Thank you to all of the parents/family members that came and helped us celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on both days! We truly appreciate it! We look forward to doing it again! This Friday, I will be sending home progress reports. As of right now, none of my friends have any missing work, which is a great thing. If that changes, I will send the work home on Friday with a due date. If you have any questions before or after Friday, please let me know. The memory verse due November 2 is Ephesians 4:32 → “And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.” Reading: Our Daily 4 rotations are off to a good start. This week we introduced work on writing, which was deemed early on the best center. In this center, they can enjoy some free writing time. There are a lot of different things for them to do. They can roll dice to create stories or use task cards to answer some creative questions. Math: Topic 1 is slowly coming to a close. Topic 1 gave them foundational skills for multiplication and division, such as drawing bar diagrams, using number lines, and repeated addition/subtraction. When there is time left in the class period, we’ve enjoyed playing a round of Kaboom, which involves them drawing a stick from a cup and answering the equation on the stick. If they get the question correct, they keep the stick. If they’re incorrect, the stick goes back in the cup, and they have to wait for their turn again. If they get a KABOOM, then ALL of their sticks go back into the cup. It’s a very fun game, and they love it, so you could incorporate it at home as they review their math facts. With the end of this topic approaching, I anticipate the test being Wednesday, November 3. Science: We are slowly finishing up our first science chapter. We learned about motion and how to predict future patterns. We also learned about friction and will learn how force plays a big part in all of it. On Monday, weather permitting, we will conduct our outdoor learning extravaganza. I will include information about that in the email later today. Important Dates:
0 Comments
We are having a blast in 3rd grade! We are having part 2 of our Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration this Friday. You should have received an email yesterday, and another one will come out on Thursday with the final details and location. Please let me know by Thursday at noon if you'll be joining us. The memory verse due October 26 is Ephesians 4:29 → “Let no evil talk come out of your mouths but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. Reading: We are phasing into a Daily 5 teaching method, so things are a little abnormal. We now have reading groups, and each group's name is after the houses in Harry Potter. Each week we will add a new center rotation until all of them are functioning. This week we introduced word work, which gives them more time to practice their spelling and vocabulary words in class. Math: We moved into a new topic on Friday, multiplication, and division. In this topic, we started with connecting what we already know, adding and subtracting, to what we are trying to learn, multiplying and dividing. Please continue to have them use their flashcards at home. Science: We are having a great time learning about motion and forces. I have an outdoor exploration activity that I am putting together to give them some hands-on experience with what we are learning and would like some parent volunteers, about 3-5, to help with that. So, be on the lookout for an email on Friday with some details. If you are not free, no worries at all! Important Dates:
I enjoyed chatting with all of you last week! If you have any more questions or concerns, please let me know. We have another week of no memory work. This Friday, we will wrap up our Hispanic Heritage Month unit that we’ve been working on with the 4th graders. I will be sure to take a lot of pictures!
Religion: We are working on our new unit focusing on the book of Ephesians. In this unit, we will learn about God and what he wants from us. We will talk about walking in the footsteps of Jesus and obeying God. We will also discuss the armor of God and how it’s not physically something that we wear, but it’s something that we carry with us to protect us in our day-to-day lives. Math: We will be wrapping up topic 9 this Thursday. We will then begin working on multiplication and division, which will span about five topics. We will learn the relationship between multiplication and division first. We will demonstrate our foundation knowledge of repeated addition to solve multiplication equations. We will also learn some properties, such as the commutative property of multiplication. Please encourage them to practice their math facts (flashcards) at home to build their fluency. Reading: We are back in our reading books this week. We will continue our lessons on biographies and cause & effect. We will read about Mary Anderson and Elijah McCoy and the things that they invented. We will also learn about Judy Baca. We will have some Halloween fun and practice our similes and metaphors. In writing, we are working on writing paragraphs. At the end of the unit, we will all have a paragraph about our favorite restaurant. Science: We started our first chapter this week. It covers motion and forces. We will watch some videos, conduct some experiments, play some games, and hopefully take a field trip tied to this topic. Same as our first chapter test for social studies, we will take our first test together. Important Dates:
Thank you all for an awesome walk-a-thon! It was probably the most successful and entertaining walk I’ve had thus far.
Religion: Our first unit was about learning to understand God’s word. I always start by telling them that they are becoming Bible Explorers. We learned several things in this first unit. We know the different parts of the Bible, such as a Bible concordance. We practiced and will continue to practice how to dissect verses. We've also practice praying and how to spend time alone with God. This unit sets the tone for our future and brings them closer to God in their journeys. Math: We will close out the topic next week. We are working through the remainder of lessons working on adding and subtracting using strategies. Please encourage them to use some of those strategies at home so that they can lock them in. The math test is next Thursday, October 14. Reading: We are taking another break from our reading books. We are learning about the skills that we will be focusing on next week. This week we will read some biographies, such as The Crayon Man, and practice pulling out information about that person. We will also practice sequencing the events of their lives. We will also practice cause and effect and how it can help order the events. We will read some newer picture books, but also some classics, such as Alexander and the horrible, terrible, no good, very bad day. Social Studies: These guys have been busy in class! Along with our Hispanic Heritage Month unit with 4th grade, we’ve also been cruising through chapter 1 in social studies. We learned about so many wonderful things! We've learned about the seas, lakes, and oceans. We've learned about the seven continents and five regions. We've learned about renewable and nonrenewable resources such as soil, oil, and trees. Even with all those things we're learning, they still found time to research National Parks around the US. I’m so proud of what they’re doing! We started reviewing for our test on Monday and will take it together on Thursday. Important dates:
|
Author
Archives
May 2022
Categories |