3rd Grade Newsletter – December 12, 2025
3RD GRADE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
*50 States Test is MONDAY, December 15th!*
*This week is Benchmark test week!*
*Spelling bee interest forms are due December 18th!*
Math:
Multiplication & Division Strategies
In this scope, students will explore multiplication and division strategies. Students will participate in various activities and explorations through which they will learn how to deepen their understanding of multiplication properties, deepen their understanding about the relationships between multiplication and division, and gain fluency in multiplying and dividing within 100.
ELA: Essential Question: How do people learn about space?
Focusing Question: How did the astronauts of Apollo 11 learn about space?
Content Framing Question: How do Moonshot and One Giant Leap build my knowledge?
Students will analyze John F. Kennedy’s “We Choose the Moon” speech. Students will distinguish their point of view from the speaker’s and participate in a Socratic Seminar. Students will also compare and contrast how two texts (Moonshot & One Giant Leap) describe the events of the Apollo 11 mission.