October 28th

The Jeffers Jive is on Monday. Our class will attend the Jive from 1:40-2:30. Following the Jive, we will have recess. The JPO is planning the fun and snacks for us that day.

A few things to know about Monday:

Students may BRING a costume to change into before the Jive begins. From our school office:

Please remember that costumes should abide by the school’s dress code.  Students should stay away from gore, inappropriate dress and those things that could create a mess or scare other students.  NO WEAPONS OF ANY SORT ARE ALLOWED AT SCHOOL AT ANY TIME.  Additionally, face paint is not allowed along with masks that fully cover a student’s face.

The Jive is considered our party–there will not be an additional classroom party. If you wish to come and check out the fun at the Jive–feel free! 🙂 

We will have a few, fun Halloween activities in the morning as well with students switching between the 3, third grade classes.

What have we been learning?

This past week we worked hard on learning the Distributive Property to solve more difficult multiplication problems. It began a bit rocky, but I have seen a lot of growth this week! Next week, I hope to wrap up Topic/Unit 3. It is time to have those facts memorized. We are working on 5s, 10s, 9s, 3s, 4s, 6s, 7s, 8s. Students should be practicing facts every night! Our goal is memorization!

In writing, we wrapped up our personal narrative stories. Next, we will begin writing structured paragraphs, which will lead into opinion writing.

This week we studied Michigan’s state symbols and the 5 Great Lakes. We added pages to our Michigan book.

In reading, we worked on writing more about our reading throughout the week–focusing on retells, predictions, questions, and character traits. We are working on the “because” part–including evidence from the story! Our next unit will be on reading nonfiction text.

If you have any questions about our week or the activities coming up, please let me know! Have a wonderful weekend!

 

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