Welcome to Third Grade with Mrs. Peralta!

 Dear Parents,

    Welcome to Third Grade!  I am so excited to have your child in my class this year and to get the 2020-2021 school year off to a great start!  Please check our class page here regularly for more information.  Check out the homework tab for nightly homework.  If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at Julia.Peralta@dor.org.


Google Classroom:
I will be sending home your child's username and password for Google Classroom home soon, in addition to a number of other online resources that students will be using both in class and at home for assignments.  Once this information is sent home, any online assignments will be provided through the Google Classroom page and will either be submitted there or through the link provided.  Please keep an eye on Google Classroom for assignments once we begin using it.  Any assignments that will be found on Google Classroom will be noted as such in student agendas as well as on the homework tab nightly.  *Please log in with your child's Google Classroom username and password only.  Thank you!

ELA: 
In ELA, we are going to start the year by learning about how to pick books that are at a comfortable reading level for your child, as well as what types of books interest him or her.  We will be using WordlyWise to learn new vocabulary terms throughout this year.  Learning new words is exciting!  Students enjoy expanding their everyday vocabulary with these new terms learned from our WordlyWise vocabulary workbook.  We use them a lot in our classroom!  In third grade, students will focus on learning the meaning of new words and will incorporate spelling patterns into their writing assignments.

In Writing, we will begin the year working on Personal Narratives.  Students will write a story about an event that happened in their life.  They will choose a real event and will write their story using many details and descriptions.  During this unit, they will learn how to come up with a list of ideas for a story, how to create a draft, and will review and use the steps of the writing process.  To wrap up this unit, students will create a final copy of their personal narrative story to be turned in.


Math:
In Math, we will begin the year by reviewing 2-digit addition and subtraction, as well as place value.  We will practice skip counting by 2, 5, 10, 3, 6, 4, 8, 9, and 7 to help students prepare for learning multiplication.  Our first math chapter of the year will be Chapter 3 from the GoMath textbooks.  During this chapter, students will learn various methods for solving multiplication problems.  As we begin our work in multiplication, students will practice times tables and will take regular timed multiplication quizzes to practice fluency with each new Math fact.  I will email more information to parents before we begin these timed Math fact practices.

Science:
We will begin the school year in Science learning about climates around the world.  Students will learn about the climate zones present in our world and will investigate our specific climate to help them determine in which climate zone we live.  They will learn about the water cycle and be able to explain the path of a raindrop as it travels through the water cylce.


Religion:
In Religion, we will be learning about God's never-ending love for us.  We will explain how God blesses us in our lives.  Students will practice the basic Catholic prayers that they have learned in previous grade levels.


If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me!  I can be reached at Julia.Peralta@dor.org, or by calling the school at (585) 225-3870.

Thank you!
Mrs. Julia Peralta