Friday, 9/9/11= Walk to School Spirit Day! Please walk to school and wear our school colors and/or spirit wear!
Monday, 9/12/11= Back to School Ice-Cream Social @ 6 p.m. on the blacktop near the playground! Hope to see you there! Come for some free ice-cream and socialize with your friends!
Thursday, 9/15/11= Curriculum Night
Kindergarten through 2nd grades 6:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Kindergarten through 5th grades 7:05 - 7:35 p.m.
Grades 3, 4, 5 may visit math teacher 7:40 - 7:50 p.m.
3rd grades through 5th grades 7:55 - 8:25 p.m.
Music
Dear 3rd grade parents,
It's recorder time! Our third grade
students will be starting recorder soon. Please go to the music blog at
mwmusicnews.blogspot.com to print out a copy of the order form. If you
need a hard copy, I will have extra forms available
in my room. Thank you very much! The students are very excited about the recorder.
Sincerely,
Cathy Dunafin- Music Teacher
We will learn how to respect YOE (Yourself, Others, and the Environment) in different school settings such as in the bathroom, hallways, and playground. Each week, the class will set a goal to try to earn gold tickets by demonstrating good citizenship skills throughout the building. When the class meets their goal, they earn a celebration at the end of the week! The students can also earn individual blue paw prints which can be redeemed for different rewards. We will also start learning different ways to problem solve.
Spelling
Simply click on the Spelling Tab above for your child's list. The skill for List 2 is short i, short o and short u words. The test will be on Friday, 9/16.
Reading
Our story for the next two weeks is The Talent Show by Susan Wojciechowski. This story is about a little girl who decides to do a play with a bossy friend for the class talent show. Throughout the story, Beany learns many lessons about friends who try to "run the show" and learns that it is okay to be "Beany". While reading this story, the students will review how to create mental images. There will not be a comprehension quiz this story, however, the students will be assess on the skill of the week which is creating mental images.
vocabulary: gym, perform, prefer, recite, enjoying, billions, roam
To go along with the story of the week, each class will be putting on their own talent show. There is a tab on the top with more details. The talent show will be on Thursday, 9/15 and Friday 9/16.
Writing- We have been launching our Writer's Workshop. We've talked about what Writer's Workshop sounds and looks like and how the daily routine will be. We have also started to brainstorm several different ideas for our writing this year. Soon we will be going through the writing process using one of the stories we will write from one of our brainstorming maps.
Grammar Skill- The students will review verbs and adjectives for the next two weeks.
Grade 3 Math- The students will begin Unit 1 by learning how to use their SRB (Student Reference Book) as a study tool. We will also review the skills of telling time and using rulers to measure objects in inches and centimeters. The children will learn how to compile data into the form of a graph. Please encourage your child to complete their Home Link every night and to use the SRB to reinforce their skills at home.
Later in Unit 1, the students will find equivalent names for numbers. We will talk about the language of chance and what is likely or not likely to happen (or sure and not sure). We will also talk about what finding the difference means (subtracting the amount between two numbers) and finish with calculator routines.
By the end of Unit 1, the students should be able to:
- Identify and use number patterns to solve problems
- Count by 10"s and 100's
- Apply place value concepts in 4 digit numbers,
- Tell and show time to the nearest minute
- Count combinations of bills and coins and write the total in dollars and cents notation
- Find equivalent names for numbers
Accelerated Math- Unit 1 focuses on naming and constructing geometric figures. We will practice using geometric tools, learn how to classify quadrangles and will explore and identify polygons. In addition, we will explore the SRB (student reference book) and review and practice addition and subtraction facts.
Social Studies
This week we will wrap up our unit on communities by creating brochures of Naperville. We will also review the unit and have our test this Friday, 9/9. A study guide came home last Thursday. Please make sure to review with your child.
Science
We will begin our first science unit on bones and muscles next week. We will focus on the purpose of the skeletal system and the muscular system. The students will learn some scientific names for bones and will learn the names of the different joints in our bodies.
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