Happy New Year!
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday break with your kids! I was a little unhappy about waking up so early today, but I was super excited to see all my students. They were so eager to share holiday stories.
We had a class meeting this morning and talked about the second half of third grade. I told them that we will be moving very quickly and learning even more difficult things to get them ready for 4th grade. They agreed that they will need to work extra hard and focus even more on their own learning, in order to do well. I know they will meet expectations, as they are all dedicated students! Here is what is going on this week:
Spelling: Everyone has new words! Green-18 syllables and affixes, Blue-25 within words, Yellow-7 within words
Math: We are reviewing the properties of mulitplication. Please review the sheet I have attached to this email with your child. The test will not be until next week. I have reminded the students to study multiplication facts every night, as we are beginning fact tests.
Writing: We will be completing our study of poems with writing a few winter haikus and cinquain poems. Then we will be studying the mechanics of writing such as using commas and quotation marks correctly. I told the students I am including a writing assignment each night in addition to the 20 minutes of reading. They only need to write for 10 minutes. They will be writing on a small packet of notebook paper so I can easily grade their writing each week. Sometimes they will write about a question or prompt I give them, and other times they will have free write. I'm hoping that they will become more fluent writers with this assignment.
Science: We are completing the planet powerpoint project. They will be presenting their work later this week. On Friday we will have a test over the solar system.
Social Studies: We are beginning chapter 9 about Economics. Students will be learning about budgets, income, interest, and money choices. This is one of my favorite units, because the students apply these lessons to real life situations.
Reading: We are reviewing how to identify and write a summary after reading a selection. Then we will be working on sequencing events in both fiction and non fiction pieces.
PRISM INFORMATION:
* The green PRISM form is due to me by January 13th. If you are interested in entering your project into the St. Louis Science Fair you need to let me know by January 12th. Otherwise, your project will just be entered into the Sappington PRISM celebration.
* Projects are due to me by Wednesday, February 15th.
* PRISM celebration will be held at Sappington on Thursday, February 23rd.
* Go to this website to get all the additional information and forms: http://pages.lindberghschools.ws/education/dept/dept.php?sectiondetailid=10593&
Dates to Remember:
Tuesday: SPTG meeting 6:45 in cafeteria. They will be discussing PRISM
Please attach the math review sheet.
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