1~ We will be taking the CRCT test April 12-18. We will test beginning each morning beginning at 8:00.
2~ Students need to be on time for school.
3~ Make sure your child has had a healthy breakfast.
4~ Pack a healthy snack.
5~ Please, no visitors for lunch during testing. There are many lunch and specials changes during testing.
6~ Encourage your child to do their best!
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Important Dates in November....
Thursday, 11/4~ Boosterthon "Fun Run" 12:15-1:00
Thursday, 11/11~ Science Day
Tuesday, 11/16~ Tellus Museum Field Trip 9:15-1:45
11/22 - 11/25 Thanksgiving Break! ENJOY!!
Curriculum Updates...
READING~ We have been showing our understanding of the text by writing a Response to Literature. We have been reading aloud and creating a class Response to LIterature to showing our understanding of the text. Students will be reading self selected books on their level and creating book jackets to share their Response to Literature.
WRITING~ We are continuing our writing of narratives. This time the narrative is a chronological narrative. We began by completing a brainstorming map, and then sharing our intended story aloud. Students are now in the process of writing their first draft.
WORD STUDY~ We will be working with Sort 11next week. Please have your child practice their words at home. For homework the students are writing sentences with 10 chosen words. They will then stell the kind of sentences used... declarative, imperative, exclamatory, or interrogative. Spellingcity.com is also a great resource. I have it linked on the right side of my blog with directions. I have programmed the weekly sort. The site offers many different games to make practicing the words fun. It will even give your child a spelling test!
MATH~ We are continuing to work with multiplication. it is important that you child practice their multiplication facts nightly, whether it be with flashcards or a game on the computer. A great site for multiplication games is multiplication.com.
SCIENCE~ We are completing our study of soil this week. Students will be bringing home a study guide. The quiz over soil will be Wednesday, 11/10.
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READING~ Students have been working with me to assess indivudual reading levels. This will help your child to know what level of independent books to be checking out. ALso, ask you child what theur Accelerated Reader goal is, and how close they are to reading that goal!! (A.R. Goals need to be met by October 22.)
WRITING~ We have just finished our first persoanl narrative, and they are wonderful! They will be displayed in the hall for conference week. Take the time to read some of them as you wait for your conference time.
Word Study~ We will be working with Sort 7 next week. Please have your child practice their words at home. For homework the students are writing sentences with 10 chosen words. They will then stell the kind of sentences used... declarative, imperative, exclamatory, or interrogative. Spellingcity.com is also a great resource. I have it linked on the right side of my blog with directions. I have programmed the weekly sort. The site offers many different games to make practicing the words fun. It will even give your child a spelling test!
MATH~ We will taking our 9 week math assessment on Thursday, October 14th. It will assess the standards we have been working with for the 1st 9 weeks.
SCIENCE~ Look for a study guide over "Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils" to come home Tuesday. The test will cover that same information. The test will be given on Friday, October 15th.
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There will not be any written homework during testing. Please continue to read, get a good nights sleep, and eat a healthy breakfast. We will begin testing each day at 8:00. (Testing dates Sept. 29- Oct. 8)
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CogAt Testing: September 29- October 1
Iowa Testing: October 4- 8
Picture Retakes: October 11
Conference Week: October 18-22
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READING~ Reading Groups met this week to discuss the continued reading strategy of "deep" connections as well as identigy the story elements in their groups' story...setting, characters, problem, and solution... in our books.
WRITING~ We are currently writing a personal narrative. Students spent some time this last week looking at other narratives and discussing what would have made it a better piece, or what the writer did really well in it. We determined many of the pieces we felt that the writier needed to add more details. Our goal is to add a lot of details to our own narratives! We will finish our 1st draft of our personal narratives this week and begin to peer revise, peer edit, and have writing conferences with me.
Word Study~ We will be working with Sort 6 next week. Please have your child practice their words at home. They may use their cut out words to sort at home or help to arrange in ABC order. Spellingcity.com is also a great resource. I have it linked on the right side of my blog with directions. I have programmed the weekly sort. The site offers many different games to make practicing the words fun. It will even give your child a spelling test!
MATH~ We reviewed addition with regrouping last week, and will jump right into subtraction this week. The Math Check-Up on Thursday will have a heavy focus on addition and subtraction skills.
SOCIAL STUDIES~ Look for a study guide over "Democracy and Government" to come home Monday. The test will cover that same information. The test will be given on Thursday, September 16th.
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Math~ In math we have been working on estimating. We worked this week with estimating to the 10's place in numbers through the then thousands place. "Math Rotations" began this week as well! During "Math Rotations", students rotate to 4 different activities that are geared to that particular group of students. All students participate in an activity in Problem Solving, Current Skills, Review Skills, and Guided Group with me. Next week, we will extend the skill of estimating by estimating to other places in a number, not just the 10's. We will also begin to look for patterns in input/ output charts.
Word Study~ We will be working with Sort 4 next week. Please have your child practice their words at home. They may use their cut out words to sort at home or help to arrange in ABC order. Spellingcity.com is also a great resource. I have it linked on the right side of my blog with directions. I have programmed the weekly sort. The site offers many different games to make practicing the words fun. It will even give your child a spelling test!
Reading~ We have been focusing on making connections. We did have a mini-lesson this past week on "Surface Connections vs. Deep Connecitons". We discussed how it is important for our connections to help us better understand the characters or events in the story. We are also working to show our thinking on sticky notes as we are reading. Next week we will begin reading groups! I really enjoy this time of getting to read and discuss with the small groups!
Writing~ We just completed our first piece of writing which was an interview of another classmate. This really helped us get to know one another! We did take this piece through the writing stages of 1st draft, peer revisions, editing, conferencing with me, and finally publishing! We will begin our personal narratives next week!
Social Studies~ We have been studying the roots of our government. We learned that not only did we get the idea of democracy from Greece, but we copied some of their architecture (columns). We enjoyed reading about this in our Weekly Studies Newspaper. We will now take a closer look at our government, beginning with our local government.
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WELCOME TO THE THIRD GRADE!!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
MRS. BROWN’S CLASS
The school day begins at
Our lunchtime is 11:00–11:30
Student lunch w/drink $1.60 Adult Lunch $2.50 Extra Drink $0.50
Our specials time is from 9:25 – 10:05.
The students will have a calendar for the month with each days specials filled in. This will be in the back cover of their binder. Please remember that students must wear tennis shoes on P.E. days.
Target students will be served on Fridays.
We will have a snack time each day. Please pack an energy boosting snack- NON SUGARY/ NO CANDY- for your child to munch on during this break. Your child may bring a water bottle. Please only pull tops, not twist off tops. (TOO many spills!)
We will celebrate and share birthday treats during snack time. (Birthday treats will not be allowed in the cafeteria.) If you are sending a treat, please be sure there is enough to share with all classmates. Also, please bring individual treats only, such as cupcakes or cookies. (No cakes, ice cream or drinks).
Open House for 3rdgrade will take place August 31, 2010 at 7:30 – 8:30p.m. I will go over our daily routine and expectations for the year at this meeting. Mark your calendars now and plan to attend!!! I hope to see each of you there.
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