We expected delivery of our crayfish last week, but it did not happen. We’ve been informed that we will get them on Tuesday. I am looking forward to the experience as much as they are.
This week we will build our vocabulary and knowledge of stories and poems as we continue to read our class novel, Stone Fox. This all reinforces students ability to refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
In writing, we will continue to draft opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons. Your students have learned the acronym OREREO and ate OREOs while writing.
In math, we will start a unit on area and perimeter. We will learn multiple strategies so students will be able to recognize area as an attribute of plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement, and solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons.
I’ve attached the following to your student’s homework packet. Please take the time to read.
As we continue around the corner of our 3rd grade year, I wanted to take a moment to make sure students understand homework expectations.
Students can complete digital homework. Math will be aligned to our standards upon which we are working for the week. Students can work on ST Math, Socrates, or Prodigy for 20 minutes per night instead of completing the paper packet.
Xtramath.org:
I’ve had some parents reach out to me and state that their students are struggling with Xtramath. This is because students are not yet fluent with their addition and subtraction facts. Doing one session of Xtramath per night can change how your student feels about math computation. Please encourage them to do it.
Reading and Writing:
Students are required to start sentences with a capital letter and a period from now until the end of time (that’s what I tell them). All homework should have complete sentences for answers. All paragraphs for writing should be indented. All sentences should be reread to make sure they make sense. Students can and should self edit.
Comprehension question responses should restate the question and the response should contain a portion of the text as an answer. Example of a 3rd grade response to this week’s comprehension question:
Q. Why was Dental Health Month created?
A. Dental Health Month was created to increase awareness of the importance of good dental care and hygiene.
Homework Options:
- Students can complete digital math or the paper packet as detailed above.
- Students can complete paper comprehension questions or complete the assigned
Readworks.org article on the computer. The questions must be answered as indicated above. - Students must complete paper fluency each week.
- If there is a specific writing assignment, students can complete the draft on paper and the final on Google Docs.
- Students must read each night and log what they read.
Thanks for helping me prepare your students for the transition to 4th grade. Have a great week!
Ms. Boelter
This week’s homework: 2019-01-28 homework
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