The Third Grade Team is excited to have your child here with us this year. We have dedicated ourselves to making this a successful and rewarding year for everyone involved. Below we will outline the major topics that your child will study throughout the year. Each quarter you will receive a copy of the scope and sequence, which details the objectives (skills that your child will learn or needs to master) for that quarter. Feel free to contact us via our email addresses at the bottom or by phone at the school.
Language Arts
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Develop
and apply strategies and skills to read and write.
Develop
and apply strategies to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed
for both fiction and non-fiction texts. 
Make
connections to their own lives through the use of oral language, written
language, and media and technology. 
Apply
strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual text. 
Apply
grammar and language rules to communicate effectively.
Mathematics
Wake
County schools are continuing to use Math Trailblazers this year. For
more information you can visit the Math Trailblazers website at www.mathtrailblazers.com.
Estimation
Computation
Number
Sense
Using
Data
Addition
Facts Review
Subtraction
and Multiplication Facts and Assessment
Counting
and Numeration
Money
Geometry
Problem
Solving
Time
Logic
Measurement
Using
Graphs
Science
Our science goals are taught collaboratively with our science teacher
Ms. Hall. 
Goal
1: The learner will conduct investigations and build an understanding
of plant growth and adaptations.
Goal
2: The learner will conduct investigations to build understanding of soil
properties
Goal
3: The learner will make observations and use appropriate technology to
build an understanding of the earth/moon/sun system.
Goal
4: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology
to build an understanding of the form and function of the skeletal and
muscle systems of the human body.
Social Studies
The
learner will characterize qualities of good citizenship by identifying
people that made a difference in the community and other social environments.
The
learner will explain geographic concepts and the relationship between
people and geography in real life situations.
The
learner will analyze the multiple roles that individuals perform in families,
workplaces, and communities.
The
learner will examine how individuals can initiate change in families,
neighborhoods and communities.
The
learner will apply basic economic principles to the study of communities.
The
learner will recognize how technology is used at home, school, and in
the community.
The
learner will analyze the role of real and fictional heroes in shaping
the culture of communities.
Standards Based Grading
Wake County Elementary Schools will continue to grade using the standards
based grading program. What this means for parents is that the papers
that are being sent home will have a variety of marks on them. Anything
that comes home with a 1, 2, 3, or 4 was an assessment done in class.
Anything that comes home with a “P” or a “P” with
a circle around it means that it was either homework or classwork that
was just practice. Only on the report card will you see a mark of 3*,
which means that your child made attempts at level 4 opportunities, but
is not quite at a level 4 yet. If you have any questions regarding this
system please feel free to contact your child’s teacher.
2004-2005 Field Trips
We are not certain of the dates of our field trips for this year as of
yet. However, we are planning a trip downtown to see the various government
buildings sometime this fall. We are also looking into seeing a play in
the spring. The third graders also attend a county sponsored field trip
to the Art Museum at some point in the year. Details about these trips
will be made available as we get closer to those dates.
Things That You Can Do At Home To Help Make This School Year a Success
Check
your child's planner daily.
Make
sure that your child reads every night for at least 15 minutes.
Check
Monday folders every Monday for weekly news and information.
Talk
to your child about what they are doing at school.
Conference
at least two times during the school year with your child's teacher.
Attend
school related meetings and functions for important information and assistance
for your child.
Make
sure that your child is prepared with all necessary materials for classes.
Be
aware of what is going on with your child.
Ms. Jennifer Joyner jjoyner1@wcpss.net
Ms. Danielle McCaslin dmccaslin@wcpss.net
Ms. Leigh Ann Tedder ltedder@wcpss.net
Mrs. Kristen Terry