Some of the concepts we will be working on and learning are:

• Some of the concepts we will be working on and learning are:

• Read fables and folktales from different cultures and identify the central message, lesson, or moral in the stories

• Read about science, social studies, and history and determine the purpose and main idea of these texts

• Read multi-syllable and grade-appropriate, irregularly spelled words (ask your child’s teacher for a list of these words).

• Read grade-level text with appropriate pace, accuracy, expression, and understanding.

• Self-corrects mistakes and re-reads when necessary.

• Talks about and answers questions about a text using specific examples from the text and connects different parts of a text.

• Reads a variety of texts including, fiction, non-fiction, fables, and poetry, and understands and talks about their main ideas and lessons.

• Begins to understand the difference between literal and non-literal text such as metaphors and analogies.

• Uses the text and context to determine the meaning of words.

• Is able to express his own point of view about characters or a text.

• Makes comparisons between books written by the same author and books in series that are about the same characters.

• Answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions about stories (both in writing and when speaking), using the rules of standard English

• Describe how an author uses detail to support an idea

• Gather facts about a topic and describe what was learned 

• Write about an event with a beginning, middle, and end

• Write about books using details and examples to back up opinions

• Writes a variety types of texts including:

• Opinion Pieces: Students introduce their opinions, note the reasons for those opinions, and provide a conclusion.

• Narrative Pieces: Students write about an event, using descriptive details, feelings, and proper order — and ultimately provide a conclusion.

• Informative/Explanatory Pieces: Students introduce a topic and use facts, definitions, and, if helpful, illustrations to further explain the topic, eventually leading to a conclusion.  

• Uses terms such as: because, since, for example, also, another, and but to elaborate on and make connections in her writing. 

• Plans, revises, and edits her writing, going through the same process that most writers do.

• Uses digital tools (under the guidance of the teacher) to publish her writing and interact and communicate with others.

• Begins to take notes and do research for short research projects.

• Spends various amounts of time writing a piece, ranging from a short period of time (such as 30 minutes) to working on one piece over the course of a few weeks.

• Read many types of stories and describe what happened, how the characters were affected, and what lessons they learned

• Answer questions about reading material that covers history, social studies, and science; also use information in illustrations, maps, and charts to help answer questions

• Give a class presentation on a topic using facts, details, and specific vocabulary

• Participate in discussions by speaking clearly, listening, sharing opinions, building on other people’s ideas, and asking questions

• Use dialogue and description to write about what a character is thinking and feeling

• Gather information from online sources in addition to books and articles; use that information to write research papers

• Read and write numbers up to 1,000

• Add and subtract numbers up to 100 to solve one- or two-step word problems

• Start adding and subtracting three-digit numbers

• Measure and also estimate length using inches, feet, centimeters, and meters

• Solve problems using money values, like knowing that a dime equals 10 pennies

• Divide circles, squares, and rectangles into equal portions (halves, thirds, quarters)

• Solve word problems using information from a bar graph

• Telling time to the minute

• Recognizing and writing patterns

• Take measurements and knows the Capacity and Weight, ie:volume, weight, length, and temperature

• Rounding and comparing numbers and fractions to the nearest tens or hundreds. Understand the ones, tens, and hundreds place in a three-digit number

• Skip Counting and Using a Hundreds Board

• ​Multiplies and divides numbers up to 100 using mental math strategies (instead of having to do the calculations on paper) and understands the relationship between multiplication and division. 

• Understands that 3x5=15 and 5x3=15 (this is the commutative property of multiplication).

• Understand and identify fractions as numbers that can be placed on a number line; compare two fractions (like knowing that 2/3 is bigger than 3/5)

• Express whole numbers as fractions and recognize fractions that are whole numbers (like knowing that 8/2 is the same as 4)

• Read charts, create and use graphs and show data to represent data and answer questions.

• Learns about and calculates the area of an object using Long Multiplication and addition (specifically by multiplying the lengths of the sides of an object).

• Solves word problems that require two steps and more than one mathematical action. Understands and creates fractions and uses number lines to represent and compare different fractions.

• Solves problems involving time and measurement.

• Learn about Shapes and Solids (and specifically quadrilaterals) and their features.

