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Welcome to Third Grade!


3rd Grade Teachers for 2021/2022 School Year
3-319 Mrs. O'Connor       3/4-414 Mr. SantoStefano         3-315 Ms. Lee         3-317 Mr. Cercone and Mrs. Szalkowski   
​3-318 Mrs. Alvarez        3-312 Ms. Velasquez

Third Grade Expectations for March
Reading
  • Students must be reading at a Level O independently and be able to answer basic comprehension questions, using RAP (Restate, Answer, and Prove with two pieces of text evidence).
  • Students must be able to form ideas about characters and be able to support their ideas with evidence from the text.
  • Students must be able to form an opinion about a character and support that opinion with evidence from the text.
  • Students must be able to read a non-fiction text, find the main idea and supporting details.
  • Students must be able to look at text features in a non-fiction text to support main ideas.
  • Students must be able to score 65% or higher on reading comprehension tests.

Writing
  • Students must be able to write a 5 sentence paragraph with a main idea (topic) sentence, 3 detail sentences, and a closing sentence that summarizes the main idea.
  • Students must include capital letters for beginning sentences and proper nouns and proper punctuation. Paragraphs must begin with an indent.
  • Students must know all sight words up to third grade level.
  • Students must be able to write a personal narrative with a clear beginning, middle and end.
  • Students must be able to write an informational report with introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion.

Math
  • Students must be able to add and subtract basic facts mentally without manipulatives.
  • Students must do column addition/subtracting with regrouping.
  • Students must tell time to the hour/half-hour/quarter-hour and 5 minute intervals (based on second grade standards).
  • Students must round numbers to the nearest ten and hundred.
  • Students must identify key words signaling + and – , × and ÷.
  • Students must read and write a number to the thousands place.
  • Students must memorize times tables 0-12 and be able to draw arrays.
  • Students must be able to read and interpret data using graphs and tables.
  • ​Students must be able to solve multi-step word problems, show their work and explain in words how they solved the problem.
  • Students must be able to divide using various strategies taught in class.
  • Students must be able to understand basic fraction concepts.
  • Students must be able to score a 65% or higher on all math assessments.

Academic and Personal Behaviors
  • Students must be able to complete the morning routine in 10 minutes.
  • Students must be prepared with materials such as sharpened pencils, correct books, and previous night’s homework.
  • Homework must be monitored and signed by an adult, but completed by the child.
  • Students must be responsible for unpacking and packing their backpacks at school and at home.
  • Students must be able to follow three step instructions, orally.
  • Students must complete assignments and daily tasks in a timely manner.
  • Students must be focused and ask questions at appropriate times.
lEARN AT HOME RESOURCES

Suggested Third Grade Reading List
Choose from the list of series books below:
Judy Moody 
A-Z Mysteries Ramona
Flat Stanley 
Magic Tree House 
Ghostville Elementary 
Horrible Harry 
Boxcar Children 
Jigsaw Jones 
​The Littles
Math Practice
Please make sure that your child practices addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts this summer. IXL is a great resource to practice math skills.
  • Your child should work on the following skills before entering the third grade:
  • Memorize ALL addition and subtraction facts
  • Practice multiplication facts
  • Subtract with regrouping
  • Tell time to the nearest hour, half-hour and five minutes
  • Identify simple fractions
  • Add money and make change
  • 3rd grade: https://www.ixl.com/math/skill-plans/new-york-next-generation-learning-standards-grade-3
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