Wow, Wednesday already?! This morning we took Book 1 of our NYS Math Test. Tomorrow we will have Book 2 and Friday we will have Book 3. Just like the ELA, I will begin first thing in the morning. It is
important for the children to eat a good breakfast as we will delay our
snack by more than an hour. Thank you for your support!
We have begun working on many interesting units! In Science, we
are beginning our Electricity unit. This unit is a hands-on, inquiry
based unit. The students will use wires, batteries and bulbs to create
different types of circuits and perform experiments. This week we used a battery, bulb, and one wire to learn how we could light a light bulb!
In Social Studies, we are learning about the Ancient Egyptians. We are
reading a non-fiction book about the Ancient Egyptian culture, called
Mummies and Pyramids. As we learn about different areas of this culture
we have been creating our own examples of Egyptian artifacts.
In Math, we have been reviewing fractions and word problems to boost our
confidence for the NY State Math test. When testing is over we will be
reviewing multiplication and extending our learning to two-digit
multiplication.
In Writing, we have begun a unit on Persuasive writing. They began working on persuasive speeches
aimed at convincing Mrs. Kloss to allow them to sit with students from the other third grade class. We invited her in to hear our speeches and she has given us some counter arguments for us to think about and try to develop some more convincing reasons to have her allow us to earn this possibility! All of your children are super negotiators!
In reading we have begun working independently on reading and writing about our thinking as we're reading. We have also spent a lot of time with non-fiction articles. Vocabulary development has been a main focus with both our fiction and non-fiction texts.
Friday Letter resumed last week and we will continue to have a Friday Letter each week until the end of the school year.
