1. Welcome to Mrs. Nikki Warren Ms. April Stimpson Mrs. Tracey Noonan (...but not for long!)

2. What's NEW in Third Grade??? -agendas -expandable folders -tests -letter grades -increased independence and organization

3. Expandable Folder This is an excellent tool for students to develop good organizational skills. It has 13 labeled sections. It goes home each evening.

4. TESTS -weekly Reading tests -weekly Vocabulary tests -weekly Spelling tests -end of unit Science tests -end of unit Religion tests -end of unit Math tests STUDY GUIDES!!!

5. hmmmmm... Test Formats -multiple choice -true/false -matching -fill in the blank -short answer questions -critical thinking questions

7. ...and we prepare them for all those tests!!!! (very, very well!)

8. PROJECTS!!! -Multiplication Games -Jeans Project -Producer and Consumer Sale

9. Autobiography Jeans Project !!!

10. Monthly Book Reports A new theme or topic will be assigned each month!

11. Producer and Consumer Sale!

12. -discoveryscience.com -Digestive, Skeletal, and Muscular Systems -Plants and Soil -Landforms -Solar System -Forces in Motion

14. First Half of Year: Journey's Reading Series (weekly story with comprehension skill and vocabulary) Second Half of Year: Novel Studies

15. -Addition and Subtraction to 9,999 -Multiplication and Division -Measurement (linear and capacity) -Fractions -Time to the Minute; Elapsed Time -Geometry -Math Word Problems

16. Start now!!!!! (wink....wink) Flash Cards!

17. Social Studies -Good Citizens -Different Times -Different Places -North Carolina Heroes -Geography and Communities -Technology -Economics Many "in class" projects!

19. Writing! -Personal Narrative -Expository Research Pieces -Persuasive Writing -Opinion Writing -Autobiography -PUBLISHED BOOKS!

20. Student Autobiographies

21. Published Books! Publishing Party!

22. -Family Life -Parts of the Mass -Parts of the Church -Saints -Sacraments -Parables -Mary, the Mother of God

23. Lenten Promises

24. WE OUR 1st GRADE PRAYER PARTNERS!

25. Summer Reading!!! Freckle Juice, by Judy Blume

26. Thank you for joining us!!!!