Week of November 16th

 

Personal Message

As a 3rd grade team, we feel face-to-face instruction is very important! We love teaching your student! Cases are increases drastically in our area. and yet we know our students are having many play dates on half-days and in the evenings. Please remember that being in school provides your child with not only an education but also the social interactions and social-emotional learning that you want for your student. During this pandemic, we would love for you to allow the school to be your child's social time and time outside of school for you to be together as a family. It could make the difference in keeping us at school vs. remote learning. We know you are fatigued but we have to do our part for a while longer. Please let us know if we can help in any way.

Important Dates

November 25-27th-No school, Thanksgiving Break

                                                                

Multiplication Facts

 Students will be writing flashcards for each multiplication fact. It is important to note that students will need to bring their flashcards back and forth from home and school. Please have the 0's,1's, and 2's memorized by Monday. Next week will work on 10's! Remember, harder facts will come later so this is a great time to build your child's self-esteem and confidence with math facts. Let them know they are AMAZING right now and they are doing GREAT!

We would greatly appreciate donations of note-cards (3 by 5) for all three classes!

Reminders

• Students need to bring their water bottles every day.
• Students need to bring a snack every day.
• We are good on extra snacks right now--thank you so very much for your donations!

What We Learned This Week

In Language Arts, we read the book 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving. Students worked with this fiction text to find cause and effect and the sequence of events.

Students have been continuing their personal narrative writing! Students have brainstormed ideas as well as feelings to write about for their personal narrative. They will complete a graphic organizer, write a rough draft, and publish this writing by the end of the unit!

Math was focused on continued practice of multiplication and division! Students worked with word problems to equally share different objects. We have practiced creating arrays for both multiplication and division now. We also finished our WINN cycle for elapsed time and reassessed. 

                                                                                                                                                              

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

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

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

                                                                                                                                                              

Students will have their Unit 2 test for Social Studies on Friday (Monday for Mrs. Covert's class). Please review the study guide and practice Kahoot!

No Science this week 

Word Study Next Week

*No word study due to the short week

Week of November 9th

 

Personal Message

As a 3rd grade team, we feel face-to-face instruction is very important! We love teaching your student! Cases are increases drastically in our area. and yet we know our students are having many play dates on half-days and in the evenings. Please remember that being in school provides your child with not only an education but also the social interactions and social-emotional learning that you want for your student. During this pandemic, we would love for you to allow the school to be your child's social time and time outside of school for you to be together as a family. It could make the difference in keeping us at school vs. remote learning. We know you are fatigued but we have to do our part for a while longer. Please let us know if we can help in any way.

Important Dates

November 20: Half day - End of First Trimester

                                                                                                                                

Multiplication Facts

We are beginning our multiplication fact work! Students will be writing flashcards for each multiplication fact. It is important to note that students will need to bring their flashcards back and forth from home and school. Please have the 0's and 1's memorized by Monday. Next week will work on 2's! Remember, harder facts will come later so this is a great time to build your child's self-esteem and confidence with math facts. Let them know they are AMAZING right now and they are doing GREAT!

We would greatly appreciate donations of notecards (3 by 5) for all three classes!

Reminders

• Students need to bring their water bottles every day.
• Students need to bring a snack every day.
• We are good on extra snacks right now--thank you so very much for your donations!

What We Learned This Week

In Language Arts, we read the book I'm Delighted to Learn about Turkeys. Students worked with this non-fiction text to find text evidence, labeling parts of a turkey, and write why turkeys are eaten at Thanksgiving! This non-fiction text pairs with next week's story: 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving.

Students have been continuing their personal narrative writing! Students have brainstormed ideas as well as feelings to write about for their personal narrative. They will complete a graphic organizer, write a rough draft, and publish this writing by the end of the unit!

Math was focused on multiplication and division! Students worked with word problems to equally share different objects. This week all three 3rd grade classes divided up to work on time and elapsed time for Math WINN (What I Need Now) instead of Math Workshop.

                                                                                                                                                              

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

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

                                                                                                                                                              

Students had their 5 Themes of Geography test. Our next steps for Social Studies are Chapter 2 which focuses on Michigan's first people and how their lives changed when Europeans arrived.

No Science this week due to finishing up the Social Studies unit and half-days.

Word study focused on different plural endings of words. Students worked with words that ended in "-s," "-es," and "-ies."

 Next week's word study can be found below!

