In Dublin City Schools, we believe that all students deserve a mathematical learning experience centered around communication, collaboration, thinking and problem solving.

This year we will study:

• • Multiplication

  • Division

  • Fractions

  • Structure of rectangular arrays and of area

  • Describing and analyzing two-dimensional shapes

  • Solving multi-step problems

We will be utilizing the Math Learning Center Bridges resources this year!

Reading Workshop includes a mini lesson, indepedent reading & reading conferences, and share out reflection time.

During reading conferences, I will meet with students individually to help with their personal reading goals and/or have Guided Reading Groups.

Writing workshop includes a mini lesson, independent work time with individual conferences, and share.

This year students will be creating these writing pieces:

• A Name Story

• Personal Narrative

• Informational Writing

• Opinion Writing

• Poetry

• Friday letters home

• Free Write

District Word Study Program

• High Frequency Words

  • • Words used often in reading and writing

• Visual Strategies/Word Structure

• Students will notice and use patterns in words

• Word Recognition/ Vocabulary

• Students will continue to grow vocabulary throughout all subjects

• Phonological Awareness/ Phonics

• Students will work to understand letter sound relationships and sound patterns

• Common Prefixes and Suffixes

• Homographs

Our science focuses for the year are:

• Matter exists in different states, and everything is composed of matter

• Earth's resources can be used for energy

• Plant and animal life cycles, traits, and adaptations

• Properties of Earth's nonliving resources (soil and rocks)

The local community serves as the focal point for third grade as students begin to understand how their communities have changed over time and to make comparisons with communities in other places. The study of local history comes alive through the use of artifacts and documents. They also learn how communities are governed and how the local economy is organized.