Our first week back from break went great and super fast! Last week we took our fractions test as well as a large mad minute test. Watch for those grades to come home soon. We will be diving into our next math unit, addition and subtraction, right away.
Our third grade field trip is in the process of being planned. I am working with our destination and transportation to confirm the details. A note will come home this week! The students are pretty excited to know that a field trip is coming up! M-STEP is quickly approaching. We have been doing a little bit of preparing in class. Students have been practicing with how to draw details out of their reading. They have also been working on writing a text dependent analysis. The reading responses that you have seen coming home are from this practice. Though an official grade from these is not reflected on the report card, I am collecting grammar grades each time. Encourage your child to always go back and fix up their mistakes! We will be taking the M-STEP the first week in May. We would like to squeeze in one final book club. This book club will fall in the last two weeks of school. I know that it is a tricky time with spring sports, but we have had such a wonderful time celebrating our reading and want to do it one last time! Please keep an eye out for a note about this as well. Parent Club has a new fundraiser for us this year. On April 25th, they are hosting a sign making party. Forms went home last week, but let me know if you would like another one. The cost is $15 per sign and you do not have to be present to participate; they will send the kits home. This looks like a fun event! Curriculum and Reminders: Math - We will be starting our next unit which is addition and subtraction. We will actually begin with learning how to round. This concept can be tricky! The sang that we use is, "1 through 4 stay on the floor, 5 through 9 climb the vine." Reading - We are working on biographies this week. We are investigating how the time period that a person lived in affected the events in their lives. Writing - This week we will be working on finishing drafting and editing our essays about how to save the earth. Social Studies - We are working on our economics unit. Students are learning about producers, consumers, goods, services, wants, needs, scarcity, and opportunity cost. We will be leading into our economics market place activity soon. Gym - Wednesday Tuesday, April 17 - Parent Club meeting April 25th - Park Parent Club sign making fundraiser
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