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Third Grade News October 2025

October 2025

Third Grade NewsOctober 2025October 2025
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Quote of the Month

“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.”

-Bob Kerrey

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Book of the Month

Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson

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October Themes

1. Kindness

2. Speaking up for what is right!

What will we be learning this month? What will we be learning this month?

In Reading...📚

During the month of October, we will complete Module 1 in reading and begin Module 2. In Module 1, Students will build their knowledge about story characters and what makes them unique, with a focus on the realistic fiction genre. We will read texts about interesting characters who are true to themselves when faced with a challenge.

In Module 2, students will build their knowledge about how people use words to express themselves, with a focus on the poetry genre and letters. We will read texts in which people share their thoughts, ideas, and feelings.

In Writing...📝

During the month of October, students will be finishing their personal narratives and move into letter writing. In their personal narratives, students will be writing about a summer memory. They will be writing a personal narrative story including a beginning, middle, and end. They will also include vivid details that help describe characters, setting, and the action.


In their letters, students will think about their hopes and dreams for the future. They will then write a letter to their future self. They will describe their goals and how they think they can accomplish them.

In Math...➕➖

During the month of October, students will be learning about representing numbers as hundreds, tens, and ones using a place value context. They will find equal ways to represent numbers using 100s, 10s, and 1s. They will also construct and locate numbers on a 1,000 chart. Also, students will develop strategies for adding and subtracting 2-digit and 3-digit numbers and solve a variety of addition and subtraction problems.


Students are encouraged to practice their math fact fluency at home. Some great ways to practice are xtramath.com and/or flashcards to know their addition and subtraction facts in a snap!

Social-Emotional Focus 🙂:

Students learn how to develop a growth mindset and make an effective plan for how to get better at a skill. Students will name a repeated action they can do to practice a skill, identify who they can learn from or other ways they can try to learn a skill, and explain what happens in their brain when they practice a skill.

In Music...🎶

Third grade musicians will begin with simplified music reading, then will move on to reading and playing quarter notes and quarter rests. We will learn about the concept of steady beat.

In Science...🧪

Ms. Bakalac: 3rd graders are reviewing safety rules and routines and have set up their notebooks for science. Our first unit of study is called Water on Earth. Students will learn about temperature, air pressure, and how clouds are formed. To support your child at home, talk about the 3 states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Please join the Science Google Classroom using the code: pydvt76j.


Ms. Markovinovic: The 3rd grade Scientists have reviewed routines and safety rules for the science room. We have begun our first unit of study: Water on Earth. We have started the unit by talking about weather. We will discuss how the atmosphere affects the weather, how clouds are formed, and about the water cycle. To support your child at home, talk about how the temperature effects weather.

In Technology...👩🏻‍💻👨🏻‍💻

In Technology this month we will be practicing how to log into the chromebooks by ourselves. We will also be learning how to use our google classrooms. We will also be starting a program called “Type to Learn”. We will be practicing using the home row on the keyboard to build our typing skills.

In Art... 🎨

Ms. Brill: Third grade artists will learn about working in collaboration. How can we use our words respectfully to communicate wants, needs, and ideas in the art studio setting? We will use these skills when we create decorative art for the Annual P.S. 230 Hoedown.


Mr. Hanratty: In October, third graders will learn about shape and color through a study of the art of Jasper Johns. We will begin painting projects. They will learn color mixing, handling a brush, and paint setup and cleanup procedures.

Additional Resources for Parents - Reading Modules 1 & 2 🏠 📖

If you'd like to help support your child's reading journey at home - please see below for helpful resources!
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Module 1: Realistic Fiction

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Module 2: Poetry and Letters

Looking Ahead: Important PS 230 Dates! 🏫 📅


  • October 2nd: NO SCHOOL, Yom Kippur

  • October 13th: NO SCHOOL, Indigenous Peoples Day/Italian Heritage Day

  • October 20th: NO SCHOOL, Diwali

  • October 24th: PS 230 Annual Hoe Down!

  • October 27th: Picture Day

  • October 28th: Tiger Family Morning (8:15-8:45)

  • October 31st: Spirit Day - Character Parade!

Thank you! -3rd Grade Teachers
As always, please reach out on dojo for any individual questions you may have for your child's teacher!
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