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August 24th, 2023

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Dear Third Grade Parents,

Our Third Graders are risk-takers and determined as they participated in taking the Reading MAP test. 3B and 3C will take the Math MAP test next week and 3A finished the Math MAP test today. We encourage our students to stay focused as they read the instructions to be able to answer the questions logically. We remind them not to guess but to think critically.

This week, we have launched our TTT routines and students are excited working across the grade 3 level alongside different teachers who work on different areas of focus. Reading is a huge part of a student's life and we encourage our students to read aloud at home. Books help children build empathy and learn how to handle challenging situations.

Readers, we challenge you to start working on your reading space at home. Make sure you have your books, pencils, erasers, clean papers, colored pencils and a pair of scissors. Tell your stories, too.

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Higher level of predicting and retelling

What readers & writers are doing at school...

In these sessions, readers will draw on many elements to come up with predictions as they read. And as they continue to read they reexamine their predictions in light of new information. Readers will also, include details on how they think these predictions might happen. When retelling, readers will learn to retell books as a way to lay the story out for others so it can be a topic for discussion.

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

Readers will use these tools as they read independently and/or with a partner: Narrative Learning Progression 'Ways Partners can work together to lift each other's Reading Work'

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Edición de escritos.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los escritores revisarán sus escritos y los mejorarán a través de la edición de sus narrativas personales. Lista de revisión

What readers & writers could be doing at home...

Los escritores en casa pueden revisar sus avances y mejorar su ortografía y agregar más detalles.

Mathematics

Learning Goal

The students will work on more efficient addition strategies.

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Mathematicians will participate on their first math forum, and they will work on more efficient and sophisticated addition strategies. Students will explore a game called carrot grab, that helps them with place -value patterns and addition strategies. The students are going solve a problem string that involves counting by 10's.

What mathematicians could be doing at home...

Home connections for this week:

Tuesday: HC 11- Adding Tens , HC 12- Adding Tens
Thursday: HC 13- More Adding Tens, HC 14- More Adding Tens.

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

What scientists are doing at school...

Scientists will continue to explore the ants behavioral patterns and will compare their observations.. They have started generating questions about the ants and their behaviororal patterns, and colonies. The students will categorize these questions into thin and thick questions and will focus on the essential questions that will help them in their inquiry on the ants behavioral patterns. Later in the week, the young scientists will participate in a debate focusing on these three essential questions: Do all animals work collaboratively? Do all animals benefit from collaborative groups? How do behavioral patterns support animals’ survival?

What scientists could be doing at home...

Young scientists can continue observing ants movements and activites. They can draw what they see and write what they observe on a clean paper.

Social Emotional Learning Program

Learning Goal

We will explore what it means to be our best selves. We are our best selves when we understand our emotions, what causes them, and how they influence how we act or behave.