Mrs. Burland's Post
January 29th to February 2nd

Thursday, February 1st is an early dismissal day. Please plan accordingly. 

Congratulations to Robert for representing third grade in our district Spelling Bee this upcoming week.

Testing Information: As a third grade team we have made the decision as a 3rd grade team not to generally administer the Winter MAP test to our students.  At this time, we felt that the time away from instruction to take this test was not worth the results we would get.  We have not made any decisions about the Spring MAP test.  For Winter data review we continue to use Fountas and Pinnell Reading Leveling (Benchmarking next week) and our Common ELA and Math assessments that the students have taken on line which directly assess the standards we are teaching in our curriculum.  If you have further questions, please feel free to reach out to your homeroom teacher.

Upcoming Week at School:

Social Science:  This week students will study chapter 3, lesson 4 titled, A New Life in America.  A study guide for chapter 3 will come home this week and there will be a test in the week of February 5th. 

Math: There will be a  unit 4 test on Addition, Subtraction & Measurement on Monday, January 29th. Then will begin unit 5 on Geometry. We  will have a divide by 8 timed test on Wednesday, January 31st. 

ELA:    Students will continue taking notes for an expository writing piece on a country where their family/ancestors have immigrated from and begin typing their own nonfiction chapter book. They should make sure they have their notes completed for chapters 1-4 by Monday. There should be 5 facts per chapter. The chapter topics are listed in their journal where they are taking notes. Students will also study nonfiction text features and read good fit nonfiction articles. The January Reading Log is due on Thursday, February 1st. 

Spelling:  Students will receive a new spelling list and should complete three activities using the spelling menu.  The test will be on Friday, February 2nd.  The activities will also be due on Friday, February 2nd.   

Things to Remember:
Monday 1/29: There will be a math unit 4 test.  

Wednesday 1/31:  There will be a divide by 9 test.  
Thursday 2/1:  Students will be dismissed at 11 a.m. The January Reading Log is due today.
Friday 2/2:  There will be a spelling test and the three activities are due. 

Mrs. Burland's Post
January 22nd to January 26th 

I want to congratulate Robert (winner) and Lydia (runner up) for representing our class for the third grade spelling bee. I was proud of every student's efforts and it warmed my heart how all students cheered on their classmates! 

Today marks halfway through Trimester 2. I cannot believe how fast time is flying! It is a great time to check your child's grades. 

Upcoming Week at School:

Social Science:  This week students will take a virtual tour of Ellis Island and listen to stories from immigrants who made the journey to America! Then we will begin chapter 3, lesson 4 on immigrants beginning a new life in America. 

Math:  :  We will finish unit 4 on Addition, Subtraction & Measurement.  The unit 4 study guide is due on Friday, January 26th. The unit 4 test will be on Monday, January 29th. We will then begin unit 5 on Geometry & Measurement. We  will have a divide by 7 timed test on Wednesday, January 24th. 

ELA:  This past week, we read the story Matchbox Diaries about an immigrant who could not write, so he kept a diary by placing important items in matchboxes. Each student should bring in an item that represents an important event in their life. This item should be small enough to fit in a matchbox. We will also continue our unit on traditions.  Next week, students will begin taking notes for an expository writing piece on a country where their family/ancestors have immigrated from. This weekend students should be deciding which country they would like to choose. 

Spelling:  Students will receive a new spelling list and should complete three activities using the spelling menu.  The test will be on Friday, February 2nd.  The activities will also be due on Friday, February 2nd.   

Things to Remember:

Monday 1/22:  Students should bring in matchbox item.  Also, students need to have picked a country their family/ancestors have immigrated from, in order to begin a research writing project. Please make sure to discuss this with your child. 
Wednesday 1/24:  There will be a divide by 7 test.  
Friday 1/26:  The math unit 4 study guide is due.

Monday 1/29: There will be a math unit 4 test. 

Mrs. Burland's Bulletin

   January 15th to January 19th

Remember that on Monday, January 15th there will not be school due to Martin Luther King's birthday.  Please plan accordingly.  

Scientist Visit:  The students had a great time doing experiments with a scientist visitor from High Touch, High Tech this week. One experiment they conducted was making a cloud by adding dry ice to water.  

Spelling Bee:  We will have a Spelling Bee in our classroom on Wednesday, January 17th.  This year students will not be given a list to practice from.  They will use their prior knowledge to spell words. The winner and runner-up will compete against the winners in the other third grade classrooms on January 24th.  

The Upcoming Week:

Social Science: We will focus on social studies. Students will read Chapter 3, lesson 3 in our Social Studies textbook about immigration. They will take an online tour of Ellis Island. 

Math:  We will finish unit 4, module 2 on subtraction strategies and students will take a subtraction checkpoint.  I attached pictures of posters that feature the addition and subtraction strategies that students have been learning in the Math Google Classroom. Then we will begin unit 4, module 3 on measurement. Students will have a divide by 6 timed test on Wednesday, January 17th.  They will have two minutes to complete 26 problems.   

Spelling:  Students have received a spelling list and should complete three activities using the spelling menu.  The test will be on Friday, January 19th.  The activities will also be due on Friday, January 19th.

ELA: . Students read about Martin Luther King and watch, Our Friend, Martin. We have read, What if You Had Animal Teeth? Students have decided which type of animal teeth they would choose and started writing a persuasive paragraph using text evidence! They will finish this writing piece. We will continue Daily 4 and finish our study of verbs!

Students should continue reading 20 min. each night while filling out their January reading log. 

Things to Remember:

Monday 1/15:  There will be no school due to Martin Luther King's birthday.
Wednesday 1/17:   There will be a divide by 6 test. We will have a class spelling bee.
Friday 1/19:   There will be a spelling test and the three activities are due.