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It’s Curriculum Night!
Welcome to Third Grade!
 Third Grade is About:
 Becoming more
independent and taking
responsibility for your
own learning
 Getting organized
 Making good friends
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How You Can
Help Your Child:
 Establish calm, consistent homework
routines. Assist as necessary with homework.
 Communicate with your child’s teachers.
 Please check your child’s planner daily. It’s a
great communication tool.
 Talk with your child about his/her school
work, friends, academic goals, and life.
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Our Goals
 To give your child the academic and
social skills they need to be successful
in third grade
 To provide a supportive and fun
classroom environment
 To help your child make new friends
and discover new interests
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Class Subjects
 The subjects we cover during third
grade are:
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Reading, Writing, Word Study (ELA)
Math
Science
Social Studies
Computer Skills
Social Skills
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English Language Arts
Reading
 Word Study
 Responding to
Literature
 Read Aloud
 Guided Reading
 Shared Reading
 Independent Reading
 Book Clubs
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English Language Arts
Writing
 Your child will begin to write
exciting, fancy sentences. You will
notice them understanding and
using paragraphs.
 They will use conventions of
writing such as spelling,
punctuation, and capitals.
 We will consume, critique, and
produce personal narratives
(stories from life, imaginative
stories), essays and opinion
writing (persuasive writing) and
informative writing (reports and
power points)
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English Language Arts
Word Study
• Students will be given
words in school on Monday
to cut, sort and conduct
activities with throughout
the week (sorts, sentences,
rainbow words, etc)
• Students will also receive a
list to go home on Monday
to study during the week.
• Students will take a word
study test on Friday.
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Math
Math Expressions
Student Leaders
Mathboards
Proof Pictures
Homework and
Remembering
Place Value
Addition, Subtraction
Graphing
Measurement
Fractions
Mastery of Multiplication
Facts
FasttMath
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Math Online
 You may access the program by going to the district
website www.kenton.k12.ny.us find Edison
Elementary under Schools and click on
ThinkCentral. Students can use their user name and
number.
 You may access FASTTMATH by going to the same
website and finding the FASTTMATH link.
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Science
 Our Science series is Scott
Foresman
 The Science Curriculum includes 4
units of study that spiral from year to
year:
 Life Science
 Earth Science
 Physical Science
 Space and Technology.
 We will start with a unit of study in
Matter. Others include Plants,
Ecosystems, Space, Water and
Weather.
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Social Studies
 We will be studying
world communities to
include history,
economics, geography,
and government.
 We will also integrate
Social Studies with
reading.
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Technology
 Each classroom has 6 lap tops. These will be
used to incorporate all subject areas.
 Classes also have a designated time in the
lab each week.
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New York State Tests
English Language Arts
Tuesday, April 16 –
Thursday, April 18
 Reading
Comprehension
 Listening
 Writing
 Editing for
Capitalization and
Punctuation
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Math
Wednesday, April 24 –
Friday, April 26
• Number Sense &
Operations
• Reasoning & Problem
Solving
• Measurement,
Geometry, & Probability
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Homework
 Children copy homework assignments in
their planner daily. PARENTS: Please review
the planner nightly.
 Children are to read at home for 20 minutes
every night. They should record the book
read in the reading log.
 Math will be given regularly.
 Math facts should be practiced daily.
 There will be consequence in school for
missed homework.
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Birthdays
• We want to celebrate your child’s birthday! We
will sing to him/her. Your child will be able to
choose a book and a pencil from the office.
• Pencils, erasers, and/or stickers can be handed
out if you wish.
• The cafeteria offers two different birthday
celebration choices if you choose to participate
(Slushies or Pizza).
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Here’s to
a great
year!