Newsletter Week of September 25th

Week of September 25, 2017

The days are flying by! We are wrapping up our units in writing and social studies. This past week we finished our first unit in math. I will be sending home this math assessment for you to look over and sign. Please return the math assessment as we need them for reporting.

This week you will receive your appointment time for parent conferences coming up on October 9th and 10th. In third grade, we ask that your child attends along with you as we will be reflecting on progress thus far and setting goals together.

This week we begin on Day 1. We will complete the ISA on Thursday and Friday. Please ensure that your child has a good night sleep and a healthy breakfast. Please remind your child to return their home learning on Friday.

Reading The focus this week is on being more aware of when a text signals the reader to do more thinking and inferring. Students will learn to add their own thinking and consider author’s purpose when something unexpected happens in the text. We are introducing conditional language such as “could it be that…” or “maybe…” so that students explore several ideas to dig deeper.

Writing  Revision and editing take on a bigger role as students work with more independence on their second narrative. We are introducing punctuation within dialogue by referring to our mentor text, Come On, Rain! Students are keeping their goals in mind as they write.

Math This week we begin our second math unit, Solving Problems with Units of Measure. In this unit, students will:

• Investigate, understand, and use place value to manipulate numbers.
• Build on an understanding of place value to round whole numbers.
• Continue to develop an understanding of addition and subtraction and use strategies and properties to do so proficiently and fluently.
• Solve elapsed time, including word problems, by using a number line diagram.
• Solve word problems involving masses or volumes.

We will begin with making conjectures (what we believe to be true) and composing and decomposing numbers.

Social Studies We are looking at different types of maps and the information we can glean from them. As we look at different maps of the same area we are looking for connections. Students are creating their own maps to show their understanding.

Thank you for your ongoing support!

Week of September 25, 2017

Choose 2 to complete and return on Friday.

Math: Play a game that uses math.	Language arts: Find 3 new words in your reading this week. Write down the words and what you think they mean.	Language arts: Free choice writing.
Math: Use dice, a spinner, or cards to choose 4 numbers. Write the largest and smallest numbers you can make from the digits. (For example: 5, 9, 3, 1 could make 9531 and 1359) Then write the expanded form for each. (9531 =9000 + 500 + 30 + 1)	Social Studies: Choose a question you have about mapping and landforms and research to find the answer. Share what you learned on Friday. You can write, make a video, or share your learning in another way.	Other: Make something from an empty box. Take pictures and print them out or share them via Google Drive.

Remember: Reading is just what we do. It is expected each night.