THIRD GRADERS ROCK! Reading Writing We will be reading and discussing different The Reading Fair projects are awesome! Thanks mentor texts in order to learn about how for working so hard to complete them! writers work, author’s craft, and generating ANNOUNCEMENTS/IMPORTANT DATES: We are exploring the guiding question, ideas. 10/24 PTA Meeting/Reading Fair & Book Fair “What strategies help us with complex text?” We will soon choose one of our ideas from our 10/26 Literacy Reading Project winners will We will continue reading My Rows and Piles of writing journals and begin turning it into a be announced! Coins and Money From Long Ago. In addition, published piece. 10/27 PTA Glow Party we will watch a video and take notes in order We will analyze characters from our reading 10/30 Crazy dress and/or hair day to synthesize information. selections and about them, using 10/31 Book Character Parade day evidence from the text. We will also continue 11/1 Favorite Team Jersey day We will continue discussing our “Amazing with daily routine writing in order to 11/2 Wear red day Words” each week in order to broaden our strengthen writing skills. 11/3 Pajama Day use of vivid vocabulary. Ask your child what It is expected that ALL third graders’ follow new words he/she has learned! the basic writing rules when writing in any GRADE TEAM class: CONTACT INFORMATION Complete sentences that begin with capital letters, have ending punctuation, and make sense. Mathematics Science Social Studies We will continue using different math strategies, The students are very excited to attend We are continuing our unit on government. such as repeated addition, arrays, and number lines STEAM class every week with Mrs. Grove. Students will read, discuss, and complete to solve multiplication and division word problems up They will be completing activities in the areas activities related to how government was to 100. We will use all four operations to solve word of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & formed in our country, and why it is important problems. We will continue to review finding area. Math each week in the STEAM lab. Ask your to have a government. child what the latest project is!
THIRD GRADERS ROCK! The Reading Fair projects are awesome! Thanks for working so hard to complete them! ANNOUNCEMENTS/IMPORTANT DATES: 10/24 PTA Meeting/Reading Fair & Book Fair 10/26 Literacy Reading Project winners will be announced! 10/27 PTA Glow Party 10/30 Crazy dress and/or hair day 10/31 Book Character Parade day 11/1 Favorite Team Jersey day 11/2 Wear red day 11/3 Pajama Day GRADE TEAM CONTACT INFORMATION Reading We are exploring the guiding question, “What strategies help us with complex text?” We will continue reading My Rows and Piles of Coins and Money From Long Ago. In addition, we will watch a video and take notes in order to synthesize information. We will continue discussing our “Amazing Words” each week in order to broaden our use of vivid vocabulary. Ask your child what new words he/she has learned! Writing We will be reading and discussing different mentor texts in order to learn about how writers work, author’s craft, and generating ideas. We will soon choose one of our ideas from our writing journals and begin turning it into a published piece. We will analyze characters from our reading selections and about them, using evidence from the text. We will also continue with daily routine writing in order to strengthen writing skills. It is expected that ALL third graders’ follow the basic writing rules when writing in any class: Complete sentences that begin with capital letters, have ending punctuation, and make sense. Mathematics We will continue using different math strategies, such as repeated addition, arrays, and number lines to solve multiplication and division word problems up to 100. We will use all four operations to solve word problems. We will continue to review finding area. Science The students are very excited to attend STEAM class every week with Mrs. Grove. They will be completing activities in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Math each week in the STEAM lab. Ask your child what the latest project is! Social Studies We are continuing our unit on government. Students will read, discuss, and complete activities related to how government was formed in our country, and why it is important to have a government.
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