Third Grade

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=150 BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="16018db3.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="71d6e5b0.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="91" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> Third Grade</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="13d8dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> Warren-Walker School Website<FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336699" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#336699" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>    </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>H</B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="index.htm"><U>ome</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prekindergarten"><U>Prekindergarten</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kindergarten"><U>Kindergarten</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="First Grade"><U>First Grade</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id90.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Second Grade"><U>Second Grade</U></A>   |   Third Grade   |   <A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fourth Grade"><U>Fourth Grade</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fifth Grade"><U>Fifth Grade</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sixth Grade"><U>Sixth Grade</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seventh Grade"><U>Seventh Grade</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eighth Grade"><U>Eighth Grade</U></A>  </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="13d8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="552" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 377 WIDTH="546"><div> <B><U>Third Grade:</U></B></div> <div> <B>Becoming Competent Scholars and Responsible Citizens</B></div> <bR> <div> Students work year-round on what will ultimately be a <B>personalized bound book </B>of their own work at the end of third grade.   The collection includes well-developed creative writing, poetry, essays, reports, and selected works from classmates, special memories and photographs.  The year begins with a <B>trip to the Book Bindery</B>, so that the children can see how all of their work will be bound into a book at the end of the year.  This has become a special keepsake that highlights the important memories of third grade.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Literature Circles</B>, similar to adult Book Clubs, occur throughout the year as well.  Students are assigned certain jobs while reading - such as discussion director - and they each are responsible for teaching the other students.  Literature Circles help improve reading comprehension and writing skills, as well as responsibility and accountability.</div> <bR> <div> Social studies and science become more important, as breadth of knowledge, higher level thinking about complex subject matter, and content comprehension are emphasized.  <B>Native American culture </B>and<B> the rain forest</B> are examples of topics that challenge the students.</div> <bR> <div> A Field Day will be the grand finale of several valuable field trips.  The students will learn teamwork and orienteering skills.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="index.htm"><U>Home</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About WarrenWalker School"><U>About Warren-Walker Schoo</U></A>l   |   <A HREF="id10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Campus Locations"><U>Administration</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Academics"><U>Academics</U></A>   |   Academic Calendar   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WarrenWalker Parent Association"><U>Warren-Walker Parent Association</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>