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Welcome to Mr. Hill's Third Grade Webpage

Check the PDF file below to learn about Mr. Hill's expectations and information concerning third grade this year.

Back-to-School-Night-2011-12.docx Back-to-School-Night-2011-12.docx Parents may contact Mr. Hill through the email address: dhill@athensasd.k12.pa.us 10/30/2011 10:19 am 26 kB

What's Ahead in May and June

 

May 4.....................................Early Dismissal

May 17...................................BCU Fun Day at SRU

May 24...................................Pro Care Antibullying Presentation

June 5....................................Schoolwide Talent Show

June 6....................................Third Grade to Reptiland and Hiawatha Paddleboat River Tour

June 8....................................Last Student Day/ a.m. Movie/p.m. Field Day

 

 

Weekly Specials Schedule

Day 1..................Library

Day 2..................Computer Lab

Day 3..................Art

Day 4..................Computer Lab

Day 5..................Physical Education

Day 6..................Music

Daily Classroom Schedule

7:35--8:15 Breakfast, Opening Activities, Seatwork

8:15--9:00 Special

9:00--10:00 Whole Group Reading/ Language Arts (Grammar, Spelling)

10:00--10:15 Morning Recess

10:15--10:30 Language Arts finished

10:30--11:30 Math

11:30--12:00 Noon Recess

12:00--12:30 Lunch

12:30--1:00 Language Arts (Writing)

1:00--1:45 Small Group Guided Reading

1:45--2:15 Science/Social Studies

2:15--2:25 Closing

2:25  Dismissal

These Months' Lessons

Whole Group Reading--Journeys Lessons 23-30

Comprehension Target Skills: sequence of events; author's purpose; text and graphic features; main idea and details; cause and effect

Phonics and Spelling:  suffixes -full, -y, -ous, -ly, -er; prefixes un-, pre-, re-, bi-; suffixes -less, -ness, -able; common final syllables -tion, -sion, -ture; double consonants

  • Fluency:  rate; accuracy; expression; intonation
  • Grammar:  abbreviations; adverbs; prepositions; writing quotations; commas in sentences
  • Vocabulary: suffixes -er, -est; analogies; suffix -ion; homographs and homophones

Writing-- paragraphs with topic sentence and supporting detail sentences

Math-- finish Unit 10 Measurement and Data; Unit 11 Probability

Social Studies/Science--

  • Finish Physical Science unit on sound
  • Begin South America