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This year, third grade students will be learning many interesting things in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. Check back often for updates!
Reading - This year, students will be working on various reading skills in their basal reader, such as finding the main idea and supporting details, making predictions, drawing conclusions, looking at the author's purpose, and cause and effect. Students will also read and discuss novels in class, such as The Hundred Dresses, Hannah's Fancy Notions, The Courage of Sarah Noble, and Bunnicula, and will answer comprehension questions about these books.
Writing - Students will be busy writing in third grade! They will write narrative pieces, their own mystery stories, How-To Reports, persuasive writing pieces, and Poetry--just to name a few things. Throughout the year, students will learn about the writing process, from pre-writing, to drafting, to revising and editing. They will learn skills on how to write exciting beginnings and how to build suspsense. Also, we will be doing a lot of MCAS preparation in the area of Writing.
Math - In math this year, students will strengthen their addition and subtraction skills, will learn about place value, money, multiplication, division, fractions, measurement, and geometry.
Science - Students will work on a "mystery powders" unit where they will perform various tests on substances to determine what the mystery powders are. They will learn about chemical properties, filtration, evaporation, suspensions, and solutions. Students will also learn about Electrical Circuits, Owls, and Soils this year.
Social Studies - This year students will learn about the geography of MA, the Pilgrims and their arrival in the New World, the American Revolution, Industrial New England, with a focus on the textile mills in Lowell, MA, as well as taking a look at modern-day Boston and the state of MA.
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