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Believe in the best, think your best, study your best, have a goal for your best, never be satisfied with less than your best, try your best and in the long run things will turn out for the best! -Henry Ford
 

3rd GRADE SUGGESTED SUPPLY LIST 2010/2011

·        4 dozen pencils

·        4 blue or black pens

·        2 red pens

·        6 different colored folders

·        4 packages looseleaf notebook paper

·        pencil sharpener

·        10 glue sticks

·        1 package colored pencils

·        1 box crayons

·        1 package fine tip markers

·        1 package fat tip markers

·        1 package Expo markers

·        4 large erasers

·        1 package Post-It notes

·        4 different colored spiral notebooks

·        2 boxes of Kleenex

·        1 bottle hand sanitizer

·        1 large container Clorox or Lysol wipes

·        1 roll paper towels

·        1 pair child size scissors

·        2 packages of small construction paper

·        1 package of large construction paper

 

*Please note this should be enough to last your student all school year.  However, if he or she runs out of daily necessities, your prompt attention to replacing such items is greatly appreciated.  Thank you!!*

 
 
 
 
Spelling:  Dolch Sight Words

http://www.kidzone.ws/dolch/grade3.htm

 

Handwriting:  Practice Cursive Writing

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/letters/cursiveall.shtml

 

Reading:  Read 20 minutes per day

http://kids.nypl.org/reading/recommended2.cfm?ListID=62

 

Science: Read Science Books

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_3rd_science.htm

 

Social Studies:  Use the map of Michigan to locate important places

Study the history of Michigan

 
Math:  Study the Mulitplication Table

 

Writing:  Start a Journal, record observations, and write summer memories

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html

 

 

English/ Language Arts:
  1. Writing for Reports
  2. Expressive Writing
  3. Editing and Rewriting
  4. Gather, Analyze, Apply Information and Ideas (dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and trade books)
  5. Figurative Language (personification, simile, metaphor)
  6. Make and Explain Predictions
  7. Main and Supporting Details
  8. Use Types of Communication (Fairy tales, letters, personal narratives)
  9. Identify Problem or Goal of Main Character
  10. Decoding Strategies to Figure Out Unknown Words
  11. Pre-reading Strategies
  12. Recognizing Text Features

 

Math:

  1. Addition and Subtraction Skills
  2. Regrouping and Renaming
  3. Basic Multiplication and Division facts
  4. Solving and Estimating Skills
  5. Measuring (length, capacity, weight, area, volume, time, temperature, and angle)
  6. Fractions (addition)
  7. Perimeter
  8. Area
  9. Volume
  10. Basic Geometry
  11. Mental Computation
  12. Place Value

Science:

  1. Scientific Inquiry
  2. Investigating States of Matter
  3. Life Science
  4. Plants
  5. Food chains
  6. Scientific Tools (Thermometers, microscopes, balanced scales, etc.)
 Social Studies: (Michigan)
  1. Map Study
  2. Government
  3. Economics
  4. Historical Events: Importance of Individuals to Family, Community, and Country

 

 
 
  • Attached to my website are the grade level expectations for 3rd grade. Each poster describes what children are expected to know and be able to do in third grade.  The knowledge and skills described on the poster reflect the ISD-wide curriculum, the Michigan Curriculum Framework and the Michigan Grade and Course Level Expectations.
  • You can also find a printable copy of the supply list for 2010-2011 school year.

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  • 3rd_grade_ela_poster.pdf - on Jun 15, 2009 8:17 AM by Mandy Schwerin (version 1)
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  • 3rd_grade_science_poster.pdf - on Jun 15, 2009 8:18 AM by Mandy Schwerin (version 1)
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  • 3rd_grade_ss_poster.pdf - on Jun 15, 2009 8:18 AM by Mandy Schwerin (version 1)
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  • SUPPLY LIST.doc - on Jul 29, 2010 7:17 AM by Mandy Schwerin (version 1)
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