Home

Assignments

Our Classroom

Assignments

Welcome To Our Assignments Page This page will soon be filled with various assignments and other information regarding our classroom work. Please be sure to check this site to stay informed.

Mr. Ramsey's Web Site Joppa Elementary School

What We Teach In The Third Grade And How You Can Help Below you will find a list of some of the things that we teach in the third grade, along with a few ideas and "hands-on" activities that you can do to help your child. Reading/Language Arts What We Teach: - End Punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation point) - Complete/Incomplete Sentences - Capitalization of First Word and Proper Nouns - Root and Base Words - Multi-meaning Words - Compound Words - Prefixes and Suffixes - Synonyms and Antonyms - Combining Sentences Using - Parts of a Friendly Letter - Topic Sentence and Supporting Sentences - Basic Understanding of Written Text How You Can Help - Read to and with your child often. Ask them: 1) What is this story/book about? 2) Who are the main characters? 3) Where does the story take place? - Stop every now during the reading to review what has been read (see above questions). Then ask: What do you think will happen next? - If your child writes at home, review with your child capitalization and punctuation. Math What We Teach - Add/Subtract with Regrouping (borrowing) - Measure Items Using a Ruler (in inches/centimeters) - Identify Even/Odd Numbers (0-100) - Make Change for a Dollar Using Various Coins - Determine Money Value From a Collection of Coins and Bills - Round to Nearest 10 - Fractions - Identify Days and Specific Dates Using a Calendar - Recall Multiplication Tables (1-12's) - Division - Construct and Use Graphs (bar graph, line graph, pie chart/circle graph) - Identify Temperature to Nearest 10 Degrees - Tell Time on Analog Clock How You Can Help - Help your child be responsible for money. Have them save money, shop, purchase, and make change for various items. - Purchase a set or multiplication table flash cards (or better yet have your child make a set with index cards), and use them. The only way to truly recall them is to memorize them. - Practice with your child on how to read an analog clock/watch. Science What We Teach - Habitats of Living Organisms (plants, animals, insects) - Life Cycle of Living Organisms (plants, animals, insects) - Personal and Community Health - Simple Machines (pulley, inclined plane, screw, lever, wheel and axle, wedge) - Magnetism - States of Matter (liquid, solid, gas) - Environmental Science (recycling, natural resources, energy) - Solar System How You Can Help - Take a "field trip" in the woods/yard and discuss things you see. - Visit a museum. - Discuss personal health/hygiene with your child. - Recycle! Have your child sort the materials: paper, plastic, aluminum. The City of Blaine has recycling at the convenient center on Milligan Lane. - Go out and look at the stars/moon. Discuss them and the other planets. Social Studies What We Teach - Map Concepts - How to Read a Map - Native Americans - Cultural Diversity - Economic Perspectives (production, distribution, consumption) - American Citizenship/History - Continents of the Earth (N. America, S. America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Antarctica, Australia) How You Can Help - Visit a museum. - Help your child read a map and describe the map key. - Describe how we get things. Example: What all goes into making a couch? Wood from trees, cotton from cotton fields, dye from plants, workers to sew the material, trucks to deliver it, ect. - Buy your child a globe or world map. Refer to it when a country/region is discussed in a story/book, the news, TV, or a movie.