Third Grade Reading and Writing

Through balanced literacy, students in third grade are taught to use and practice skills in both reading and writing. In reading, students work within a workshop format to develop strategies to increase comprehension, fluency, decoding, vocabulary development and motivation. In writing, the focus is to teach writing as a process. This process includes, brainstorming ideas in Writer’s Notebook, drafting, revising, editing, conferencing and publishing. Students are able to accomplish this through the use of various leveled resource books and age-appropriate reading texts.

Third Grade Listening and Speaking

Students in third grade are expected to use age appropriate vocabulary when speaking and are encouraged to participate in group and class discussions using complete sentences. Additionally, they should speak audibly and clearly. It is also expected that students listen attentively for extended periods of time. They should listen respectfully, without interrupting, when others speak.

Third Grade Math Goals

* Students will demonstrate number sense in operations and number theories.

* Students will demonstrate an understanding of algebra using variables and expressions, patterns, relationships and functions

* Students will demonstrate knowledge of geometric shapes and relationships

* Students will use varied units of measurement

* Students will demonstrate knowledge of statistics and probability by collecting, organizing, displaying, analyzing and making predictions about data

Third Grade Science Goals

The third grade curriculum reviews and provides practice in previously taught topics that include Analysis, Inquiry and Design, Information Systems, The Physical Setting and Living Environment, Common Themes and Problem Solving. In addition, students will be introduced to Pollination, Magnets, Buoyancy, and The Life Cycle of a Butterfly.

Third Grade Social Studies Goals

The content area of third grade Social Studies is divided into five main areas:

1) Community
2) History
3) Geography
4) Economics
5) Politics/Government

These areas are studies through a focus on Maps and Globes, World Geography, Desserts, Plains, Tropical Rainforests, and Wetlands, and Cultures Around the World.