3rd Grade

Welcome to 3rd Grade!

Mrs. DeRosa has been teaching at Trinity for 24 years, and has been teaching 27 years total. She attended Brooklyn College where she received her undergraduate and masters degrees in Early Childhood Education, and holds a NYS teaching license for grades N-6. During her time at Trinity Regional SchooI, Mrs. DeRosa has taught Nursery, Prek, Kindergarten, Fourth grade and remedial for grades 1-3.

Third grade is an exciting time as children come upon new adventures in learning. This is a year of important transitions, as well as gaining new skills. It is important to keep in mind that we will build on small successes. Each child will progress at his/her own rate, acquiring skills as he/she is developmentally ready. 

The 3rd grade math curriculum continues with Go Math as in 2nd grade. The children will be learning many math topics this year. We will be tackling multiplication and division this year. We will also be studying measurement, geometry, fractions and many multistep problems. 

We will be using Journeys for reading. In third grade the focus for reading is to develop higher level thinking skills using a variety of genres. The Journeys program includes a series of short stories that focus on different aspects of literature-setting, characters, theme and plot.

There is a lot to learn in Science and Social Studies. Our Science text is titled Science Fusion. We will be using both the online tools and text to complete chapters and quizzes on various topics. In Social Studies we will be learning about communities, continents, explorers, landforms and much more. 

The focus during writing is to develop more detailed writing while becoming more proficient at punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. Students will be  expected to expand on ideas and pull information from the text to support their answers and thinking.