Reading: Third graders have been practicing their fluency through reader's theater this week. Ongoing skill practice continues to be focused on finding the main idea and details of paragraphs as well as the traits of characters in stories.
Word Study: No word study this week because of the shorter days this week. Word study will resume next week and the skills being practiced will be sent home on Monday.
Math: The third graders are learning a great deal about multiplication and division. We continue to play games to gain recall of the facts. They are also learning various strategies for finding the solution to unknown facts. Ask your child about the add-a-group and subtract-a-group strategy which was learned this week!
Science: Our "Power of Flowers" unit is complete! Next week we will begin our "Animals Through Time" unit.
Social Studies: Just a reminder that unit 2 has been completed and the chapter test is Monday.
Writing: Students have started finalizing personal narratives and typing them in GoogleDocs. More revisions will take place once the typing is complete. Revision work is meant to strengthen a student's writing.
Next Week's Schedule:
Stuff-A-Truck
Please remember that we are collecting canned food for our annual food drive. Boxes are outside each classroom to collect non-perishable items. Our school goal is to DOUBLE last year's collection of 1500 items. The classroom that collects the most will win a personal pan pizza party from Pizza Hut and recognition on 97.5 Y Country.
As teachers, we are always striving to communicate better with our families. We understand that the way children are learning math is different than when you were young. Because of that, we will be sharing another video with you next week so you have a clearer understanding of how your child is learning multiplication and division. Included in the video will be several games that you can play at home to help your child to practice multiplication in a fun way. We hope the video helps you to feel more connected with what your child is learning in school. We are also busy planning a fun evening visit in our 3rd-grade classrooms so your child can show you all that he or she gets to experience during a day of math in 3rd grade. It will be very informal and we hope you will consider coming! We will let you know as soon as the date is finalized.
Math Video and Math Night
Report Cards
Next Friday is a half-day of school. Teachers will be working on finalizing report cards. Report cards will be sent home the week of the 18th.
