What we are learning?

Into Reading/HMH: a Reading Resource that we use in class to build our Stamina in Reading , Support our Fluency, Expand our Vocabulary, to Practice our Writing, and to Listen to Reading.

Illustrative Math  — This website supports parents with our new resource in math. IM  is Common Core Standards within 3rd Grade.

Info about our math curriculum:

Illustrative Math Info: 

If you would like more information about our new math curriculum, please see this document for families. This is a great tool to get insight into what we are working on in class. Unit tests, checkpoints & cool downs will also be sent home for your reference. Math Information

Phonics: Seely Word Lists/ Phonics  

Click on the link above! See a list of phonics concepts we will study throughout the year. 

*We use the Science of Reading approach by practicing a skill throughout the week and testing at the end of the week instead of giving students a list of words to memorize. We want to see that they understand the concept and they can transfer it. 

Khan Academy — Khan Academy is a math tool, we are using to support our gaps and to challenge our minds within mathematical concepts. 

Second Step is a proactive social/emotional program that gives students positive strategies to solving social issues along with building a foundation of respectful ways to handle and solve problems through communicational skills.

Second Step Online REGISTRATION  for parents — 2nd Grade: Login is .... SSP2 FAMI LY72

The Common Core Standards — Many states in the U.S. have already adopted the Common Core standards. Visit this site to learn more about what they are and why they are being implemented in so many states.

What are Thinking Maps? — Thinking Maps are Maps we use to organize our ideas and support how we think and process across all subjects.