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Our
Third Grader will delight in
reading.
Anthologies, a library of stories, and a critical
thinking workbook help to build strong comprehension
skills. Organized writing
skills continue to be developed through Composition.
A new Spelling workbook and CD reinforce correct
spelling through practice and the use of spelling
strategies. Myths and legends, art, and picture
study will prepare our children for future
appreciation of literature and the arts.
In Math, our students will develop multiplication
skills, while continuing to expand skills in
fractions, decimals, and graphing. Word problems
with rounding are also featured. Technology
application lessons feature graphing in spreadsheets
and also introduce presentation software to our
students. In Science, our children will study life
cycles and force and motion.
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What
Our Children Will Learn...
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Technology Application
lessons, activities, and online
interactive learning tool integrated
with curriculum: keyboarding; introduction
to touch typing; word processing basics;
introduction to spreadsheets; using e-mail
and the Internet; beginning database
skills; visual mapping. Internet
activities integrated with Reading and
Science texts
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Reading
Reviewing
phonics skills, structural analysis,
syllabication, irregular plurals,
suffixes, prefixes, and possessives;
reinforcing skills using anthologies,
Reader’s Library, and Smiling Hill Farm;
identifying main ideas; drawing
conclusions; making inferences;
differentiating between fact and opinion;
making generalizations; predicting
outcomes
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Phonics
Expanding
long and short vowel sounds; beginning and
ending sounds; prefixes and suffixes;
diphthongs; combinations, blends, and
digraphs;
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Spelling
& Vocabulary
New
workbook and CD! Reinforcing correct
spelling through daily exercises and
spelling strategies; reviewing commonly
misspelled words; introducing
cross-curricular words; integrating spelling
with phonics, vocabulary studies, reading,
and writing
Composition
Developing
organized writing skills; completing four
lessons each week; building skills in basic
grammar, punctuation, correction, letter
writing, and journaling
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Mathematics
Featuring
Calvert Math. Addition, subtraction,
multiplication (to 9s), and division;
reading and writing numbers with place
values through 100,000s; comparing
fractions; equivalent fractions; decimals to
hundredths; pictographs; bar graphs;
coordinate points on grids; tree diagrams;
rounding; word problems; Roman numerals;
regrouping in addition and subtraction
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Science
Introduction
to life cycles of organisms; force and
motion; matter as a solid, liquid, and gas;
heat and light; the solar system; erosion
and natural resources; animal ecosystems;
health and nutrition
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Technology
Application
lessons, activities, and online interactive
learning tool integrated with curriculum:
developing keyboarding, touch typing, and
word processing skills; spreadsheet basics;
graphing in spreadsheets; e-mail and
Internet use; database searches; visual
mapping; introduction to presentation
software. Internet activities integrated
with Reading and Science texts.
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Poetry Memorizing;
reading for pleasure; writing original
cinquains and haikus
History & Mythology
Reading
biographies of famous Americans, including
explorers, presidents and humanitarian
leaders, scientists, writers, and artists;
understanding myths and legends of Greece as
foundation for literature appreciation
Geography
Identifying
hemispheres, continents, and oceans;
strengthening map skills; understanding
symbols; graphs; longitude; latitude
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Smiling
Hill Farm