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WELCOME TO THIRD GRADE
Expect to see spelling words each week!
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Math Expressions. 2009.
Adding and Subtracting In the Thousands; Regrouping; Geometry: Lines, Quadrilaterals; Word Problems; Figures, Angles, Triangles, Rounding/ Estimating, Money, Graphs, Multiplication and Division facts through 10; Area/ Perimeter, Time, Fractions, Measurement
SRA/McGraw-Hill. Open Court Reading. 2000
Reading Comprehension; Phonics; Story Prediction; Drawing Conclusions; Dictionary Usage; Library Books Usage; SSR; Independent Reading; Vocabulary Growth; Reading Motivation; Teacher Reads; Oral book reports and readings
Phonics; Structure; Meaning; Weekly Spelling Tests; Homework; Weekly Dictation consisting of current and review words
Practice manuscript and apply to daily work; Cursive will be introduced during the first trimester (September to January)
Physical Science- Force and Motion
Life Science- Lifecycle of a Crawdad, Lifecycle of the Seashore
Earth Science- Maps and Globe
Experiences will include various media of paint, chalk, crayon, clay, etc. Most times, art will be related to current topics in the above subjects. (For example, if we are studying Plants in Science, then the Art topic will be plant-related)