Third Grade
Welcome to Third Grade!
We are very excited that you will be joining us this fall! You will learn about empathy and cooperation, how living things depend on water and real-life stories. We will work with multiplication and division.
Enjoy your summer vacation! Spend lots of time reading and enjoying experiences with your family, so we will have lots to talk about in the fall.
Your friends,
Ms. DiMaio and Mrs. Janowitz
Personal Webpage Links:
Weekly News: 11/30/20
Dear Families,
Welcome back from Thanksgiving break! We hope everyone had a safe and happy Break! Students may bring in a beach towel to sit on during the week. They will not be sharing it. Students will bring the towels home on Fridays to be washed. Students should bring their charged Chromebook and a water bottle daily. Students may bring a quick snack to enjoy during our mask break. Students will be having Breakfast and Lunch at school.
We will be wrapping up a look at the American Revolution. Students will be looking at the perspectives or points of view of Patriots and Loyalists. They will be comparing rebellion to revolution. We will begin to look at fairy tales in our Reading Groups. We will start to work with graphing data in Math. We will continue to work with force in Science.
We hope all of our families stay safe and stay healthy!
~The Third Grade Team
~The Third Grade Team
Upcoming Events:
- 11/30/20 - Cheetah Champions Day
- 12/23/20 - Early Dismissal Day
- 12/24/20-1/3/21 - Winter Break (No School)
Modified School Schedule/Learning Experience Options:
Website Links:
- Naugatuck School District Distance Learning
- RAZ Kids: Leveled Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
- Lexia Core 5(Reading practice)
- Google Lit Trips Google Lit Trips project is the use of Google Earth to create immersive 3D literary field trips where students virtually become traveling companions with characters in stories commonly taught in grades kindergarten through high school.
- STMath (Math practice)
- Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Kids National Geographic
- Wonderopolis
Learning Experiences:
- Scholastic Learn at Home - Day by Day Projects
- Scholastic Global Trek: Choose a country to "travel" to and learn about
- Zoo and Aquarium Webcams or offering "virtual" tours online:
- Music Virtual Field Trips:
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Museums offering "virtual" tours online:
Website Links:
- Research - Know it All (All Subjects)
- Online Thesaurus
- Wordsmyth: Online Dictionary and Thesaurus for Kids
- Learners Dictionary
- Vocabulary.com
- Merriam-Webster: Dictionary and Thesaurus
HUMANITIES
Shark Research/Information:
Language Arts:
Online Reading:
Nonfiction
- Main Idea - Tutorial
- Main Idea - Thunderstorm Game
- Main Idea - Millionaires Game
- Details - Tutorial
- Nonfiction Text Features - Student Created Video
- Nonfiction - National Geographic for Kids
- Nonfiction - Ranger Rick Nature Magazine
- Fact or Opinion Game
- Fact or Opinion Game - Quia
- Draw Conclusions Game
- Sequencing Games - Quia
- Sequencing - Comic Strips
- Sequencing - Trains Game
- Author's Purpose Game
- Author's Purpose - Battleship
Literature
- Cause and Effect - Game
- Cause and Effect - Game Quia
- Sequencing - Solar Game
- Sequencing Text - Tutorial
- Compare and Contrast - Versions of Stories
- Character Traits Tutorial
- Comprehension - Stories and Questions
- Comprehension - Passages and Questions
- Comprehension - Comprehension Crane Game
- Comprehension - Answering Questions Tutorial
- Comprehension - Short Passages with Questions
- Comprehension - Short Passages with Questions 2
- Comprehension - Mr. Nussbaum Passages and Questions
- Genre - Flashcards Quia
- Genre - Genre Matching
- Genre - Genre Matching 2
- Genre - Hangman Game
- Genre - Word Scramble
- Genre - Rags to Riches Game
- Genre - Tall Tales
- Genre - Greek Myths
- Genre - Folk Tales
- Genre - Fables
- Genre - Fables 2
- Genre - Poetry for Kids
- Genre - Stories from Many Genres
Writing
- Writing Process - ABCs of the Writing Process
- Writing Process - Prewriting
- Writing Process - Writing
- Writing Process - Revising
- Writing Process - Editing
- Writing Process - Publishing
- Writing Process - Research Resource
- Writing Process - Research Atlas
- Writing - Opinion Essay Writing Tutorial
- Writing - Informative Essay Writing Tutorial
- Writing - Narrative Essay Writing Tutorial
- Writing - Writing for Different Purposes Game
- Writing - Examples of Onomatopoeia
Vocabulary
- Vocabulary - Suffix Video
- Vocabulary - Suffix er (someone who) Matching Game
- Vocabulary - Suffix ly (in a way that is) Matching Game
- Vocabulary - Prefix Video
- Vocabulary - Prefix or Suffix? Video by the Bazillions
- Vocabulary - Silent e Video by the Bazillions
Social Studies:
- Connecticut's Website for Children
- ICivics - Interactive Civics Site
- Being a Good Citizen
- Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government
- Ben's Guide - How Laws Are Made
- PBSKids - Democracy Project
- National Archives
- Historical Thinking Matters
- Smithsonian Education
- National Constitution Center
- Hippocampus
- Discovery Education Channel - Virtual Field Trips
- Google Earth
- Brainpop Jr.
