September 8th - September 12th
I am looking forward to seeing each of you at curriculum night at 7:00 pm. Begin the night with your child's home room teacher. Later we will switch to your child's math teacher's room and finally to your child's reading teacher's room. During the evening we will discuss this year's third grade curriculum.
I am looking forward to seeing each of you at curriculum night at 7:00 pm. Begin the night with your child's home room teacher. Later we will switch to your child's math teacher's room and finally to your child's reading teacher's room. During the evening we will discuss this year's third grade curriculum.
I really enjoyed getting to know each of my three classes this week. Students quickly learned how to change classes! I am pleased with the effort shown by each of my classes.
The Third Week of 2008 at School:
Science: Students will learn about the skeleton system and learn the four major functions of bones. Next, we will begin to study the muscles. Students will learn the difference between nvoluntary and voluntary muscles.
Math: We will continue to study patterns and place value this week. Students will learn teh place values of 5 and 6 digit numbers. Students will also learn how to use logical reasoning to solve problems. There will be a ch. 1 math test on Thursday, September 11th. Students can do problems on pages 20 and/or 23 to help prepare for the test. This is not required.
Social Studies: We will begin a new unit on continents. We will work on learning the names of the continents and oceans. Students will also learn about the different hemisperes, the equator, prime median, and the poles.
Spelling: There will be a Spelling “list 2” will be handed out on Monday, September 8th. Students will study these words at school and should study them at home as well. There will be a test on “list 2” on Friday, September 12th. It is very important to practice these words with your child because there is limited class time for practicing words.
Reading: This week we will be working on the parts of a story focusing on the characters, plots, and settings. On Wednesday, September 10th there will be a vocabulary quiz. The words and definitions will be in your child's reading folder in their binder. These vocabulary words are from the story, Dogzilla, that we read this week.
English: We will continue to study sentences. This week we will work on defining and identifying a sentence's subject and predicate. We will also continue working on Daily Oral Language (DOL). Students should use their DOL study guide to prepare for a quiz on Friday, September 12th. This quiz will focus on capitalization and end marks.
Things to Remember:
Monday 10/8: Curriculum Night will begin at 7 P.M.
Wednesday 10/10: There will be a reading voabulary quiz.
Thursday 10/11: There will be a chapter 1 math test.
Friday 10/12: There will be a Spelling "list 2" quiz. There will be a DOL quiz.
