Sept.29, 2015 Newsletter
Interims are coming home in this week’s Tuesday Folder. There will also be an mClass summary for you to go over explaining your student’s results following the beginning of year assessments. Please sign and return the interim. I will be scheduling conferences for Oct. 26 using Signup Genius.
Reading:
Character study is a very important part of comprehension. Students will be working on group posters this week displaying character traits focusing on four categories; physical, social, emotional and intellectual. They are encouraged to use evidence from the text to support their conclusions.We will have a gallery walk at the end of the week to look at our character posters from The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Students will be learning and using common prefixes along with root word knowledge to help decode and understand words.
Language/Writing:
The class has been working on revising and editing their personal narratives. We are beginning to think of topics for our next personal narratives. Students are generating ideas by thinking of “turning points” in their lives, strong feeling moments, and stories families tell over and over.
This week students will be taking a closer look at common nouns and proper nouns. They will also discuss rules of plural nouns.
Math: Students are continuing to work on the geometry unit. They are learning about shapes and their attributes. We have begun Team Time for 30 minutes each day. This is an opportunity where the students are able to be provided enrichment, or reteaching of concepts learned. Students are divided up between the four third grade classrooms during this time.
Science: Students will begin their Science unit on the Human Body with Mrs. Croy. They will be studying the skeletal system and muscular system.
Field trip permission forms and money are due for the Science Fun for Everyone in house field trip. Please send in as soon as possible or pay online.
Important Dates:
Oct.6-8 - Cognitive Abilities Test 9:30 AM (CogAT)
Oct. 14 - Picture Day
Oct. 16 - Early Release 1:15
Oct. 21 - Science Fun for Everyone Skin and Bones
Oct. 23 - End of 1st Quarter
Oct. 26 - No School/Teacher Workday/Conferences
Oct. 30 - Report cards go home
