Third Grade Discovery Advanced
Third grade Discovery Advanced will meet two days a week for about 50 minutes. Students will be pulled out of class during a time that is least disruptive. Discovery on Wednesday is reading/writing, and Friday is math (first semester) / science (second semester). The concepts taught and homework assigned will be on Ren Web. Please check weekly to find out what we are learning and what homework was assigned. Homework assigned is due the following week on the day that the subject re-occurs.
Every month a menu of projects and activities will be given. This will be given out at the beginning of the month and due at the end of the month (unless otherwise posted in Ren Web.) There are nine projects/activities to choose from and students have to complete 7 for an A+, 6 for an A, 5 for a B, and 4 or less will not be accepted. (Students will need to keep working until completed.) The projects should each be completed on full sheets of separate paper or construction paper either hand written or typed and stapled as a booklet. A cover page with the student's name and title should be included. Work should be completed to the best of the student’s capabilities, and as creative as possible! (Another option is that students may complete their projects as a power point presentation or a word document and submit them via e-mail to be presented in class using video technology!)
Here are some of the concepts your child will be discovering:
READING: Poetry books: onomatopoeia, rhyme, description, fluency, author’s techniques
Frindle: realistic fiction, plot analysis, vocabulary, context clues, character analysis
Nutcracker: fantasy narrative, cause / effect, character traits and motivations
Because of Winn Dixie: realistic fiction, compare/ contrast text to video, evaluation
Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe: fantasy narrative, compare/contrast, character analysis
WRITING: Poetry – onomatopoeia poem
Mixed Up Fairy Tale – story structure, triple twist plot, character development
MATH: Geometry - polygons vs. polyhedrons, coordinate grid and coordinate pairs, acute, obtuse and right angles,
congruent vs. similar shapes, vertical, oblique, horizontal, parallel, perpendicular, and intersecting lines, polygons vs.
polyhedrons, transformations – translation, rotation, reflection, perimeter, area and volume, square numbers and
cube numbers,
Probability and Statistics – probability of an event, fair vs. non-fair event, compare outcomes, creating an organized
list, determine more likely, least likely, equally likely
SCIENCE: types of energy, force, motion, joule, kinetic energy, potential energy, energy transfer, law of conservation,propulsion,
first class lever, second class lever, third class lever, Newton's law, inclined plane, pulleys, pulley system, wheel and
axle, catapult, elevator, reading and hands on experiments, scientific method and lab write-ups
Please view the WEBSITES tab for links to online math / reading concepts and games.