Curriculum Guide
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3rd
Grade Curriculum Guide and Links |
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Dear
Parents,
Third grade will be a growing and
stretching
year for you and your child. It takes lots of time and energy
to strengthen and develop both academic and social skills. Listening,
thinking, solving problems, and communicating effectively with each
other are some of the skills we will be working on all year
long.
The following information is intended to give you some
ideas about the many topics we plan to pursue this year. All third
graders
will participate in a variety of curriculum related
enrichment activities.
Specific lessons and/or projects may vary in
individual classrooms.
Parental involvement is a key component to a success
school year for both you
and your child. We look forward to working with you to make third grade
a challenging and rewarding year for you child.
Sincerely,
The Third Grade Teachers
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Curriculum Areas:
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I.
Math - Everyday Mathematics, 2002
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division
- Place value
- Geometry
- Data, graphs, probability
- Customary and metric measurement
- Problem solving
- Fractions
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V.
Handwriting - Zaner Bloser Cursive, 1999
- Lower case letters (September to December)
- Upper
case letters (January to June)
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II.
Reading - Harcourt, 2003
- Reading books - Trophies "Changing
Patterns" Themes
1-3. "On Your Mark" Themes 1-3
- Library Books Collection
- Books for All Learners
- Trade Books
- Sustained Silent Reading (S.S.R.)
- "Calendar Kids" (information to follow)
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VI.
Social Studies - Massachusetts
by Joan Leotta
- History and geography of Massachusetts
- Map and globe skills
- Daily geography
- Graphs, charts, diagrams
- Trade books-literature connections
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III.
Writing and English - Harcourt, 2003
- Speaking
- Listening
- Descriptive language
- Daily oral language
- Writing as a process
- Paragraph building
- Pen pals (information to follow)
- Writing samples (October, January, May)
- Poetry
- Rubric scoring 0-4 (information to follow)
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VII.
Science - McGraw Hill, 2000
- Sound
- Solar System
- Plants
- Butterflies
- Scientific method
- Trade books
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IV.
Spelling - Harcourt, 2003
- Sound of words
- Structure of words
- Function of words
- Connection to writing
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