Week of September 30- October 4

Announcements

Our fall Book Fair begins on Friday and runs through October 4th.  The hours are between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. each day. On Wednesday October 2nd, the fair will be open until 6:00 p.m.

The study guide for the Heat Unit has been sent home. Please help your child prepare by reviewing vocabulary, explaining the difference between conductors and insulators, and describing sources of heat. The test will be on Tuesday, October 1st. 

Spelling Words:

1. point 
2. another
3. again
4. picture
5. kind
6. different
7. city
8. country 
9. informational
10. name 

Math:

We have started Unit 2 this week with a focus on multiplication and division. Please support at home by practicing multiplication and division facts. You can pick up a pack of card from The Dollar Store to assist. Have your child practice for 5 minutes everyday. 
Here's a quick video to show you what we're teaching and all the ways that students should be representing their thinking.
EngageNY Grade 3 Module 1 Lesson 7

Reading:

For the next month, every class in third grade will be reading the chapter book, The One and Only Ivan. We will be talking about describing characters in a story. 


Grammar: 
Our focus this week is irregular plural nouns that do not follow the typical rules. 



Writing: 
Students will begin writing informational pieces- "teaching" others about a topic that they are an expert at. Here are some things that they will be explaining about their topic to get them started thinking like an expert informational writer.



Science:Students will need to prepare for their heat unit test on Tuesday! 

Social Studies:
This week, we are beginning the next social studies unit over the life and culture of the early Native Americans and the regions they lived in. 
Native Americans BrainPop Video

September 23- September 27

Announcements

Picture Day is Tuesday! Students may wear their choice of clothes.

Our fall Book Fair begins on Friday and runs through October 4th.  The hours are between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. each day. On Wednesday October 2nd, the fair will be open until 6:00 p.m.

The study guide for the Heat Unit will be coming home Monday. Please help your child prepare by reviewing vocabulary, explaining the difference between conductors and insulators, and describing sources of heat.

Spelling Words:

1. write
2. right
3. found
4. answer
5. now
6. know
7. are
8. sentence
9. with
10. multiplication

Math:

We are beginning Unit 2 this week with a focus on multiplication and division. Please support at home by practicing multiplication and division facts. You can pick up a pack of card from The Dollar Store to assist. Have your child practice for 5 minutes everyday. Here's a quick video to introduce you to 3rd grade multiplication.
EngageNY Grade 3 Module 1 Lesson 2

Reading:

In reading students will learn how to identify main idea in informational text. Students will identify the main idea by thinking about what is the text mostly about. 


Grammar: 
Our focus this week is plural nouns.


Writing: 
Students will begin take their post-assessment for the narrative writing unit this week. We will begin informational writing for our next writing unit. 


Science:
Students will be preparing for their unit test next Tuesday, choosing activities from their Heat Choice Board, and building a solar oven.
How to Make a Solar Oven

September 16 - September 20

Announcements

Thursday, September 19: Students will have their unit 1 math test. A study guide went home. Please use the study guide to help your students prepare.

**Friday, September 20 is a student holiday. No students should report to school on this day**

Spelling words:
This week students will only have 5 words.
1. Would
2. Wood
3. This
4. Thermal
5. Thermometer

Math: 

Students will work on rounding, addition, and subtraction within word problems to prepare for the unit test. You can help your student get ready for the unit test by completing the study guide with them. You can find the study guide here!

Reading: 

In reading students will learn how to identify main idea in informational text. Students will identify the main idea by thinking about what is the text mostly about. 

Grammar:  Students will be studying abstract and concrete nouns. 

Writing: Students will begin writing endings for their writing, editing, work on publishing their stories. 

Science: Students will continue learning about heat. Students will focus on conductors and insulators this week. 

Week of September 9th-13th

 Announcements:  

Homework will come home on Monday. Students complete the column on the homework sheet for that night and bring it back the next day. This week we will begin our Spelling words. The week's word list will be included with the weekly homework.  Students are also expected to read for 30 minutes each night. After your child has finished reading you can help reinforce the reading strategy by asking them to summarize what they have read.with the weekly homework.  

Spelling Words Begin

As we start this year together, I want to take a moment to convey to you some of my plans for helping your children grow in their abilities to spell conventionally. I have been assessing your children’s spelling during these first few days of school, and I’ve come to believe that some children in the class are choosing only “easy” words to write because they are worried about whether they can spell the more advanced words correctly. My first goal, then, will be to make sure that every child is a fearless and inventive writer and that every child is willing to write enormous rather than sticking with big even if that child cannot spell enormous conventionally. You will see that I do not expect perfect spelling in children’s first-draft writing.

The second thing I have noticed is that many children in this class haven’t yet learned to spell some of the most important high-frequency words—words like because, said, although—correctly. So, each week, I will directly and explicitly teach children a list of high-frequency words. Children will bring that list home on Mondays, they will be quizzed on those words on Fridays, and more importantly, they will be expected to incorporate those spellings into their writing whenever they write. I’ll help them do this!

Meanwhile, there are a few children who will need extra help with spelling. We all know that there are great thinkers who struggle with spelling (Einstein was one of them). I’ll be meeting with a few children to let them know that they will need to put extra time and receive extra help in spelling and that together, we can make huge progress. Meanwhile, these children need to be reminded that although their progress in spelling matters and merits attention, they need to also work toward other goals as well. Like all children, I’ll encourage these youngsters to write a lot and to write with voice and detail. I look forward to supporting and studying your children’s progress toward writing more correct and more effective pieces of writing.

Weekly Spelling Words

1.brilliant

2.continent

3.perform

4. predator

5. wonder

6. below

7. only

8. year

9. such

10. even

Progress Reports-Check September 11th Wednesday folder 

Math Facts: It's never too early to start practicing multiplication facts. 

Math

Students will focus on rounding, subtraction, and addition word problems using a Candy Shop transformation for real-world application. 

Reading:

Students will determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

Grammar:

Students will practice identifying and using parts of speech. 

Writing

 In writing, students will focus on ideas and not be overly concerned with conventions. Students will continue to work on personal narratives and focus on becoming captains of their own writing. 

Science:

Students will start the Heat Unit for Science.