Week of April 23

Dear Parents, 

This past week, students practiced creating podcasts. They used their understanding of planets as the topic and Garage Band as the format. Hopefully, we can get these published on their blogs later this week. Click HERE to find a list of podcasts that are great for kids to listen to. I especially recommend the one titled Wow in the World.

Students enjoyed sharing their fiction writing with other grade three students. Click here to see a few pictures of that event, as well as other recent photos.

Reminder: Students will be taking the reading portion of the MAPs test in the morning on Monday, April 23. Please make sure they get a good nights sleep Sunday night and arrive at school on time. 

Save the date: On May 30th from 8:15-9:00a.m., Grade Three will host a Poetry Parent Share. We look forward to seeing you then!

Monday will be a Day 3.

Reading

This week students will finish up comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences between the two planets that they researched. This will be followed by a summative culminating activity. The activity will provide students with different choices for how they want to synthesize and present their research to the grade.

Writing

Students will be using this writing time to create reports about our planets. Also, time will be spent during writing to plan and design a model of their satellite.

Math

Students will practice placing fractions between 0 and 1 on a number line. The will also practice putting fractions greater than one on a number line. They will also begin to explore equivalent fractions.

Science

Students will become engineers and use the design thinking model to think about satellites and how to build one and land it successfully. They will work in collaborative teams, using recycled material, to build a satellite.