Welcome to Third Grade!!
Field Trips:
Plimoth Plantation = November 22, 2019
Harvard Museum of Natural History = March 20, 2020
Grout-Heard House (Wayland) = Late May or Early June. Specific date TBA
Quote of Note: "Wag more Bark less!"
Specials
Monday = Strings & Library
Tuesday = PE
Wednesday = Music
Thursday = Art
Friday = Technology
Week of 11-11-19:
- Math: We will wrap up multiplication part 1 this week and start part 2. Part 2 takes a deeper dive with a focus on multiplying by 10 and 100, two-step multiplication word problems, fact mastery, and the relationship between multiplication and division.
- Reading: We will continue with our look at schema and connection making while reading.
- Writing: Opinion Writing. It is time to write our own!
- SS/S: We will continue with Motion and forces.
11-8-19 Highlights from the week:
- The "Hanging Strainer". Ask your child why we have a strainer hanging in our room. Hint: It is a physical reminder that we all need to filter our thoughts. NOT EVERYTHING WE THINK NEEDS TO BE SAID.
- The other pictures are the kids working on their math posters. This is a fun way to review the skills we have been working on as part of our multiplication unit.
Week of 11-4-19:
- Math: We will continue with: MULTIPLICATION and our focus will be on the properties!"
- Reading: We will continue with our Genre Study.
- Writing: Opinion Writing. It is time to write our own!
- SS/S: We will continue with Motion and forces.
11-1-19
Here are some pictures of math class. We were practicing our multiplication!
Week of 10-28-19:
- Math: We will continue with: MULTIPLICATION and our focus will be on "learning the facts!"
- Reading: We will continue with our Genre Study.
- Writing: Opinion Writing. It is time to write our own!
- SS/S: We will continue with Motion and forces.
10-25-19
Here are some pictures from Friday when we met our "K-Buds" from Ms. DiStefano's room!
Week of 10-14-19:
- Math: We will continue with: MULTIPLICATION.
- Reading: We will continue to work on monitoring for meaning while reading and learn to leave "Thought Tracks" (recording on sticky notes our inner thoughts as we read).
- Writing: Opinion Writing.
- SS/S: We will continue with Motion and forces.
10-11-19
Here are some pictures of "Working Lunch". Working lunch is just that, it's a time when students from room 13 can bring their lunch back to the room and do some work. Some kids do homework, some kids read and others work on projects. Ask your child about it!
10-4-19
On Friday we wrapped up our first math unit (Place Value, Rounding, Addition & Subtraction) by working hard on the end of unit math assessment. The entire class persevered throughout!
Week of 10-7-19:
- Math: We will start MULTIPLICATION.
- Reading: We will continue to work on monitoring for meaning while reading and learn to leave "Thought Tracks" (recording on sticky notes our inner thoughts as we read).
- Writing: Opinion Writing.
- SS/S: We will continue with Motion and forces.
9-27-19 Motion & Matter - Our first science unit!
On Friday we used magnets as our introduction to our first FOSS science unit: Motion and Matter. Our focus questions were - What happens to magnets when they get near each other? What about when magnets come near paperclips? Ask your child these questions and see what they discovered. We also discussed how precision and neatness matter when making scientific notes.
Week of 9-30-19:
- Math: Subtraction strategies for two & three digit numbers.
- Reading: Our focus will be on how to monitor for meaning while reading.
- Writing: Opinion Writing.
- SS/S: We will continue with Motion and forces.
Polly's notes! What precision and neatness!
9-20-19 Building writing stamina!
Today we worked on building up our "writing muscles". Our stamina for writing is up to 30 minutes with a goal of writing for 45 minutes! We talked about how you become a better writer...by WRITING!
Week of 9-23-19:
- Math: Rounding and Addition strategies for two & three digit numbers.
- Reading: Independent reading routines.
- Writing: Weekend News.
- SS/S: We will start our first science unit on Motion and forces.
**Also this week: Olivia, Leah, and Sophie helped organize our class "mice". They engineered a holder out of cardboard and a plastic tray.
9-13-19 Book bin building!
I want to thank all the parents that came in to help with the building. It would have been near impossible to do all that nailing without your help! THANK YOU!! The kids are super proud of their work...the pictures say it all!
Week of 9-16-19:
- Math: Place Value and Rounding
- Reading: routines & reading conferences
- Writing: Weekend News and routines
- SS/S: We will have our first Social Studies and Science switch with Ms. Furey!!!
9-9-19
Water Bottle Holders! Last Friday we started our first hands-on STEAM project. Each student needed to design and construct a water bottle holder that would attach to their desk. We finished them today by adding duct tape for both style and structural strength. Ask your child about it!
*Click here for a description of the design criteria.
This week 9-9-19:
- Math: Place Value, addition, subtraction
- Reading: routines & reading conferences
- Writing: Weekend News and routines
- SS/S: We will not start our first units in Social Studies and Science until next week.
