November

Theme: The expert in anything was once a beginner

Math: Fractions & Multiplication
Reading: "Digging Deeper" (reading between the lines)
Writing: Expository Writing - Animal Reports
Science: Heat & Light

October

Theme: Life is all bout making mistakes and learning from them.

Math: Addition and Subtraction to the thousands with regrouping
Reading: Predicting and Questioning
Writing: Personal Narratives
Science: Sun, Earth, & Moon +  Heat & Light

August/September

I'm so excited to begin this year with your kids! The jump from 2nd to 3rd grade is a big and exciting leap!  Here's a little overview of what we'll be covering in August and September.

Theme: "The strength of the team is each individual member...the strength of each member is the team." ~Coach Phil Jackson

Math: Representing Numbers in Standard, Expanded, and Word Form; Rounding to the Thousands; Comparing Numbers
Reading: Comprehension – Summarize, Main Idea, Prediction
Writing: Narratives
Science: Force, Motion, Gravity

April

Theme: Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.

Reading: Fluency
Book Report: Informational Text (due: 4/29)
Writing:  Creative Writing/Choose Your Genre (Sentence Fluency)
Math: Geometry (area of triangles, and polygons)
Science: Weather
Social Studies: Pioneers 

March

Theme: You are not finished when you lose.  You are finished when you quit.

Reading: Summarize and Infer Meaning
Book Report: Biography (due: 3/25)
Writing:  Creative Writing/Choose Your Genre (Voice/Word Choice)
Math: Decimals, Geometry (measuring angles; circles)
Science: Soil
Social Studies: Westward Expansion 

February

Theme: You may never make a discovery if you're afraid to make a mistake.  

Reading: Voice and Inferring Meaning
Book Report: Historical Fiction (due: 2/25)
Writing:  Creative Writing (Voice/Word Choice)
Math: Fractions and decimals
Science: Environments
Social Studies: Utah Government (rights and responsibilities)  

January

Theme: Give someone a hand and you both climb higher


Reading: Questioning and Inferring Meaning
Book Report: Realistic Fiction (due: 1/28)
Writing: Realistic Fiction (Ideas/Characterization)
Math: Division with remainders, fractions, decimals
Science: Fossils
Social Studies: Native Americans, Mountain Men of Utah