Third Grade

Third Grade – Teacher: Mrs. Bethany Rusenko

Children will understand concepts of and will be able to develop the ability to:

Math

* Compute accurately
* Work with estimation
* Make and use graphs
* Think mathematically
* Write a number sentence
* Join and separate groups
* Subtract on a number line
* Count back; Add 9; Group 10′s
* Count by 2′s, 5′s, and 10′s
* Add more than 2 addends
* Order numbers to 100
* Work with money
* Understand time
* Work with shapes and measurements
* Add and subtract 3-digit numbers
* Explore 3-digit numbers
* Learn multiplication and division
* Place values and decimals
* Measure and work with solid figures
* Fractions

Reading

* Decoding and Phonics Skills
* Prefixes
* Consonants and clusters (initial, medial and final)
* Short and long vowels
* Inflectional endings
* Continue Plurals (regular and irregular); Possessives
* Reinforce Spelling Patterns
* Comprehension
* Recall details
* Main ideas (title/description)
* Sequence events
* Compare and contrast
* Comprehensive Strategies
* Building background
* Predict and preview
* Form questions
* Form categories
* Reasonable conclusions
* Vocabulary
* Instructional
* Content
* Context clues
* Antonyms, Synonyms
* Record and journaling
* Study Skills
* Paragraph writing
* Follow directions
* Alphabetical order
* Parts of a book
* Organizing ideas

Language and Literature

* Language
* Listening skills
* Sentence structure and grammar
* Capitalization, punctuation
* Parts of speech
* Handwriting – continue cursive letters
* Composition
* Be able to write a story using creative thinking
* Literature
* Character, plot and theme development
* Identification of literary forms
* Creative writing
* Cross curricular stories
* Identify characters
* Motives and feelings
* Find main idea

Science

* Science
* Develop an awareness of nature
* Learn the basic scientific laws through literature and hands-on experiment
* Learn to work by the scientific method

Social Studies

* Be aware of our world (how it is, how it was and how we can make it better)
* Celebrate our diversity while respecting our independence
* Be aware of current events
* Develop and process the use of many mediums
* Develop creative and emotional growth
* Extend cross curricular study

Music

* Appreciation of many forms of music
* Develop dramatic interpretation and awareness of rhythm
* Develop basic recognition of notes and scale

In our classroom,…

We are learning about:

* The Water Cycle and how it impacts everyone
* To work as a team to solve problems in Math
* About Community Life
* About Ocean Life
* Celebrating Special Days
* Reading aloud for fun & comprehension