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Third Grade curriculum
Third Grade:
Curriculum Outline Groveland Park is part of the “Project for Academic Excellence.” Groveland Park’s third graders are taught a standards based curriculum. Ms. Xiong, Ms. McPartlan and Ms. Klepp use best practices to guide their instruction and implement the curriculum. Reader's Workshop: Reader's Workshop provides students a variety of literacy experiences. All students participate in a Language Skills block, Guided Reading and Independent Reading. During the Language skills blocks students are engaged in various activities that teach: phonics, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, grammar and handwriting. Students are also involved in Literature Circles (latter part of the year) and Guided Reading groups. Each day students have the opportunity to self-select literature. Weekly visits to the library support in class reading. Mathematics: The district adopted curriculum, Everyday Mathematics, is the primary text used. Additional curriculum and activities are supplemented when needed in order to extend learning and meet the needs of all students. The 3rd grade Everyday Math curriculum emphasizes concepts such as: Data & Probability, Geometry, Multiplication & Division, Measurement and Problem solving. The concepts are taught through small and large group discussions and math games. Writer's Workshop: Writer's Workshop aims to support students in their journey as developing writers by introducing them to strategies that make writing effective. Each writing session begins with a brief mini lesson about a new writing craft or strategy. Students have the opportunity try out the strategy they learned during their independent writing time. As students write independently some students meet one-on-one with their teacher to discuss their writing. A group share closes each writing session. Third grade writers complete the following units: Narrative, Nonfiction Informational writing, Persuasive and Friendly letters, Procedural and Poetry. Students' authorship is celebrated after each unit! 3rd Grade Language Academy (LA) and English Language learners (ELL): LA and ELL students work with Ms. Scoville-Groveland’s 3rd/4th grade LA and ELL specialist. Ms. Scoville team teaches with both Ms. Xiong and Ms. Klepp during Reader's and Writer's Workshop. Ms. Scoville posts spelling words and links to fun web sites on Groveland's web site. ****************************************************************************** Other tidbits about Third Grade...
Homework Policy: Families should expect approximately 30 minutes of homework Monday thru Thursday. Your child is encouraged to read 15 minutes each night. No homework is assigned on Fridays as weekends are observed as family time. Parent communication: Teacher-parent communication is ongoing. We connect through phone calls and e-mails, classroom web sites, volunteer opportunities, Groveland community functions, monthly newsletters, and Spring and Fall conferences. ****************************************************************************** Special Events!
Projects: *Authorship Celebrations *Science Fair (alternate yearly with Culture Fair) *Culture Fair *Art Walk Field trips: *St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (Musician visits and live performance) *Minneapolis Institute of Art *Minnesota Zoo *Valley Branch ELC (formerly Belwin Nature Center) *Como Planetarium *Physics Circus *CONNECT concert Groveland Park Community events: *Open House *Parent Curriculum Night *Hmong New Year *Ice Skating Party *Parent Involvement Day *School picnic Other: *4-5 'Spirit Days' throughout the year | ||||
