Project Read, McCracken frames, and daily journal writing have also helped in making our students better writers. Cooperative learning activities, plays, singing, dancing, and daily story time are ways in which we teach our students social awareness. The language arts program consists of leveled reading groups, daily journal writing, daily oral language, comprehensive testing, whole language, and phonetic spelling. Math emphasizes learning the basic skills through the use of manipulatives and concrete experiences. Social Studies, Science, Music and Art are incorporated into the Language Arts curriculum.
Teachers team together and plan lessons in weekly meetings.
Third grade is filled with many exciting experiences. Students look forward to finally learning to write in cursive and mastering their multiplication facts. The Native American units in Social Studies and the recycling units in Science provide challenging opportunities for student research and exploration. Throughout the year children experience real literature classics in both the anthology and trade books.