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Third Grade Curriculum
Reading/Language Arts
At the elementary level, instruction is delivered through a Balanced Literacy Framework that provides a comprehensive plan for instruction in reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.
Balanced literacy includes:
- Reading instruction
- Word work and/or word study
- Independent reading
- Writing instruction
- Independent writing
- Your child should independently read for at least 20 minutes.
- Reading Log/ Monthly Book Reviews
- Good Habits Great Readers/ Guided Reading Groups/Reading and Responding on level
- Junior Great Books- Critical , reflective thinking through shared inquiry
- Words Their Way- Spelling
- Vocabulary/Grammar Workshop
- Fundamentals of Writing- Narrative, Opinion, Information
MATH
- Building problem-solving skills and strategies
- Multiplying and dividing with 1-digit and 2-digit numbers
- Using tables, graphs, data, and probability
- Adding and subtracting with fractions and decimals
- Understanding relationships between fractionsand decimals
- Studying angles, line segments, area, and perimeter
Science
- FOSS
- Rocks and Minerals
- Sound
- Structures of Life
Social Studies Alive
- Our Community and Beyond
