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Reading
Scholastic Online for Kids!
The main goals of our reading program are to improve fluency, increase vocabulary skills, provide decodng skills, demonstrate comprehension of material, and develop a love of reading. We will be using the Houghton Miffin program which is a collection of anthologies. The program encompasses the following:
- extensive reading in a variety of literary themes
- a focus on interdisciplinary themes
- explilcit instruction in comprehension, writing and learning styles
- a sequential development of word-study strategies
- a clear plan for management, including a system of student accountability and assessment
Your child will be immersed in literature and have the opportunity to explore several different genres and author styles.
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Language Arts and Writing
Read, Write, and Think!
This year we will be emphasizing fluency of the written word and the freedom for children to express themselves through the Six Traits of Writing program. The use of correct grammar, punctuation, and capitalization skills on writing assignments will be taught and practiced. We will continue the use of resource books such as dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia.
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Spelling
The Rebecca Sitton Spelling Program - Core Words with Activities
Painted Sky has implemented the "Rebecca Sitton" spelling program school wide. This program emphasizes correct spelling in daily writing by teaching the highest frequency writing words, those words that are being used most frequently through a lifetime of writing. I will be teaching words, called Core Words, through various activities, especially writing. Your child will learn about spelling rules, patterns (light, right, night), letter sounds for spelling prefixes, suffixes and many other related language skills. This will enhance your child's understanding and achievement in spelling as well as build general language abililty. After the unit on a group of Core Words has been taught, these words will become review words. The students will learn 134 Core Words this year. They will also be reponsible for 65 Priority Words (No Excuse Words).
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Math
Everyday Math Offical Site for Parents
This year we will be using the EveryDay Math series. The emphasis in third grade is on the use of additin, subtraction, multiplication and division as they relate to problem solving activities. Students will learn to master multiplication and division facts while maintaining addition and subtraction facts already learned. Practice at home is essential to success in this area. The math program will be supplemented with hands on activites and games, which reinforce concepts introduced. |
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Social Studies, Science and Health
Think-Finity- Click on Science NetLinks , Xpeditions, or Smithsonian for Social Studies and Science links!
At least two units which relate to these subjects will be covered each nine weeks. Some topics may include: Character Education, Sound and Light, Desert, Government, Natural Disasters, Nutrition, Biographies, Earth Materials, Geography, Life Cycles, Olympics, Greece and Rome, Explorers. |
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Peggy Steffen's Art and Music page!
These subjects will be taught weekly for the entire year. Specialists in the field teach these classes. |
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Technology
Peggy Steffen's Educational Links
Students will visit the computer lab weekly and they will learn basic computer skills, including keyboarding, fonts, inserting clips, saving to a disc and/or hard drive, etc. They will also have weekly assignments on the classroom computer to increase their knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and the Internet. |
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