September 23

We are getting into our routine here in 3rd grade! Thank you for your help at home in making sure your child is showing you their planner, charging the iPad, and completing homework (including the Reading Log). It is a lot to remember, and as we say in class, “It will get easier the more we do it”. 🙂

We are beginning to finish our first math unit, and will test our understanding next week. After using several strategies to figure out multiplication problems, we started division strategies this week. We drew pictures, used counters, made bar diagrams, and repeated subtraction to solve division word problems.

In reading we began partnerships. Our partners have a similar reading range in common, and we interviewed each other this week and shared our thinking about our new read aloud: Stone Fox. We set fluency goals and are still working to pick “just right” books and build our stamina in reading.

In writing, we began learning strategies writers use to generate ideas for personal narratives. We started “fast drafting” ideas to begin filling our notebook with stories to develop later.

For social studies, we created our book cover for our study of Michigan. Today, if finished, students posted photos and captions on Seesaw–our online journal. I sent an email today inviting you to join–it is easy to do and will help you see what your child is learning from their point of view! 🙂

I hope to meet you all at Open House on this Sunday the 25th. It runs from 2-4 PM. I’ll be there!

 

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