Third Grade

Reading and Writing

Third graders read from a variety of texts including chapter books, poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Comprehension strategies and skills are reviewed and reinforced to help students develop reading for understanding. Third graders will learn to find text evidence to explicitly answer questions about a text. Third graders will be able to determine the central message or moral of folktalkes and fables.

Third graders can read independently.

Third graders will review phonetic skills to enhance ability to understand and decode increasingly difficult words independently. Third graders will learn to break apart multisyllabic words.

Third graders will develop a broader vocabulary.

Discussions of concepts developed from rich literature will have students actively incorporating new reading vocabulary into their own speaking vocabulary. Third graders will learn to use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words and phrases.

Third graders will independently use comprehension strategies and skills.

Third graders are taught comprehension strategies to allow monitoring, understanding, making sense of text and solving problems while they are reading. Third graders will continue to learn about characters and how their actions motivate events throughout a story.

"Oh the Places You’ll Go!”

–Dr. Seuss

Third graders will write summaries, have rich conversation, and answer questions about what they read.

Third graders discuss characters and events from their readings. They will discuss a character's traits and how these add to the story's plot. They will discuss and write about main ideas, plots and morals.

Third graders learn tocreate authentic writing through the process that includes: