WM 3rd Grade Curriculum Update
May 2018
Reading and Writing
Reading
During May, 3rd Graders will end the year doing a Social Issues unit in Reading Workshop. We will explore social issues that happen in real life as well as issues that can be solved quickly or not quickly. We will spend time immersed in great read-alouds and book club work.
Writing
The last month of Writing Workshop has the 3rd graders exploring Fairy Tale writing. More importantly they will be writing adaptive fairy tales based on some of their favorite classics! It’s a fun unit that joins all the things they have learned about narrative writing into one.
Math
Unit 7- Extending Multiplication & Fractions
Multiplication Beyond the Basics
One- by Two-Digit Multiplication
Fractions as Parts of a Whole & Parts of a Set
Fractions at Work
In this unit, 3rd graders will learn to multiply single digit numbers by multiples of ten. They will build and sketch 1 digit by 2 digit multiplication combinations. They will also practice representing fractions as parts of a set as well as parts of a whole.
Science
3rd Graders rotate through these FOSS Science kits throughout the year.
Energy and Matter: Students learn about the transfer of energy from one form to another.
Sound: Students learn how sound is generated, how it is made louder and softer, higher and lower.
Water: Students learn the properties, changes, and interactions of water.
Social Studies
We are learning about the different branches and levels of government, basic rights of citizens and the voting process.
LMC - Library
We’ll experiment with different methods of organizing materials and ideas, and we’ll examine how these ideas apply to the organization of library books.
Music
Mrs. Spahn’s classes will be working on: Third grade will be playing the ukulele and focusing on three cords: C, F, and G7. It’s amazing how many fun songs you can play with only three chords!
Ms. Soltis’ classes will be working on: exploring the music of different countries around the world. We just finished learning about Ghana in West Africa, and the students will vote on which two other countries they would like to learn about. Their choices are Brazil, Caribbean Islands, France, Germany, Israel, or Russia (some students are also helping me craft lessons for India and China).
Technology
We’ll explore the online library catalog (Destiny) as we search for books and then locate them on the library shelves. We’ll also experiment with a variety of apps to help us share information with others.
Art
PE
Our Jump Rope For Heart Event was a HUGE success. We broke the WM Record and raised $15,110 dollars this year! Thank you for all your hard work and support. The month of May will be filled with our track & field unit, disc golf, and frisbee. We are looking forward to being able to get outside as much as possible!