Third Grade
Name
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Position
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Room Number
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Voice Mail
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Mrs. Tara Morriss
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Teacher
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19
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219
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Mrs. Susan Helal |
Teacher
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18
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218
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Ms. Amy Mickiewicz |
Teacher
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23
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223
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The goal of third grade
is for students to strengthen their academic comprehension, while also
increasing their ownership of their personal choices. In our academic
curriculum areas, the students are guided towards not only developing deeper
meaning, but also given the means with which to articulate their thought
processes. Work becomes increasingly more independent and requires the students
to be organized in their approaches. The students are expected to keep track of
their higher volume of homework with planners (which are provided by the
school). Socially, the students are guided towards recognizing that they are
presented with choices each and every day. As a result, the students actively
work towards increasing their awareness of their actions. With a focus on
ownership, third grade empowers children to not only grow as inquisitive
students, but also as positive, young people.
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Devices: A Balanced Literacy approach
-- guided reading, shared reading, paired reading, whole group instruction,
read aloud, independent reading Genres: fiction, realistic fiction,
non-fiction, fantasy, fairy tales, legends, biographies Skills: previewing and predicting,
cause and effect, fact and opinion, summarizing, making inferences, drawing
conclusions, taking notes, KWL charts |
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Devices: The Six Traits of Writing, the
Writing Diamond, Writers’ Workshop Genres: narrative, expository,
summaries, legends, letters Skills: The students use a variety of
techniques to extend the length and strengthen the content of their writing. |
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Devices: The Rebecca Sitton program Skills: Students work to increase their
awareness of their spelling in their daily writing. |
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Skills: The students learn the upper
and lower case cursive alphabet. |
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Units: Sampling and classifying,
multiplication and division, place value, geometry, mapping and coordinates,
parts and wholes, number concepts, estimation, time, decimals, volume Skills: Graphing, data collecting,
finding patterns, story problems, number sentences, interpreting results,
ordering numbers, rounding, regrouping, using multiple digits, measuring
area, using units of measurement, fractions, congruence, number lines,
estimation, decimals, word problems |
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Units: Connecticut -- history,
government, mapping, noteworthy individuals |
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Units: Habitats, Motion and Design |
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Units: Recyling |
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Skills: The students visit the
computer lab once a week and use a variety of programs, in addition to
resources from the Internet, in connection with many of our academic areas. |
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The Lucy Robbins Welles Library, The Nature Center, The
Science Center, The Old State House, Mystic Seaport, Wadsworth Museum, Eric
Carle Museum, State Capital |
