Welcome to third grade!
My name is Ms. Mariana Palanza and I am excited to be your child’s teacher! Our classroom will be a fun and safe learning space for all of my students and I look forward to an incredible year.
Third Grade is an important time in your child’s education. It is a time when students transition from what are often known as the “lower grades” to the “upper grades.” It is a critical time in students’ learning as they become more independent, responsible, and mature learners.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to me at anytime via email at marianapalanza@smsfr.dfrcs.org
“Pray, hope and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.”
Here is information about what our third grades expectations are, and some resources to help our students while using technology in the classroom and at home.
Reading in Third Grade
After mastering literacy skills in earlier grades, 3rd graders become better and more independent readers. Third grade reading focuses on teaching kids how to think and talk about what they read in deeper and more detailed ways. Students read longer texts, and most read fiction chapter books. Third graders are no longer learning to read, now they are reading to learn. The following are resources used in the classroom and at home:
Wonders
Math in Third Grade
In 3rd grade, students focus most on developing an understanding of multiplication and division of numbers up to 100, and fractions. Here are links to great math resources used in school, and at home.
Religion in Third Grade
Our textbook, from the Life and Faith Series - Our Life with Jesus, will be provided to each student.
We focus on what the Church believes, what the Church celebrates, what the Church lives, and what the Church prays. In addition, students will focus on a different virtue each month, celebrate Holy Mass weekly, and will receive the sacrament of Reconciliation bimonthly.
www.formed.org - Our parish and school code is: Q368NW
Science and Social Studies
Our students will be provided with Scholastic News for Science/Social Studies classroom magazines and will watch videos to learn more and enhance knowledge.
Homework Policy
Students will be assigned spelling and math homework nightly Monday-Thursday. Students are also encouraged to study their multiplication facts on a nightly basis.
If time permits, students should practice reading orally with an adult. This is great practice for reading fluency. Asking your child questions about what they are reading is good practice for reading comprehension skills.
Homework is written daily on the whiteboard in the classroom and students are expected to write all assignments in their planner.
classroom supplies
In order to keep our classroom germ-free, I am kindly requesting for any donation of supplies at the start and throughout the school year, especially:
tissue boxes,
disinfecting wipes,
hand sanitizer,
and paper towels.
Students are also asked to bring in a set of headphones (with a wire to connect to our technology tools) labeled in a Ziplock bag.