It was such a great turn out Thursday night at Open House. Please know that if you ever have any questions or concerns contact me! Email is a great way to communicate, however, if you'd like to have a phone conversation, email me what you'd like to talk about so I can have the information prepared to make the most of our call.
Your child brought home their first spelling list on Friday. Spelling reviews will always be on Thursdays, however, we have this Thursday off. Your child will take their first spelling review on Friday and will bring home their new list. Remember, students will need to spell the word correctly and use it appropriately in a sentence. We talked about "third grade sentences" and what they look like. We decided each sentence should have at least 6 words, and only one sentence should contain the subject "I". They each wrote one practice sentence in class and I highly suggest they practice some more sentences before their first review on Friday.
This past Friday we ran out of time to complete a Friday Letter. We got involved in a close reading of a Time For Kids article about school dress codes and ended up having a great debate (that ran WAY over the time I had allotted) but these are times I enjoy in the classroom the most! We had some great opinions on the matter, with more children hoping a strict dress code never makes its way to Elsmere! They prefer to showcase their own styles. Friday Letter will resume this Friday :)
We'll continue reading strategies this week in reading workshop and personal narratives in writing workshop. We'll look at Verbs, specifically helping and linking verbs.
Our 14 and 15 math fact quiz will take place this Friday as well as a Topic 1 chapter test, which covers place value, reading and writing numbers to the thousands, comparing and ordering numbers, and making an organized list.
Map skills will continue in Social Studies and if all goes as planned, we hope to begin our first science unit on plants by Friday.
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