Curriculum:
Your students made it through a more considerable academic week this week. We worked on reading standards with our first novel, found many strategies to solve multiplication problems, and finished our writing community setup.
You likely noticed that your students have been building their own set of multiplication facts flash cards for homework. We have finished both sets. I’ve asked students to bring in their “at home” set so I can check them. The strategies students have learned thus for for solving multiplication equations are equal groups, doubling, finding patterns, and skip counting.
Students will also start listening to their multiplication songs! If you indicated you would prefer a CD, that will come home on Tuesday. Happy listening!
For your reference, here are the strategies we’ve been learning. I will send a paper copy home as well. Please encourage your students to use them when completing homework. We’ll also learn all about arrays this week.
Homework:
We made it through logging into programs for digital homework. This week, students will have a choice. Students can complete paper homework or digital homework. If they complete digital homework, they should complete the digital homework log. I check all of our homework sites daily for completion and the log helps me verify and give credit for that work. If students prefer paper homework, it must come back every day. Students are required to get your signature on their planner page every night. Students are required to write their homework in their planner daily. Here is this week’s homework: 2019-09-03 Homework
Independence:
Many of our 3rd grade standards differ from second grade standards by requiring students to work independently. You will notice that I will require each student to take complete responsibility for their work in the next couple of weeks. We will transition from “with assistance” to independence. This means that if your student is missing work, it is their responsibility to turn it in. If they do not put their name on their work, it is their responsibility to check the no name basket and claim graded work that doesn’t have a name. I handed out missing work detail sheets on Friday. For those students who did not turn in work, I reminded them to check the no name basket. Next Friday, I will send the same sheet home to you. This allows them to start taking responsibility for what they do in class. All of our assignments have been classwork assignments so far. If they are missing one, it’s a minimal amount of their overall grade, but with so few assignments, it helps them to understand the importance of putting their name on work and handing it in.
Upcoming Events (Note, we celebrate Pirate Day in my classroom):
9/2 – No School – Labor Day
9/4 – Fall Pictures
9/6 – Pizza Friday
9/6 – Free Dress Day – Superhero Day
9/9-9/13 Fall Book Fair
9/11 – Gamewright Game Night (Please come and join me!)
9/13 – Grandparents Breakfast (Thank you PTA!)
9/18 – Open House
9/19 – Pirate Day
Ms. B. in Class 