Word Study Next Week

Here is what your student will need to know how to spell for next week Friday (the 20th):

scarves, firemen, deer, lives, children

Week of November 2nd

 

Book Fair - Virtual

The book fair this year will be held virtually. Your student came home with flyers on how to access the Book Fair last week and another reminder note today. We have also posted the link on our Google Classrooms. When you have a chance, have your student show you how they can get to Google Classroom to view the Book Fair! 

Important Dates

November 12: Half-day - Parent/Teacher Conferences
November 13: Half-day - Parent/Teacher Conferences
November 20: Half day - End of First Trimester

Reminders

• Students need to bring their water bottles every day.
• Students need to bring a snack every day.
• We are good on extra snacks right now--thank you so very much for your donations!

What We Learned This Week

In Language Arts, we read the book What If You Had Animal Teeth? Students worked with this non-fiction book to work on the difference between fact and opinion. Also, students worked with a Venn Diagram to talk about the differences and similarities between animal teeth from the book. Then, they transformed their Venn Diagram into paragraphs! Students also worked on finding the main idea and details. This book pairs with the fictional book from last week, Stellaluna. 

Students have been continuing their personal narrative writing! Students have brainstormed ideas as well as feelings to write about for their personal narrative. They will complete a graphic organizer, write a rough draft, and publish this writing by the end of the unit!

Math was focused on finishing up our Time unit and beginning our new unit: Multiplication and Division! During Math Workshop, students engaged in various math games to practice skills learned during whole group lessons and participated in additional instruction with teachers.

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

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

We have started our new Social Studies unit which is focused on the 5 Themes of Geography! Students are learning about movement, place, location, regions, and human/environment interaction. The test will be on Tuesday, November 10!

No Science this week due to the new Social Studies unit.

Word study focused on unusual past tense words. Students sorted words based on past and present tense and if vowels changed or it went from long to short vowels.

 Next week's word study can be found below!

Word Study Next Week

Here is what your student will need to know how to spell for next week Friday (the 13th):

minutes, stories, pennies, lunches

Week of October 26th

 

Fall/Halloween Party

Thank you for your help to make this party fun for all our third graders! We appreciate you and your generosity!

Here are some pictures from the party:

Book Fair - Virtual

The book fair this year will be held virtually. Your student came home with flyers on how to access the Book Fair. We have also posted the link on our Google Classrooms. When you have a chance, have your student show you how they can get to Google Classroom to view the Book Fair! 

 

Fall Conferences

Please keep watch for an email, or message of some sort, from your student's teacher for the link to your fall conference, if you have not already had your conference. This link will connect you with your student's teacher during the time slot that you signed up for.

Reminders

• Students need to bring their water bottles every day.
• Students need to bring a snack every day.
• We are good on extra snacks right now--thank you so very much for your donations!

What We Learned This Week

In Language Arts, we read the book Stellaluna. Students worked with this fictional book to complete their own flipbook of information about it! They established the point of view, they completed a Venn Diagram about bats, etc. Ask them to see their book! This book pairs with the non-fiction we will be reading next week: What If You Had Animal Teeth?

Math was focused on our new unit: time! Students completed work around telling time on analog clocks and determined how much time has elapsed between two points. During Math Workshop, students engaged in various math games to practice skills learned during whole group lessons and participated in additional instruction with teachers.

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

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

No Social Studies or Science as we have started our Personal Narrative writing unit. Students have brainstormed ideas as well as feelings to write about for their personal narrative. They will complete a graphic organizer, write a rough draft, and publish this writing by the end of the unit!

Word study focused on adding the inflectional ending of "-ed" to the ends of words. Students identified which words needed to be doubled, which needed to drop an "e" and which words did not change at all.

 Next week's word study can be found below!

Word Study Next Week

Here is what your student will need to know how to spell for next week Friday (the 6th):

know, knew, write, wrote, sleep, slept, lead, led

Week of October 19th

 

Fall/Halloween Party

Here is the sign-up for the party! Fall/Halloween Party Sign-up 

It looks like all spots have been filled!

Thank you for your help to make this party fun for all our third graders! We appreciate you and your generosity!

 

Fall Conferences

Please keep watch for an email, or message of some sort, from your student's teacher for the link to your fall conference, if you have not already had your conference. This link will connect you with your student's teacher during the time slot that you signed up for.

Reminders

• Students need to bring their water bottles every day.
• Students need to bring a snack every day.
• We are good on extra snacks right now--thank you so very much for your donations!