• Place Value

• Lines and Angles

• Symmetry

• Data Management and Analysis

• Estimating

• Area and Perimeter

• Decimals

• Circumference and Diameter

• Percentages

• Ordered Pairs on a Coordinate Grid

• Probability

• Evaluating variable expressions

• Simplifying variable expressions

• The distributive property

• One-step equations containing integers

• One-step equations containing decimals

• One-step equations containing fractions

• One-step equation word problems

• Two-step equations containing integers

• Two-step equations containing decimals

• Two-step equation word problems

• Multi-step equations

• Graphing single-variable inequalities

• One-step inequalities by adding/subtracting

• One-step inequalities by multiplying or dividing

• Two-step inequalities

• Multi-step inequalities

• Multiplication property of exponents

• Division property of exponents

• Powers of products and quotients

• Writing scientific notation

• Square roots

• Converting between percents, fractions, and decimals

• Percent problems, straightforward

• Finding percent change

• Markup, discount, and tax (easy)

• Markup, discount, and tax (hard)

• Proportion word problems

• Similar figures

• Similar figure word problems

• Simple and compound interest

• Finding slope

• Graphing lines using slope-intercept form

• Graphing lines using standard form

• Writing linear equations

• Graphing linear inequalities

• Solving systems of equations by graphing

• Solving systems of equations by substitution

• Systems of equations word problems

• One-step equation word problems

• Two-step equation word problems

• Proportion word problems

• Similar figure word problems

• Rigid Transformations

• Translations

• Rotations

• Reflections

• Angle relationships

• The Pythagorean Theorem

• The distance formula

• The midpoint formula

• Classifying triangles and quadrilaterals

• Angle sum of triangles and quadrilaterals

• Area of triangles

• Area of squares, rectangles, and parallelograms

• Area of trapezoids

• Area and circumference of circles

• Solid Figures

• Classifying solids

• Volume

• Surface area

• Polynomials

• Factoring monomials

• Adding and subtracting polynomials

• Multiplying a polynomial and a monomial

• Multiplying binomials

• Statistics

• Visualizing data

• Center and spread of data

• Scatter plots

• Using statistical models

• Observes living and non-living things and makes inferences about the observations.

• Research information on a variety of topics using both text and digital resources.

• Collects and uses data to support experiments and what she learns.

• Records her observations both through writing and talking, and uses those observations to explain and make conclusions.

• Understands what living things need (air, water, and food) and what they do (grow, move, and reproduce).

• Studies and observes life cycles.

• Experiments with different types of materials and different matter such as solids, liquids, and gas.

• Works in groups and as a class to conduct experiments and create projects.

• Global and historical communities.

• The connection between a culture and its environment.

• Studies and uses maps to gain a deeper understanding of geography and how it affects a community.

• Basic financial needs, such as how different communities support and sustain themselves.

• Different communities govern themselves and their leaders.

• Compares both the similarities and differences between different cultures with an emphasis on accepting and understanding why these differences exist.

• Uses graphic organizers and charts to make comparisons between cultures and communities. 

• Uses different media such as literature, art, writing, film, and museum visits to deepen her understanding of concepts and portray what he has learned.

• Discusses American holidays and important days and events as they approach.

• Geography skills like map reading

• Internet Safety

• Sending Important Documents

• Making Spreadsheets

• Copyright And Plagiarism

• How To Read A Webpage

• Send An Email

• Demonstrate the ability to perform a variety of tasks: Save, retrieve, and delete files/documents

• Select appropriate strategies to navigate and access information for research and resource  sharing
  Perform simple searches to acquire information

• Identify file extensions (.pdf, .doc, .jpg)

• Use a basic coding program

• Use external and/or cloud storage

• Print a document

• Use more than one program at a time

• Use the keyboard to type complete sentences, paragraphs, and stories

• Typing rate of 15 words per minute, with 90% or better accuracy, using proper posture and  technique

• Basic keyboarding – locates and operates the following keyboard keys:

• Punctuation keys (period, comma, exclamation point, question mark, apostrophe,  quotation marks, hyphen)

• Math function keys (+, -, =, <, >)

• Tab key (to indent paragraph)

• Shift

• Escape

• Delete

• Backspace

• Additional URL keys (\,/,:, _,~)

• Understand the importance of social, ethical, and human issues associated  with technology.

