3rd Grade News

We are excited to kick off the 3rd quarter and embrace the winter season! This new quarter will be filled with exciting opportunities, including a field trip, the winter growth assessment, and plenty of fun and engaging activities to support our learning. Looking back on the last nine weeks, we’ve had a wonderful time together. From our festive Treat or Trunk event to sharing a Thanksgiving dessert, and even meeting El Tió, who surprised us with a special gift, it has been a memorable and rewarding time. We’re ready to build on this momentum and make the 3rd quarter just as amazing!

• January 15th: Reading SGA
• January 17th: Math SGA
• January 20th: No school - Martin Luther King Jr Day
• January 24th: Field Trip to Discovery Museum
• February 14th: No School for students (PD day for teachers)
• February 17th: No School
• March 13th: End of the 3rd 9 weeks
• March 14th: No school - Teacher Work Day
• March 17th: No school - PD day

- Multiplication and division: Fluency on x1x2 x5 and x10, x3, x4, x8, x9 facts. Represent and solve problems.

- Pictograhs and bar grahs: Identify and represent data using pictographs and bar grahs.

- Place value: Read, write and determine the place value of a whole number up to 6 digits with and without models and ordering numbers.

- Addition and substraction: Estimate, represent and solve single and multiple-step problems that do not exceed 1,000.

- Patterns: Indentify, describe and extend patterns.

- Measurement: Using standard units (U.S. Customary and metric) with the appropiate tools to estimate and measure objects by length, weight/mass and liquid volume to the nearest half unit. Students will also calculate perimeter an area.

The third nine weeks in English Language Arts students will explore nonfiction texts about real people and their strong family connections, completing a book review using opinion writing. They will also examine the effects of descriptive language on the storyline. Students will work on understanding text structures and how the same theme can be expressed across multiple texts. Students will study narrative structure through fairytales and tall tales, reinforcing their understanding of fiction text structures. Students will solidify their knowledge through written responses and oral discussions, both in class and with partners. By completing daily written tasks and collaborating on text structure anchor charts, students will demonstrate their understanding of character behavior, comparing accomplishments, discussing author’s craft, making predictions, summarizing texts, and providing evidence to support their opinions.

We will work on Ancient Mali and economics.

We will work on water cycle and ecosystems.