What's Happening in Third Grade...

Some exciting things that we learn and work on in third grade include:

SOMETHING NEW:

• Learn to play the recorder, perform with a chorus, learn keyboarding and use Chromebooks

READING:

• Continue to build our overall decoding skills by building our reading accuracy and fluency through Guided Reading and practice
• Build our understanding of phonics patterns and rules using Fundations
• Work on increasing our understanding of text and overall reading comprehension skills

WRITING:

• Work on narrative, expository and opinion writing using the Empowering Writers program
• Some of my favorite writing units: Castles, Service Animals, and Space, etc.

MATH:

• Continued work with the Everyday Math program focusing on fractions, multiplication/division, and area/perimeter

http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/3rd-grade/em4-at-home/

• Build automaticity with basic addition, subtraction and multiplication facts...plus we play math games!

HISTORY:

• History of Massachusetts, including learning about the Pilgrims, Wampanoags and the settlement of Massachusetts
• Field trip to Plimoth Plantation https://www.plimoth.org/

SCIENCE:

• Science units include: Motion and Matter and Birds...including hands-on experiments and projects