• Know and follow the school rules for using computers and discuss consequences for inappropriate use

• Know and use rules of  basic netiquette

• Identify acceptable and unacceptable uses of computers in society

• Identify how technology is changing society and career options in areas such as  communications, transportation, and the economy

• Identify advantages and disadvantages of people using computers to work, learn, communicate  and play

• Practice internet safety procedures involving sharing personal information and passwords

• Work collaboratively when using technology

• Adhere to software licensing agreements and respect the electronic work of other individuals

• Recognize different file types/extensions

• Practice safe and respectful use of electronic equipment

• Discuss the need to cite sources and give credit to electronic sources

• Correctly perform the following basic skills in word processing:  highlight, cut and paste, delete,  edit, search and replace

• Identify and discuss multimedia terms/concepts as a class/group  (Ex. text, audio, images, video)

• Correctly perform the following in presentation software:  choose theme, add slides, add/insert  multimedia, play presentation

• Use the computer and technology resources to practice learning skills in relation to other  subject areas

• Recognize that different software programs are designed for specific purposes

• Explore the navigation/menu of software utilized in the classroom

• Publish information in a variety of media (ex. printed copy, monitor display, screenshot, video)

• Locate, select, and use various media to be used to communicate

• Enter data and create a chart 

• Identify the best tool to communicate a concept, idea or information

• Use standard formatting toolbars (ex. font, size, spell check, style, color, etc…

• Evaluate resources for accuracy, authority, reliability, currency, usefulness and relevance

• Use electronic reference materials including encyclopedias, thesauruses, dictionaries, maps, and  atlases (Work with Media Specialist)

• Use software programs/applications to generate tables, charts, and graphs to display data in  various curricular areas

• Use an electronic library to search for information related to a project (TEL – Work with Media  Specialist)

• Use the computer and technology resources to gather information on different ways to solve a  specific problem

• Determine the usefulness and appropriateness of electronic information and apply critical  analysis to resolve conflicts

• Use teacher-selected websites to acquire information related to a given problem

• Identify the need for data to be organized

• Use a prepared list of bookmarks/favorites from a teacher web page to gather  information

• Use the URL as host of information of a domain (ex. .com, .org, .gov, .edu, etc…)

• Use technology tools to plan, gather, organize, present, and evaluate information which solves a  problem (ex. graphic organizer, chart, graph, word processor, slide show)

• Use basic web browsing vocabulary (URL, hyperlink, bookmarks/favorites, search box, and  scroll bar)

• Use a graph/chart/graphic organizer from a template to represent a simple idea

• Use appropriate search strategies (identifying keywords for electronic searches and evaluating  relevance, gathering techniques, sorting and reporting information strategies)

• Use a web browser to navigate the internet using a child-friendly search engine

• Classification of animals: Vertebrates (with a backbone) and invertebrates (without a backbone) and the similarities and differences of animals.

• The human body: The skeletal, muscular, nervous systems, reproductive, fitness, cells, digestive, and necrobiome.

• Using the five senses to gather information

• Using tools to extend the senses

• Light and vision: Sunlight can create shadows, and light can be reflective. The color of light hitting an object affects how the object is seen. An object is seen when light traveling from the object enters the eye.

• Astronomy and space: The properties of suns, moons, planets, and stars as well as their locations and movements.

• Forces and motion: How and why objects move.

• What types of science instruction will my third grader get?

• Learning to ask questions that can be answered through investigation

• Planning and carrying out investigations

• Using measurement to make estimates or record data

• Making predictions and seeing if they occur as expected

• Basing conclusions on facts and observations

• Looking for commonalities and differences in grouping objects or events

• What to look for when you visit

• Research and book reports about the seasons, plants, animals, and the earth; space, astronomy, and technology; and the human body

• Learn about scientists who’ve made major contribution to their fields

• Using materials that encourage hands-on experimentation (microscopes, models, and skeletons)

• Safety glasses, thermometers, magnifying glasses, mirrors, bar magnets, and rulers

• Aquariums, gardens, or other areas that allow kids to learn about the life cycles of plants and animals

• Learning hands-on at museums, zoos, nature centers, local parks and lakes, and botanical gardens, etc.