What an exciting upcoming week this is shaping out to be! We have been working very hard writing paragraphs and personal narratives, delving deeper as we read by looking at characters and how they change, studying pollination, adding with regrouping, learning about the dictionary, adjectives, and the presidential election!
Our plan this week is to wrap up Because of Winn Dixie in reading workshop and our character trait unit. We'll look at how Opal has changed from the beginning to the end and what cause that change. We'll also be looking at our characters in our book group books to identify how their actions and what they say tells us a lot about our character!
We'll draft our personal narratives and begin revising and editing them so they're ready for publishing! We'll also continue to write paragraphs so that developing topic sentences, writing detailed bodies, and composing an effective closing sentence becomes easier with practice!
In math, we'll begin subtracting greater numbers. We're all doing well with the process of adding greater numbers. We all need to continue to practice our facts! We have been having our weekly math fact quizzes for a month now. This week I'll be sending home subtraction fact sheets every night to practice.
Let's not forget that we'll also have some fun activities related to Halloween! We'll be having a small Halloween party on Wednesday at the end of the day. Here's to a safe and fun week!
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Much to learn!
The Elsmere Fire Department came for a visit.
This week in 3P...
Reading: Continue with character study...looking deeper at the text to identify character traits based on character dialogue and actions.
Writing: Begin drafting the memory we'll take through the writing process.
Math: Adding Greater Numbers with Regrouping. Please continue to practice addition and subtraction facts at home. We're going into our fourth week of math fact quizzes and we should be moving towards the completion of our 4 quizzes with 100% accuracy.
Science: Continue to observe our plant through its life cycle. Hopefully we'll be able to pollinate our plants with bees this week!
We have learned about the basic parts to a paragraph and your child wrote a full paragraph in this past Friday Letter! I hope you saw a remarkable difference in the quality of this letter compared to those in the past. This week we'll continue to practice writing paragraphs and you'll see more than one paragraph in their next letter!
We'll continue to look at the dictionary and learn about the importance of guide words and how they allow a user to navigate through this resource.
We plan on getting together and meeting our First Grade Buddies this week!
Monday, October 15, 2012
October 15 - 19...
There just doesn't seem to be enough hours in our school day to accomplish all of the fantastic learning activities I have planned for your child! It always amazes me how in depth our conversations become during this month. You truly have some deep thinkers, which enhance all of our discussions!
What to expect this week...
In reading we will continue our character discussion with Because of Winn Dixie. Your child is able to name a characteristic that describes a character and then give a specific detail from the text to support this. We will begin to choose a characteristic and continue to find multiple evidence of this specific trait. I had planned on beginning book groups last week, however, they will begin this week!
Our personal narratives are coming along! We are in the "try-it" stage. They sit for a mini-lesson, hear a story by a mentor author, and then "try" the specific skill that has been taught with their own piece. We are beginning to write with such detail!
In math we'll continue estimating and begin looking at estimating differences. We will begin discussing addition and subtraction equations, discuss reasonableness and have a math chapter test towards the end of the week! Be sure you continue to practice math facts at home. We are entering our third week of math fact quizzes and should all be moving from 10s and 11s.
This week we'll begin to discuss the upcoming election and learn about each candidate and their running mates. Any conversations you have with your child at home will enhance ours here in the classroom!
Our plants continue to grow nicely! We will be observing the growth spurt and learning about each part of the plant and discussing photosynthesis.
Here's to another fantastic week!
What to expect this week...
In reading we will continue our character discussion with Because of Winn Dixie. Your child is able to name a characteristic that describes a character and then give a specific detail from the text to support this. We will begin to choose a characteristic and continue to find multiple evidence of this specific trait. I had planned on beginning book groups last week, however, they will begin this week!
Our personal narratives are coming along! We are in the "try-it" stage. They sit for a mini-lesson, hear a story by a mentor author, and then "try" the specific skill that has been taught with their own piece. We are beginning to write with such detail!
