October 14th

Hello Families!

We have had a busy week in 3rd grade! 🙂 In reading we are working on the skills of using strategies when we come to unknown or tough words, making thoughtful predictions, asking questions as we read, and determining a character’s traits! Your child should be reading a Just Right book for 20 minutes per night and recording their reading on their logs. The weekend is a read, but no log, weekend.

In writing, we are revising our narrative stories. This means we are adding: inner thoughts, actions, details, and dialogue. We are also learning how to paragraph and checking our work for spelling and punctuation. We hope to be writing our final copies next week!

We are finishing Topic 2 in math! We have all passed our 0s and 1s on our multiplication tests (2 minutes for 25 problems). Next will be our 2s, 5s, and 9s. Our topic assessment will be next week. Topic 3 will be on applying properties of multiplication facts for 3s, 4s, 6s, 7s, and 8s. I am asking you to help make sure your child is keeping up with their iPad homework each night–it involves practicing these facts. If internet is an issue, they may use the app: Splash Math to practice facts. Good old flashcards are a fine alternative too! Our goal is to have strategies to find the products, but also to memorize these facts.

In social studies, we are continuing to beginning to study the history of Michigan. 🙂

If you have not joined your child’s Seesaw account, please do so soon. The students will begin giving parents a weekly update of their learning. If you need help with this, I will have information again at our conference. Thank you!

 

Oct. 20 and 21st:

Half Days due to conferences. Dismissal at 11:50.

I look forward to meeting with you at conferences next week (19th or 20th).

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