September 13th-17th

Upcoming Dates

October 7th - Early Release

October 8th and 11th - No School

iPads

Please help your child remember to charge their iPad each night.  Now that we are getting into swing of things with school, we will be using the iPads more and it is important that they come to school with it already charged.

 

Math 

NWEA Map testing will take place Monday; for anyone who isn’t finished, it will carry on over to Tuesday. As for our math content, we are rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ into rounding! First, we will look at the number line to assist us with rounding. The point of rounding is to help us get to the closest friendly number, which is a number that ends in 0. Sometimes kiddos just don’t understand what they’re doing when they round. We’re finding those close friendly numbers! We will also teach the steps to rounding: 1. Identify your place. Underline it. 2. Go next door. 3. Ask that neighbor “Are you 5 or more or 4 or less?” If the neighbor digit is 5 or more, we “raise the score” of the underlined number. If the neighbor digit is 4 or less, we “let it [the underlined number] rest”. We love a good rhyme in 110B!

Science 

Next week in Science, we will continue to explore properties of matter.  We will focus on length/distance and weight/mass.  We will also identify the states of matter (solid, liquid, gas). We will also doing our Science MAP on Friday 9/17.

Reading/Writing 

Next week in reading, we will be overviewing retelling as well as introducing higher level predictions and how to challenge our thinking with giving ourselves comprehension checks. In writing, we will dive into learning how to come up with ideas and begin writing narrative stories.

Social Studies 

Next week in Socials Studies, the kids will be working on a Culture Project.  This is where they will be able to showcase all the wonderful, special things that are unique to your family!  Please take a minute to help your child fill out the following form.  This will be helpful for them when working in class next week.  I am including the link here, but I have also made the form available in Schoology in their Social Studies course.  My Culture Doc

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Parent Newsletter

Snapshots of 3rd grade

9/11 Remembrance Activity

 

Science at recess!

Exploring Density