WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!

Welcome back to a very new year in Third Grade. There will be lots of changes throughout our school as we are now a Magnet School. You will notice right away that there has been some teachers moving to different grade levels and a few new faces as well.We have added lots of new technologies in each and every classroom and can't wait to share with our students.

Back to School Night is Thursday, September 15. We look forward to meeting you. Please make every effort to be there so you can hear first hand about our expecttions and rules for your third grader.

1st Trimester (September-November)

Language Arts:

Reading Program Kick Off

Reading Strategies

• Predict/Infer
• Phonics/Decoding
• Monitor/Calrify
• Question
• Evaluate
• Summarize

Theme 1 Off to Adventure

• Lost and Found
• The Ballad of Mulan
• The Waterfall

Theme 2 Celebrating Traditions

• The Keeping Quilt
• Anthony Reynoso: Born to Rope
• The Talking Cloth
• Dancing Rainbows

Additional materials and vocabulary can be found at www.eduplace.com/kids

Math:

Unit 1 Numbers to 10,000

• Chapter 1 Place Value
• Chapter 2 Order and Rounding whole Numbers

Unit 2 Addition and Subtraction

• Chapter 3 Addition
• Chapter 4 Subtraction

Science:

Life Science

• Chapter 1 Adaptations in land environments
• Chapter 2 Adaptations in water environments

Social Studies:

Unit 1 Land and Water in Your Area

• Lesson 1 What are the land and water like in your area?
• Lesson 2 How have people used the land in your region?

History of Cerritos

Reading Tips for Parents

• Read  to your child everyday.
• Listen to your child read everyday.
• Get your child a library card and go to the library.
• Provide books on his/her reading level. (I can provide that information.)
• Get your child a subscription to a child's magazine; Nickelodeon, Mathmania, Zoobooks, National Geographic for Kids, Highlights, etc.
• Read signs, billboards, buildings, etc. Challenge your child to read them to you.
• Have your child read directions and recipes to you.
• Let your child see you reading.
• Encourage their reading - Praise, Praise, Praise!
• Remember you are your child's first and most important teacher. They model you whether you want them to or not.