Our weekly structure will go as follows:

Day 1- Math 
Day 2- Reading and Writing
Both days (last 20 minutes of class)- Science OR Social Studies (will rotate throughout the school year)

This class in ongoing, running from September to June. 

**End date for each section is subject to change, depending on unforeseen class cancellations with replacement meetings**

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~Monthly focuses~ 


September

Math- Representing and solving problems involving multiplication and division.

Reading- Decoding while reading with the use of context clues. Explaining the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.

Writing- Narrative writing with a focus on story telling.

Social Studies- Exploring the world map, in geographical detail.



October

Math- Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns between the four operations.

Reading- Decoding while reading, while building a deeper understanding of theme. Explaining the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.

Writing- Sentence structure and punctuation practice.

Science- Lifecycles.



November

Math- Using place value to understand the properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic.

Reading- Higher level thinking questions relating to various texts. Forming and using regular and irregular plural nouns.

Writing- Research project with a focus on worldly cultures and presentation skills.

Social Studies- Studying worldly cultures, communities, and traditions.



December

Math- Developing an understanding of fractions as numbers, working to simplify fractions with division. 

Reading- Decoding figurative language, and diving into poetry. Using abstract nouns.

Writing- Paragraph structure and grammar.

Science- Ecosystems.



January

Math- Solving problems involving measurement and estimation.

Reading- Continuing poetry and creating a poem. Forming and using regular and irregular verbs.

Writing- Descriptive writing.

Social Studies- Exploring U.S history and the chains of government. 



February

Math- Geometric measurement: understanding concepts of area and relating area to multiplication and to addition. Perimeter.

Reading- Finding text evidence to backup claims, using details and factual information from the text. Forming and using the simple verb tenses.

Writing- Editing for capitalization, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, and paragraphing errors.

Science- Weather.



March

Math- Reasoning with shapes and their attributes.

Reading- Exploring articles and article creation project. Ensuring subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreements.

Writing- Creating text features.

Social Studies- Country exploration.



April

Math- A deeper look into fractions and an in depth math review of content covered to this point.

Reading- Analyzing short stories for meaning and theme. Using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, producing simple, compound, and complex sentences.

Writing- Opinion writing.

Science- Scientific concepts and activities.



May 

Math- Exploring graphing and data analysis.

Reading- Summarizing and comparing/contrasting various story elements. Using conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words. 

Writing- Expository writing.

Social Studies- A deeper dive into map exploration and landmarks.




June

Math- Focusing on math review, providing opportunities to grow in confidence on all areas covered throughout the school year. 

Reading- Practicing with multiple choice questions and reading comprehension. Determining or clarifying the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

Writing- Free writing project.

Science- Analyzing data and experimentation. 



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***Scheduled school breaks, 2024-2025***

September- No start dates can occur prior to or on 09/02 due to labor day.

October- No classes on: 10/18 and 10/22.

November- No classes on: 11/05, Thanksgiving break from 11/25-11/29.

December- No classes on: 12/04, Winter break from 12/20/24-01/03/25.

January- School resumes on 01/07, no other scheduled breaks.

February- No scheduled breaks.

March- No classes on: 03/14.

April- Spring break from 04/18-04/25.

May- No classes on 05/27. 

June- No scheduled breaks. End date within this month- depending on start date/makeup classes.