Classroom
blog for the week of Sept 8th – 11th
Upcoming
Events/Reminders:
*Specials
for this week: M/W/F- Art, 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: jury, convince, guilty, murmur, honest, pointed, trial, stand
*Sept 7th
– No School/Labor Day
*Sept 10th
– Library Orientation and first book check out
*Sept 11th - Grandparents Day Lunch (please RSVP)
*Sept 11th - Grandparents Day Lunch (please RSVP)
*Sept 14th
– Parent Orientation & PTA Meeting (3rd grade 7:30pm)
*Sept 23rd
– Early Release Day
*Sept 29th
– Student Photo Day
Writing:
* Spelling/Voc
introduced on Tuesday (due to school holiday).
* Spelling/Voc
test on Friday. For this week our
spelling/voc words are included in our reading story from our Journey’s
textbook.
· *Grammar:
Review Statement/Question/Command/Exclamation
· * Begin
pre-writing lessons on writing a personal narrative
Reading:
· * Story
Focus: The Trial of Cardigan Jones (Journey’s textbook)
· * Comprehension
strategy: Drawing conclusions
· * Comprehension
test on Friday for The Trial of Cardigan Jones
· * I
will start individual reading test – BAS, the results will be shared with you
during the fall parent/teacher conference.
· *On
Thursday we have our first library orientation and the children will be able to
check out their first books from the library!
Science:
· * Focus:
Forms of Energy
· * Exploration
of mechanical, sound, light, and heat energy with lots of hands-on centers.
· * At
the end of the week, the students will break into small groups and choose one
form of energy to teach the whole class.
Math:
· * Complete
review of strategies for multiplication for 5’s
· * Complete
review for unit 1 test with partners and go over orally with whole class.
· * Take
unit 1 test: Multiplication strategies for 10’s and 5’s
· * Begin
unit 2: Place Value review to 1,200
The first
few weeks of school have been exciting and fun.
There is a big jump between 2nd and 3rd grade and
it takes some time to master the change.
The hardest transition for third grade is learning to work independently
and controlling our talking. If your
child is losing popsicle sticks, please know that more than likely it is due to
controlling his/her talking in class. Although
this can take some time for some students to master, I have found that having
your support from home is very helpful in getting this under control. Always know that I’m here to support your
child! I have an amazing group of kids this year!
