Week of March 5th

 

  We hope that you have spent some extra time focusing on reading during this first week           of reading month! We hope to foster the love for reading in all of our students!

💚Don't forget to check out the links on our Google Classrooms for school-wide activities. 

💚Complete as many activities as you can on the 3rd-grade Reading Bingo Sheet

💚Spend some time reading something fun with your child

💚Let your teacher know if you want to be a virtual guest reader

Special Days for Reading Month

March 5th

Dress to show enthusiasm for your favorite team

March 12th

Dress as your favorite book character

March 19th

Flashlight Friday and P.J. Day

March 26th

Read my shirt and hat day

April 1st

Neon Day

Important Dates For the Month

March 15 - No School
March 17 - Late Start
March 24 - Late Start
March 31 - Late Start
April 2 - No School Spring Break Begins

💚 We appreciate the donations of Kleenex and Hand Sanitizer

💚 We are beginning to have a number of students that are forgetting to charge computers at night. Please revisit your house rules about taking care of the school computer and being ready to learn each day.

Word Study Next Week

Our focus will be on Long O Vowel Patterns in Accented syllables. Words for Friday will be: suppose, rowboat, stolen

What We Learned This Week

Language Arts: We have continued our research with "Women's History Month". Our 3rd graders will continue to grow their reading skills while learning about these important women. We also started a new close reading story. Look for the questions to come home to see how your child is progressing with answering questions about the text. 

Writing: Our informational writing units are complete! The completed books will be graded and sent home soon.

Math: The area and perimeter unit is complete and we have now started our fractions unit. There are 3 goals for this unit. Students should be able to identify a fraction of a whole, recognize and partition fractions on a number line, and lastly, identify equivalent fractions. Fractions are trickier for third graders than they are for adults. Common mistakes occur with denominators and when partitioning circles, squares, and rectangles into equal parts.  Students can work on Section V 1 - 11 of IXL or can work on Khan Academy at home for extra practice.

Social Studies: The chapter 4 test is complete and we will soon begin chapter 6 (we skip chapter 5 as the Civil War is covered in a different grade).. 

Science: We have only 1 science unit left for the year. It is called "Stormy Skies" and we will begin this unit as we get closer to spring.

• Continue practicing multiplication facts.. The ability to recall facts is reported on report cards. We still have one trimester to memorize facts so keep working!

• There are no drinking fountains at school. Bring a refillable water bottle to school each day. 

• Earbuds/Earphones are an essential part of learning. Many students do not have working earbuds at school. We have some available for student use but students often do not like how they feel. 

Extra Math Practice

If you are looking for extra practice opportunities, here are some choices on IXL:

Fractions as Numbers:  3rd Grade, Section V 1 - 11

Multiplication:   3rd Grade, F1, F2, H6,

Division:   3rd Grade, Section I, Activities 1-5

Elapsed Time:  3rd Grade, Section T, Activities 1-8 (finish the section for a challenge!)

Place Value:  3rd Grade, Section B, Activities 1-9 (6 will be a challenge!)

Addition:   3rd Grade, Section C, Activities 1, 2, 6, 9, 12, 15, 16

Subtraction:   3rd Grade, Section D, Activities 1, 2, 6, 7

Rounding:   3rd Grade, Section P, Activities 1, 2, 3, 5, 8

Volume:   3rd Grade, Section Z, Activities 7, 11, 16, 20

Measurement   3rd Grade, Section Z, Activities 3, 4, 5, 13, 18, 22

Mass:   3rd Grade, Section Z, Activities 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 17

Perimeter:   3rd Grade, Section DD 1 - 4. For a challenge try #5

Area:   3rd Grade, Section DD 6 - 10, 13 For a challenge try #11, 12, 14 - 18

*Please ask your child to show you ConnectEd. There are some great games for additional practice!