Classroom
blog for the week of August 31st – September 4th
Upcoming
Events/Reminders:
*Specials
for this week: M/W/F- Music, T/TH/F- PE
*Please send
your child with a snack daily and water bottle
*Please
initial or sign your child’s agenda daily for behavior and notes from me
*Spelling/Vocabulary
Words: principal, soar, stroll, announce, proud
*Sept 4th
– No School/Labor Day
*Sept 10th
– Library Orientation and first book check out
*Sept 14th
– Parent Orientation & PTA Meeting (3rd grade 7:30pm)
*Sept 23rd
– Early Release Day
*Sept 29th
– Student Photo Day
Writing: This week the students will write their first personal
narrative as a beginning of year assessment.
I will show you this assessment and we will discuss your child’s writing
in our Fall conference. After the
writing is complete, the students will identify nouns (common/proper and
singular/plural) and verbs in their personal narrative. We will introduce our first
spelling/vocabulary words for the week.
The students will define the words at school and for homework they will
write a sentence using each word with the correct meaning of the word defined
in class. The words will be introduced
on Mondays and the spelling/vocab. test will be given on Fridays. For this week our spelling/vocab. words are
included in our reading story from our Journey’s textbook.
Reading:
We will read “A Fine, Fine School” and I will model/guide. The students
will practice the expecatations for our class reading time on how to answer
comprehension questions, note the page number where we located the answers, and
finally how to write our answers using complete sentences. I will also introduce our Reader’s Response
Notebooks and the expectations for recording our answers. For the beginning of the year, a yellow packet
will go home with comprehension questions to answer for the story we are
reading for that week. These packets are
due back to school on Friday and will count as a homework grade. In addition to the weekly story, an
individual book related to the theme will be assigned to your child based on
his/her reading level. We will work with
partners and guidance this week so the children have a good understanding of
this reading time before we do individual work.
Science: In class we will finish setting up our science notebooks and
begin with studying famous scientists and their contributions and make a
timeline. Next we will
discuss/experiment with different tools scientists use and sort the tools into
groups. On Friday we will have a short
assessment on the tools.
Math:
Our focus this week in math is multiplication of 10’s and 5’s. We will review/learn various ways we can
solve multiplication such as array models, number lines, repeated addition,
strip diagrams, etc. All concepts in
math taught will also be practiced in word problem scenarios so children have
the experience for problem solving for tests.
I will also introduce them to
spiral reviews as math warm-ups for reinforcing concepts previously taught so
they don’t forget the skills. This unit
will continue to the middle of next week and a test will be given next week
mid-week.
As you can
see, we will be busy each minute of our day.
The beginning of the year is always the hardest because we are learning
all the new expectations for 3rd grade. I truly believe each child has the ability to
do all the things expected and I appreciate your support in helping them
fulfill these expectations. One of the
biggest adjustments is learning to work quietly and more independently. Providing a loving and supportive environment
is very important to me. I give lots of
praise and incentives for good behavior/study habits. If I can help you in any way, please contact
me!
