3rd Grade Newsletter

September 14, 2021

By 3rd Grade Team
3rd Grade
September 14, 2021

Language Arts

What are we learning?

  • Continuing to build a community of readers and writers in school, at home, and virtually
  • Engaging in thoughtful discussions with classmates to discuss their readings in detail 
  • Writers are proud to write about what they know, care about and want to share with others 
  • Engage in thoughtful discussions with classmates to provide and receive feedback on their writing work to reflect upon and improve their writing piece

Home/School Connection

  • What is a book you are reading? What is it about?
  • Do you like the book? Why or why not?
  • What are you working on in writing? 
  • What is it about?

Math

What are we learning?

  • Place value up to four digits
  • Addition and subtraction with sums up to 100
  • Rounding to the nearest ten and hundred
  • Estimating

Home/School Connection

  • When would you need to use addition and subtraction in your everyday world?
  • When would you need to use estimation in your everyday world?

AAP Math

What are we learning?

  • Place value up to four digits
  • Rounding whole numbers, 9,999 or less, to the nearest ten and hundred
  • Compare and order whole numbers 9,999 or less
  • Estimating
  • Single-step and multistep problems involving sums or differences of two whole numbers, each 9,999 or less
  • Determine the value of a collection of bills and coins whose total value is $5.00 or less

Home/School Connection

  • When shopping, ask students how much change would be leftover or how much two items at a store would cost.

Social Studies

What are we learning?

  • Government
  • Continents and Oceans - major geographic features

Home/School Connection

  • If you were a travel agent, how would you share with travelers the wonderful things they could experience by traveling to each continent.

Click here to see what students are learning in Specials!