Welcome to Third Grade!
Academic Areas
LITERACY BLOCK
90 minutes every day.
Primary Instructional Materials:
Spelling:
- Lists come from Wonders
- Lists are given out on Friday (in planner)
- Spelling and vocabulary tests are given on Friday (practice on Spelling City)
WRITING
50 minutes per day
Wonders
DLI
- Units of Study
The children learn paragraph structure. Grammar is practiced with Daily Language Instruction and/or Wonders Language Instruction.
SOCIAL STUDIES & SCIENCE
30-40 minutes per day
Social Studies primary instructional material:
- Social Studies Alive
- Weekly Geography
- Scholastic News
- Colorado Springs History (field trip)
Science:
Kits and Science Book
- Plant Growth and Development (pollen)
- Microworlds
- States of Matter
- Earth Movements
MATH
Primary instructional tool is GoMath
60 minutes per day
Big Concepts:
- Place Value
- Measurement
- Multiplication/Division
- Geometry
- Fractions
- Fact Practice