Grade 3

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Language Arts:
Third grade is an exciting transitional year as students shift from learning to read towards reading to learn. This quarter students will continue to read up a storm while developing their comprehension skills in visible ways. They will build on how to ask good questions, identify how character traits can effect stories and make comprehend figurative language.
In writing, third grade students will begin the year with writing personal narratives and engaging more fully in the complete writing process, emphasizing drafting and revising their work.

Math:
Third grade students will begin the year by learning to round to the nearest 10 and 100. They continue to solidify their understanding of addition and subtraction skills within 1000. Then, students will develop an understanding of the meaning of multiplication and division of whole numbers through activities and problems involving equal-sized groups, arrays, and area models.

Social Studies: This quarter third grade students will focus on citizenship and what it means within the context of family, school, and their country. They will identify rights and responsibilities and explore different strategies to resolve conflict.
Later in the quarter, students will dive into geography and learn how to read and use maps and globes!

Students will meet in the gym every morning for yoga and mindfulness.
Students will be divided into either Chinese class or Chinese as Foreign Language class.
Students will be divided and rotate between Art and Computer Science during Semester 1.
Students should wear appropriate footwear and blue AST athletic shirt on Day 1 for PE class.
Students will participate in Social Emotional Learning classes every 2 weeks.
Students will have library every Day 1 of either Monday or Tuesday- books should be returned during this time.

Online Leveled Reading

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Prodigy Math

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