Welcome back to the third quarter of Third Grade!

Class resumes for Track 4 on Monday, January 27.  We are still in the same classroom, room 302.  

What are we learning this quarter?

ELA:  Our theme for this module of the EL curriculum is exploring the literary classics with Peter Pan.  We will spend the quarter reading Peter Pan and Peter Pan in Kensington gardens.  Your child will be exploring characters' traits and motivations, new vocabulary, write an opinion essay, and end the unit with revising a scene from Peter Pan that they will present to a live audience.

Math:  This quarter we will begin with a quick, nine day geometry unit.  We will focus on the attributes of quadrilaterals and triangles, and how to classify shapes.  We will then work on area & perimeter.  This unit requires that your child has fluency with multiplication.  Please continue to work with them each night at home.  We will also be continuing the timed quizzes each Tuesday and Thursday.  The quarter will end with a fractions unit that will continue into fourth quarter.

Science:  We will have two science units this quarter!  The first is changes in matter and the second is force and motion.

Social Studies:  During the last three weeks of the quarter your child will be learning about economics and entrepreneurship.

Literary Classics

While we read Peter Pan, I will be reading aloud a few literary classics as well.  A literary classic is a text that has withstood time and has been read and enjoyed by multiple generations.  Please help your child to choose a literary classic that they will enjoy reading during independent reading time.  This can include more modern classics.  Think of books that you enjoyed as a child and guide your child towards them.  I also have several in the classroom that students can choose from and they are welcome to check them out from the school library.

Report Cards

Report cards will come home in Wednesday folders this week.  Your child's new Wednesday folder is green.  It will have some final graded assessments from second quarter, report card, IOWA scores, and your child's workbooks from second quarter.  

Dates to Remember:

1/27  Track In

1/29  Report Cards Go Home

1/31  Mrs. Olynick out all day for iStation data training

2/5  Science is Fun (in school field trip)  12:55-2:10

2/10  NC Check In Math Assessment for Second Quarter

2/17  No School-Teacher Work Day