Dear Gesu Families, The start of the third quarter brings excitement into our classrooms as students are introduced to new skills and explore new concepts. Below you will find brief overviews of what students will be introduced to this quarter in each content area. We are looking forward to seeing the personal growth of each student. Thank you for your continued partnership as we truly are one proud Gesu family.

Mrs. Regan Kazel Principal

Ms. Katelyn Seliskar Assistant Principal

Grade 3 Curriculum Quarter 3

Religion Students will explore God’s kingdom, including what it is like and how we belong. Students will be introduced to Jesus’s parables and miracles and their meanings.

Reading, Writing, and Phonics In reading, students will continue to practice comprehension skills such as visualizing, identifying the problem and solution, summarizing, and determining point of view by reading non-fiction, folktales, and realistic fiction stories. In writing, students will compose a winter-themed opinion piece. They will practice stating their opinion and providing supporting details through editing and revising.

Math Students will practice division within 100 by using strategies like the relationship between multiplication and division and making equal groups. Students will be introduced to fractions and division with and without remainders.

Science Students will be introduced to different states of matter and observe how properties change as a substance undergoes a change in state. Through project-based learning (PBL), students will explore the relationship between temperature and states of matter.

Social Studies Students will continue to practice using primary and secondary sources in writing and research.

Art Students will be introduced to still life drawing and drawing 3D shapes.

Music Students will be introduced to notes on the treble clef, 16th notes, and ABA musical form.

Spanish Students will practice vocabulary related to classroom objects and telling time.

Technology Students will use code.org and other online activities to practice block coding skills, including practice with loops and conditional statements.

Library Students will listen to and reflect on classic and reimagined Aesop fables. Students will also participate in an author study on Tomie de Paola.

Physical Education Students will practice combining locomotor and non-locomotor skills into movement patterns. Students will be introduced to footwork, arm action skills and tricks for jumping rope.

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