The weather sure has things all wacky these days! I bet you had some pretty excited kids these last few days. Please encourage your kiddo to keep up with their reading since we will not be getting as much academic time in. Aim for 20-30 minutes a day and ask your child to share what their story is about.
Please be sure to fill out the background check if you haven't yet! This will ensure that you can attend all school events in the future. Thank you for taking the time to do this! I had a wonderful opportunity to catch a hockey game of one of my students this weekend. I just love seeing kids in their element! If your child is in any extra curricular, sports or otherwise, send me their schedule. I would love to try and stop in and cheer them on! Curriculum: Math: We continue to work on our measurement unit. We will be moving off of time for now, though practice is still so important. We will be working on reading and answering questions related to graphs this week. Reading: We continue to work on our Reading to Learn unit. Students are working on deepening their talk about the text as well as being able to find the main idea and supporting details. Writing: Students are well into their chapters for their informational books. I am so impressed with the writing these kids are doing! They have done an excellent job using their boxes and bullets. Social Studies: We will be continuing our work with history. This week we will talk about the Great Lakes Fur Trade and how this changed the lives of Native Americans. Questions: * What are your chapters about in your informational writing? * What is one thing you have learned about Native Americans? * What is one book you really want to read?
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We had a great week last week. The kids dove back into their learning so well! One thing that I have emphasized with the kids is that they are now, "professional third graders," meaning that they truly know the expectations and are on their way to becoming 4th graders. With that in mind, students are working hard on staying focused, following directions, and organized in the classroom. Students have done a pretty good job bringing their good fit book home and school each day. We will be continuing this for the remainder of the year. Curriculum Update Writing: We are working on our informational writing pieces. This week we will be focusing on organizing our writing into neat chapters before we begin our writing. We will be using the strategy of boxes and bullets. Math: We are continuing our measurement unit and this week will still be focused on time. We will be talking about how to tell time as minutes before and minutes after an hour. We will also be working on elapsed time and understanding how to find the start time, end time, and time passed. This can be a very tricky concept, so any extra practice is great! Reading: We are working on our non-fiction reading unit which is focused on reading to learn. Students have been working on summarizing a chapter using boxes and bullets to highlight main idea and supporting details. This week we will continue this work with our focus being on the supporting details. Social Studies: We will be continuing our history unit this week. We will continue to learn about the Native Americans that were here in Michigan. We will discuss the importance that waterways played in Native American lives. Update: P.E. - Monday & Friday January 26th - Mother Son Bowling (info. to come home) Questions for an extra $: * How have you improved as a 3rd grader? * What non-fiction topics interest you? * What is your informational writing topic?
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