Third grade is an exciting year for students in Reading. I love
reading because you can trips to places and go on adventures you
would have never gone on without even leaving the classroom! The
following are just a few things that your child will be doing in
Reading this year. It is amazing to see students begin to better
understand books that they have ready by using strategies such
as Making Connections, Predicting, and Making Inferences. This
year, your child will be expected to not only read the words on
the page but to THINK about their reading in a way that most of
them are not used to. There is a difference in being able to
read the words on the page and to actually comprehend what is
being read. Through the use of exciting literature, interactive
read alouds, small group skill work, and LOTS of pairing and
sharing - your child will leave third grade loving to read and
THINK :) Students will be learning reading strategies such as
making predictions, making connections, monitoring and
clarifying, drawin