Hi, parents!
We’ve had a lot of class activity and extracurricular activity in the past week at school. We closed out the Fun Run with some amazing fun. You and your students raised a ton of money for our school. I confided with a couple of parents on the Fun Run field that I wish we could have activity like the obstacle course daily! The kids had so much fun. 🙂
Homework
This week’s reading homework will include an article chosen by your student. They will read the article on Monday and complete responses on Tuesday. We will repeat this on Wednesday and Thursday, just like we do with the Google Classroom question. Please make sure they take their time and find their answers in the text. Each day after we’ve read, our tables will confer about the different articles they’ve chosen and share new information they’ve learned.
Reading
This week, our class continued to work on non fiction text features and cause and effect in non fiction in reading. We also shared what we knew about tsunamis, what we’d like to know, and recorded what we’ve learned. We read some nonfiction articles and a small book about tsunamis. On Monday, we’ll start our next novel, I Survived the Japanese Tsunami. While starting the novel, we’ll work on describing characters in a story (their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Writing
In writing, we’ve learned about all of the components of narrative writing. This week, we will choose a draft to complete and start working toward editing and publishing our first narrative.
Math
In math, we finished properties. We took a little more time than originally planned, but after assessing for understanding, I decided to circle back and make sure we had a firm grasp on all of the properties. This week, we will start division. I spoke with many of you individually, and as a whole group about the importance of multiplication fluency and knowing our math facts. While we studied properties of multiplication, students who were still working on math facts had a harder time. That will be more apparent as we start division. It is important that your students know their math facts. Additionally, if they are still using counting up to figure out math facts, practicing fluency in addition is incredibly helpful.
We will read The Doorbell Rang to start division. Ask your students about how we started our division unit. It is one of those interactive lessons they really love. Also, look for real world division problems and point them out to your student. This helps to solidify that process.
Next week is Red Ribbon week.
Dates to Remember:
10/22 – Monday – Red Ribbon – Wear red
10/23 – Tuesday – Be Kind to yourself – Wear your Be Kind shirt
10/24 – Wednesday – Our School Chooses Drug Free – Wear your uniform; make up picture day
10/25 – Thursday – Peace Out to Drugs – Wear peace signs or tie dye, unsats/progress reports, bring in your Spooky Buffet item to school by today
10/26 – Friday – No school – Nevada Day
10/31 – Wednesday – Halloween – Grade 3 Spooky Buffet
Thanks for all that you do and all that you do to help our classroom. We are better because of your efforts.
Ms. B. in Class 