Welcome to Third Grade

Welcome to Third Grade! This year is a transition between primary and intermediate. It is a wonderful evolution from the development of skills to the development of independence. It is a time for students to start taking responsibility for their education.  This is just the beginning of becoming life-long learners.  

In Third Grade, we will be studying and working on many new and exciting things. We will focus on mastering our addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts in Math. We will work on different forms of writing in English, along with improving our cursive skills.  In Science, we learn about habitats, matter, and the human body. In Social Studies, we will learn about geography and different types of communities around the world.   As you may know, we have become a STEM school.  STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.  Each of the grades will be looking at these subjects through grade level appropriate projects, questioning, research, application and thinking in new ways.  We will be doing many projects that integrate all of the subjects in order to improve critical thinking. 

Third graders are responsible for keeping track of their homework every night, writing it down in their homework planners, taking the right books home, and completing it with less help from parents. Homework should only take about 30 minutes a night.  Welcome and be prepared to have some fun!