Contact Information

  

 

Nicolette Murray

Grade 3 

Room 109

(845)353-7280

nmurray@nyackschools.org

 

Our class schedule is as follows:

A- Music
B- P.E.
C- Art
D-  P.E.

Specials are scheduled from  9:45-10:30

Library-  Wednesdays 9:45-10:30

STREAM - Thursdays 12:00-12:45

SEL- bimonthly -Fridays 12:00-12:45

Lunch/Recess- 11:15-12:00

School Events

  • A Day

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  • B Day

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  • Kindergarten Moving Up @9:30am

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  • Nyack High School Auditorium

    BOE Meeting

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  • C Day

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Google Classrooms

Here is the link to our google classroom.

 

https://classroom.google.com/c/Njk2ODg1OTU5MDQ1

ELA

 

 

 

 

Third Grade focuses on reading to learn.  Students will work on strengthening strategies and skills to continue to grow as readers. 

Students are also growing as writers and are encouraged to look to their reading to help strengthen and support their writing.  

Our focus this year will be: 

  1. Comprehension- both literal and inferred
  2. Writing across the genres (narrative, opinion, and informational)
  3. Writing in response to reading and including text evidence to support their thinking
  4. Fluency 
  5. Phonics

Math

 

 

Major mathematical focus is placed on the areas of multiplication, division and fractions.  There is also heavy emphasis on solving multi-step word problems using one or more of the four mathematical operations.

Math standards include:

  1. Numbers and Operations in Base 10
  2. Measurement and Data
  3. Operations and Algebraic Thinking
  4. Numbers and Operations of Fractions
  5. Geometry

The expectation upon entering 3rd grade is that addition and subtraction facts have been mastered to 20. By the end of third grade the students are expected to be able to add and subtract within 1000.

 

This year the students are expected to become fluent

with multiplication and division facts within 100.

 

Social Studies

 

 

 

  • Students will explore the following topics:


    • Geography
    • Culture
    • Economics
    • Government        

    of countries around the world.

Science

  

  •  The major units of study this year will include:



    • Weather and Climate
    • Environmental Changes and Effects
    • Process and Impacts of Natural Disasters
    • Life Cycles
    • Adaptations
    • Survival of the Fittest
    • Plant and Animal Extinction