3rd Grade Weekly Newsletter
Each newsletter describes what your child has been learning in school, what they will be learning the following week, and homework assignments your child will be receiving.
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Each newsletter describes what your child has been learning in school, what they will be learning the following week, and homework assignments your child will be receiving.
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A few dates to remember as we look forward to next week.
This week – Dec. 11-15 Reading – This week in reading we finished our unit on asking questions and wondering while reading. Students also worked to make inferences about Irene, the main character in Brave Irene, who faces great challenges during the story. We learned a lot about her as we read about how she rose to the occasion and faced hardships. Students worked to record questions and wonderings about their own reading during independent reading time. Vocabulary – We learned the words slog, commence, flabbergasted, permissible, impermissible and adventuresome, which came from the book Mailing May. Check in with your student about which word was their favorite and how it was used in the story. Writing – Everyone learned from each other and asked questions and gave compliments during our Author’s Chair share for personal narratives. We have been having some creative writing days where students get to write about their favorite holiday traditions and a gift they would give to the world. Chat with your student about what they’ve written so far this week. Math – This week in math students finished Unit 3 and took their end of unit assessment. We focused on strategies for solving word problems and equations up to 1,000. When we return from the holidays - Reading – After the holiday break, we will begin a new unit which will again focus on wondering and asking questions but will be anchored in the genre of nonfiction biography. Writing –We’ll begin our Narrative Performance Task, where students will be using articles to write a response to a prompt. Math –We will move onto Unit 4, which focuses on perimeter, area and polygons.
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Dates to Remember:
Barberville Pioneer Settlement permission slips and chaperone forms will be sent home Monday, December 11th. All forms and chaperone ticket money are due by Friday, December 15th. Permission slips, chaperone forms, and chaperone ticket money will not be accepted after December 15th. Wednesday, December 13th- Friday, December 15th Early Release at 12:30 Winter Holiday begins Monday, December 18th and ends Tuesday, January 2nd School Resumes Wednesday, January 3rd Friday, January 19th- 2/3 Community Fieldtrip to Barberville Pioneer Settlement This week – Dec 4-8 Reading – This week in reading we continued to practice asking questions and wondering while reading. We read a charming book called Brave Irene by William Steig. Students also had an opportunity to make inferences about the main character as she faced problems. Students wrote down questions they had while reading the story and talked them over with their partners. It is important that students ask questions before, during, and after reading. Even if they cannot find the answer to their questions, asking them and thinking about the answers deepens a reader's understanding of the text. Vocabulary – This week we reviewed the words shuffle, swarm, urgent, motion, prowl, and "blow your top," from the book A Day's Work. In addition, we took a Vocabulary Check-in to monitor students’ knowledge of our words from the past 3 units. Writing – Everyone continued to work on publishing/typing their personal narrative. We’ve been asking students to proofread their work even after they’ve finished typing it to ensure their story is their best draft. In addition to typing, students are also working on “other parts” of their stories like a title page, illustration, dedication page, About the Author page or back cover blurb. Ask your student about their publishing and what other parts they’ve been working on. Author’s Chair is also starting this week and next week. Math – In math we are continuing to add and subtract 3 digit numbers through word problems. Continue helping students with their strategy as this skill is supposed to be more solid than others in the past units. Next week - Reading – Next week we will finish this unit on asking questions and wondering and take an assessment to gauge how students are doing applying their skills and strategies in a testing situation. Writing – Next week students will continue to share in the Author's Chair, and stretch their imaginations with fun holiday inspired creative writing prompts. Math – Next week students will continue perfecting their strategies for solving subtraction and addition word problems.
Dates to Remember: Wednesday, December 6th- Wacky Wednesday- Please have your child wear closed toes shoes. Friday, December 8th – 2/3 Community Fieldtrip to Lowry Park Zoo- Information will be coming home on Monday, December 4th about this trip. Please check their folders. Wednesday, December 13th- Friday, December 15th Early Release at 12:30 Winter Holiday begins Monday, December 18th and ends Tuesday, January 2nd School Resumes Wednesday, January 3rd Friday, January 19th- 2/3 Community Fieldtrip to Barberville Pioneer Settlement Reading – This week in reading students continued to practice the strategy of asking questions before, during, and after reading. We used the book Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell to practice. Students also are working to discuss their questions and answers with partners, referring to the text to support their thinking. While students are asking questions, they should also be visualizing and inferring about characters. Good readers do all of these strategies while reading when they are helpful in understanding the book. Vocabulary – This week we learned the words shuffle, swarm, urgent, motion, prowl and “Blow your top” (idiom) from the book A Day’s Work by Eve Bunting. Talk with your student about which word was most interesting to them and why. Writing – This week in writing students edited their personal narratives for spelling and run on sentences. Then they copied over their drafts in preparation for a meeting with their “editor” or teacher. Students will share their pieces in Author’s Chair next week. Math – This week in math we worked to find the difference between two numbers in stories which asked for a distance between Point A and Point B. Students were jumping up or down on a number line or using equations to do the same to solve these problems. We also played a new game called How to Get to 100, where students figured out how far the numbers they drew from the deck were away from 100. We also looked at finding the difference between two distances via Trip Word Problems. No matter which kind students are working on they should visualize what is happening in the problem and this will help them know how to solve it. Please continue practicing the number line strategy with our students. Next week - Reading – Next week we will continue to practice asking questions to help us understand our reading better. Writing - Next week we will continue to work on getting our personal narratives typed and meeting witht the editor/teacher for feedback. Math – Next week we will begin a new investigation-number 5, which will focus on students adding and subtracting fluently and understanding different types of addition and subtraction problems. |