Welcome to Third Grade!
It is our pleasure to teach your children this year!
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3-401
Ms. Alvarez |
3-318
Ms. Fernandez 3-315 Ms. Geraghty |
3-312
Ms. O'Connor 3-319 Ms. Slater |
3-317
Ms. Szalkowski Mr. Cercone 3/4-409 Ms. Orlando |
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Third Grade Announcements
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Scheduled Field Trips
2018-2019 Third Grade will be participating in a partnership with the Joyce Dance Company starting in February. |
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Class 3-312
March 13 - My Own Book Class 3-401 March 18 - My Own Book |
Class 3-315
March 13 - My Own Book Class 3/4-409 |
Class 3-317
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Class 3-318
March 22 - My Own Book May 28 - Louis Armstrong House |
Class 3-319
March 12 - My Own Book |
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Important Dates 
Reminders:
Winter Break is from February 18th through February 22nd, returning to school on Monday, February 25th. March 21st - Joyce Theatre (Final payment due 3/15) NYS ELA Test - April 2 and 3 NYS Math - May 1 and 2 PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2019 MY OWN BOOK PROGRAM We are very fortunate to be part of the My Own Book Program. Through this program, students will get $50 to purchase books for their own personal libraries! JOYCE DANCE PROGRAM The Joyce Dance Program is starting. Miss Amy will be visiting starting February 25. She will come in for 6 weekly workshops! Children will be studying and choreographing their own dances. Please ask your children about her visits. |
Homework Policy Homework is given every day. Please look in your child's agenda for the assignments. Also, please initial once the hw is completed. If your child is missing any assignments, the missing assignment will be written on the monthly calendar in the front of the agenda. Students are responsible for making up the work and showing their teacher. Note our school wide grading system... 95-100 is considered a 4 80-94 is considered a 3 65-79 is considered a 2 1-64 is considered a 1 This month in Math... We are ordering and comparing fractions. Please teach your children about everyday fractions when cooking and sharing food. |
3rd Grade Benchmarks
Reading
Reading
- Students should be reading at a level N independently and be able to answer basic comprehension questions, CER (Claim Evidence, Reasoning-with one piece of text evidence).
- Students must be able to form an idea about a character and be able to support their idea 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 log their independent reading in their Reading Logs daily.
- Students must be able to score 65% or higher on reading comprehension tests.
- Students must be able to write a five sentence paragraph with a main idea (topic) sentence, three detailed sentences and a closing sentence that summarizes the main idea.
- Students must include capital letters for beginning sentences and proper nouns and use 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, using three paragraphs to show beginning middle and end.
- Students must be able to add and subtract basic facts mentally without manipulatives.
- Students must do column addition/subtraction with regrouping.
- Students must tell time to the minute.
- Students must round numbers to the nearest ten and hundred.
- Students must identify key words signaling addition and subtraction
- Students must be able to read and write a number up to the thousands place.
- Students should begin memorizing times tables 0-5 and 10 and be able to draw arrays.
- Students must be able to read and interpret data using graphs and tables.
- 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 15 minutes.
- Students must be prepared with materials such as sharpened pencils, correct books and previous night's homework.
- Homework must be monitored by an adult, but completed by a child.
- Students must be responsible for packing and unpacking 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.
Schedule-Ms. Slater Schedule-Ms. Orland0
Mon.- Physical Education/Brain Power Mon.- STEM
Tues.- Music Tues.- Art
Wed.- STEM Wed.- Science/outdoor recess
Thurs.- Science Thurs.- Technology
Fri.- Technology Fri.- Physical Education
Mon.- Physical Education/Brain Power Mon.- STEM
Tues.- Music Tues.- Art
Wed.- STEM Wed.- Science/outdoor recess
Thurs.- Science Thurs.- Technology
Fri.- Technology Fri.- Physical Education
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Schedule-Mrs. Fernandez Mon. - Science Tues. - Physical Education/Art Assist Wed. - Technology/Art Assist Thurs. - STEM/outdoor recess Friday - Music |
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Schedule-Ms. Szalkowski/Mr. Cercone
Mon. - STEM
Tues. - Science
Wed. - Music
Thurs. - Physical Education
Friday - Technology/outdoor play
Mon. - STEM
Tues. - Science
Wed. - Music
Thurs. - Physical Education
Friday - Technology/outdoor play
Schedule - Ms. O'Connor
Mon. - Music
Tues. - STEM/outdoor recess
Wed. - Physical Education
Thurs. - Technology
Friday - Science
Mon. - Music
Tues. - STEM/outdoor recess
Wed. - Physical Education
Thurs. - Technology
Friday - Science
Schedule - Ms. Alvarez
Mon. - Technology
Tues. - STEM/outdoor recess
Wed. - Science
Thurs. - Music
Fri. - Physical Education
Mon. - Technology
Tues. - STEM/outdoor recess
Wed. - Science
Thurs. - Music
Fri. - Physical Education
Schedule - Ms. Geraghty
Mon. - Science
Tues. - Art and Music
Wed. - Technology
Thurs. - Art
Fri. - Physical Education
Mon. - Science
Tues. - Art and Music
Wed. - Technology
Thurs. - Art
Fri. - Physical Education