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Hi Parents,
I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend, quite a change from last weeks' weather. We had another great week in our 3rd grade classroom, I really enjoy your children as they each bring something special to our classroom. Thank you for your continued support at home, it is greatly appreciated!
Curriculum updates:
Literacy:
This past week students read the informational selection, What Do Illustrators Do?. Students practiced the comprehensions skills of being able to identify text and graphic features. Students enjoyed creating their own book including at least three text/graphic features. You can reinforce this at home by having your child point to captions, headings, bold faced words, etc. Students also worked on the comprehension strategy of analyzing and evaluating text.
Vocabulary Strategy: Our vocabulary focus for this week was for students to be able to identify and use synonyms (words that have the same meanings) in order to understand word meanings.
Grammar and Writing: Students spent time working to identify verbs in the present, past, and future tense.
Spelling: Students spelling words were sorted into four categories based on the three-letter cluster; thr, scr, str, and spr. Students receive a copy of their spelling words at school each Monday. They should be bringing this list home to study. Students take a spelling test each Friday. They will bring home their scored tests on the following Monday. There are six challenge words at the bottom of each list, these are optional for students although I encourage all students to try them. This weeks' words have silent letters such as kn like in the word knot and wr in the word wrap.
Literacy:
This past week students read the informational selection, What Do Illustrators Do?. Students practiced the comprehensions skills of being able to identify text and graphic features. Students enjoyed creating their own book including at least three text/graphic features. You can reinforce this at home by having your child point to captions, headings, bold faced words, etc. Students also worked on the comprehension strategy of analyzing and evaluating text.
Vocabulary Strategy: Our vocabulary focus for this week was for students to be able to identify and use synonyms (words that have the same meanings) in order to understand word meanings.
Grammar and Writing: Students spent time working to identify verbs in the present, past, and future tense.
Spelling: Students spelling words were sorted into four categories based on the three-letter cluster; thr, scr, str, and spr. Students receive a copy of their spelling words at school each Monday. They should be bringing this list home to study. Students take a spelling test each Friday. They will bring home their scored tests on the following Monday. There are six challenge words at the bottom of each list, these are optional for students although I encourage all students to try them. This weeks' words have silent letters such as kn like in the word knot and wr in the word wrap.
Book Orders:
I sent home the October book orders for Scholastic this past Friday. I encourage you to order online as it allows me to add more books to our classroom library. Whenever you order, I get a $3.00 coupon to spend on books for our classroom. In return, you will also get a $5.00 coupon to spend on your next book order, which I think is awesome! If you ordered last month, be sure to use this coupon. The due date will be Friday, October 12th and books usually arrive within a week.
Everyday Mathematics:
Students will have their Unit 2 math test on Monday, October 8th. I sent an email this morning (Saturday) attached with a some math review sheets. Some students may be bringing this home, if not, I wanted to make sure you had a copy just in case. The review is not homework, but additional practice that we thought might be helpful.
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Science:
On Friday, students were investigators as they searched for "hidden circuits". Students worked with partners to make one circuit tester to find out how the wires were arranged in the circuit boxes. Here are some pictures as promised. Enjoy!
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