3rd Grade
3A) Dolores Prezioso assisted by Agnieska Glowocka
3B) Traci Bertanzetti assisted by Janet Hynes
FAITH FORMATION HIGHLIGHTS
• “Saints Program”
• Third Grade Retreat
MAJOR FOCUSES OF THIRD GRADE
• Reading Comprehension: including analysis, synthesis, and evaluation skills
• The Writing Process: informative, narrative and persuasive writing.
• Research and Technology
• AR (Accelerated Reader) Program- goal setting, reading comprehension and vocabulary quizzes
• Multiplication, Division, and Basic Fractions
• Science- note-taking and experiments
• Social Studies- Map, chart and graph reading,
MAJOR PROJECTS OF THIRD GRADE
• Saints Program – research, writing, music, drama, art, public speaking
• Character Traits and Story Structure Reports
• Famous Person Biography
• Science STREAM- Engineering: Build a Bridge, Ecosystem slide presentation, Environmental Protection, and Construct and Invent Simple Machines
SUBJECTS, TEXTBOOKS & CURRICULUM
• Math-Sadlier Progress in Mathematics
• Language Arts- Sadlier ELA
• Handwriting- Writing our Catholic Faith
• Religion- We Believe series, Sadlier
• Science- Scotts Foresman
• Social Studies- Harcourt
• Spanish- once a week, taught by Spanish teacher
• Art- once a week, taught by Art teacher
• Physical Education- twice a week taught by PE teacher
• Music- once a week taught by Music teacher
• Library once a week
• After School Programs: Band, Chess Club, Dance, Drama, Girl Scouts, Irish Step Dancing, and Soccer,
TECHNOLOGY
• Smart Board and BenQ Board
• 1-1 iPads
• Keyboarding – Type to Learn, Microsoft Office, Google Docs, Google Slides
• Internet Research– World Book/Britannica Online
COMPETITIONS
• Spelling Bee
FIELD TRIPS
• In-House Science Curriculum