Third Grade Update

Third Grade Update

Curriculum

Reading:  Our focus in Reader’s Workshop is finding the central message of a story(what is the author trying to tell the reader without coming out and saying it).  We continue to retell/recount text (stories, myth, fable, or folktale).

Writing: Students are drafting and revising our personal narratives.  Students are adding dialogue and character’s thoughts, feeling and actions, to bring their narrative to life.

Math: In Unit 2 this week, we have been solving addition and subtraction number stories.  Also, we introduced students to the partial-sum algorithm to solve larger number addition problems.  We are beginning to give ballpark estimating addition and subtraction problems (rounding to the nearest tens and hundreds).

Science: We are working on the unit Force and Motion.  We are reviewing concepts of... motion -anytime an object changes position

relative position- location of one thing in relation to another thing

speed-how fast something changes position

variable speed-speed that changes; the speed changes as object moves

Social Studies: We are still in our Maps unit. Students will be assessed on identifying the 7 continents and 4 oceans on Friday. We are exploring the essential parts of a map (key, compass rose, scale) and how to read a map.

Word Work:The students received their individual word work list on Monday.  We continue to work with the words throughout the week.  Please make sure they are practicing spelling and sorting these words at home.  The test will be next Friday, September 26!

Important dates

Sept 26- Going to Grain Valley Library

Sept 27- Homecoming Parade and Stony Point Carnival

Oct 8- Sonic Night

Oct 9-Burr Oak Woods

Oct 14 McTeacher Night

Oct 15 Picture Retakes

Oct 20-22 Red Ribbon Week

Oct 21/23 Parent/Teacher conferences

Oct 23-24 No school

Oct 31 Fall Parties

Reminders

Please check the weather as it starts changing and send students with jackets for outdoor recess.

Donations

Specials Schedule for the week of Sept. 22-26

Monday-B    Tuesday -C     Wednesday-D      Thursday-E     Friday-A

Keep reading 20 minutes a night!  Practice those fluency addition facts!  Soon will be moving to multiplication!  Thank you for supporting us!