who, what, when, and where phrases that make up a well developed sentence and will then construct their own detailed sentences. The steps to writing various forms of communication will be presented. The steps include prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Lessons on grammar will also be included in writing workshops. Writings will be evaluated according to the writing traits. Writing traits include organization of material and use of proper conventions.
Reading Units
Each unit is designed to take 4-6 weeks depending on the student’s need
- Back to School
- Off to Adventure
- Celebrating Traditions (Focus on Trickster Tales)
- Incredible Stories
- Animal Habitats
- Voyagers (Focus on Biography)
- Smart Solutions
- Guided Reading with a variety of texts
- Soar to Success Program (Used to reinforce skills)
Spelling
Spelling is incorporated into our Houghton Mifflin Series. Each theme has 3 or 4 spelling lists, using words directly from its theme stories. Please know that your child might not have a spelling test every single week.
Handwriting
The students will be learning cursive writing this year. By January we will begin using cursive in the subject areas. In February all writing will be done in cursive.
Math Units
- Addition and subtraction facts
- One and two digit multiplication
- Place value
- Division facts
- Geometry
- Several digit addition
- Multiplication facts
- Data, graphs, probability
- Division (1divisor with remainder)
- Customary measurement
- Fractions and decimals
- PSSA Preparation-Open-ended responses
Social Studies Units
- Maps
- Where People Start Communities
- Lehigh Valley
- People in a Community
- Current Events
- Working Together
- What is a Community?
- Communities Grow and Change
Health Units
- Here’s Looking at You 2000 – Drug and Alcohol Awareness
- Human Body – Concentrating on the digestive system
- Nutrition and Food Safety
- AIDS Prevention
Science Units
- Discovery Works
- Earth’s Resources
- Physical Science
- Life Science