 | | Mrs. Busta in the busy 3/4 grade classroom. |
Sheridan's third and fourth graders will enjoy the teaching of veteran instructor Jason Kuhlman. Third and fourth graders are at different academic and developmental levels, and the highest standards will be expected and based on where each individual is on that continuum.
3rd Grade Expectations
What your child will know after third grade at Sheridan Elementary: - Recognize and use a growing number of words in reading, writing and speaking.
- Read and understand a range of materials, such as magazines, poetry and plays.
- Read 25 books for entertainment and information.
- Tell the setting, characters, problems and solutions after reading a book.
- Write paragraphs and stories. Correct mistakes and rewrite.
- Write letters, announcements and news stories
- Give and follow directions that involve several steps such as baking cookies or going home from school.
- Use cursive handwriting.
- Organize mathematical information using pictures and charts.
- Create graphs and tables and use them to draw conclusions and make predictions
- Read, write and compare numbers to 1,000,000.
- Use concrete objects or diagrams to solve problems involving mathematics, arrangements or routes.
- Do simple multiplication and division problems.
- Know multiplication and division facts to five's.
- Add and subtract three digit numbers with out carrying numbers.
- Divide objects into equal fractional parts.
- Add decimals to the hundredths place.
- Create new patterns and complete existing ones.
- Describe two- and three- dimensional shapes. 4th Grade Expectations
By the  | | Mr. Kuhlman helps math make sense. |
time your child completes the fourth grade, she or he will be able to:- Read 25 books for pleasure and information
- Identify main ideas and supporting details, remember the order of events or ideas in the story he or she read
- Predict, summarize, and ask questions about what he/she reads and hears.
- Find and use many different kinds of sources to get information; judge accuracy of the information
- Recognize and use complex words in writing and speaking
- Plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish original works for specific audiences and purposes.
- Brainstorm, take notes and out line ideas to better sequence and organize his/her thoughts.
-
Write clear, concise directions that involve several steps, such as
directions to the park for a new student or how to find a topic on the
internet
- Writer friends and business letters, persuasive essays, using correct form.
- Write stories with a clear and connected beginning, middle and end.
-
Write descriptions and reports that include several paragraphs which
have details that support and relate to the main idea and purpose.
- Know addition and subtraction tables through 18 and multiplication tables through 12.
- Collect, organize, understand and compare information from graphs, tables and charts.
- Identify and find the area and volume of two and three dimensional shapes.
- Use more than one way to solve a problem and explain the reasoning for how she/he solved the problem.
- Add and subtract decimals and fractions
- Multiply 3 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers
- Use the appropriate unit to accurate measure length, time, weight and volume.
| 
