Welcome to Elementary (3rd Grades)

Dear Parents,

            As your child prepares for a different and exciting new year in school, we are giving you a list of suggested school supplies and uniforms for the 2020-2021 school year. Please label your child’s personal items.

UNIFORMS

Provided in your packet but can also be found in the website below
                – https://www.frenchtoast.com/schoolbox/schools/dalton-learning-center-QS61C2M

Face shield is mandatory for ages 3 and up. It can be found at Amazon.

SUPPLY LIST                                                                                             

• 1 Bible (NKJV)
• 1 Dictionary
• 1 Back pack (without wheels)
• 1 11”x17” zipper pencil bag (pouch)
• 5 Marble composition notebook
• 5 two-pocket folders
• 1 pack white lined paper
• 1 24 pack no.2 yellow pencils
• 1 Box of dry erase markers (expo)
• 2-4 pack Glue (liquid) bottle
• 1 pack expo markers
• 1 Scissors
• 1 pack index cards
• 1 pack pens
• 1 Protractor
• 2 Box of 24 crayons
• 1 Box of colored pencils
• 1 box washable markers
• (Crayola preferred)
• 2 big “pink pearl” eraser
• 1 set of watercolors
• 2 box of tissues
• 1 (big bottle) hand sanitizer
• 2 bottles of anti-bacterial Liquid soaps
• 1 letter size clip board
• 1 container of Clorox wipes (no Lysol brand due to allergies)

• Expect to have and replenish throughout the school year as needed.
• Personal Items MUST be labeled.

Mandatory requirements from the Department of Education for promotion to 4th grade:

• Students must score above a Level 2 on the FCAT Reading Sunshine State Standards test.

Reading

The student:

• predicts using prior knowledge, captions, and headings
• uses strategies to determine meaning and increase vocabulary
• develops vocabulary, monitors reading on or above grade level by rereading, self-correcting, summarizing, and questioning
• identifies main idea, details, makes inferences and identifies the sequence of events, author’s purpose, examples of fact, fiction or opinion, and recognizes and understands comparison and contrast, cause/effect and sequence of events

Writing

The student:

• writes using the writing process and the six writing traits of ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency, voice, and conventions

Science

The student:

• investigates several science units using scientific observations and skills
• explores different science topics including life science, earth science, physical science, and space and technology

Math

The student:

• uses number sense to master all basic facts, read, write, compare numbers
• knows the value of a given digit to hundred thousand
• explains and demonstrates the meaning of multiplication and division with remainders
• uses measurement to measure length, weight, capacity, area, perimeter, volume, time and temperature
• calculates and compares types of measurement
• estimates area, perimeter, and volume of a rectangular shape
• selects the appropriate unit and tool of measurement for a solution
• uses geometry and spatial sense to understand symmetry, congruency, and reflections in geometric shapes
• explores flip, slides, tessellations and 180-degree turns
• compares area and perimeter using concrete and graphic materials
• knows how to identify, locate and plot ordered pairs of whole numbers
• uses algebraic thinking to describe, extend and create visual geometric patterns
• analyzes, explains and states the rule for number patterns
• uses models and graphs to solve equations and inequalities
• know that an equation is a number sentence stating that two quantities are equal
• uses data analysis and probability to identify parts of a graph and interprets displays of data
• interprets and compares information from pictographs and bar graphs
• identifies the mean, median, mode and range in a set
• uses technology to compare data and to construct and discuss patterns
• determines the number of possible combinations of items
• calculates the probability of an event and represents all possible outcomes
• designs questions for a survey, depicts the data in a graph and explains the results
• uses statistical data to recognize trends