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!

Students will be introduced to a variety of strategies to enhance critical thinking, creativity, and communication skills. Literature used in the third grade classroom will include a variety of genres including myths and books from a series. Students will support their thinking with evidence while recognizing multiple points of view. Informational text organized by time, sequence, and cause and effect will be studied.

Mini Lesson: 10-15 mins

Independent Reading & Reading Conferences: 40-45 mins

During this time, students will meet with the teacher individually to work on their personal reading goals and/or have Guided Reading Groups.

Share Out: 5-10 mins

We will spend about 15-20 minutes a day doing a Read Aloud of a chapter book.

This is great for:

• Introduction to series books
• Variety of chapter books
• Making connections, predictions, inferences, etc
• Having class discussions
• Students holding their thinking over time
• Hearing books read fluently
• Instill a love of reading

Producing organized writing appropriate to the task and purpose is a goal for third graders. Students will present their knowledge through formal and informal speaking as well as writing and digital formats.

Workshop will be 45 minutes a day. This 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

Building and enhancing students' vocabulary will be a critical focus in third grade.

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

Students in Grade 3 will focus on exploring the components of various systems and then investigate dynamic and sustainable relationships within systems using scientific inquiry. Students will learn about the Earth’s resources and matter and forms of energy and behavior, growth and changes.

Our areas of focus in science 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.