Welcome to the 3rd Grade March Newsletter!

Important Dates & Reminders

• Wednesday, March 2 - Read Across America Day 
• Thursday, March 3 - Early Release for Students 
• Friday, March 4 - Teacher Work Day, No School
• Thursday, March 31 - Early Release & Last Day of the Third Quarter
• Friday, April 1 - Friday, April 8 - No School, Spring Break (We return to school on Monday, April 11)

Language Arts

What We Learned This Past Month:

Third graders learned about nonfiction once again. This time they are researching a person they are interested in learning about. They will have the opportunity to share their research with others.

What We Will Be Learning Next Month: 

In our next reading unit, we will be reading and writing Poetry.  Students will learn what makes a poem, learn to understand the meaning of a poem and understand that poets use tools to help deliver a message to readers. 

Students will also write their own poetry.

Math

What We Learned This Past Month:

We will begin our Unit on Measurement.  Students will expand their knowledge of measuring length in customary and metric units. They will estimate and measure lengths and develop understandings of perimeter and area. Students will also estimate and measure liquid volume using customary and metric units.

What We Will Be Learning Next Month: 

We will be moving into Addition and Subtraction part 3.  Students will be working toward mastery of fact fluency in 0, 1, 2, 5, and 10 facts. Students extend their thinking as they begin to solve larger multiplication problems set within real world contexts. They also apply properties of multiplication and represent equivalent and nonequivalent number sentences.

Science

What We Learned This Past Month: 

We began our science unit exploring and learning about the importance of soil to living things. Students are learning about the different components of soil and which combinations are best suited for growing plants, food, or preventing erosion.

What We Will Be Learning Next Month: 

We will begin our next science unit, Simple Machines in the Beginning of 4th quarter. Students will learn about simple machines and demonstrate an understanding of engineering practices. Students will also learn that direction and size of force affects motion of an object.

Social Studies

What We Learned This Past Month:

We began learning about Ancient China. The students explained how the contributions of Ancient China (architecture, inventions, the calendar and written language) continue to influence our world today.

What We Will Be Learning Next Month: 

Students will learn about Ancient Greece and will be able to explain how contributions of Ancient Greece (architecture, inventions, the calendar and written language) continue to influence our world today.