1. Supporting Our Community Through the Learner Profile
Welcome to Third Grade
Supporting Our Community Through the Learner Profile

2. Third Grade Teachers Anne Acosta and Mariana Brea
Nora Jolay and Fiorella Perazzo
Dianne Reategui and Milagros Landivar
Gabriella Scollo and Patty Luna
Deb Whitney and Myriam Lay

3. PYP Learner Profile Caring Communicator Thinker Principled Risk-taker
Open-minded
Inquirer
Well-balanced
Reflective
Knowledgeable

4. In third grade at FDR it’s 80% Attitude and 20% Aptitude!
We are Enthused about using cursive handwriting and practicing keyboarding.
We Independently make choices about books, about what’s healthy to eat and about how to save water.
We are Curious about explorers and their early discoveries.

5. We will become Confident with the concept of multiplication and multiplying numbers up through the 12’s.
We Appreciate many authors, genre and read chapter books!
We are Committed to reading to learn: finding “treasure words” and using note-taking.
We will find the magic of stories through Creative writing and illustrating!

6. We will Confidently give oral presentations so that people can hear and understand what we want to say.
We Appreciate and Respect each person’s unique talents and differences.
We take Responsibility for our work and our actions.

7. Third Grade Curriculum
PYP Units of Study

8. Who We Are: Healthy Choices Aug. 2 to Sept
Who We Are: Healthy Choices Aug. 2 to Sept A balance between nutrition, exercise, water intake and sleep. Where We Are in Place and Time: Explorers Sept. 17 to Nov. 2 Throughout history humans have explored.

9. Sharing the Planet: Water, Water, Everywhere! Nov. 5 to Dec. 21
Our planet has limited resources that are unevenly distributed.
How We Express Ourselves: Magic of Stories Feb. 28 to Apr. 11
Traditional stories are told to help people make sense of the world and to teach values that are still important today.

10. How the World Works: Simple Machines Apr. 14 to May 16
All simple machines transfer force, which makes our lives easier.
How We Organize Ourselves:
Market Place
May 19 to June 27
A market place is a system of exchange that serves the needs of a community.

11. Math Things that Come in Groups: Multiplication and Division
Flips, Turns and Area: 2D Geometry
From Paces to Feet: Measuring and Data
Landmarks in the Hundreds: The Number System
Combining and Comparing: Addition and Subtraction
Fair Shares: Fractions
Math Enrichment “Math Choice Time”

12. Language Arts
I Spy! Daily Oral Language: the Evan Moor Grade 3 Daily Language Review
Grammar, Spelling and Cursive Handwriting: Grade 3 Scholastic Literacy Place Integrated Language Arts
Spelling: program emphasizes homonyms, high frequency words, frequently misspelled words

13. Writing write fiction and non-fiction
use the writing process to organize and communicate ideas

14. Reading Reading at Home and SSR Journey through Genre
Literature-based program
Guided reading instruction moving to Literature Circles

15. Listening Speaking What is “Good Listening?”
What is a “Great Oral Presentation?”

16. Student Expectations: Respect Others!
Essential Agreements are posted in the classroom. These are the student-generated rules that the class agrees to live by.

17. What Parents Can Do to Help!
Empower your child
focus on caring for this month of August
give your child some responsibilities at home
ask your child to pack up his/her backpack the night before
assign the responsibility for homework to your child

18. Homework
quiet and well-lighted environment
daily homework schedule
about one hour
reading time
questioning
sign student planner
Communication
call the school office
send an or note

19. Well-being
send your child to bed early (they need between 9 – 11 hours of sleep)
start the day with a good breakfast
send a healthy lunch (12:05 –12:50)
send a healthy snack (10:05 am)

20. Special Activities Field trips: extend learning for each of the units
Reading and Treats: in October and December we will invite parents to read during S.S.R.
Simple Machines: please save broken down machines and appliances
Market Place: our culminating activity in June

21. Class Parties: Class celebrations are organized for Halloween, a holiday celebration near the end of the semester, and at the end of the year.
Birthday Parties: If you want to send cookies, brownies, a cake or cupcakes to share with the class during lunch, that is just great!

22. Thank you for coming!