Learning in Third Grade

In third grade, students learn about countries and people from around the world, learn to fluently multiply and divide, explore fractions in math, and write multi-page essays and books about themselves, others, and information they’ve learned.  It’s an exciting year to watch them blossom as readers of chapter books, begin to read literary texts from long ago and now, and study the adaptations of animals in the world as scientists.

Overview

Residencies

  • Students work with kids from across PS19 EVCS to create school-wide art projects and musical pieces to build community to start the school year

  • Weekly chess instruction.  Students improve problem-solving skills, increase concentration and creativity, and find joy in this challenging game. 

  • Students work with a professional poet to learn a variety of poetry-writing skills and publish an anthology of poems.

  • 8-week residency in drumming with 3rd St Music School.

  • Students attend jazz concerts in the school auditorium featuring musicians from Lincoln Center.

Special Events

  • Students regularly visit the various local branches of the NYPL in our neighborhood, as well as the main branch on 5th Avenue as part of their unit about overcoming learning challenges.

  • Students visit the Central Park Zoo during their frog unit to study the creatures in person.

  • Students visit the Central Park Reservoir as part of their water study to learn more about New York City’s water infrastructure.

Units of Study

Meet the Team

  • Jessica

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  • Valerie

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  • Ally

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  • Fran

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  • Ms. Bernice

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  • Benjamin

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