- Brainpop
- Landforms
- World Landforms
- Types of Landforms
- Enchanted Learning - Landforms
- Research - World Landforms
- Ms. Nucleus - Types of Maps
- Connecticut State Map Physiography
- Playkidsgames - Continents
- Quizhub - Name the State Game
- Scholastic - State Puzzles
- 50 States - Find Out About Your Favorite State
- Eduplace - Geonet Game
- World Map Puzzle
- Globe Puzzle
- Funbrain - Where is that? Game
- Map Adventure Webquest
- Native American Links
- Southwest Native Americans
- Early America Links
- US Territorial Maps 1775-1920
- Internet4Classrooms - Timelines
- Teachnology - Generate Your Own Timeline
- Transportation Timeline
- Research - Southern Colonies
STEM:
Math:
- aaamath
- Hoodamath
- Xtramath
- IXLMath Grade 3
- Under the Sea - Grade 3 Math Practice
- Grade 3 Math Games
- Arcademics - Math Games
- Khan Academy - Grade 3
- Sumdog
Computation
- Multiplication - Learn Your Multiplication Tables
- Multiplication - Games
- Multiplication - Cheese Race Game
- Multiplication - Space Arrays
- Multiplication - Area Method
- Multiplication - Using a Table
- Multiplication - Games 2
- Multiplication - Tutorial
- Multiplication - Car Racing Game
- Division - Games
- Division - Flash Cards
- Fact Families - Multiplication and Division
Geometry
- Geometry - Quadrilaterals Game
- Geometry - 3D Shape Challenge
- Geometry - Solid Shape Tutorial
- Geometry - Space Game with Polygons and 3D Shapes
Measurement and Data
- Turtle Diary - Units of Measurement Games
- PBSKids - Measurement Games
- Education.com - Measurement Games
Science:
- Climate - Ducksters
- Freshwater Habitats - Rivers and Streams
- Freshwater Habitats - Ponds and Lakes
- Freshwater Habitats - Wetlands
- Water Mammals
- Oceans - National Geographic
- Ocean Biomes - Ducksters
- Coral Reef Biome
- Rocks and Minerals
- National Geographic Education
- Library of Congress - Science Research
- Research - National Museum of American History
- Scholastic.- The Magic School Bus
- NOAA - Games
- Paleontology
- Research - American Museum of Natural History
- Virtual 4H Farm
- National Geographic - Animals
- Research - Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
- San Diego Zoo Videos
- Monterey Bay Aquarium - Live Webcams
- NASA for Kids
- How Do things Fly?
- Chemistry for Kids
- Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle
- NASA - Weather
- Engineering Interactive Site
- Engineering Career Information
- Exploratorium
Grade 3 Specials Schedules:
Please wear your sneakers for P.E. Days! (UPDATED for In-person Learning 2020-2021)
3D:
- Monday: Music
- Tuesday: No Specials
- Wednesday: PE
- Thursday: Media & Art
- Friday: PE
3J:
- Monday:
- Tuesday:
- Wednesday:
- Thursday:
- Friday: