2025

3rd Grade

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How to Help at Home

Please have your child read for at least 20 minutes daily.

Ask your child questions about what they read.

Who are the main characters?

Where does the story take place?

What is the problem in the story?

How did the character solve the problem?

Important Dates:

May 1: Last day for tutoring

May 2: Last for clubs (except drama and garden)

May 5 to 16: End of Year BOGO Book Fair

May 7: Late Start   1st bell: 11:05am

May 8:  Family Game Night 5:30pm to 7pm

May 9: Willy Wonka play 6:30pm at Brookside

May 20 3rd Grade COLA Awards 9:45am

May 22: Field Day (rain date May 23)

May 23 Last Day of School

Learning Objectives 

Reading:

 Students are reading and learning about the early exploration of North America. They are discovering the reasons for exploring new worlds, the supporters for the explorations, and the discoveries that were made.

Writing:

Students will be writing opinion and explanation pieces about their discoveries during their study of early exploration of North America

Science:

Students will explore current events in social studies by reading Scholastic News and participating in activities related to their learning.

Social Studies: 

Students are  learning about a variety of explorers and the reasons for their exploring new places. This will lead into the formation of North America and its countries as we know it today.

Math:

Students will be reviewing and applying the math skills they have been learning during this school year. They will do this through math games and problem solving activities.

Students will engage in collaborative conversations and mastery based activities to explore the new world and the different opportunities that exist.

They will locate major landforms and bodies of water on a map that separate one place from another that explorers encountered. They will also understand and show how consumption of products connects people to distant places