Third grade is an exciting year! In this transition from the primary grades to the intermediate grades the children will experience many new, rewarding, and exciting things. Here is a general overview of some of the things your child will be learning this all important year: 
SCIENCE
We will cover four areas of study this year. They include SPACE, STATES OF MATTER, SOUND, AND ENDANGERED ANIMALS. These areas of study will include research, experiments, and recording data.  The children will be learning to follow the scientific method. They will learn to ask a question, make a prediction, observe an experiment, and draw conclusions about the results. 
SOCIAL STUDIES
We will cover studies on CHICAGO and U.S. HISTORY, GOVERNMENT, AND MAP AND GLOBE SKILLS. We will incorporate non-fiction literature and expository writing into these units.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Reading units will include reading of biographies, tall tales, multi-cultural literature, fiction, and poetry.

The Writing portion of language arts will include learning to write persuasive, narrative, and expository essays. Poetry writing will also be incorporated  into our writing curriculum.

Spelling units will include a CORE list of words. The children are expected to spell these words correctly in all their written assignments. Our spelling curriculum also includes a text which provides a scope and sequence of phonetic skills.
MATH
Math studies in third grade include: the review of basic addition and subtraction strategies, geometry, place value, adding and subtracting of two and three digit numbers, time and money, multiplication, and division. 

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