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Students strive every year to become independent readers. Our third graders are encouraged to select a wide variety of reading materials within their comfort and interest levels to read in school, as well as out of school. In class we focus on various reading strategies to help improve reading ability, and upon how important it is to read EVERY DAY!! |
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This year in language arts our third graders review and practice old fundamentals of grammar while learning and using new ones. It is ia building process during which the students apply correct grammar uses in their oral and written expressions in ALL subject areas. Along the way we improve our sentence structure, parts of speech knowledge, paragraph writing and process writing. The Six Traits guide our students along as they analyze their own stories, becoming more aware and adept with spelling and the mechanics of language. |
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Third grade math students should master basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts throughout the school year. |
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They also learn about place value, two and three digit addition and subtraction, telling time, counting and making change, fractions, and geometry. |
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A full understanding of these concepts will assist in various critical thinking and problem solving activities that students participate in throughout the year. |
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Map and globe skills make up a large majority of the third grade social studies curriculum. In addition we study people, places and environments and how they change or have remained the same over time. Influences such as citizenship, government, economics and behaviors are identified and examined. |
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Third graders take an in depth look at the Native Americans and how these relationships in our society have affected their culture. We also examine our relationships with people of other countries all over the world and how we influence each other. |
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Students investigate seeds and plants, weather and climate, food chains, animal habitats, sound, matter and good personal health habits in our science studies. They engage in various experiments and activities while learning about these exciting topics. Learning connections are made in all themes explored to show how to identify information, make relationships, recognize changes and realize the impacts technology and people have upon each other. Third graders are encouraged to put their new knowledge into perspective, too, applied to their everyday lives. |
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During the year third graders will be offered a number of field trips, or firsthand experiences outside of the classroom, to enhance and reinforce their learning. In addition special guest presenters and assemblies will also take place. |
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Listed below are links to Internet sites that are appropriate for children in the Third Grade.
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