Vermont Geography

We are learning about the geography of Vermont. We will explore its geographic features and how they affect its residents. We will also explore what features make Vermont unique and what it is known for.

The Focus Questions for this unit are:

• What are Vermont's geographic features?

• How do they affect its residents?

• What do different maps tell us?

• Which Vermont features make it unique?

• What are Vermont's 14 counties?

Science

We have begun our unit on structure and function.  Students will be researching an animal and learning about their structure and how it functions and helps them survive in their environment.  

Third Grade

This unit focuses on understanding and extending knowledge of place value and the number system to 1,000, and adding and subtracting accurately and efficiently. Students use a place value context (the Sticker Station) to represent numbers as hundreds, tens, and ones, and find equivalent ways to use 100s, 10s, and 1s to represent a given number. They construct and locate numbers on a 1,000 Chart. They also develop strategies for adding and subtracting 2-digit and 3-digit numbers with sums and differences to 400. Students encounter a variety of different addition and subtraction problems types.

Check out this letter that includes samples of the types of math that we’ll be exploring if you are interested in more details. Click Here.

Fourth Grade

Fourth graders have been working on solving division story problems with remainders and interpreting the remainder in the context of the story problem. Students have also been working on solving multiplication story problems and solidifying their multiplication facts. 

Check out this letter that includes samples of the types of math that we’ll be exploring if you are interested in more details. Click Here. 

Students in third and fourth grade have literacy menus to complete each week.  These consist of reading responses, independent reading, cursive practice, and word work.  Students have been responding to text in their reader's notebooks.  They are learning how to respond by restating the question, answering the question, citing evidence and then explaining their answer.  This is the RACE model and we will be learning more about this throughout the year.