Autobiography

While you are still in elementary school a lot has happened in your life.  Start thinking about your favorite memories and write them down.  This year we will be writing our own autobiography.  So as you meet with family over the holidays and on breaks ask to hear stories about your life to help recall these memories.  You will be grateful you did this while you were still young because as you grow older those memories will fade.  This is about you the more effort you put into this assignment the more rewards you will receive.  

3rd grade English Language Arts 
Standard 2: Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths through diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
Ed Tech Standard 8 : Use technology resources (e.g., calculators, data collection probes, video, education software,) for problem solving, self-directed learning, and extended learning activities (5,6)

Literature Genres

There are many different genres of literature.  Below is a short video explaining what genres are and how they are used in literature.  We will be reading many different genres in Language Arts I hope you will find your favorite as we learn and read through the materials.  

3rd grade English Language Arts 
Literature Standard 2: Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
Ed Tech Standard 8 : Use technology resources (e.g., calculators, data collection probes, video, education software,) for problem solving, self-directed learning, and extended learning activities (5,6)

Lois Lowry Brochure

Learning about the authors can make books more interesting.  Here is one popular children author to learn about and spark your interest!  As you start reading books that you enjoy and love, find out a little about the author as well.  Many times you will find something in common with the author and that is why you relate to the book.  We will be doing author presentations in class.

Brochure

4th grade Language Arts
 Integration of knowledge and ideas
;reading information text standard 8: Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
Ed Tech Standard 8 : Use technology resources (e.g., calculators, data collection probes, video, education software,) for problem solving, self-directed learning, and extended learning activities (5,6)