Third Grade Level


Our Third Grade Teachers:

Jennie Bray

Sharon Caviness

Alice Johnson

 

Denise Nixon

Elizabeth Spangler
 

  

  

April 2012

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Math Benchmark

                                   

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Math
Benchmark

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Greensboro Symphony
at AHS

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No School

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Spring
 Break

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Spring Break

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Spring
Break

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Spring
Break

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Spring
Break

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Skate Night
5-7pm

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End of 5th Six Weeks

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No School

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Chick-Fil-A
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WE ARE CURRENTLY LEARNING ABOUT...

Math

Reading

Writing

Science

Multiplication facts
Division Facts

Permutation
Combinations

 Referencing the text

Locating specific information in non-fiction text

Summarizing


Cursive Handwriting-

Plants and Soil
How do plants grow?
How do plants adapt?
How do plants reproduce?
How do bees pollinate flowers?




Homework Tips

Find a quiet place to work.

Have your child read aloud with you for 15 minutes nightly.

After reading discuss the story by sharing the main idea or problem in the story and how it was solved.
Sign reading log in homework folder.

Practice multiplication facts nightly.


Space Websites

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm

http://nineplanets.org/tour/

http://teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/outer/space.htm

http://teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/outer/planets.htm



http://www.dontletgo.com/planets/

Helpful Websites and Links






 

 

 



  

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Third Grade Curriculum Overview

 Reading/Language Arts:
Balanced Literacy Framework

 Balanced Literacy Framework

  • Small group lesson
  • Leveled Readers
  • Reader's Notebook
  • Writer's Journals
  • Buzz Groups
  • Reading Skills Games

 Writing:
This year we will work on creating “seed stories”; a story that is focused on a small moment in time. We will also work on:

  • Writing process
  • Focus
  • Organization
  • Elaboration
  • Style
  • Sentence Formation
  • Writing a variety of genres
  • Mechanics

 Math:
New Concepts:

  • Number sense 0-9,999
  • Multiplication and division
  • Capacity and mass
  • Coordinate grids
  • Circle graphs
  • Permutations and combinations
  • Growing patterns

Skills to Maintain:

  • Addition and subtraction
  • Length and time
  • Symmetry and congruence
  • Line plots, tallies, pictographs
  • Venn Diagrams

 Social Studies

  • Qualities of good citizenship
  • Learn about similarities and differences in communities
  • Analyze changes in communities over time
  • Geography
  • Basic economic principles (supply/demand)

 Expectations:

  • Be RESPECTFUL
  • Be RESPONSIBLE
  • Be a LEARNER

 Procedures:

  • Tiger Time
  • Balanced Literacy
  • Encores
  • Lunch
  • Math Mastery Lesson
  • Social Studies/Science
  • Math

 Field Trips:

  • Town Creek Indian Mound
  • Mt. Shepherd

 Testing: 

  • Iowa Test of Basic Skills/ Cogats
  • EOG’s (Reading/Math)
  • Case 21 Benchmarks in Reading and Math
  • SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory)

 
Third Grade Assistants:

 

 Jamie Worsham

 

Nicole Faircloth

 

 

Kim Hoffman