Have a great summer!
*Don't forget to read My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles this summer.
We will discuss the book the first few weeks of school.
*Westward Expansion - Students study Lewis & Clark, The Oregon Trail, and The Pony Express. We celebrate with Oregon Trail Days where the students dress as pioneers and complete pioneer activities. We finish with a pioneer lunch!
*The Rainforest - Each student becomes an expert on a chosen animal. Some of the things the unit covers: writing a research report, graphing, a poetry unit, and a big celebration.
*Math - Some of the third grade objectives: place value, multiplication, division, fractions, etc. We use a lot of hands-on manipulatives and the laptops. Morning Math Session in on Thursdays mornings when we come together and have fun.
* Science - The main units we study are: planets, plants, human body, simple machines, hearing and scientific methods. We love to do experiments and use the laptops.
* Reading - Some of the novels we read: Charlotte's Web, 100 Dresses, Lewis & Clark, The Whipping Boy, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. We work on comprehension, vocabulary, inferring, and other important reading skills.
*Language - We study all parts of speech throughout third grade. We complete writing assignments on: explanatory writing, poetry, historical fiction, research report, personal narrative, comparing and contrasting, and many many more.
*Handwriting - We learn cursive in third grade!!!
Math Websites:
http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm
http://www.kidsnumbers.com/multiplication.php
http://www.fun4thebrain.com/mult.html
http://www.aplusmath.com/games/
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