Important Dates:
Mon. 12/3 - Grades 3, 4, and 5 Family Math Night 6:30-8:30
Wed. 12/5 - Grades K - 2 Family Math Night 6:30-8:30
Family Math Night's theme is Sports! Football, Cricket, Basketball, and LaCrosse have never been this much fun. Watch your children move, learn, and discover the excitement of Math! So, warm-up and come out to participate in all the LIVE action. There are going to be a few cool estimation exercises - so bring a pencil and get moving! Walk-ins are welcome.
Citizenship
The focus for citizenship this week is respecting substitutes. Unfortunately, teachers do have to miss school from time to time. When we do, sometimes the students act differently with a substitute. We will discuss the importance of be respectful and responsible with substitutes and how it keeps us safe.
Mon. 12/3 - Grades 3, 4, and 5 Family Math Night 6:30-8:30
Wed. 12/5 - Grades K - 2 Family Math Night 6:30-8:30
Family Math Night's theme is Sports! Football, Cricket, Basketball, and LaCrosse have never been this much fun. Watch your children move, learn, and discover the excitement of Math! So, warm-up and come out to participate in all the LIVE action. There are going to be a few cool estimation exercises - so bring a pencil and get moving! Walk-ins are welcome.
Citizenship
The focus for citizenship this week is respecting substitutes. Unfortunately, teachers do have to miss school from time to time. When we do, sometimes the students act differently with a substitute. We will discuss the importance of be respectful and responsible with substitutes and how it keeps us safe.
Reading
We are continuing our author study on Chris Van Allsburg. This week, the students will be reading Two Bad Ants and The Stranger. The main strategy that we will focus on is inferencing. The students will use the information from the story and their own back ground knowledge to make predictions/guesses about the stories. Inferencing involves higher level thinking and so we will be spending the week on this strategy.
Right before break, we are planning on watching movies based on Van Allsburg's books. If anyone has a DVD copy of Zathura or Jumanji and are willing to let us borrow it, please contact your child's homeroom teacher.
Right before break, we are planning on watching movies based on Van Allsburg's books. If anyone has a DVD copy of Zathura or Jumanji and are willing to let us borrow it, please contact your child's homeroom teacher.
Writing
Some students are still finishing up on their personal narratives. Then we will move on to writing about the author Chris Van Allsburg and will respond to his books. We will also incorporate some winter writing as students finish their work.
Spelling
The Unit 13 test will be this Friday, 12/7. The pattern focuses on words with "oo" in them. Please make sure to practice every night.
Social Studies
We will be finishing our unit on our countries government by learning about our nation's capital, Washington D.C.. Students will learn how Washington D.C. became our capital and how it has changed since the beginning of our nation until the present time. Benjamin Franklin and George Washington were two men that made a significant difference in our country. The students have been discussing their contributions to the country, as well.
Third Grade Math
Unit 3 focuses on measurement, perimeter, and area. Students will be exposed to measuring with U.S. customary and metric units of length. In addition, they will learn the how to find the perimeter and area of a quadrilateral.
Accelerated Math
The beginning of unit 4 focuses on decimals. Students will be exposed to decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100. They will compare two decimals to tenths and hundredths and will learn how to write the decimals in expanded form. The second part of unit 4 focuses on different types of measurements. We will learn conversions between measurements as well.
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