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CLASSROOMS/K-5 CURRICULUM
GRADE 3 - MRS. BARTH/MRS. LEES
Classroom Announcements
May News:
There is so much going on in the third grade! In Social
Studies we are having a lot of fun studying colonial times. The culminating
activity will be Colonial Day on Friday, May 25. We are looking forward
to showcasing what we know about how life was lived long ago in America.
The third graders just visited the Bay Colony Educators who put on a wonderful
presentation sharing clothing, tools and other items that were used in
colonial times. We have been reading many books about occupations people
had back then, as well as what it was like to be in school. We recently
read George Washington’s Breakfast by Jean Fritz, and began to wonder
what others around the world eat for breakfast. Students wrote letters
to various famous people posing the question. We hope to receive many
replies before the school year comes to an end.
In Science, we hosted a very successful Science Fair in the cafeteria.
The students used the scientific method as they tested their varied hypotheses.
The fair was well attended, and many visitors remarked how impressed they
were with the experiments the third graders demonstrated for their audience.
Coming up next in Science is our unit on planting.
In Math, the third graders continue to practice their division facts through
12. Please make sure your child is being quizzed on their division, as
well as multiplication every night to maintain their knowledge. We are
cruising through out fractions unit and we are enjoying it thoroughly.
Students have played some fraction games and worked with splitting “brownies”.
We have the last of our MCAS testing scheduled for May 10 and 11. A good
nights sleep and a good breakfast is part of great test preparation.
Lastly, the third graders have begun to work on their Autobiography projects.
This project will be completed both at home and at school. Each student
will need to bring in a binder or a scrapbook. This project is a lot of
fun for the students and is a wonderful keepsake! We look forward to seeing
the final products! We know that scrapbook supplies can be expensive and
it has come to our attention that during the month of May it is scrapbook
month at Michael’s Craft store.
Before you know it, it will be June. Another wonderful year in the third
grade will wind down!
Classroom Policies/Procedures
Homework:
- Written homework packets are given out on Mondays. Homework packets
are due on Fridays.
- Reading logs are due every day and should be signed by a parent/guardian.
- Weekend homework - reading log at least 20 minutes each day
- Homework is expected to be in on time, and should be neat and organized
- Each student writes down his/her homework in a homework notebook every
day after lunch. It is the student's responsibility to write accuate
information and pick up their homework from their mailbox before the
end of the day.
- Parents are asked to sign or initial their child's homework notebook
on a nightly basis
Unfinished Work:
- Unfinished work may be asked to go home over the weekend.
Snack:
- Our classroom has a mid-morning snack every day. Sometimes we have
a working snack, and other days we take a short break.
- Please send your child to school with a healthy snack, preferably
a piece of fruit, a vegetable or dairy product. No candy/sweets or soda
will be allowed.
Curriculum Outline
Language Arts
(the learner will…)
• Develop and refine vocabulary and thinking skills for writing
through a variety of oral and listening activities and word charts.
• Begin writing four kinds of sentences; declarative, interrogative,
exclamatory, and imperative.
• Write simple paragraphs using a series of related sentences in
a logical order.
• Apply the mechanics of correct punctuation, capitalization, and
form for sentences and paragraphs.
• Revise written work with emphasis on concrete aspects of writing
such as capitalization, punctuation, word substitution, and logical sentence
order.
• Write simple letters and simple descriptive, narrative, expository
and creative compositions.
• Move from invented spelling to mastering words that have real
word meaning.
Mathematics
The following concepts will be approached using cooperative learning,
independent work time, problem solving strategies and manipulatives.
• Place value
• Addition facts
• Addition and subtraction with regrouping
• Time, money, and graphing
• Multiplication
• Beginning division
• Measurement
• Basic fractions
• Probability
• Geometry
Reading
Houghton Mifflin Reader
Guided Reading
Literature Circles
Poems and charts
National Geographic Explorer magazine
(The learner will…)
• Continue to develop more complicated phonemic combinations and
to learn beginning rules for structural analysis skills (suffixes, prefixes
and irregular plurals).
• Extend knowledge and use of synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms in
oral and written language.
• Develop comprehension of main idea and details through simple
outline and paragraph writing.
• Continue to develop study skills requiring locating parts in a
book, using dictionaries and using simple charts and graphs.
• Read for pleasure and personal enjoyment.
Social Studies
Geography
(The learner will…)
• Continue to develop map skills (directions, legends, symbols,
reading maps, etc.)
• Locate and describe the Thirteen Colonies.
• Analyze the effects of geography on Colonial Life.
Science
Technology
(The learner will…)
• Continue the development of keyboarding.
• Begin independent use of the computer with word processing, educational
mathematics and reading games.
• Utilize technology to enhance learning through the use of Web
Quests.
Open Circle
Open Circle is a comprehensive, grade-differentiated social and emotional
learning program for grades K-5 children, their teachers, administrators,
other school staff, parents and other caregivers. Open Circle helps children
become ethical people, contributing citizens and successful learners while
fostering the development of relationships that support safe, caring and
respectful learning communities of children and adults.
Language and Vocabulary:Open
Circle
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