May 2025
Upcoming Events
- May 7, 2025: NYS Math Exam, session 1
- May 8, 2025: NYS Math Exam, session 2
- May 26, 2025: No school in honor of Memorial Day
Reading
Students will begin module 8 of the Into Reading curriculum. The essential question that readers will study is “What does it take to make a successful invention?” Students will read nonfiction texts and practice reading strategies such as text and graphic features, summaries and inferencing.
Writing
Students will continue working in the module 8 of the Into Reading curriculum. Students will write a research report about an invention that has changed the way people do things. Students will learn to research, cite sources, and organize their ideas into a report.
Math
Third graders will take their New York State Math exam on May 7, 2025 and May 8, 2025. First, we revisit topic 14 to review and complete the unit on time, capacity and mass. Following that we will finish chapter 10, which teaches students how to multiply by multiples of ten. We will round out the year with topics such as perimeter and geometry. Continue to review the multiplication tables and fractions concepts at home.
Social Studies
Students will continue studying Nigeria. They will finish up the year learning about Egypt.
Science
Students will continue the Amplify unit titled, Weather and Climate. The unit explores ways of measuring weather and climate including the temperature and precipitation. Students explore which island would be the best place to set up a reserve for orangutans. Following the completion of this unit, students will participate in their second science investigations called Cloud in a Bottle.