Week of April 29 - May 3

Hello Third Grade students and families!  Welcome to May!  Here's what's happening in third grade this week...

Important Dates:

 5/6/13 -Volunteer Appreciation Dessert Reception
Mark your calendars volunteers.  The Volunteer Dessert Reception has been re-scheduled for Monday, May 6th from 2:00-3:30.  Please come and be our guests for some yummy desserts.  It's our way of saying "thanks" for all you do to help the May Watts community.  May Watts wouldn't be the great school it is without the time and talent of all our fabulous volunteers.

The third grade students will be preforming a special "thank you" about 2:45pm -- don't miss it!

5/9/13 - Jump for Heart

Students will be jumping rope to raise money and promote heart healthy activities.

5/13/13 - No School - School Improvement Day

Reading - This week the students will discuss the setting of a story and how it affects the mood/feelings of the reader.  We will read a fun story called Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch.  Later in the week, we will be reading the poem I'm in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor.  The poem is about a girl who shares her love for desert life as she tells of treasured experiences such as dancing in the wind on Dust Devil Day or sleeping outside on a hot summer night.  This story will lead into our writing unit on poetry. 

Writing -  The students are finishing up their natural disaster posters and will practice how to write to a prompt - or on-demand writing.  This is when the students are told to write on a certain topic in a timed environment.  The students will learn how to use linking words such as for example, because,  for instance, therefore, etc. to explain their opinion.  After the students complete a few prompts, we will be moving into a unit on poetry.

Spelling - This week the students will be tested on list #27.  The pattern is to change y to i.  The test will be Friday, May 3rd.

Social Studies - The students have been learning about immigration through Ellis Island and Angel Island in the early 1900's.  We will also discuss the Great Migration when many African Americans moved North from the South to have a better life.  

Math-

Third Grade Math -  Currently third grade math is learning about volume and capacity.  The students are learning how to measure weight in grams and kilograms and how to measure liquid capacity in liters and milliliters.  After we complete this short unit.  The remainder of the year will be dedicated to solving word problems and a review of the standards.

Accelerated Math - Accelerated math is continuing to study fractions