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There will be timed speed drills every Tuesday and Thursday. The students will have 5 minutes to complete 100 facts. In late September, we will start with Addition and then move into Subtraction and Multiplication Facts later on in the year. It is important that the students learn these facts without having to "count".
 * Math **

September - Understanding Multiplication and Division of Whole Numbers October - Multiplication Facts November - Multiplication Facts; Using Multiplication to Divide December - Fluently Multiply and Divide within 100 January - Connecting Area to Multiplication and Division; Represent and Interpret Data February - Represent and Interpret Data cont'd; Use Strategies to Add and Subtract March - Fluently Add and Subtract within 1,000; Fractions as Equal Parts April - Multiplying by 10s; Solving 2 Step Word Problems; Fractions on a Number Line May - Fractions on a Number Line cont'd; Comparing Fractions June - Time, Capacity and Mass; 2D Shapes

** Readers Workshop ** September - Introduction to Readers Workshop October - Character Studies with Inkling November - Character Studies with Inkling, Reading to Learn (non-fiction) December - Non-fiction continued January - Biography February - Biography continued; Mystery (Chocolate Touch) March - Mystery (Chocolate Touch) cont'd April - Social Issues May - Because of Winn Dixie novel study June - Winn Dixie continued

** Writers Workshop ** September - Introduction to Writers Workshop October - Intro continued; Personal Narratives November - Personal Narratives December - Persuasive Writing January - Persuasive Writing continued; "If I Lived in a Snowglobe..." February - Biography Informational Piece March - Digging Deeper with Personal Narratives April - PARCC Prep; Opinion Writing May - Opinion Writing continued June - Patricia Polacco author study

** Science/Health ** September - Safety at Home October - Skeletons, Eye Safety November - Plants (Chapter 1) December - Animals (Chapter 2) January - Weather February - Water Cycle March - Water Cycle continued April - Force and Motion; Earth Day May - Rocks June - Life Cycle of a Butterfly; Solar System

** Social Studies ** 3rd Graders will focus on learning about all types of communities and the people that live in them. We will also focus on Immigration, Natural History, Citizenship, and Economics. History of Bogota link [] We also discuss current events by reading Scholastic News once a week

** Vocabulary ** Spelling/Vocabulary Workshop will start the 2nd week of school with a focus on 10 bi-weekly vocabulary words. These are words that the 3rd graders must know how to spell and also understand their meanings. We will be discussing pronunciation keys, parts of speech, definitions, antonyms and synonyms. There will be a spelling test every other Friday and a vocabulary test on the opposite Friday's.

Vocab Workshop Book website (3S uses Color Green book) - Create a user name and password using the secret code on the inside cover of your Vocab book, and sign in to play games [|Vocab Workshop Green]

This will start in December/January