In math we'll continue estimating and begin looking at estimating differences. We will begin discussing addition and subtraction equations, discuss reasonableness and have a math chapter test towards the end of the week! Be sure you continue to practice math facts at home. We are entering our third week of math fact quizzes and should all be moving from 10s and 11s.
This week we'll begin to discuss the upcoming election and learn about each candidate and their running mates. Any conversations you have with your child at home will enhance ours here in the classroom!
Our plants continue to grow nicely! We will be observing the growth spurt and learning about each part of the plant and discussing photosynthesis.
Here's to another fantastic week!
Monday, October 8, 2012
The short, but busy week ahead...
Hard to believe we just celebrated the Columbus Day holiday! We have had such a wonderful start to October and I'm looking forward to another great week. Our focus will continue to be to work as a class community by actively listening, respecting each other, and always doing our best.
This week we'll continue our character trait unit of study during reading workshop with Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. We are beginning to understand our main characters in depth through the amazing conversations we're having about our reading! We're understanding how they feel, what they're thinking, and how they're acting. I am impressed with how we're all delving in the text to help prove the trait we've chosen to describe each character. As your child reads independently at home, have them give you a trait to describe their character and ask them to prove it! We'll begin book groups to further our study of character in small groups.
In writing, we'll continue personal narrative and choose a final topic to take through the writing process. We'll learn how as writers it is most important to show and not tell about the significant times in our lives we've decided to write about. These significant times include maybe our first time we did something, or the last time we did something, or a time in which we realized something important. I encourage you to speak with your child about this and offer some assistance if they share with you that they're having difficulties coming up with a topic.
We will also begin paragraph writing this week. We'll learn about the three major parts to a paragraph and look at them in detail. We'll practice writing paragraphs together and eventually students will be asked to write paragraphs about various topics independently. Paragraph writing is an essential skill for third graders.
In math we'll continue the topic of rounding. We'll be using rounding to estimate both sums and differences. We have learned a rhyme to help us when we round that you may want to review with your child:
Find the place.
Look next door.
5 or higher, add 1 more.
(Stays the same).
We'll take our second addition and subtraction math facts quiz on Friday. Be sure you're continuing to review these facts with your children. We'll be moving onto multiplication very soon!!!
Our plants have sprouted and are growing at a rapid rate! This week we'll focus on making observations and charting and graphing the growth of our plants.
We'll continue to review singular and plural nouns this week and begin looking at comparative and superlative adjectives.
This week we'll continue our character trait unit of study during reading workshop with Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. We are beginning to understand our main characters in depth through the amazing conversations we're having about our reading! We're understanding how they feel, what they're thinking, and how they're acting. I am impressed with how we're all delving in the text to help prove the trait we've chosen to describe each character. As your child reads independently at home, have them give you a trait to describe their character and ask them to prove it! We'll begin book groups to further our study of character in small groups.
In writing, we'll continue personal narrative and choose a final topic to take through the writing process. We'll learn how as writers it is most important to show and not tell about the significant times in our lives we've decided to write about. These significant times include maybe our first time we did something, or the last time we did something, or a time in which we realized something important. I encourage you to speak with your child about this and offer some assistance if they share with you that they're having difficulties coming up with a topic.
We will also begin paragraph writing this week. We'll learn about the three major parts to a paragraph and look at them in detail. We'll practice writing paragraphs together and eventually students will be asked to write paragraphs about various topics independently. Paragraph writing is an essential skill for third graders.
In math we'll continue the topic of rounding. We'll be using rounding to estimate both sums and differences. We have learned a rhyme to help us when we round that you may want to review with your child:
Find the place.
Look next door.
5 or higher, add 1 more.
(Stays the same).
We'll take our second addition and subtraction math facts quiz on Friday. Be sure you're continuing to review these facts with your children. We'll be moving onto multiplication very soon!!!
Our plants have sprouted and are growing at a rapid rate! This week we'll focus on making observations and charting and graphing the growth of our plants.
We'll continue to review singular and plural nouns this week and begin looking at comparative and superlative adjectives.
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