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Our Teachers:
Mrs. Munion
Mrs. Thor
Mrs. Thurber
Welcome to 3rd grade at Como Park Elementary School. We have three busy classrooms full of students.
In third grade we prepare our students for the major transition from being
“a little kid” to being “a big kid”. We work hard to develop
self-confidence and social skills through classroom community building
activities. We strive to develop the independence and organizational
skills necessary for success in the intermediate grades.
Our curricular themes include maps and globes, solar system, healthy habits and decision making, and St. Paul history. Our field trips bring to
life things we are learning in class. All students receive both large
and small group reading instruction  | | St. Paul History quilt |
each day. We use a variety of
materials such as picture books, chapter books, fiction and
non-fiction, news magazines, and our basal text. Students practice
their skills by reading independently for 30 minutes daily using the
Accelerated Reader program. We write each day using the Writer’s
Workshop model. Our math curriculum, Everyday Math, stresses problem
solving in concepts including place value to the millions, adding and
subtracting up to 4-digit numbers, multiplication, geometry, fractions and decimals. It provides many opportunities to use manipulatives and practice skills through partner work and games.
We collaborate between classes and in the community to provide enrichment activities to challenge students. We have three Spelling Bees per year, enrichment math classes, and other special projects.
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