Third Grade

Curriculum

Reading

Focus: Our year long goals are to find details and evidence to support our main ideas, to compare and contrast information, use and interpret literal and nonliteral language, point of view, and how a character’s traits, motivations, and feelings contribute to actions and sequence of events.

Textbook: Wit and Wisdom Modules 1-3 (The Sea, Outer Space, and A New Home)

Writing

Focus: Our writing goes hand in hand with our reading curriculum. We focus on writing opinion, informative, and narrative four-paragraph essays.

Textbook: Wit and Wisdom Modules 1-3 (The Sea, Outer Space, and A New Home)

Math

Focus: Our math journey takes us through the properties of multiplication and division, place value, fractions, collecting and displaying data, and geometry and measurement.

Textbook: Eureka Math, Zearn

Science

Focus: We focus on life cycles in animals and plants, investigate the differences between climates and weather, and learn about a variety of traits and survival.

Textbook: Mystery Science

Social Studies

Focus: In our four social studies units, we discuss what makes someone a good citizen in their community, how culture and history shape their community, how geography and climate impact our community, and how available resources can affect the choices people make.

Textbook: Social Studies Alive - Our Community and Beyond

Religion

Focus: Weekly readings, gospel stories, symbols of the church, parts of the mass

Textbook: Gospel Weekly

Service and Leadership

Third Grade creates monthly cards to send to the parishioners who are homebound. Our class will also be in charge of maintaining the school garden alongside Pre-K and we will be doing monthly trash pickups around the school.

Enrichment

We bring Black History Month and Women’s History Month into our space unit along with a book and movie study of Hidden Figures. We also participate in accountable talk within socratic seminars throughout our reading units studied. Math is taught in groups so each student is able to be met where they are.

Special Events

We do buddies with 7th Grade that focuses on all aspects of school and community life.

Ruby Camp 3rd Grade

“Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day.” – Unknown.

I am a book-reading, arts and crafts-loving, nature enthusiast from Spokane, WA. l attended Gonzaga University for my Bachelor's in International Relations and relocated to Seattle to get my Master's in Teaching. I have been here for 2 years and love the city! Now at OLL, I am so appreciative of the opportunity to make an impact on students’ social, emotional, and academic journeys. In my free time, I love to find new hikes, hangout with my cat, Mila, and explore new places around town.