What We Learned This Week

In Language Arts, we read the book All About Apples. Students completed work around the non-fiction book such as cause and effect, text features, and illustrations vs. text. This book pairs with the fictional book we read last week, Mr. Peabody's Apples.

Math was focused on reviewing addition and subtraction! Students reviewed the strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems such as partial sums and traditional for addition. For subtraction, they reviewed the counting-up strategy and traditional. During Math Workshop, students engaged in various math games to practice skills learned during whole group lessons and participated in additional instruction with teachers.

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

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

No Social Studies this week due to the short week and finishing up the last mystery for science.

For Science, students completed the final mystery of our first unit, Power of Flowers. Over the course of this first unit, students learned the difference between a science vegetable and a science fruit. Additionally, they learned how fruit grows from flowers.

Word study focused on reviewing the different rules for adding -ing to the end of words. Next week's word study can be found below!

Word Study Next Week

Here is what your student will need to know how to spell for next week Friday (the 30th):

skipped, hopped, wished, closed, pleased 

 

Week of October 12th

 

Fall/Halloween Party

If you could please fill out this form it would help us with planning our Fall/Halloween party. Parents will not be allowed in the school because of safety reasons, but we still want to provide our students with a fun time!

Fall Conferences

Please keep watch for an email, or message of some sort, from your student's teacher for the link to your fall conference. if you have not already had your conference. This link will connect you with your student's teacher during the time slot that you signed up for.

Reminders

• Monday is no school--teacher in-service day
• Students need to bring their water bottles every day.
• Students need to bring a snack every day.
• We are good on snacks right now--thank you so very much for your donations!

What We Learned This Week

In Language Arts, we read the book Mr. Peabody's Apples. Students completed work around the fictional book such as sequencing, character traits, and summarizing. This book will pair with the nonfiction text we will be reading next week.

Math was focused on subtraction! Students learned how to use the counting-up strategy to solve subtraction problems as well as the traditional method. During Math Workshop, students engaged in various math games to practice skills learned during whole group lessons and participated in additional instruction with teachers.

This week we tested on Unit 1 for Social Studies. Students showed their knowledge of their map skills when it came to identifying the Great Lakes, both Michigan peninsulas, and surrounding states. Additionally, students took the Unit 1 Social Studies test which included

the state symbols, various facts about the Great Lakes, and the differences between the two peninsulas. 

No Science this week due to the half days on Thursday and Friday.

Word study focused on students adding -ing to words that were vowel-consonant-silent e and vowel-vowel-consonant. Next week's word study can be found below!

Word Study Next Week

Here is what your student will need to know how to spell for next week Friday (the 23rd): thanking, getting, jogging, using, trading

Looking for additional math practice?

Here is a list of skills that we have worked on this year along with IXL activities that can be practiced:

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

 

Week of October 5th

 

Fall Conferences

Please make sure to sign up for a time with your student's teacher. All conferences will be virtual for safety reasons. If there is not a time on your classroom's sign up, please let your student's teacher know as we are happy to make accommodations!

Important Reminders

Please take the time to complete the parent survey if you have not done so already. This information provides us with a better understanding of your student!

Please make sure your student is bringing a water bottle to school every day.

Please make sure your student has a snack -- if you would like to donate to the class you may as long as it is goldfish or pretzels. Bringing their own snack every day is highly encouraged!

Important Dates

10/14 - Late start day

10/15 - Half day for Fall Conferences (dismissal @ 12:34pm)

10/16 - Half day for Fall Conferences (dismissal @ 12:34pm)

This Week We Learned...

For Language Arts, we are focusing on the book Cats vs. Dogs. This is a nonfiction book that we have paired with the fictional book, Dog vs. Cat, from the previous week. Students had to choose which one would be the winner in their opinion, cats or dogs. They have worked hard on writing this both with a rough draft and final copy! Their hard work is being displayed in the hallway before being sent home.

In Math, students learned how to add using two different ways. Students practiced using partial sums to add as well as traditional addition. We also learned a few different math games to play during our math workshop time!

We learned about trait variation, inheritance, and artificial selection with apples in Science. Students were able to experiment with different types of apples and explore the differences between them. 

The focus of Social Studies this week has been learning about our great state of Michigan. Please make sure to practice the map at home as we will be testing next week on Tuesday.

Next week's word study can be found below.

Word Study

The words your student needs to know how to spell for 

next week Friday (October 16th) are: 

speaking, writing, escaping, dreaming, smiling