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October 13th, 2023

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Dear Third Grade Parents,

Our Third Graders are currently writing their informational books and they are eager to gather facts and information about their chosen animals. They read and reviewed the success criteria for the Informational books. They will use the Success Criteria checklist to help them organize their facts and information in their book.

In Math, they embarked on the concept of multiplication and they are exploring a range of strategies to help them build their conceptual understanding. They have been using these mathematical terms to articulate their mathematical thinking when solving a multiplication problem: groups of, doubling, repeated addition, skip counting, and a number line. Please ask your child to draw 2 different arrays for this equation: 4 x 6 = n

Weekly Learning Goals & Tasks

English Literacy

Learning Goal

Moving Toward Publication, Moving Toward Reader

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Writers will be taking stock and setting goals. They will be putting themselves in readers' shoes to clear up confusion and adding text features to make it easrier for readers to learn about the topic they are writing. Finally, writers will make sure they are punctuating with paragraphs.

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

The following tools will help our writers to revise their pieces and complete their work: Kayla's Marked Chapter Prachee's Published Piece Some Common Text Features

Spanish Literacy

Learning Goal

Hacer un resumen de un texto informativo.

What readers & writers are doing at school...

Los lectores podrán identificar las ideas principales y detalles de apoyo de textos informativos para escribir resumenes.

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

En casa los lectores pueden leer un libro informativo y escribir un resumen del capitulo de su elección.

Mathematics

Learning Goal

Analyzing Graphs

What mathematicians are doing at school...

Students are exposure to different types of graphs. They are going to study them and make comparison between the graphs, by analizing the data and features.

What mathematicians could be doing at home...

Home Connection: Grocery Shopping Part 1, Grocery Shopping Part 2. Favorite Pets Part 1, Favorite Pets Part 2

Science or Social Studies

Learning Goal

What tigers are doing at school...

During the launch of this unit, students will look at a variety of different animals to see how they adapt to different habitats around the world. We will also look at one way that ants adapt to different habitats. (the ants who create their own floating island when the habitat they live in is flooded.

What tigers could be doing at home...

Bird watching: Set up a bird feeder in your yard or on your balcony and observe the different species of birds that visit. Take note of the beak shapes of the birds and how they are adapted for different types of food.

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

What friends and learners are doing at school...

We will learn more about how emotions, thoughts, and actions are connected. Our unit story, “Farmers Market,” focuses on Maddie and how she feels when the Clubhouse is used for a local farmers market. Brainstorm potential goals with students and help them students create 2–3 personal goals related to the unit theme that they can revisit once or twice a week throughout the unit.

What friends and learners could be practicing at home...

Reflect on the following questions: Why is it important to be our best selves when we are around others? Why it is important to be our best selves when we are alone?