Reading: Students have been finding the main idea of various reading passages. This was introduced by having students find the stated main idea (and details to support that idea). Additional practice can be found on our itslearning page.
Word Study: Word study helps students to learn the meaning of new words, understand spelling patterns, and recognize patterns in reading. We do not want children memorizing words, but instead recognizing patterns. This week we worked on adding -s, -es, or -ies, to words to make them plural. Starting Monday, we will begin our discussion on irregular plurals. This will include changing -fe to v and changing vowels to make words plural (goose-geese, woman-women). Don't forget to check your child's take home folder for our upcoming sort!
Math: This week, we have introduced multiplication and division. We have been practicing using arrays, equal groups, and equal sharing. Fact families are also an important piece of understanding how multiplication an division are related.
Science: Our latest mystery focused around selection. For example, we may take the seeds from the sweetest apple to create an even sweeter apple! Students were able to try a variety of apples to determine the properties of each type of apple, and to determine their favorite.
Social Studies: We've recently started a new unit on the origins of our country and state. We have discussed trading(between Native Americans and the Colonists), and how these trades and agreements have impacted Michigan. Our learning will then focus on what life was like for the tribes and items that we sill use today from the Native Americans, such as the snowshoe.
Writing: Personal narratives are moving forward and the students are learning a lot about writing. Our goals are to expand our writing by taking small moments and write about them through our senses creating a replay of the event. Essentially we break down each part of the event into small parts and write to explain everything that was occurring. Most recently, We have been working hard to revise our writing by adding transition words, sensory detail, and description. We will be wrapping up with our conclusions and completely our final draft in the next couple weeks.
Next Week's Schedule:
Planners
Please check and sign planners each day! We want to communicate all that is happening in 3rd grade this year. We are still checking planners here at school to make sure that they are getting signed at home.
Classroom Parties
Our Halloween/Harvest parties will be on Thursday, October 31st at 2:30 until the end of the day. Remember that for school, no weapons or costumes that are overly gory are permitted. Save those accessories for your family trick-or-treat time! We were recently notified by our office staff, that it is not necessary to complete a volunteer form to help during our parties.
