Bible "Growing With God" is our text. The primary goal of our Bible curriculum is to make the Word of God more meaningful to the lives of your children. They are encouraged to find knowledge, wisdom, and understanding for themselves. Each week we memorize a Bible verse and recite it Friday.
|
Grammar & WritingIn third grade we focus on writing skills. We use MacMillan-McGraw textbook for grammar, plus use a practical, hands – on approach to grammar skills. The students will be introduced to the 6 Traits of Writing, and will get to apply the skills they are learning to all their writing throughout the entire curriculum.
|
Reading A balanced approach to literacy will be used, including short stories, novel studies, author studies, genre studies, AR, book reports, etc. We will integrate other content areas when possible. We will continue to reinforce phonics skills learned in the primary grades, but focus more on comprehension. The students will learn specific skills and strategies to better comprehend what they are reading. The focus will move from ‘learning to read’ to ‘reading to learn.’
The students will also be required to read 20 minutes five times a week at home and complete a weekly reading log for homework. The reading log is a weekly reading grade. Each nine week period, the students will be given an Accelerated Reader goal that will be appropriate for their reading level. AR is a great opportunity for individualized reading practice and comprehension. However, we try not to make the goal too high so that they are not only reading for AR points, but also for enjoyment and learning. They will receive a grade at the end of the nine weeks for a percentage of how much of their goal they earned as well as a grade for the percentage of questions they got correct on all their tests. Spelling
Spelling: Spelling lists will come home in their Homework Folder on Mondays. Students learn 18 words per week. The word list derives from a specific phonics skill taught in the classroom, plus sight words that are grade specific. A link to Spelling City, which is an online spelling site, is set up on our home page with our spelling list. On this site students can play games and practice our specific word list.
Grades
Late Work Policy (Per Student Handbook) 1 day late = -10 pts. 2 days late = -20 pts. 3 or more days late = a zero for that assignment
|
HandwritingHandwriting: For Handwriting, both print and cursive will be taught using the Zaner-Bloser method. We will review print, and then introduce cursive. We will gradually require the students to start writing in cursive for certain assignments, and by the end of the year they will be expected to write everything in cursive.
Math & ScienceMath: Our math curriculum is ‘Bridges’. We will also use a variety of timed math drills, hands-on activities, problem solving and games. The skills taught will include place value, money, addition, subtraction, time graphs, multiplication, division, geometry, and fractions.
Science: Science in third grade is filled with many hands-on experiments and demonstrations that show, rather than tell students how awesome our God created world is. Students will have the opportunity to explore matter, magnets, electricity, and many other topics that pique their curiosity. As part of our learning and fun, students will create an unique invention to present during our annual "Invention Convention". Our goal is to foster a love for science and challenging students to look at their world through God’s eyes. History/Geography In History we study map skills, continents, oceans, World Rivers, Ancient Rome, Native Americans, Explorers and Oklahoma. Our text is Pearson/Core Knowledge, and other teacher resource materials.
Differentiated Instruction
In each classroom students have the opportunity to work with their teacher in small learning groups. These groups allow teachers to enrich a group of students or to work with a small group that might be struggling with a concept. These groups will often change day to day depending on the skill the group is working on. |