Week of September 11, 2017

Week of September 11, 2017

Good Morning Parents,

I hope you enjoyed another long weekend and are ready for a full week ahead. This week we started the Grade 3 Wonder Wall. It is great to see that these learners have so many questions! A great website to explore to encourage wonder is Wonderopolis. In the week ahead we will celebrate Hari Raya and Merdeka Day at school on Friday. Students may wear traditional Hari Raya clothing.

This week we begin on Day 4.

Reading: We are working on retelling the main story events in order and then “growing ideas” by adding on our on thinking about what we have read. We will look at problem solving strategies when words or passages are tricky and how we need to really work hard to make real meaning from what we read.

Writing: Many third graders are working toward revising and editing their first “small moment” personal narrative. We are looking at how dialogue is punctuated and closely examining some mentor texts to strengthen our work. We are now using paragraphing when time moves forward, a new speaker talks, or when a new subtopic starts. We will start a second story with more independence in the process.

Math: While we continue to work on elapsed time we are also introducing units of mass and liquid volume. Look for opportunities to talk about which units you would choose to measure the amount of milk in the pitcher (liters, milliliters), the weight in kilograms/grams of familiar items, and more. We will move on the problem solving with units of measure in our next math unit.

Social Studies: We will have a few guest speakers this week to teach more about how maps are used with their job and/or how location/resources influence people. We are beginning to look at different types of maps and how we use them.

Have a great week ahead! Thanks in advance for reminding your child to return home learning on Friday.