Curriculum
3A and 3B Families,
Please read below to find important curriculum updates for any of the subjects listed as well as important dates of assessments! This is a great snapshot of what is happening in the classroom both for our in-person and virtual students. Remember, we utilize Google Classroom for assigned work and assessments, so this website is a snapshot of what students are working on!
I appreciate your support and commitment this year!
Ms. DeMelim
Language Arts (Ms. DeMelim and Mrs. Trimble)
Reading
Novel Study
Skills: Making Inferences, text evidence
Text: The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill
We're spending the month of May focused on our novel study! We'll read in a variety of ways: independently, chorally, and in partners. After each chapter we will respond to questions that help us develop our critical thinking skills and refer back to the text for support. It is a fun fiction story, with some historical background!
Spelling
Unit 16: The Schwa Sound
Words: Check Google Classroom!
Homework Choice Board and Vocab A-Z site are loaded in Google Classroom!
Test Date: Friday, 5/7
Vocabulary
Unit
Each vocab week we will have our words up on Quizlet and Vocab A-Z for you to practice at home in whatever way you see fit!
Quiz Date:
Grammar
Unit 4: Adjectives and Adverbs
adjectives
a, an, the
comparing with adjectives
comparing with more and most
adverbs
comparing with adverbs
negatives
Test Date:
Handwriting
It's important to note that there are no assessments for handwriting, it is not a graded standard. We still value the practice of strengthening our cursive handwriting! We are working hard to review and practice individual letters and joining letters.
Writing
We're so proud of our students for completing their 3 paragraph research reports! We worked through the entire research process, and produced a final copy. We can't wait to print them and share them with you all at home.
Stay tuned for another writing piece this spring!
Math (Ms. DeMelim and Mrs. Pappas)
Topic 12: Understand Fractions as Numbers
12-1: Partition Regions into Equal Parts
12-2: Fractions and Regions
12-3: Understand the Whole
Quiz
12-4: Number Line: Fractions Less Than 1
12-5: Number Line: Fractions Greater Than 1
12-6: Line Plots and Length
12-8: Problem Solving: Make Sense & Persevere
Quiz Date:
Test Date: Friday, 5/7
*We've moved right into fractions! We are ready to spend time this spring deepening our understanding of parts and wholes. We will look at equal vs unequal parts, shaded regions, partitioning (cutting) shapes into fractions, fractions on the number line, and line plot graphs. We will be busy! Please note we will be completing almost every lesson in Topic 12, so there will be both a quiz and test.
*It is still valuable to spend time practicing multiplication and division facts at home!
3A & 3B Science (Ms. DeMelim)
CELL #4: Ecosystems & Changes
Investigation #1: Food Chains----------- (completed)
Investigation #2: Food Webs
Investigation #3: Adaptations
Investigation #4: Environmental Changes
Investigation #5: Interactions in Nature
*We'll have a quiz after every 2 investigations, and a test at the end of the 5 investigations. Each quiz will have a vocab section and a multiple choice section of concepts. The tests will be all multiple choice of concepts. I will post resources in Google Classroom to help with studying, including sample questions.
Quiz Date: 3B only: Friday, 5/7
Test Date:
Religion (Ms. DeMelim)
Unit 6: Morality and Family Life
Family Life Text
Unit 1: God's Gift of Family
Unit 2: God's Gift of Self
Unit 3: God's Gift of Life
Unit 4: God's Gift of Love
Unit 5: God's Gift of Community
*We're exploring family, self, life, love and community during our Family Life unit in 3rd grade! We use a separate text for this unit and students will complete some classwork activities, there will be no test. This is our time to talk about the people who keep us safe and how to live out our call to be God's children.