3rd Grade
(3A) Miss Aileen Romero
(3B) Dr. Sally C. Brown holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Studies, Fine and Performing Arts from Florida Atlantic University, as well as a Bachelor in Music Education and Master in Choral Conducting. Her dissertation was in Arts Integration, so she is very excited that STREAM is a vital component of St Joan of Arc’s curriculum. Her teaching experience ranges from PreK4 through the collegiate level and cherishes the learning opportunities with the younger students.
FAITH FORMATION HIGHLIGHTS
• “Saints Program”
• Third Grade Retrea
MAJOR FOCUSES OF THIRD GRADE
• Reading Comprehension: including analysis, synthesis, and evaluation skills
• The Writing Process: informative, narrative and persuasive writing.
• Research and Technology
• AR (Accelerated Reader) Program- goal setting, reading comprehension and vocabulary quizzes
• Multiplication, Division, and Basic Fractions
• Science- note-taking and experiments
• Social Studies- Map, chart and graph reading,
• Around the World Day – country research, Scholastic Weekly Readers
MAJOR PROJECTS OF THIRD GRADE
• Saints Program – research, writing, music, drama, art, public speaking
• Character Traits and Story Structure Reports
• Famous Person Biography
• Science STREAM- Engineering: Build a Bridge, Ecosystem slide presentation, Environmental Protection, and Construct and Invent Simple Machines
• Around the World Day
SUBJECTS, TEXTBOOKS & CURRICULUM
• Math-Sadlier
• Language Arts- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Handwriting- D’Nealian, Scott Foresman
• Religion- We Believe series, Sadlier
• Science- Scotts Foresman
• Social Studies- Harcourt
• Spanish- once a week, taught by Spanish teacher
• Art- once a week, taught by Art teacher
• Physical Education- twice a week taught by PE teacher
• Music- once a week
• Library
• After School Programs: Band, Chess Club, Dance, Drama, Girl Scouts, Irish Step Dancing, and Soccer,
TECHNOLOGY
• Smart Board and BenQ Board
• 1-1 iPads
• Keyboarding – Type to Learn, Microsoft Office, Google Docs, Google Slides
• Internet Research– World Book/Britannica Online
COMPETITIONS
• Spelling Bee
FIELD TRIPS
• In-House Science Curriculum
• Gumbo Limbo Environmental Complex